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The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy , a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. United Artists will celebrated their 50th anniversary.
The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 20th Century Fox | $29,200,000 [1] |
2 | The Love Bug | Buena Vista | $21,000,000 [1] |
3 | Midnight Cowboy | United Artists | $20,500,000 [2] |
4 | Easy Rider | Columbia | $16,900,000 [1] |
5 | Hello, Dolly! | 20th Century Fox | $15,000,000 [1] |
6 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Columbia | $14,600,000 [1] |
7 | Paint Your Wagon | Paramount | $14,500,000 [1] |
8 | True Grit | $14,300,000 [1] | |
9 | Cactus Flower | Columbia | $11,900,000 [1] |
10 | Goodbye, Columbus | Paramount | $10,500,000 [1] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):