Domestic Box Office For Holiday Season 1985
Holiday Season 1985 is November 1-January 2, 1986.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| 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 | Murphy's Romance | $30,867,525 | 1,046 | $47,906 | 0.2% | 2 | Dec 27 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $29,999,213 | 614 | $2,865,475 | 9.6% | 522 | Nov 1 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 4 | Brazil | $9,929,135 | 173 | $30,099 | 0.3% | 1 | Dec 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | The Trip to Bountiful | $7,491,903 | 1 | $8,387 | 0.1% | 1 | Dec 20 | - | Island Pictures |
| 6 | Bring on the Night | $1,890,571 | 409 | $1,132,112 | 59.9% | 409 | Nov 8 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 7 | Fool for Love | $836,156 | 57 | $55,637 | 6.7% | 2 | Dec 6 | Feb 13 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 8 | Subway | $390,659 | 5 | $11,332 | 2.9% | 1 | Nov 6 | - | Island Alive |
| 9 | Revolution | $358,574 | 30 | $52,755 | 14.7% | 4 | Dec 25 | Jan 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Eleni | $305,102 | 4 | $27,875 | 9.1% | 1 | Nov 1 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | The Official Story | $29,426 | 1 | $29,426 | 100% | 1 | Nov 8 | Nov 14 | Almi Pictures |
| 12 | Trouble in Mind | $19,632 | 1 | $16,029 | 81.6% | 1 | Dec 11 | - | Alive Films |
| 13 | Smooth Talk | $16,785 | 2 | $16,785 | 100% | 2 | Nov 15 | - | International Spectrafilm |
