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 †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week ending Film Notes Ref 1 Ghostbusters † 2 3 4 5 Beverly Hills Cop 6 7 A Private FunctionA Private Function reached number one in its eleventh week of release 8 The Jungle Book (reissue) 9 Beverly Hills CopBeverly Hills Cop returned to number one in its fifth week of release 10 The Prodigal 11 The Witch 12 Dance with a StrangerDance with a Stranger reached number one in its third week of release 13 14 A Passage to India 15 16 17 18 19 A Private Function 20 The Cotton ClubThe Cotton Club reached number one in its second week of release 21 Johnny Dangerously 22 Witness 23 24 25 A View to a Kill 26 27 28 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 29 30 31 Return to OzReturn to Oz reached number one in its third week of release 32 33 Best Defense 34 35 36 Rambo: First Blood Part IIRambo: First Blood Part II grossed a record £1,085,513 for the weekend surpassing the record set by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 37 Desperately Seeking Susan 38 39 40 41 42 Peter Pan (reissue) 43 44 45 46 Letter to Brezhnev 47 48 Cocoon Cocoon reached number one in its eleventh week of release 49 Santa Claus: The Movie 50 51 52
Highest-grossing films Rank TitleDistributor 1. GhostbustersColumbia Pictures-EMI-Warner Bros. (CEW) 2. A View to a KillUnited International Pictures (UIP) 3. GremlinsCEW 4. Rambo: First Blood Part IICEW 5. Beverly Hills CopUIP 6. Police Academy 2: Their First AssignmentCEW 7. Santa Claus: The MovieRank 8. A Passage to IndiaCEW 9. One Hundred and One DalmatiansWalt Disney 10. Desperately Seeking SusanRank
+ Highest-grossing films of 1985 by BBFC rating U Santa Claus: The Movie PG Ghostbusters 15 Gremlins 18 TBD
See also List of British films — British films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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