List of 1968 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 1968 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 3, 1968 Valley of the Dolls [1]
2January 10, 1968 [2]
3January 17, 1968 [3]
4January 24, 1968Valley of the Dolls grossed more than $500,000 from 24 key cities [4]
5January 31, 1968 [1]
6February 7, 1968 [5]
7February 14, 1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $603,000 from 12 cities [6]
8February 21, 1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $600,000 from 13 cities [7]
9February 28, 1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $900,000 from 18 cities [8]
10March 6, 1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $718,500 from 17 cities [9]
11March 13, 1968 The Graduate [10]
12March 20, 1968 [11]
13March 27, 1968 [12]
14April 3, 1968 [13]
15April 10, 1968 [14]
16April 17, 1968 [15]
17April 24, 1968 [16]
18May 1, 1968 [17]
19May 8, 1968 [18]
20May 15, 1968 [19]
21May 22, 1968 [20]
22May 29, 1968 [21]
23June 5, 1968 [22]
24June 12, 1968 [23]
25June 19, 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey reached number one in its eleventh week of release [24]
26June 26, 1968 The Odd Couple The Odd Couple grossed $509,000 from 11 key cities [25]
27July 3, 1968 [26]
28July 10, 1968The Odd Couple grossed $711,000 in the cities sampled [27]
29July 17, 1968 [28]
30July 24, 1968 [29]
31July 31, 1968The Odd Couple grossed $545,000 in the cities sampled [30]
32August 7, 1968 [31]
33August 14, 1968 Rosemary's Baby [32]
34August 21, 1968 [33]
35August 28, 1968 [34]
36September 4, 1968 [35]
37September 11, 19682001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey returned to number one in its 23rd week of release [36]
38September 18, 1968Rosemary's Baby [37]
39September 25, 1968 Rachel, Rachel Rachel, Rachel grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled [38]
40October 2, 1968 [39]
41October 9, 1968 [40]
42October 16, 1968 Barbarella [41]
43October 23, 1968 [42]
44October 30, 1968 Funny Girl Funny Girl reached number one in its sixth week of release [43]
45November 6, 1968 [44]
46November 13, 1968 [45]
47November 20, 1968 [46]
48November 27, 1968 [47]
49December 4, 1968 [48]
50December 11, 1968 [49]
51December 18, 1968 [50]
52December 25, 1968 Candy [51]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 31, 1968. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 10, 1968. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 17, 1968. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 24, 1968. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 7, 1968. p. 11.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 14, 1968. p. 11.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 21, 1968. p. 13.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 28, 1968. p. 15.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 6, 1968. p. 15.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 13, 1968. p. 13.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 20, 1968. p. 13.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 27, 1968. p. 13.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 3, 1968. p. 13.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 10, 1968. p. 11.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 17, 1968. p. 11.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 24, 1968. p. 14.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 1, 1968. p. 13.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 8, 1968. p. 30.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 15, 1968. p. 10.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 22, 1968. p. 11.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 29, 1968. p. 11.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 5, 1968. p. 13.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 12, 1968. p. 18.
  24. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 19, 1968. p. 15.
  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 26, 1968. p. 11.
  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 3, 1968. p. 11.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 10, 1968. p. 11.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 17, 1968. p. 11.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 24, 1968. p. 10.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 31, 1968. p. 10.
  31. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 7, 1968. p. 14.
  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 14, 1968. p. 11.
  33. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 21, 1968. p. 13.
  34. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 28, 1968. p. 13.
  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 4, 1968. p. 14.
  36. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 11, 1968. p. 10.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 18, 1968. p. 11.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 25, 1968. p. 13.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 2, 1968. p. 15.
  40. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 9, 1968. p. 13.
  41. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 16, 1968. p. 13.
  42. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 23, 1968. p. 11.
  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 30, 1968. p. 11.
  44. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 6, 1968. p. 11.
  45. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 13, 1968. p. 12.
  46. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 20, 1968. p. 11.
  47. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 27, 1968. p. 11.
  48. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 4, 1968. p. 13.
  49. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 11, 1968. p. 15.
  50. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 18, 1968. p. 13.
  51. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 1, 1969. p. 13.

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