Domestic Box Office For July 1985
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | $212,326,307 | 1,550 | $11,152,500 | 5.3% | 1,420 | Jul 3 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | $49,364,621 | 1,547 | $12,329,627 | 25% | 1,546 | Jul 26 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1985 Re-release | $40,607,502 | 1,701 | $8,807,023 | 21.7% | 1,684 | Jul 19 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | $36,230,219 | 1,475 | $7,283,714 | 20.1% | 1,474 | Jul 12 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Silverado | $32,192,570 | 1,190 | $3,522,897 | 10.9% | 1,168 | Jul 12 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 6 | The Emerald Forest | $24,468,550 | 1,110 | $4,345,150 | 17.8% | 1,110 | Jul 5 | - | Embassy Pictures |
| 7 | The Black Cauldron | $21,288,692 | 1,276 | $4,180,110 | 19.6% | 1,276 | Jul 26 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $17,005,229 | 204 | $55,962 | 0.3% | 1 | Jul 26 | - | Island Alive |
| 9 | Explorers | $9,873,044 | 1,750 | $3,607,340 | 36.5% | 1,750 | Jul 12 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | The Man with One Red Shoe | $8,645,411 | 1,049 | $3,139,015 | 36.3% | 1,044 | Jul 19 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Red Sonja | $6,948,633 | 1,091 | $2,263,553 | 32.6% | 1,091 | Jul 5 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 12 | Day of the Dead | $5,000,000 | 168 | $1,700,000 | 34% | 168 | Jul 19 | - | - |
| 13 | The Heavenly Kid | $3,852,271 | 1,019 | $1,614,225 | 41.9% | 1,019 | Jul 26 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 14 | The Legend of Billie Jean | $3,099,497 | 903 | $1,466,884 | 47.3% | 903 | Jul 19 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | Wetherby | $1,299,985 | 30 | $37,283 | 2.9% | 2 | Jul 19 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
