List of 1966 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1966 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
# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1January 5, 1966Thunderball[1]
2January 12, 1966Thunderball grossed over $1.2 million in the key cities sampled[1]
3January 19, 1966[2]
4January 26, 1966[3]
5February 2, 1966[4]
6February 9, 1966[5]
7February 16, 1966[6]
8February 23, 1966[7]
9March 2, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 52nd week of release[8]
10March 9, 1966[9]
11March 16, 1966[10]
12March 23, 1966[11]
13March 30, 1966[12]
14April 6, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago reached number one in its 15th week of release[13]
15April 13, 1966[14]
16April 20, 1966[15]
17April 27, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 60th week of release[16]
18May 4, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 19th week of release[17]
19May 11, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 62nd week of release[18]
20May 18, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 21st week of release[19]
21May 25, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 64th week of release[20]
22June 1, 1966[21]
23June 8, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 24th week of release[22]
24June 15, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 67th week of release[23]
25June 22, 1966[24]
26June 29, 1966The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming[25]
27July 6, 1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?[26]
28July 13, 1966[27]
29July 20, 1966[28]
30July 27, 1966[29]
31August 3, 1966[30]
32August 10, 1966[31]
33August 17, 1966[32]
34August 24, 1966[33]
35August 31, 1966How to Steal a Million[34]
36September 7, 1966[35]
37September 14, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 80th week of release[36]
38September 21, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 39th week of release[37]
39September 28, 1966[38]
40October 5, 1966[39]
41October 12, 1966[40]
42October 19, 1966[41]
43October 26, 1966[42]
44November 2, 1966HawaiiHawaii reached number one in its third week of release[43]
45November 9, 1966[44]
46November 16, 1966The Professionals[45]
47November 23, 1966The Professionals and HawaiiVariety did not indicate which of the top two films was number one for the week[46]
48November 30, 1966The Professionals[47]
49December 7, 1966[48]
50December 14, 1966[49]
51December 21, 1966Hawaii and The ProfessionalsAgain, Variety did not indicate which of the top two films was number one for the week[50]
52December 28, 1966Follow Me, Boys![51]

References
  1. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 12, 1966. p. 7.
  2. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 19, 1966. p. 7.
  3. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 26, 1966. p. 5.
  4. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 2, 1966. p. 4.
  5. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 9, 1966. p. 3.
  6. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 16, 1966. p. 7.
  7. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 23, 1966. p. 7.
  8. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 2, 1966. p. 7.
  9. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 9, 1966. p. 7.
  10. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 16, 1966. p. 5.
  11. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 23, 1966. p. 7.
  12. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 30, 1966. p. 7.
  13. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 6, 1966. p. 7.
  14. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 13, 1966. p. 7.
  15. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 20, 1966. p. 7.
  16. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 27, 1966. p. 7.
  17. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 4, 1966. p. 7.
  18. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 11, 1966. p. 7.
  19. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 18, 1966. p. 5.
  20. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 25, 1966. p. 4.
  21. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 1, 1966. p. 4.
  22. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 8, 1966. p. 5.
  23. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 15, 1966. p. 3.
  24. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 22, 1966. p. 5.
  25. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 29, 1966. p. 5.
  26. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 6, 1966. p. 7.
  27. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 13, 1966. p. 5.
  28. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 20, 1966. p. 5.
  29. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 27, 1966. p. 5.
  30. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 3, 1966. p. 5.
  31. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 10, 1966. p. 7.
  32. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 17, 1966. p. 7.
  33. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 24, 1966. p. 7.
  34. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 31, 1966. p. 7.
  35. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 7, 1966. p. 7.
  36. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 14, 1966. p. 5.
  37. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 21, 1966. p. 7.
  38. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 28, 1966. p. 7.
  39. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 5, 1966. p. 7.
  40. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 12, 1966. p. 4.
  41. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 19, 1966. p. 5.
  42. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 26, 1966. p. 4.
  43. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 2, 1966. p. 7.
  44. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 9, 1966. p. 7.
  45. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 16, 1966. p. 7.
  46. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 23, 1966. p. 4.
  47. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 30, 1966. p. 7.
  48. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 7, 1966. p. 7.
  49. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 14, 1966. p. 4.
  50. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 21, 1966. p. 11.
  51. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 28, 1966. p. 8.

See also
Preceded by
1965		 1966 Succeeded by
1967
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