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Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

27th Dec
1985

Santa Claus: The Movie
(3rd week)

Cocoon
(16 weeks)

Santa Claus: The Movie
(£4,452,097)

£1,604,038

20th Dec
1985

Back to the Future
(1st week)

Silverado
(@3)

Cocoon
(15 weeks)

Santa Claus: The Movie
(£3,663,519)

£2,284,729

13th Dec
1985

Santa Claus: The Movie
(2nd week)

Legend
(@3)

Cocoon
(14 weeks)

Cocoon
(£3,287,498)

£2,052,158

6th Dec
1985

Santa Claus: The Movie
(1st week)

Back to the Future
(@2)

Cocoon
(13 weeks)

Cocoon
(£3,170,927)

£3,108,012

29th Nov
1985

Cocoon
(1st week)

Santa Claus: The Movie
(@2)

Cocoon
(12 weeks)

Cocoon
(£3,008,639)

£1,436,826

22nd Nov
1985

Letter to Brezhnev
(2nd week)

Plenty
(@3)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(12 weeks)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(£3,511,334)

£1,191,091

15th Nov
1985

Letter to Brezhnev
(1st week)

Letter to Brezhnev
(@1)

Cocoon
(10 weeks)

Cocoon
(£2,489,692)

£1,552,273

8th Nov
1985

Peter Pan
(4th week)

Cat's Eye
(@2)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(11 weeks)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(£3,504,409)

£1,287,164

1st Nov
1985

Peter Pan
(3rd week)

St. Elmo's Fire
(@2)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(10 weeks)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(£3,498,014)

£1,331,749

25th Oct
1985

Peter Pan
(2nd week)

The Bride
(@8)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(9 weeks)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(£3,484,277)

£993,927

18th Oct
1985

Peter Pan
(1st week)

Peter Pan
(@1)

Brewsters Millions
(10 weeks)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(£3,456,802)

£1,603,476

11th Oct
1985

Pale Rider
(2nd week)

After Hours
(@2)

A View to a Kill
(18 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,120,360)

£2,043,608

4th Oct
1985

Pale Rider
(1st week)

Pale Rider
(@1)

A View to a Kill
(17 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,119,338)

£1,851,980

27th Sep
1985

Desperately Seeking Susan
(4th week)

Fletch
(@2)

A View to a Kill
(16 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,117,640)

£1,635,540

20th Sep
1985

Desperately Seeking Susan
(3rd week)

The Holcroft Covenant
(@4)

A View to a Kill
(15 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,115,351)

£1,821,834

13th Sep
1985

Desperately Seeking Susan
(2nd week)

Cocoon
(@2)

A View to a Kill
(14 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,111,689)

£1,819,408

6th Sep
1985

Desperately Seeking Susan
(1st week)

Desperately Seeking Susan
(@1)

A View to a Kill
(13 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,105,829)

£2,191,403

30th Aug
1985

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(1st week)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(@1)

A View to a Kill
(12 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,096,117)

£1,857,250

23rd Aug
1985

Brewsters Millions
(2nd week)

The Emerald Forest
(@2)

Witness
(14 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,083,490)

£1,511,446

16th Aug
1985

Brewsters Millions
(1st week)

Brewsters Millions
(@1)

Witness
(13 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,057,627)

£1,606,147

9th Aug
1985

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
(3rd week)

Real Genius
(@3)

Witness
(12 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£6,018,132)

£870,285

2nd Aug
1985

Return to Oz
(1st week)

The Carebears Movie
(@3)

Witness
(11 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£5,874,517)

£1,472,979

26th Jul
1985

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
(2nd week)

Witness
(10 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£5,637,068)

£1,706,165

19th Jul
1985

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
(1st week)

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
(@1)

A Passage to India
(14 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£5,312,706)

£2,132,529

12th Jul
1985

A View to a Kill
(5th week)

Return to Oz
(@2)

A Passage to India
(13 weeks)

A View to a Kill
(£4,865,250)

£1,165,211

5th Jul
1985

A View to a Kill
(4th week)

A Passage to India
(12 weeks)

A Passage to India
(£4,782,555)

£1,088,051

28th Jun
1985

A View to a Kill
(3rd week)

Mask
(@2)

A Passage to India
(11 weeks)

A Passage to India
(£4,777,894)

£1,703,333

21st Jun
1985

A View to a Kill
(2nd week)

Runaway
(@2)

A Passage to India
(10 weeks)

A Passage to India
(£4,766,210)

£1,863,148

14th Jun
1985

A View to a Kill
(1st week)

A View to a Kill
(@1)

Morons From Outer Space
(12 weeks)

A Passage to India
(£4,750,459)

£1,623,424

7th Jun
1985

Witness
(3rd week)

The Breakfast Club
(@2)

Morons From Outer Space
(11 weeks)

A Passage to India
(£4,712,430)

£964,209

31st May
1985

Witness
(2nd week)

The Innocent
(@3)

Beverly Hills Cop
(19 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,093,246)

£1,395,753

24th May
1985

Witness
(1st week)

Witness
(@1)

Beverly Hills Cop
(18 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,084,892)

£2,003,131

17th May
1985

A Passage to India
(5th week)

Beverly Hills Cop
(17 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,082,600)

£1,295,149

10th May
1985

A Passage to India
(4th week)

Beverly Hills Cop
(16 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,080,231)

£1,771,949

3rd May
1985

A Passage to India
(3rd week)

Protocol
(@3)

Beverly Hills Cop
(15 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,077,823)

£1,446,405

26th Apr
1985

A Passage to India
(2nd week)

Ladyhawke
(@2)

Beverly Hills Cop
(14 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,075,016)

£1,827,542

19th Apr
1985

A Passage to India
(1st week)

A Passage to India
(@1)

Beverly Hills Cop
(13 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,071,086)

£1,297,585

12th Apr
1985

The Neverending Story
(2nd week)

Beverly Hills Cop
(12 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,062,750)

£749,287

5th Apr
1985

The Neverending Story
(1st week)

The Neverending Story
(@1)

Beverly Hills Cop
(11 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,043,050)

£1,638,737

29th Mar
1985

Morons From Outer Space
(1st week)

Morons From Outer Space
(@1)

Beverly Hills Cop
(10 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop
(£5,017,440)

£1,842,910

22nd Mar
1985

Dance With a Stranger
(1st week)

Ghostbusters
(16 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,524,288)

£1,377,786

15th Mar
1985

All of Me
(1st week)

A Soldiers Story
(@7)

Gremlins
(15 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,524,110)

£1,583,856

8th Mar
1985

The Prodigal
(1st week)

The Prodigal
(@1)

Gremlins
(14 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,523,767)

£2,206,728

1st Mar
1985

Beverly Hills Cop
(5th week)

All of Me
(@5)

Gremlins
(13 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,523,131)

£1,663,887

22nd Feb
1985

The Jungle Book
(1st week)

The Jungle Book
(@1)

Gremlins
(12 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,521,861)

£1,234,145

15th Feb
1985

Beverly Hills Cop
(4th week)

Amadeus
(@2)

The Killing Fields
(13 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,519,223)

£839,748

8th Feb
1985

Beverly Hills Cop
(3rd week)

The Killing Fields
(12 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,513,556)

£581,575

1st Feb
1985

Beverly Hills Cop
(2nd week)

The Killing Fields
(11 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,474,614)

£1,332,554

25th Jan
1985

Beverly Hills Cop
(1st week)

Beverly Hills Cop
(@1)

A Private Function
(12 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£7,318,511)

£1,425,323

18th Jan
1985

Ghostbusters
(7th week)

A Private Function
(11 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£6,736,306)

£660,265

11th Jan
1985

Ghostbusters
(6th week)

The Terminator
(@2)

A Private Function
(10 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£6,265,023)

£1,131,040

4th Jan
1985

Ghostbusters
(5th week)

A Christmas Story
(11 weeks)

Ghostbusters
(£5,503,700)

£593,960

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