Domestic Box Office For December 1985
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Color Purple | $94,175,854 | 1,109 | $1,710,333 | 1.8% | 192 | Dec 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Out of Africa | $87,071,205 | 1,102 | $3,637,290 | 4.2% | 922 | Dec 20 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | The Jewel of the Nile | $75,973,200 | 1,490 | $6,645,455 | 8.7% | 1,106 | Dec 13 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | Spies Like Us | $60,088,980 | 1,700 | $8,614,039 | 14.3% | 1,556 | Dec 6 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $33,049,729 | 1,185 | $2,389,226 | 7.2% | 1,097 | Dec 20 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | Murphy's Romance | $30,867,525 | 1,046 | $47,906 | 0.2% | 2 | Dec 27 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $19,739,575 | 1,502 | $2,538,234 | 12.9% | 920 | Dec 6 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Clue | $14,643,997 | 1,022 | $2,014,166 | 13.8% | 1,006 | Dec 13 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | A Chorus Line | $14,202,899 | 680 | $222,919 | 1.6% | 19 | Dec 13 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | Enemy Mine | $12,303,411 | 713 | $1,594,702 | 13% | 703 | Dec 20 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Brazil | $9,929,135 | 173 | $30,099 | 0.3% | 1 | Dec 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Runaway Train | $7,683,620 | 965 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 13 | The Trip to Bountiful | $7,491,903 | 1 | $8,387 | 0.1% | 1 | Dec 20 | - | Island Pictures |
| 14 | Fool for Love | $836,156 | 57 | $55,637 | 6.7% | 2 | Dec 6 | Feb 13 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 15 | Revolution | $358,574 | 30 | $52,755 | 14.7% | 4 | Dec 25 | Jan 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Trouble in Mind | $19,632 | 1 | $16,029 | 81.6% | 1 | Dec 11 | - | Alive Films |
