List of 1942 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 1942 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.

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Number-one films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.
DateTitleRef
January 7 Dumbo [1]
January 14 [1]
January 21 [1]
January 28 [1]
February 4 [2]
February 11 Suspicion [2]
February 18 [2]
February 25 [2]
March 4 [3]
March 11 [3]
March 18 Sergeant York [3]
March 25 [3]
April 1 [4]
April 8Suspicion [4]
April 15 [4]
April 22Sergeant York [4]
April 29 [4]
May 6 [5]
May 13 [5]
May 20Suspicion [5]
May 27 [5]
June 3 [6]
June 10 Yankee Doodle Dandy [6]
June 17 [6]
June 24 [6]
July 1 [7]
July 8 [7]
July 15 [7]
July 22 [7]
July 29 Mrs. Miniver † [7]
August 5 [8]
August 12 [8]
August 19 [8]
August 26 Bambi [8]
September 2 [9]
September 9 [9]
September 16Yankee Doodle Dandy [9]
September 23Mrs. Miniver † [9]
September 30 [9]
October 7Yankee Doodle Dandy [10]
October 14 [10]
October 21 [10]
October 28 The Magnificent Ambersons [10]
November 4Yankee Doodle Dandy [11]
November 11 [11]
November 18Mrs. Miniver † [11]
November 25 [11]
December 2 Road to Morocco [12]
December 9 [12]
December 16 [12]
December 23 [12]
December 30 [12]

Chronology

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (January 1942)". Variety. Vol. 145, no. 5. New York: Variety, Inc. 7 January 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (February 1942)". Variety. Vol. 145, no. 9. New York: Variety, Inc. 4 February 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (March 1942)". Variety. Vol. 145, no. 13. New York: Variety, Inc. 4 March 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (April 1942)". Variety. Vol. 146, no. 4. New York: Variety, Inc. 1 April 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (May 1942)". Variety. Vol. 146, no. 9. New York: Variety, Inc. 6 May 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (June 1942)". Variety. Vol. 146, no. 13. New York: Variety, Inc. 3 June 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (July 1942)". Variety. Vol. 147, no. 4. New York: Variety, Inc. 1 July 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (August 1942)". Variety. Vol. 147, no. 9. New York: Variety, Inc. 5 August 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (September 1942)". Variety. Vol. 147, no. 13. New York: Variety, Inc. 2 September 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (October 1942)". Variety. Vol. 148, no. 5. New York: Variety, Inc. 7 October 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (November 1942)". Variety. Vol. 148, no. 9. New York: Variety, Inc. 4 November 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (December 1942)". Variety. Vol. 148, no. 13. New York: Variety, Inc. 2 December 1942 – via The Internet Archive.
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