This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1934 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.
| Kids Million became the highest grossing movie of the year, despite not reaching #1. |
| Date | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Flying Down to Rio | [1] |
| January 9 | [2] | |
| January 16 | [3] | |
| January 23 | [4] | |
| January 30 | [5] | |
| February 6 | [6] | |
| February 13 | [7] | |
| February 20 | [8] | |
| February 27 | It Happened One Night | [9] |
| March 6 | [10] | |
| March 13 | [11] | |
| March 20 | [12] | |
| March 27 | [13] | |
| April 3 | [14] | |
| April 10 | The House of Rothschild | [15] |
| April 17 | [16] | |
| April 24 | [17] | |
| May 1 | [18] | |
| May 8 | Stand Up and Cheer! | [19] |
| May 15 | [20] | |
| May 22 | [21] | |
| May 29 | The Thin Man | [22] |
| June 5 | Little Miss Marker | [23] |
| June 12 | [24] | |
| June 19 | [25] | |
| June 26 | [26] | |
| July 3 | [27] | |
| July 10 | [28] | |
| July 17 | [29] | |
| July 24 | Here Comes the Navy | [30] |
| July 31 | [31] | |
| August 7 | [32] | |
| August 14 | [33] | |
| August 21 | [34] | |
| August 28 | [35] | |
| September 4 | Dames | [36] |
| September 11 | [37] | |
| September 18 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | [38] |
| September 25 | [39] | |
| October 2 | [40] | |
| October 9 | [41] | |
| October 16 | [42] | |
| October 23 | The Gay Divorcee | [43] |
| October 30 | [44] | |
| November 6 | [45] | |
| November 13 | The St. Louis Kid | [46] |
| November 20 | [47] | |
| November 27 | [48] | |
| December 4 | [49] | |
| December 11 | [50] | |
| December 18 | [51] | |
| December 25 | [52] |