List of 1965 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 1965 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, 1965 Goldfinger [1]
2January 13, 1965Goldfinger grossed over $700,000 in the cities sampled [1]
3January 20, 1965Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities [2]
4January 27, 1965Goldfinger grossed $500,000 from the cities sampled [3]
5February 3, 1965Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities [4]
6February 10, 1965Goldfinger grossed $470,000 from the cities sampled [5]
7February 17, 1965 My Fair Lady My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 17th week of release [6]
8February 24, 1965 [7]
9March 3, 1965 [8]
10March 10, 1965 [9]
11March 17, 1965 [10]
12March 24, 1965 [11]
13March 31, 1965 [12]
14April 7, 1965 The Sound of Music The Sound of Music reached number one in its fifth week of release [13]
15April 14, 1965 [14]
16April 21, 1965My Fair LadyMy Fair Lady returned to number one in its 26th week of release [15]
17April 28, 1965The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its eighth week of release [16]
18May 5, 1965 [17]
19May 12, 1965 [18]
20May 19, 1965 [19]
21May 26, 1965 [20]
22June 2, 1965 [21]
23June 9, 1965 [22]
24June 16, 1965 [23]
25June 23, 1965 The Yellow Rolls-Royce [24]
26June 30, 1965 [25]
27July 7, 1965 What's New Pussycat? What's New Pussycat? reached number one in its second week of release [26]
28July 14, 1965 [27]
29July 21, 1965The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 20th week of release [28]
30July 28, 1965 The Sandpiper The Sandpiper reached number one in its fifth week of release [29]
31August 4, 1965 [30]
32August 11, 1965The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 23rd week of release [31]
33August 18, 1965The Sound of Music grossed close to $500,000 in the cities sampled [32]
34August 25, 1965 [33]
35September 1, 1965 [34]
36September 8, 1965 [35]
37September 15, 1965 [36]
38September 22, 1965 [37]
39September 29, 1965 [38]
40October 6, 1965 [39]
41October 13, 1965 [40]
42October 20, 1965 The Great Race [41]
43October 27, 1965 [42]
44November 3, 1965The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 35th week of release [43]
45November 10, 1965 [44]
46November 17, 1965 [45]
47November 24, 1965 [46]
48December 1, 1965 [47]
49December 8, 1965 [48]
50December 15, 1965 [49]
51December 22, 1965 [50]
52December 29, 1965 Thunderball Thunderball grossed over $1.4 million in the key cities sampled [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental [52]
1 Mary Poppins Buena Vista $26,500,000 [53] [54]
2 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox $20,000,000
3 Goldfinger United Artists $19,700,000
4 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. $14,000,000 [55] [56]
5 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World United Artists$7,500,000 [57] [58]
6 What's New Pussycat? $7,150,000
7 Shenandoah Universal Pictures $7,000,000
8 The Sandpiper Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $6,400,000
9 Father Goose Universal Pictures$6,000,000
10 Von Ryan's Express 20th Century Fox$5,600,000

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 13, 1965. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 20, 1965. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 27, 1965. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 3, 1965. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 10, 1965. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 17, 1965. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 24, 1965. p. 4.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 3, 1965. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 10, 1965. p. 7.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 17, 1965. p. 5.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 24, 1965. p. 3.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 31, 1965. p. 4.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 7, 1965. p. 7.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 14, 1965. p. 7.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 21, 1965. p. 4.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 28, 1965. p. 4.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 5, 1965. p. 3.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 12, 1965. p. 5.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 19, 1965. p. 8.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 26, 1965. p. 4.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 2, 1965. p. 5.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 9, 1965. p. 4.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 16, 1965. p. 7.
  24. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 23, 1965. p. 4.
  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 30, 1965. p. 7.
  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 7, 1965. p. 5.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 14, 1965. p. 5.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 21, 1965. p. 4.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 28, 1965. p. 4.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 4, 1965. p. 5.
  31. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 11, 1965. p. 5.
  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 18, 1965. p. 6.
  33. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 25, 1965. p. 6.
  34. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 1, 1965. p. 6.
  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 8, 1965. p. 5.
  36. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 15, 1965. p. 4.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 22, 1965. p. 7.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 29, 1965. p. 7.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 6, 1965. p. 7.
  40. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 13, 1965. p. 7.
  41. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 20, 1965. p. 7.
  42. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 27, 1965. p. 7.
  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 3, 1965. p. 7.
  44. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 10, 1965. p. 7.
  45. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 17, 1965. p. 7.
  46. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 24, 1965. p. 7.
  47. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 1, 1965. p. 5.
  48. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 8, 1965. p. 7.
  49. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 15, 1965. p. 7.
  50. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 22, 1965. p. 7.
  51. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 29, 1965. p. 3.
  52. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1965". Variety . January 5, 1966. p. 6.
  53. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1965". Variety . January 5, 1966. p. 6. $28,500,000
  54. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964". Variety . January 6, 1965. p. 39. $2,000,000
  55. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1965". Variety . January 5, 1966. p. 6. $19,000,000
  56. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964". Variety . January 6, 1965. p. 39. $5,000,000
  57. ↑ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety . January 5, 1966. p. 6. $17,500,000
  58. ↑ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety . January 6, 1965. p. 39. $10,000,000

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