This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1964 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 1, 1964 | Charade | Charade grossed over $550,000 | [1] |
2 | January 8, 1964 | [2] | ||
3 | January 15, 1964 | Charade grossed $360,000 from 19 key cities | [2] | |
4 | January 22, 1964 | Charade grossed more than $350,000 from 22 key cities | [3] | |
5 | January 29, 1964 | [4] | ||
6 | February 5, 1964 | The Prize | [5] | |
7 | February 12, 1964 | Tom Jones | [6] | |
8 | February 19, 1964 | [7] | ||
9 | February 26, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | [8] | |
10 | March 4, 1964 | Tom Jones | [9] | |
11 | March 11, 1964 | [10] | ||
12 | March 18, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | [11] | |
13 | March 25, 1964 | Tom Jones | [12] | |
14 | April 1, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | [13] | |
15 | April 8, 1964 | [14] | ||
16 | April 15, 1964 | Tom Jones | [15] | |
17 | April 22, 1964 | [16] | ||
18 | April 29, 1964 | The Pink Panther | The Pink Panther reached number one in its sixth week of release | [17] |
19 | May 6, 1964 | [18] | ||
20 | May 13, 1964 | [19] | ||
21 | May 20, 1964 | [20] | ||
22 | May 27, 1964 | What a Way to Go! | What a Way to Go! reached number one in its second week of release | [21] |
23 | June 3, 1964 | The Chalk Garden | The Chalk Garden grossed $180,000 at Radio City Music Hall, a Memorial Day week record | [22] [23] |
24 | June 10, 1964 | The Pink Panther | The Pink Panther returned to number one in its twelfth week of release | [24] |
25 | June 17, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | [25] | |
26 | June 24, 1964 | [26] | ||
27 | July 1, 1964 | [27] | ||
28 | July 8, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers grossed $434,000 | [28] | |
29 | July 15, 1964 | [29] | ||
30 | July 22, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | [30] | |
31 | July 29, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | [31] | |
32 | August 5, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | [32] | |
33 | August 12, 1964 | The Night of the Iguana | [33] | |
34 | August 19, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | [34] | |
35 | August 26, 1964 | [35] | ||
36 | September 2, 1964 | [36] | ||
37 | September 9, 1964 | [37] | ||
38 | September 16, 1964 | [38] | ||
39 | September 23, 1964 | [39] | ||
40 | September 30, 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | [40] | |
41 | October 7, 1964 | [41] | ||
42 | October 14, 1964 | [42] | ||
43 | October 21, 1964 | Topkapi | [43] | |
44 | October 28, 1964 | Mary Poppins | [44] | |
45 | November 4, 1964 | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady reached number one in its second week of release | [45] |
46 | November 11, 1964 | Mary Poppins | [46] | |
47 | November 18, 1964 | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady returned to number one in its fourth week of release | [47] |
48 | November 25, 1964 | [48] | ||
49 | December 2, 1964 | [49] | ||
50 | December 9, 1964 | [50] | ||
51 | December 16, 1964 | [51] | ||
52 | December 23, 1964 | [52] | ||
53 | December 30, 1964 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed $632,000 in the cities sampled | [53] |
The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental [54] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Carpetbaggers | Paramount Pictures | $13,000,000 |
2 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | United Artists | $10,000,000 |
3 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $7,500,000 |
4 | Charade | Universal Pictures | $6,150,000 |
5 | Cleopatra | 20th Century Fox | $5,500,000 [55] [56] |
6 | The Cardinal | Columbia Pictures | $5,275,000 |
7 | Move Over, Darling | 20th Century Fox | $5,100,000 |
8 | My Fair Lady | Warner Bros. | $5,000,000 |
What a Way to Go! | 20th Century Fox | ||
10 | Good Neighbor Sam | Columbia Pictures | $4,950,000 |
$21,200,000
$15,700,000