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84. Here are the top grossing films in the US for 1985 and 2024

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:02 PM

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The 1985 US list of top grossing films:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_in_film

1 Back to the Future
2 Rambo: First Blood Part II
3 Rocky IV
4 The Color Purple
5 Out of Africa (top global box office, edging out Back To The Future, it was the only one on this 1985 list with a large amount of non US box office, 61.4 per cent of its take was from outside the US)
6 Cocoon
7 The Jewel of the Nile
8 Witness
9 The Goonies
10 Spies Like Us

The 2024 US list of top grossing films:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2024_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States

1. Inside Out 2 (animated) it was the highest grossing animated movie ever (globally and US) until it was passed in 2025 by Ne Zha 2 (globally only, as Ne Zha 2 is Chinese, it is also the highest grossing Chinese movie of any type ever)
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Wicked
4. Moana 2 (animated)
5. Despicable Me 4 (animated)
6. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Twisters
9. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
10. Kung Fu Panda 4 (animated)

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