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

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 endingFilmNotesRef
1 Ghostbusters[1]
2 [2]
3 [3]
4 [4]
5 Beverly Hills Cop[5]
6 [6]
7 A Private FunctionA Private Function reached number one in its eleventh week of release[7]
8 The Jungle Book (reissue)[8]
9 Beverly Hills CopBeverly Hills Cop returned to number one in its fifth week of release[9]
10 The Prodigal[10]
11 The Witch[11]
12 Dance with a StrangerDance with a Stranger reached number one in its third week of release[12]
13 TBD
14 A Passage to India[13]
15 [14]
16 [15]
17 [16]
18 TBD
19 A Private Function[17]
20 The Cotton ClubThe Cotton Club reached number one in its second week of release[18]
21 Johnny Dangerously[19]
22 Witness [20]
23 [21]
24 [22]
25 A View to a Kill[23]
26 [24]
27 [25]
28 [26]
29 [27]
30 [28]
31 Return to OzReturn to Oz reached number one in its third week of release[29]
32 [30]
33 Best Defense[31]
34 [32]
35 [33]
36 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 Desperately Seeking Susan[36]
38 [37]
39 [38]
40 [39]
41 [40]
42 Peter Pan (reissue)[41]
43 [42]
44 [43]
45 [44]
46 Letter to Brezhnev[45]
47 [46]
48 Cocoon Cocoon reached number one in its eleventh week of release[47]
49 [48]
50 [49]
51 TBD
52 Santa Claus: The Movie[50]

Highest-grossing films

Rank[51] Title
1. Ghostbusters
2. A View to a Kill
3. Gremlins
4.
5. Beverly Hills Cop
6.
7.
8. A Passage to India
9. One Hundred and One Dalmatians
10. Desperately Seeking Susan

See also

Notes and References

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

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