List of 1959 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 1959 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

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1]
#Week endingFilmNotesRef
1January 7, 1959 The Buccaneer No survey was published this week, however The Buccaneer was #1 the previous week.
2January 14, 1959 Auntie Mame †Auntie Mame grossed $380,000 from 19 key cities sampled [2]
3January 21, 1959Auntie Mame grossed $355,000 from the cities sampled [3]
4January 28, 1959 Some Came Running [4]
5February 4, 1959Auntie Mame † [5]
6February 11, 1959 [6]
7February 18, 1959 Separate Tables [7]
8February 25, 1959 Sleeping Beauty [8]
9March 4, 1959Separate Tables [9]
10March 11, 1959Sleeping Beauty [10]
11March 18, 1959 [11]
12March 25, 1959 Rio Bravo [12]
13April 1, 1959 Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot reached number one in its second week of release [13]
14April 8, 1959 [14]
15April 15, 1959 [15]
16April 22, 1959 Imitation of Life Imitation of Life reached number one in its fifth week of release [16]
17April 29, 1959 [17]
18May 6, 1959Some Like It HotSome Like It Hot returned to number one in its seventh week of release with a gross of around $280,000 [18]
19May 13, 1959 [19]
20May 20, 1959 [20]
21May 27, 1959 [21]
22June 3, 1959 Pork Chop Hill [22]
23June 10, 1959 The Young Philadelphians [23]
24June 17, 1959 Ask Any Girl Ask Any Girl reached number one in its second week of release [24]
25June 24, 1959 Say One for Me [25]
26July 1, 1959 The Horse Soldiers [26]
27July 8, 1959 The Nun's Story [27]
28July 15, 1959 [28]
29July 22, 1959 A Hole in the Head [28]
30July 29, 1959The Nun's StoryThe Nun's Story grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled [29]
31August 5, 1959 Anatomy of a Murder [30]
32August 12, 1959 North by Northwest [31]
33August 19, 1959 [32]
34August 26, 1959 [33]
35September 2, 1959 [34]
36September 9, 1959 [35]
37September 16, 1959 [36]
38September 23, 1959 [37]
39September 30, 1959 That Kind of Woman [38]
40October 7, 1959 But Not for Me [39]
41October 14, 1959 The FBI Story [40]
42October 21, 1959 Pillow Talk Pillow Talk reached number one in its second week of release [41]
43October 28, 1959 [42]
44November 4, 1959Pillow Talk grossed more than $275,000 in the key cities sampled [43]
45November 11, 1959 [44]
46November 18, 1959 [45]
47November 25, 1959 [46]
48December 2, 1959 A Summer Place [47]
49December 9, 1959 [48]
50December 16, 1959Pillow TalkPillow Talk returned to number one in its tenth week of release [49]
51December 23, 1959 On the Beach On the Beach grossed over $200,000 from five key cities sampled [50]
52December 30, 1959 Solomon and Sheba No survey published. But Solomon and Sheba was the December champion based on grosses from its release in the last week of the year. [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental [1]
1 Auntie Mame Warner Bros. $8,800,000
2 The Shaggy Dog Buena Vista $7,800,000
3 Some Like It Hot United Artists $7,000,000
4 Imitation of Life Universal Pictures $6,200,000
5 The Nun's Story Warner Bros.$6,000,000
6 Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Pictures $5,250,000
North by Northwest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
8 Rio Bravo Warner Bros.$5,100,000
9 Around the World in 80 Days United Artists$4,400,000 [52] [53]
10 Sleeping Beauty Buena Vista$4,300,000

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1959: Probable Domestic Take". Variety . January 6, 1960. p. 34.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 14, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 21, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 28, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 4, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 11, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 18, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 25, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 4, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 11, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 18, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 25, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 1, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 8, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 15, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  16. ↑ "National Box Office Survey". Variety . April 22, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 29, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 6, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 13, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 20, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 27, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 3, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 10, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  24. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 17, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 24, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020– via Archive.org.
  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 1, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 23, 2020– via Archive.org.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 8, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 23, 2020– via Archive.org.
  28. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 22, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020– via Archive.org.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 29, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020– via Archive.org.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 5, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Archive.org.
  31. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 12, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Archive.org.
  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 19, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Archive.org.
  33. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 26, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Archive.org.
  34. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 2, 1959. p. 3.
  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 9, 1959. p. 3.
  36. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 16, 1959. p. 3.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 23, 1959. p. 4.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 30, 1959. p. 4.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 7, 1959. p. 7.
  40. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 14, 1959. p. 7.
  41. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 21, 1959. p. 7.
  42. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 28, 1959. p. 4.
  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 4, 1959. p. 4.
  44. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 11, 1959. p. 7.
  45. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 18, 1959. p. 10.
  46. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 25, 1959. p. 4.
  47. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 2, 1959. p. 13.
  48. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 9, 1959. p. 19.
  49. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 16, 1959. p. 5.
  50. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 23, 1959. p. 4.
  51. ↑ Wear, Mike (January 13, 1960). "'Solomon' Shows Boxoffice Glory; 'Petticoat,' 'Beach' December's 2, 3; Holiday's Surge Very Cheery". Variety . p. 11.
  52. ↑ "All-Time Domestic Champs". Variety . January 6, 1960. p. 34. $22,000,000
  53. ↑ "All-Time B.O. Champs". Variety . January 7, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2021– via Archive.org. $17,600,000

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