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

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental [52]
1 Guys and Dolls Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $9,000,000
2 The King and I 20th Century Fox $8,500,000
3 Trapeze United Artists $7,500,000
4 High Society Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer$6,500,000
5 I'll Cry Tomorrow $6,500,000
6 Picnic Columbia Pictures $6,300,000
7 War and Peace Paramount Pictures $6,250,000
8 The Eddy Duchin Story Columbia Pictures$5,300,000
9 Moby Dick Warner Bros. $5,200,000
10 The Searchers $4,800,000

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 11, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 18, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 25, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 1, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 8, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 15, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 22, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 29, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 7, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 14, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 21, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 28, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 4, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 11, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 18, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 25, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 2, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 9, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 16, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 23, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 30, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 6, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 13, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  24. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 20, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 27, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 4, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 11, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 18, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 25, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 1, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 5, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 19, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 26, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 3, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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