List of 1945 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 1945 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

The Bells of St. Mary's became the highest-grossing film of the year despite not reaching #1.
DateTitleRef
January 3 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo [1]
January 10 Meet Me in St. Louis [1]
January 17 [1]
January 24 [1]
January 31 National Velvet [1]
February 7 [2]
February 14 [2]
February 21 [2]
February 28 [2]
March 7 [3]
March 14 [3]
March 21 [3]
March 28 [3]
April 4 [4]
April 11 Brewster's Millions [4]
April 18 [4]
April 25 Son of Lassie [4]
May 2 [5]
May 9 The Valley of Decision [5]
May 16 [5]
May 23 [5]
May 30 Thrill of a Romance [5]
June 6 [6]
June 13 [6]
June 20 [6]
June 27 [6]
July 4 [7]
July 11 [7]
July 18 [7]
July 25 [7]
August 1 [8]
August 8 [8]
August 15 Son of Lassie [8]
August 22 [8]
August 29 [8]
September 5 [9]
September 12 [9]
September 19 [9]
September 26 [9]
October 3 Rome, Open City [10]
October 10 Week-End at the Waldorf [10]
October 17 [10]
October 24 [10]
October 31 The Clock [10]
November 7 [11]
November 14 [11]
November 21 Mildred Pierce [11]
November 28 [11]
December 5 [12]
December 12 [12]
December 19 [12]
December 26 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 https://archive.org/details/variety157-1945-01
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (February 1945)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 15, 1945 via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety157-1945-03
  4. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety158-1945-04
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (May 1945)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 15, 1945 via Internet Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (June 1945)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 15, 1945 via Internet Archive.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (July 1945)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 15, 1945 via Internet Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (August 1945)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 15, 1945 via Internet Archive.
  9. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety159-1945-09
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (October 1945)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 15, 1945 via Internet Archive.
  11. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety160-1945-11
  12. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety160-1945-12