# | Week ending | Film | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 4, 1956 | Guys and Dolls † | | [2] |
2 | January 11, 1956 | | [2] |
3 | January 18, 1956 | Guys and Dolls grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled. | [3] |
4 | January 25, 1956 | Guys and Dolls grossed $276,000 from 24 key cities. | [4] |
5 | February 1, 1956 | Helen of Troy | Helen of Troy grossed more than $323,000 from 11 key cities. | [5] |
6 | February 8, 1956 | The Benny Goodman Story | | [6] |
7 | February 15, 1956 | | [7] |
8 | February 22, 1956 | Picnic | Picnic reached number one in its 11th week of release. | [8] |
9 | February 29, 1956 | | [9] |
10 | March 7, 1956 | | [10] |
11 | March 14, 1956 | | [11] |
12 | March 21, 1956 | | [12] |
13 | March 28, 1956 | Carousel | Carousel reached number one in its sixth week of release. | [13] |
14 | April 4, 1956 | Alexander the Great | Alexander the Great grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled. | [14] |
15 | April 11, 1956 | Carousel | Carousel returned to number one in its eighth week of release. | [15] |
16 | April 18, 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | | [16] |
17 | April 25, 1956 | The Swan | The Swan grossed $356,000 from the cities sampled. | [17] |
18 | May 2, 1956 | | [18] |
19 | May 9, 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit returned to number one in its fourth week of release. | [19] |
20 | May 16, 1956 | The Revolt of Mamie Stover | The Revolt of Mamie Stover grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled. | [20] |
21 | May 23, 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | | [21] |
22 | May 30, 1956 | | [22] |
23 | June 6, 1956 | The Searchers | The Searchers reached number one in its second week of release. | [23] |
24 | June 13, 1956 | | [24] |
25 | June 20, 1956 | Bhowani Junction | Bhowani Junction reached number one in its seventh week of release. | [25] |
26 | June 27, 1956 | The Catered Affair | The Catered Affair reached number one in its second week of release. | [26] |
27 | July 4, 1956 | Trapeze | Trapeze earned $555,000 from 21 key cities in its fifth week of release. | [27] |
28 | July 11, 1956 | | [28] |
29 | July 18, 1956 | The King and I | The King and I reached number one in its third week of release. | [29] |
30 | July 25, 1956 | | [30] |
31 | August 1, 1956 | | [31] |
32 | August 8, 1956 | The King and I grossed $400,000 from 23 key cities. | [32] |
33 | August 15, 1956 | High Society | High Society reached number one in its fourth week of release. | [33] |
34 | August 22, 1956 | | [34] |
35 | August 29, 1956 | | [35] |
36 | September 5, 1956 | | [36] |
37 | September 12, 1956 | | [37] |
38 | September 19, 1956 | High Society grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled. | [38] |
39 | September 26, 1956 | | [39] |
40 | October 3, 1956 | Tea and Sympathy | Tea and Sympathy grossed $436,000 from the cities sampled. | [40] |
41 | October 10, 1956 | War and Peace | War and Peace reached number one in its seventh week of release. | [41] |
42 | October 17, 1956 | War and Peace grossed more than $316,000 from 16 key cities. | [42] |
43 | October 24, 1956 | War and Peace grossed more than $318,000 from 21 key cities. | [43] |
44 | October 31, 1956 | | [44] |
45 | November 7, 1956 | Giant | Giant grossed more than $400,000 from 10 key cities. | [45] |
46 | November 14, 1956 | Giant grossed $600,000 from the cities sampled. | [46] |
47 | November 21, 1956 | Giant grossed more than $660,000 from the cities sampled. | [47] |
48 | November 28, 1956 | Giant grossed more than $600,000 from 20 key cities. | [48] |
49 | December 5, 1956 | Giant grossed $445,000 from the cities sampled. | [49] |
50 | December 12, 1956 | | [50] |
51 | December 19, 1956 | The Ten Commandments | The Ten Commandments reached number one in its sixth week of release. | [51] |
52 | December 26, 1956 | | [52] |