This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1959 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.
Number-one films
edit| # | Week ending | Film | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 7, 1959 | N/A | No survey published | |
| 2 | January 14, 1959 | Auntie Mame | Auntie Mame grossed $380,000 from 19 key cities sampled | [1] |
| 3 | January 21, 1959 | Auntie Mame grossed $355,000 from the cities sampled | [2] | |
| 4 | January 28, 1959 | Some Came Running | [3] | |
| 5 | February 4, 1959 | Auntie Mame | [4] | |
| 6 | February 11, 1959 | [5] | ||
| 7 | February 18, 1959 | Separate Tables | [6] | |
| 8 | February 25, 1959 | Sleeping Beauty | [7] | |
| 9 | March 4, 1959 | Separate Tables | [8] | |
| 10 | March 11, 1959 | Sleeping Beauty | [9] | |
| 11 | March 18, 1959 | [10] | ||
| 12 | March 25, 1959 | Rio Bravo | [11] | |
| 13 | April 1, 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Some Like It Hot reached number one in its second week of release | [12] |
| 14 | April 8, 1959 | [13] | ||
| 15 | April 15, 1959 | [14] | ||
| 16 | April 22, 1959 | Imitation of Life | Imitation of Life reached number one in its fifth week of release | [15] |
| 17 | April 29, 1959 | [16] | ||
| 18 | May 6, 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Some Like It Hot returned to number one in its seventh week of release with a gross of around $280,000 | [17] |
| 19 | May 13, 1959 | [18] | ||
| 20 | May 20, 1959 | [19] | ||
| 21 | May 27, 1959 | [20] | ||
| 22 | June 3, 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | [21] | |
| 23 | June 10, 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | [22] | |
| 24 | June 17, 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Ask Any Girl reached number one in its second week of release | [23] |
| 25 | June 24, 1959 | Say One for Me | [24] | |
| 26 | July 1, 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | [25] | |
| 27 | July 8, 1959 | The Nun's Story | [26] | |
| 28 | July 15, 1959 | [27] | ||
| 29 | July 22, 1959 | A Hole in the Head | [27] | |
| 30 | July 29, 1959 | The Nun's Story | The Nun's Story grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled | [28] |
| 31 | August 5, 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | [29] | |
| 32 | August 12, 1959 | North by Northwest | [30] | |
| 33 | August 19, 1959 | [31] | ||
| 34 | August 26, 1959 | [32] | ||
| 35 | September 2, 1959 | [33] | ||
| 36 | September 9, 1959 | [34] | ||
| 37 | September 16, 1959 | [35] | ||
| 38 | September 23, 1959 | [36] | ||
| 39 | September 30, 1959 | That Kind of Woman | [37] | |
| 40 | October 7, 1959 | But Not for Me | [38] | |
| 41 | October 14, 1959 | The FBI Story | [39] | |
| 42 | October 21, 1959 | Pillow Talk | Pillow Talk reached number one in its second week of release | [40] |
| 43 | October 28, 1959 | [41] | ||
| 44 | November 4, 1959 | Pillow Talk grossed more than $275,000 in the key cities sampled | [42] | |
| 45 | November 11, 1959 | [43] | ||
| 46 | November 18, 1959 | [44] | ||
| 47 | November 25, 1959 | [45] | ||
| 48 | December 2, 1959 | A Summer Place | [46] | |
| 49 | December 9, 1959 | [47] | ||
| 50 | December 16, 1959 | Pillow Talk | Pillow Talk returned to number one in its tenth week of release | [48] |
| 51 | December 23, 1959 | On the Beach | On the Beach grossed over $200,000 from five key cities sampled | [49] |
| 52 | December 30, 1959 | N/A | No survey published. Solomon and Sheba was the December champion based on grosses from its release in the last week of the year | [50] |
Highest-grossing films
editThe highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental[51] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie Mame | Warner Bros. | $8,800,000 |
| 2 | The Shaggy Dog | Buena Vista | $7,800,000 |
| 3 | Some Like It Hot | United Artists | $7,000,000 |
| 4 | Imitation of Life | Universal Pictures | $6,200,000 |
| 5 | The Nun's Story | Warner Bros. | $6,000,000 |
| 6 | Anatomy of a Murder | Columbia Pictures | $5,250,000 |
| North by Northwest | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| 8 | Rio Bravo | Warner Bros. | $5,100,000 |
| 9 | Around the World in 80 Days | United Artists | $4,400,000[52][53] |
| 10 | Sleeping Beauty | Buena Vista | $4,300,000 |
See also
edit- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References
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- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 21, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
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- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 4, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 11, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 18, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 25, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 4, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 11, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 18, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 25, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 1, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 8, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 15, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Box Office Survey". Variety. April 22, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 29, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 6, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 13, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 20, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 27, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 3, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 10, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 17, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 24, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 1, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 8, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 22, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 29, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 5, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 12, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 19, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 26, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 2, 1959. p. 3.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 9, 1959. p. 3.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 16, 1959. p. 3.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 23, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 30, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 7, 1959. p. 7.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 14, 1959. p. 7.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 21, 1959. p. 7.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 28, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 4, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 11, 1959. p. 7.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 18, 1959. p. 10.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 25, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 2, 1959. p. 13.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 9, 1959. p. 19.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 16, 1959. p. 5.
- ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 23, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ Wear, Mike (January 13, 1960). "'Solomon' Shows Boxoffice Glory; 'Petticoat,' 'Beach' December's 2, 3; Holiday's Surge Very Cheery". Variety. p. 11.
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34.
- ^ "All-Time Domestic Champs". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34.
$22,000,000
- ^ "All-Time B.O. Champs". Variety. January 7, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Archive.org.
$17,600,000