Domestic Box Office For August 1985
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $40,940,662 | 894 | $4,545,847 | 11.1% | 829 | Aug 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Teen Wolf | $33,086,611 | 1,425 | $6,120,348 | 18.5% | 1,416 | Aug 23 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 3 | Fright Night | $24,922,237 | 1,545 | $6,118,543 | 24.6% | 1,542 | Aug 2 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | Summer Rental | $24,689,703 | 1,595 | $5,754,259 | 23.3% | 1,584 | Aug 9 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Weird Science | $23,834,048 | 1,172 | $4,895,421 | 20.5% | 1,158 | Aug 2 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | Volunteers | $19,875,740 | 1,560 | $5,184,360 | 26.1% | 1,560 | Aug 16 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 7 | Year of the Dragon | $18,707,466 | 982 | $4,093,079 | 21.9% | 982 | Aug 16 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | The Return of the Living Dead | $14,237,880 | 1,506 | $4,403,169 | 30.9% | 1,506 | Aug 16 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 9 | Follow That Bird | $13,961,370 | 1,129 | $2,415,626 | 17.3% | 1,129 | Aug 2 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Real Genius | $12,952,019 | 990 | $2,557,180 | 19.7% | 990 | Aug 9 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 11 | Compromising Positions | $12,531,831 | 574 | $3,014,756 | 24.1% | 570 | Aug 30 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | American Ninja | $10,499,694 | 672 | $3,234,837 | 30.8% | 672 | Aug 30 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 13 | Better Off Dead | $10,297,601 | 650 | $56,371 | 0.5% | 13 | Aug 23 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | $9,389,135 | 990 | $2,085,116 | 22.2% | 990 | Aug 23 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 15 | Gremlins 1985 Re-release | $4,914,643 | 1,174 | $2,393,778 | 48.7% | 1,174 | Aug 30 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | My Science Project | $4,122,748 | 1,003 | $1,504,118 | 36.5% | 1,003 | Aug 9 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | Godzilla 1985 | $4,116,395 | 235 | $509,502 | 12.4% | 235 | Aug 23 | - | New World Pictures |
| 18 | The Bride | $3,558,669 | 980 | $1,763,277 | 49.5% | 955 | Aug 16 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 19 | Dance with a Stranger | $2,174,622 | - | - | - | - | Aug 9 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 20 | Warning Sign | $1,918,117 | - | - | - | - | Aug 23 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | American Flyers | $1,420,355 | 5 | $78,345 | 5.5% | 5 | Aug 16 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | The Protector | $981,817 | - | - | - | - | Aug 23 | - | Warner Bros. |
