List of 1949 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of all the box office number-one films in the United Kingdom during the year 1949. These films come from Box Office Hits: No 1 Movie Hits in the UK by Phil Swern. ^{[1] [2]}

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.

Date	Title	Studio
7 January	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
14 January
21 January
28 January
4 February
11 February
18 February
25 February
4 March
11 March
18 March
25 March
1 April
8 April
15 April
22 April
29 April	Passport to Pimlico	Ealing Studios
6 May
13 May
20 May
27 May
3 June
10 June
17 June
24 June
1 July
8 July
15 July
22 July
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September	Champion	Screen Plays Stanley Kramer Productions
9 September	The Third Man †	London Films
16 September	Champion	Screen Plays Stanley Kramer Productions
23 September	The Third Man †	London Films
30 September	Champion	Screen Plays Stanley Kramer Productions
7 October	The Third Man †	London Films
14 October
21 October
28 October
4 November	Champion	Screen Plays Stanley Kramer Productions
11 November	The Third Man †	London Films
18 November	Champion	Screen Plays Stanley Kramer Productions
25 November
2 December
9 December	The Third Man †	London Films
16 December
23 December
30 December	Champion	Screen Plays Stanley Kramer Productions

References

1. Swern, Phil (1995). Box Office Hits: No 1 Movie Hits in the UK. Middlesex, Great Britain: Guinness Publishing Ltd (published 1 October 1995). pp. 30–34. ISBN   0-85112-670-7.
2. "Box Office Hits: No 1 Movie Hits in the UK". goodreads.com. Retrieved September 20, 2025.

See also

• List of British films — British films by year