List of 1985 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1985.

Number one films

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 4 January 1985 Ghostbusters [1]
2 11 January 1985 [2]
3 18 January 1985 [3]
4 25 January 1985 [4]
5 1 February 1985 Beverly Hills Cop [5]
6 8 February 1985 [6]
7 15 February 1985 A Private Function A Private Function reached number one in its eleventh week of release [7]
8 22 February 1985 The Jungle Book (reissue) [8]
9 1 March 1985 Beverly Hills Cop Beverly Hills Cop returned to number one in its fifth week of release [9]
10 8 March 1985 The Prodigal [10]
11 15 March 1985 The Witch [11]
12 22 March 1985 Dance with a Stranger Dance with a Stranger reached number one in its third week of release [12]
13 29 March 1985 TBD
14 5 April 1985 A Passage to India [13]
15 12 April 1985 [14]
16 19 April 1985 [15]
17 26 April 1985 [16]
18 3 May 1985 TBD
19 10 May 1985 A Private Function [17]
20 17 May 1985 The Cotton Club The Cotton Club reached number one in its second week of release [18]
21 24 May 1985 Johnny Dangerously [19]
22 31 May 1985 Witness [20]
23 7 June 1985 [21]
24 14 June 1985 [22]
25 21 June 1985 A View to a Kill [23]
26 28 June 1985 [24]
27 5 July 1985 [25]
28 12 July 1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment [26]
29 19 July 1985 [27]
30 26 July 1985 [28]
31 2 August 1985 Return to Oz Return to Oz reached number one in its third week of release [29]
32 9 August 1985 [30]
33 16 August 1985 Best Defense [31]
34 23 August 1985 [32]
35 30 August 1985 [33]
36 6 September 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II Rambo: First Blood Part II grossed a record £1,085,513 for the weekend surpassing the record set by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [34][35]
37 13 September 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan [36]
38 20 September 1985 [37]
39 27 September 1985 [38]
40 4 October 1985 [39]
41 11 October 1985 [40]
42 18 October 1985 Peter Pan (reissue) [41]
43 25 October 1985 [42]
44 1 November 1985 [43]
45 8 November 1985 [44]
46 15 November 1985 Letter to Brezhnev [45]
47 22 November 1985 [46]
48 29 November 1985 Cocoon Cocoon reached number one in its eleventh week of release [47]
49 6 December 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie [48]
50 13 December 1985 [49]
51 20 December 1985 TBD
52 27 December 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie [50]

Highest-grossing films

Rank[51] Title
1. Ghostbusters
2. A View to a Kill
3. Gremlins
4. Rambo: First Blood Part II
5. Beverly Hills Cop
6. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
7. Santa Claus: The Movie
8. A Passage to India
9. One Hundred and One Dalmatians
10. Desperately Seeking Susan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 11 January 1985. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 18 January 1985. p. 28.
  3. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 25 January 1985. p. 28.
  4. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 1 February 1985. p. 28.
  5. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 8 February 1985. p. 32.
  6. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 15 February 1985. p. 32.
  7. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 22 February 1985. p. 32.
  8. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 1 March 1985. p. 32.
  9. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 8 March 1985. p. 30.
  10. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 15 March 1985. p. 36.
  11. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 22 March 1985. p. 32.
  12. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 29 March 1985. p. 36.
  13. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 12 April 1985. p. 28.
  14. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 19 April 1985. p. 34.
  15. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 26 April 1985. p. 32.
  16. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 3 May 1985. p. 36.
  17. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 17 May 1985. p. 28.
  18. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 24 May 1985. p. 30.
  19. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 31 May 1985. p. 30.
  20. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 7 June 1985. p. 34.
  21. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 14 June 1985. p. 30.
  22. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 21 June 1985. p. 30.
  23. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 28 June 1985. p. 32.
  24. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 5 July 1985. p. 28.
  25. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 12 July 1985. p. 28.
  26. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 19 July 1985. p. 30.
  27. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 26 July 1985. p. 30.
  28. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 2 August 1985. p. 30.
  29. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 9 August 1985. p. 26.
  30. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 16 August 1985. p. 24.
  31. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 23 August 1985. p. 26.
  32. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 30 August 1985. p. 26.
  33. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 6 September 1985. p. 30.
  34. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 13 September 1985. p. 34.
  35. ^ "No shellshock as Rambo III bursts in at the top". Screen International. 3 September 1988. p. 24.
  36. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 20 September 1985. p. 32.
  37. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 27 September 1985. p. 28.
  38. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 4 October 1985. p. 32.
  39. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 11 October 1985. p. 34.
  40. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 18 October 1985. p. 32.
  41. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 25 October 1985. p. 32.
  42. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 1 November 1985. p. 28.
  43. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 8 November 1985. p. 36.
  44. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 15 November 1985. p. 34.
  45. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 22 November 1985. p. 32.
  46. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 29 November 1985. p. 32.
  47. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 6 December 1985. p. 32.
  48. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 13 December 1985. p. 32.
  49. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 20 December 1985. p. 26.
  50. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 3 January 1986. p. 24.
  51. ^ Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.
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