List of 1939 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1939 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

Gone with the Wind became the highest grossing film of 1939. But its reign at the #1 spot occurred in early 1940, it never reached #1 during 1939.
DateTitleRef
January 4 The Adventures of Robin Hood [1]
January 11 [1]
January 18 [1]
January 25 [1]
February 1 [2]
February 8 [2]
February 15 [2]
February 22 Jesse James [2]
March 1 [3]
March 8 Stagecoach [3]
March 15 [3]
March 22 [3]
March 29 Midnight [3]
April 5 Three Smart Girls Grow Up [4]
April 12 The Hound of the Baskervilles [4]
April 19 Wuthering Heights [4]
April 26 Dark Victory [4]
May 3 [5]
May 10 [5]
May 17 [5]
May 24 [5]
May 31 [5]
June 7 [6]
June 14 [6]
June 21 [6]
June 28 [6]
July 5 [7]
July 12 [7]
July 19 [7]
July 26 [7]
August 2 [8]
August 9 [8]
August 16 [8]
August 23 [8]
August 30 [8]
September 6 The Wizard of Oz [9]
September 13 [9]
September 20 [9]
September 27 [9]
October 4 [10]
October 11 [10]
October 18 [10]
October 25 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington [10]
November 1 [11]
November 8 [11]
November 15 [11]
November 22 [11]
November 29 [11]
December 6 [12]
December 13 [12]
December 20 [12]
December 27 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (January 1939)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 21, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety133-1939-02
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (March 1939)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 21, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety134-1939-04
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 https://archive.org/details/variety134-1939-05
  6. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety134-1939-06
  7. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety135-1939-07
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 https://archive.org/details/variety135-1939-08
  9. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety135-1939-09
  10. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety136-1939-10
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 https://archive.org/details/variety136-1939-11
  12. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety136-1939-12
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