List of 1968 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1968 per Varietys weekly National boxoffice survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

Week endingFilmNotes
1 Valley of the Dolls
2 [1]
3 [2]
4 Valley of the Dolls grossed more than $500,000 from 24 key cities[3]
5 [4]
6 [5]
7 Guess Who's Coming to DinnerGuess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $603,000 from 12 cities[6]
8 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $600,000 from 13 cities[7]
9 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $900,000 from 18 cities[8]
10 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $718,500 from 17 cities[9]
11 The Graduate[10]
12 [11]
13 [12]
14 [13]
15 [14]
16 [15]
17 [16]
18 [17]
19 [18]
20 [19]
21 [20]
22 [21]
23 [22]
24 [23]
25 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey reached number one in its eleventh week of release [24]
26 The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple grossed $509,000 from 11 key cities[25]
27 [26]
28 The Odd Couple grossed $711,000 in the cities sampled[27]
29 [28]
30 [29]
31 The Odd Couple grossed $545,000 in the cities sampled[30]
32 [31]
33 Rosemary's Baby[32]
34 [33]
35 [34]
36 [35]
37 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey returned to number one in its 23rd week of release[36]
38 Rosemary's Baby[37]
39 Rachel, RachelRachel, Rachel grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled[38]
40 [39]
41 [40]
42 Barbarella[41]
43 [42]
44 Funny GirlFunny Girl reached number one in its sixth week of release[43]
45 [44]
46 [45]
47 [46]
48 [47]
49 [48]
50 [49]
51 [50]
52 Candy[51]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 10, 1968. 13.
  2. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 17, 1968. 11.
  3. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 24, 1968. 11.
  4. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 31, 1968. 11.
  5. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 7, 1968. 11.
  6. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 14, 1968. 11.
  7. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 21, 1968. 13.
  8. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 28, 1968. 15.
  9. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 6, 1968. 15.
  10. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 13, 1968. 13.
  11. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 20, 1968. 13.
  12. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 27, 1968. 13.
  13. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 3, 1968. 13.
  14. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 10, 1968. 11.
  15. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 17, 1968. 11.
  16. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 24, 1968. 14.
  17. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 1, 1968. 13.
  18. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 8, 1968. 30.
  19. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 15, 1968. 10.
  20. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 22, 1968. 11.
  21. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 29, 1968. 11.
  22. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 5, 1968. 13.
  23. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 12, 1968. 18.
  24. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 19, 1968. 15.
  25. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 26, 1968. 11.
  26. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 3, 1968. 11.
  27. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 10, 1968. 11.
  28. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 17, 1968. 11.
  29. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 24, 1968. 10.
  30. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 31, 1968. 10.
  31. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 7, 1968. 14.
  32. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 14, 1968. 11.
  33. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 21, 1968. 13.
  34. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 28, 1968. 13.
  35. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 4, 1968. 14.
  36. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 11, 1968. 10.
  37. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 18, 1968. 11.
  38. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 25, 1968. 13.
  39. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 2, 1968. 15.
  40. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 9, 1968. 13.
  41. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 16, 1968. 13.
  42. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 23, 1968. 11.
  43. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 30, 1968. 11.
  44. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 6, 1968. 11.
  45. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 13, 1968. 12.
  46. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 20, 1968. 11.
  47. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 27, 1968. 11.
  48. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 4, 1968. 13.
  49. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 11, 1968. 15.
  50. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 18, 1968. 13.
  51. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 1, 1969. 13.

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