This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1950 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.
# | Week ending | Film | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 4, 1950 | No survey published. | [1] | |
2 | January 11, 1950 | On the Town | On the Town grossed $391,000 from 15 key cities. | [1] |
3 | January 18, 1950 | Sands of Iwo Jima | Sands of Iwo Jima grossed $215,000 from 14 key cities. | [2] |
4 | January 25, 1950 | [3] | ||
5 | February 1, 1950 | Samson and Delilah | Samson and Delilah reached number one in its third week of release. | [4] |
6 | February 8, 1950 | [5] | ||
7 | February 15, 1950 | [6] | ||
8 | February 22, 1950 | [7] | ||
9 | March 1, 1950 | [8] | ||
10 | March 8, 1950 | Cinderella | Cinderella reached number one in its second week of release. | [9] |
11 | March 15, 1950 | Cinderella grossed $120,000 from the cities sampled. | [10] | |
12 | March 22, 1950 | Francis | Francis reached number one in its sixth week of release. | [11] |
13 | March 29, 1950 | [12] | ||
14 | April 5, 1950 | Cinderella | Cinderella returned to number one in its sixth week of release with a gross of around $235,000. | [13] |
15 | April 12, 1950 | [14] | ||
16 | April 19, 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen | [15] | |
17 | April 26, 1950 | Riding High | Riding High reached number one in its second week of release. | [16] |
18 | May 3, 1950 | The Third Man | The Third Man returned to number one in its 13th week of release. | [17] |
19 | May 10, 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady reached number one in its second week of release. | [18] |
20 | May 17, 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | The Damned Don't Cry reached number one in its second week of release. | [19] |
21 | May 24, 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | [20] | |
22 | May 31, 1950 | The Big Hangover | [21] | |
23 | June 7, 1950 | Father of the Bride | [22] | |
24 | June 14, 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Get Your Gun returned to number one in its fourth week of release. | [23] |
25 | June 21, 1950 | Father of the Bride | Father of the Bride returned to number one in its third week of release. | [24] |
26 | June 28, 1950 | [25] | ||
27 | July 5, 1950 | [26] | ||
28 | July 12, 1950 | Father of the Bride grossed $210,000 from the cities sampled. | [27] | |
29 | July 19, 1950 | Winchester '73 | Winchester '73 grossed $236,000 from 17 key cities. | [28] |
30 | July 26, 1950 | Duchess of Idaho | Duchess of Idaho reached number one in its second week of release. | [29] |
31 | August 2, 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | The Flame and the Arrow reached number one in its fourth week of release. | [30] |
32 | August 9, 1950 | Three Little Words | Three Little Words reached number one in its fourth week of release. | [31] |
33 | August 16, 1950 | Treasure Island | Treasure Island reached number one in its third week of release. | [32] |
34 | August 23, 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Sunset Boulevard earned $165,000 from 5 key cities in its second week of release. | [32] |
35 | August 30, 1950 | [33] | ||
36 | September 6, 1950 | The Black Rose | The Black Rose grossed $455,000 from 15 key cities. | [34] |
37 | September 13, 1950 | [35] | ||
38 | September 20, 1950 | My Blue Heaven | [35] | |
39 | September 27, 1950 | [36] | ||
40 | October 4, 1950 | No Way Out | [37] | |
41 | October 11, 1950 | Mister 880 | [38] | |
42 | October 18, 1950 | [39] | ||
43 | October 25, 1950 | The Glass Menagerie | The Glass Menagerie reached number one in its fourth week of release. | [40] |
44 | November 1, 1950 | All About Eve | All About Eve reached number one in its third week of release. | [41] |
45 | November 8, 1950 | [42] | ||
46 | November 15, 1950 | Rio Grande | Rio Grande grossed $240,000 from 17 key cities. | [43] |
47 | November 22, 1950 | King Solomon's Mines | King Solomon's Mines grossed $240,000 from 5 key cities. | [44] |
48 | November 29, 1950 | King Solomon's Mines grossed $504,000 from 22 key cities. | [45] | |
49 | December 6, 1950 | King Solomon's Mines grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled. | [46] | |
50 | December 13, 1950 | [47] | ||
51 | December 20, 1950 | [48] | ||
52 | December 27, 1950 | Mr. Music | Mr. Music grossed $310,000 from 12 key cities. | [49] |
The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental [50] |
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1 | Samson and Delilah | Paramount Pictures | $11,000,000 |
2 | Battleground | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $4,550,000 |
3 | King Solomon's Mines | $4,400,000 | |
4 | Cheaper by the Dozen | 20th Century Fox | $4,325,000 |
5 | Annie Get Your Gun | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $4,200,000 |
6 | Cinderella | RKO Pictures | $4,150,000 |
7 | Father of the Bride | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $4,150,000 |
8 | Sands of Iwo Jima | Republic Pictures | $3,900,000 |
9 | Broken Arrow | 20th Century Fox | $3,550,000 |
10 | Twelve O'Clock High | $3,225,000 | |