List of 1947 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 1947 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.

Contents

Number-one films

This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.
Week endingTitleNotesRef
January 1 The Razor's Edge [1]
January 8 [2]
January 15TBDNo survey published.
January 22 13 Rue Madeleine [3]
January 29 [4]
February 5 The Jolson Story [5]
February 12 Humoresque [6]
February 19 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim [7]
February 26The Jolson Story [8]
March 5 [9]
March 12 The Beginning or the End [10]
March 19 The Best Years of Our Lives [11]
March 26 [12]
April 2 [13]
April 9 [14]
April 16 [15]
April 23 [16]
April 30 The Sea of Grass [17]
May 7 The Egg and I [18]
May 14 Duel in the Sun [19]
May 21 [20]
May 28 [21]
June 4 [22]
June 11 Great Expectations [23]
June 18Duel in the Sun [24]
June 25 Miracle on 34th Street Variety named Duel in the Sun and Miracle on 34th Street as the pacemakers but the grosses listed in the survey for the latter were higher, including $94,000 from New York. [25]
July 2 The Unfaithful [26]
July 9 Fiesta [27]
July 16 The Perils of Pauline [28]
July 23 The Hucksters [29]
July 30 [30]
August 6 [31]
August 13 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now [32]
August 20 Welcome Stranger [33]
August 27 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer [34]
September 3 [35]
September 10 [36]
September 17 Life with Father [37]
September 24 [38]
October 1 [39]
October 8 [40]
October 15 The Foxes of Harrow [41]
October 22 [42]
October 29 Forever Amber [43]
November 5 [44]
November 12 [45]
November 19 Body and Soul [46]
November 26 [47]
December 3 Green Dolphin Street [48]
December 10 [49]
December 17 [50]
December 24 Unconquered [51]
December 31 Captain from Castile [52]

References

  1. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. January 1, 1947. p. 5 – via Media History Digital Library.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. January 8, 1947. p. 54 – via Media History Digital Library.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. January 22, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. January 29, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. February 5, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. February 12, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. February 19, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. February 26, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. March 5, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. March 12, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. March 19, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. March 26, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. April 2, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. April 9, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. April 16, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. April 23, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. April 30, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. May 7, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. May 14, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. May 21, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. May 28, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. June 4, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. June 11, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  24. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. June 18, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. June 25, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 2, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 9, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 16, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 23, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 30, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  31. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. August 6, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. August 13, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  33. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. August 20, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  34. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. August 27, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 3, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  36. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 10, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 17, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 24, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. October 1, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  40. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. October 8, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  41. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. October 15, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  42. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. October 22, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. October 29, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  44. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. November 5, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  45. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. November 12, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  46. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. November 19, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  47. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. November 26, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  48. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. December 3, 1947. p. 5 – via Media History Digital Library.
  49. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. December 10, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  50. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. December 17, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  51. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. December 24, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.
  52. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. December 31, 1947. p. 3 – via Media History Digital Library.

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