List of 1954 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 1954 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

#Week endingFilmNotesRef
1January 6, 1954 This Is Cinerama [1]
2January 13, 1954 Knights of the Round Table Knights of the Round Table grossed $338,000 from 11 key cities. [1]
3January 20, 1954Knights of the Round Table grossed $465,000 from 25 key cities. [2]
4January 27, 1954 [3]
5February 3, 1954 [4]
6February 10, 1954 [5]
7February 17, 1954 [6]
8February 24, 1954 The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story reached number one in its second week of release. [7]
9March 3, 1954 [8]
10March 10, 1954The Glenn Miller Story grossed $400,000 from 20 key cities. [9]
11March 17, 1954 [10]
12March 24, 1954 [11]
13March 31, 1954 Rose Marie Rose Marie reached number one in its fourth week of release. [12]
14April 7, 1954 [13]
15April 14, 1954 [14]
16April 21, 1954 Prince Valiant Prince Valiant reached number one in its third week of release. [15]
17April 28, 1954 [16]
18May 5, 1954 Executive Suite [17]
19May 12, 1954 [18]
20May 19, 1954 [19]
21May 26, 1954 [20]
22June 2, 1954 Dial M for Murder [21]
23June 9, 1954 Three Coins in the Fountain Three Coins in the Fountain reached number one in its third week of release. [22]
24June 16, 1954 [23]
25June 23, 1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius and the Gladiators grossed $355,000 from 14 key cities. [24]
26June 30, 1954 [25]
27July 7, 1954 The Caine Mutiny The Caine Mutiny reached number one in its second week of release. [26]
28July 14, 1954 [27]
29July 21, 1954 [28]
30July 28, 1954 [29]
31August 4, 1954 [30]
32August 11, 1954 [31]
33August 18, 1954 Magnificent Obsession Magnificent Obsession reached number one in its second week of release. [32]
34August 25, 1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Seven Brides for Seven Brothers reached number one in its fifth week of release. [33]
35September 1, 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers grossed $320,000 from 10 key cities. [34]
36September 8, 1954 Dragnet Dragnet grossed $389,000 from 15 key cities. [35]
37September 15, 1954 The Egyptian [36]
38September 22, 1954 [37]
39September 29, 1954 Sabrina [38]
40October 6, 1954 [39]
41October 13, 1954 Woman's World Woman's World reached number one in its second week of release. [40]
42October 20, 1954 A Star Is Born A Star Is Born earned $675,000 from 17 key cities in its third week of release. [41]
43October 27, 1954A Star Is Born grossed $536,000 from 19 key cities. [42]
44November 3, 1954 White Christmas White Christmas earned $525,000 from 12 key cities in its third week of release. [43]
45November 10, 1954White Christmas grossed $525,000 from 12 key cities. [44]
46November 17, 1954White Christmas grossed $788,000 from 19 key cities. [45]
47November 24, 1954 [46]
48December 1, 1954 [47]
49December 8, 1954 [48]
50December 15, 1954 [49]
51December 22, 1954 [50]
52December 29, 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business There's No Business Like Show Business reached number one in its second week of release. [51]

Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

RankTitleDistributorRental [52]
1 White Christmas Paramount Pictures $12,000,000
2 The Caine Mutiny Columbia Pictures $8,700,000
3 The Glenn Miller Story Universal-International $7,000,000
4 The Egyptian 20th Century Fox $6,000,000
5 Rear Window Paramount Pictures$5,300,000
6 The High and the Mighty Warner Bros. $5,200,000
7 Magnificent Obsession Universal-International$5,000,000
8 Three Coins in the Fountain 20th Century Fox$5,000,000
9 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $4,750,000
10 Désirée 20th Century Fox$4,500,000

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 13, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 20, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 27, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 3, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 10, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 17, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 24, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 3, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 10, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 31, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 7, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 14, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 21, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 28, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 5, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 12, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 2, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 14, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2023– via Archive.org.
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