List of 1946 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 1946 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

The Bells of St. Mary's became the highest grossing film of the year despite not reaching #1.
DateTitleRef
January 2 Spellbound [1]
January 9 [1]
January 16 [1]
January 23 The Harvey Girls [1]
January 30 [1]
February 6 [2]
February 13 [2]
February 20 [2]
February 27 [2]
March 6 [3]
March 13 [3]
March 20 [3]
March 27 [3]
April 3 [4]
April 10 [4]
April 17 [4]
April 24 [4]
May 1 [5]
May 8 [5]
May 15 [5]
May 22 [5]
May 29 [5]
June 5 Leave Her to Heaven [6]
June 12 [6]
June 19 [6]
June 26 [6]
July 3 [7]
July 10 [7]
July 17 [7]
July 24 [7]
July 31 [7]
August 7 [8]
August 14 [8]
August 21 [8]
August 28 [8]
September 4 [9]
September 11 [9]
September 18 [9]
September 25 [9]
October 2 Notorious [10]
October 9 [10]
October 16 [10]
October 23 Gilda [10]
October 30 [10]
November 6 [11]
November 13 [11]
November 20 The Jolson Story [11]
November 27 [11]
December 4 [12]
December 11 Blue Skies [12]
December 18 [12]
December 25 It's a Wonderful Life [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (January 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 14, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (February 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 14, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (March 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 14, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (April 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (May 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (June 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (July 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 14, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (August 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (September 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (October 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 14, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (November 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (December 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 16, 1946 via Internet Archive.

Chronology

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