List of 1959 box office number-one films in the United States

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List of 1959 box office number-one films in the United States - Wikipedia

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1959 per Variety's 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 ending	Film	Notes	Ref
1	January 7, 1959	N/A	No survey published
2	January 14, 1959	Auntie Mame	Auntie Mame grossed $380,000 from 19 key cities sampled	^[1]
3	January 21, 1959	Auntie Mame	Auntie Mame grossed $355,000 from the cities sampled	^[2]
4	January 28, 1959	Some Came Running		^[3]
5	February 4, 1959	Auntie Mame		^[4]
6	February 11, 1959	Auntie Mame		^[5]
7	February 18, 1959	Separate Tables		^[6]
8	February 25, 1959	Sleeping Beauty		^[7]
9	March 4, 1959	Separate Tables		^[8]
10	March 11, 1959	Sleeping Beauty		^[9]
11	March 18, 1959	Sleeping Beauty		^[10]
12	March 25, 1959	Rio Bravo		^[11]
13	April 1, 1959	Some Like It Hot	Some Like It Hot reached number one in its second week of release	^[12]
14	April 8, 1959			^[13]
15	April 15, 1959			^[14]
16	April 22, 1959	Imitation of Life	Imitation of Life reached number one in its fifth week of release	^[15]
17	April 29, 1959	Imitation of Life		^[16]
18	May 6, 1959	Some Like It Hot	Some Like It Hot returned to number one in its seventh week of release with a gross of around $280,000	^[17]
19	May 13, 1959			^[18]
20	May 20, 1959			^[19]
21	May 27, 1959			^[20]
22	June 3, 1959	Pork Chop Hill		^[21]
23	June 10, 1959	The Young Philadelphians		^[22]
24	June 17, 1959	Ask Any Girl	Ask Any Girl reached number one in its second week of release	^[23]
25	June 24, 1959	Say One for Me		^[24]
26	July 1, 1959	The Horse Soldiers		^[25]
27	July 8, 1959	The Nun's Story		^[26]
28	July 15, 1959	The Nun's Story		^[27]
29	July 22, 1959	A Hole in the Head		^[27]
30	July 29, 1959	The Nun's Story	The Nun's Story grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled	^[28]
31	August 5, 1959	Anatomy of a Murder		^[29]
32	August 12, 1959	North by Northwest		^[30]
33	August 19, 1959			^[31]
34	August 26, 1959			^[32]
35	September 2, 1959			^[33]
36	September 9, 1959			^[34]
37	September 16, 1959			^[35]
38	September 23, 1959			^[36]
39	September 30, 1959	That Kind of Woman		^[37]
40	October 7, 1959	But Not for Me		^[38]
41	October 14, 1959	The FBI Story		^[39]
42	October 21, 1959	Pillow Talk	Pillow Talk reached number one in its second week of release	^[40]
43	October 28, 1959			^[41]
44	November 4, 1959		Pillow Talk grossed more than $275,000 in the key cities sampled	^[42]
45	November 11, 1959			^[43]
46	November 18, 1959			^[44]
47	November 25, 1959			^[45]
48	December 2, 1959	A Summer Place		^[46]
49	December 9, 1959	A Summer Place		^[47]
50	December 16, 1959	Pillow Talk	Pillow Talk returned to number one in its tenth week of release	^[48]
51	December 23, 1959	On the Beach	On the Beach grossed over $200,000 from five key cities sampled	^[49]
52	December 30, 1959	N/A	No survey published. Solomon and Sheba was the December champion based on grosses from its release in the last week of the year	^[50]

Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

Rank	Title	Distributor	Rental^[51]
1	Auntie Mame	Warner Bros.	$8,800,000
2	The Shaggy Dog	Buena Vista	$7,800,000
3	Some Like It Hot	United Artists	$7,000,000
4	Imitation of Life	Universal Pictures	$6,200,000
5	The Nun's Story	Warner Bros.	$6,000,000
6	Anatomy of a Murder	Columbia Pictures	$5,250,000
6	North by Northwest	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$5,250,000
8	Rio Bravo	Warner Bros.	$5,100,000
9	Around the World in 80 Days	United Artists	$4,400,000^[52]^[53]
10	Sleeping Beauty	Buena Vista	$4,300,000

References

^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 14, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 21, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 28, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 4, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 11, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 18, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 25, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 4, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 11, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 18, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 25, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 1, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 8, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 15, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Box Office Survey". Variety. April 22, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 29, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 6, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 13, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 20, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 27, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 3, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 10, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 17, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 24, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 1, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 8, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ ^a ^b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 22, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 29, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 5, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 12, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 19, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 26, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 2, 1959. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 9, 1959. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 16, 1959. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 23, 1959. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 30, 1959. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 7, 1959. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 14, 1959. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 21, 1959. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 28, 1959. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 4, 1959. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 11, 1959. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 18, 1959. p. 10.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 25, 1959. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 2, 1959. p. 13.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 9, 1959. p. 19.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 16, 1959. p. 5.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 23, 1959. p. 4.
^ Wear, Mike (January 13, 1960). "'Solomon' Shows Boxoffice Glory; 'Petticoat,' 'Beach' December's 2, 3; Holiday's Surge Very Cheery". Variety. p. 11.
^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34.
^ "All-Time Domestic Champs". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34. $22,000,000
^ "All-Time B.O. Champs". Variety. January 7, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Archive.org. $17,600,000

Lists of box office number-one films

Americas

Argentina	2003 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Brazil	2007 2008 2009 2010 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Canada	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Chile	2007 2008 2009 2015 2017 2018
Colombia	2011 2012 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024
Ecuador	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Mexico	2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Paraguay	2019 2020
United States	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Venezuela	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Asia-Pacific

Australia

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

2023
2024

Japan

New Zealand

Pakistan

2022
2023

Philippines

South Korea

Taiwan

Taipei	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Thailand

Bangkok	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Europe, the
Middle East,
and Africa
(EMEA)

Austria	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Belgium	2007 2008 2009 2017 2018 2019 2020
France	1993 1994 1995 1997 2001 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Greece	2013
Ireland	2011
Italy	1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 2001 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024
Lithuania	2020 2021 2022 2023
Netherlands	2009
Poland	2010 2011 2013 2021
Romania	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Spain	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Turkey	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
United Kingdom	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

List of films with the most weekends at number one in North America

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References

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