List of 1969 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

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Here's a list of the number-one box office films from 1969 in the West End of London for the week. Gross figures represent "an approximation" by 25th Frame. [1] [2]

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Number-one films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [3]
Week ofTitleStudioGrossRef
11 July 1969 The Most Dangerous Man In The World APJAC ProductionsTBD [2]
18 July 1969 Oliver! (re-release) †Romulus Films [2]
25 July 1969 Three into Two Won't Go Julian Blaustein Productions [2]
1 August 1969Oliver! (re-release) †Romulus Films [2]
8 August 1969 [2]
15 August 1969 [2]
22 August 1969 [2]
29 August 1969 The Wild Bunch Warner Bros.-Seven Arts [2]
5 September 1969 [2]
12 September 1969 [2]
19 September 1969 [2]
26 September 1969 Battle of Britain Spitfire Productions [2]
3 October 1969£153,743 [4] [ better source needed ]
10 October 1969£128,119 [5] [ better source needed ]
17 October 1969£98,553 [6] [ better source needed ]
24 October 1969£70,395 [7] [ better source needed ]
31 October 1969 The Virgin Soldiers High Road Productions & Open Road FilmsTBD [2]
7 November 1969Battle of BritainSpitfire Productions£45,125 [8] [ better source needed ]
14 November 1969£34,712 [9] [ better source needed ]
21 November 1969£28,927 [10] [ better source needed ]
28 November 1969£24,106 [11] [ better source needed ]
5 December 1969£17,219 [12] [ better source needed ]
12 December 1969£14,349 [13] [ better source needed ]
19 December 1969TBD [2]
26 December 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Eon Productions £250,000 [14] [15] [ better source needed ]

Highest-grossing films

The reissue of Oliver! was the highest-grossing film for the year. The highest-grossing general releases for the year were: [3]

RankTitleStudio
1. Till Death Us Do Part British Lion-Columbia
2. Carry On Camping Rank Film Distributors
3. The Love Bug Disney
4. Bullitt Warner Bros.-Pathé
5. Carry On Up the Khyber Rank Film Distributors
6. The Virgin Soldiers Columbia
7. Three Into Two Won't Go Rank Film Distributors
8. Oh! What a Lovely War Paramount
9. The Italian Job Paramount
10. Ice Station Zebra MGM

References

  1. ↑ "Movie Box Office Database from 25thframe.co.uk".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 435. ISBN   0-85112-670-7 – via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 B-Williamson, C.H. (23 December 1969). "The box-office greats of 1969". Today's Cinema. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 3rd October 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 10th October 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 17th October 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 24th October 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 7th November 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 14th November 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 21st November 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 28th November 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 5th December 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 12th December 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 19th December 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "UK Cinema Box Office 26th December 1969 | 25thframe". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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