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
25 July 1969 Three into Two Won't Go Julian Blaustein Productions
1 August 1969Oliver! (re-release) †Romulus Films
8 August 1969
15 August 1969
22 August 1969
29 August 1969 The Wild Bunch Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
5 September 1969
12 September 1969
19 September 1969
26 September 1969 Battle of Britain Spitfire Productions
3 October 1969£153,743
10 October 1969£128,119
17 October 1969£98,553
24 October 1969£70,395
31 October 1969 The Virgin Soldiers High Road Productions & Open Road FilmsTBD
7 November 1969Battle of BritainSpitfire Productions£45,125
14 November 1969£34,712
21 November 1969£28,927
28 November 1969£24,106
5 December 1969£17,219
12 December 1969£14,349
19 December 1969TBD
26 December 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Eon Productions £250,000

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 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.