List of 1968 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 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.

Number-one films
# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1January 3, 1968Valley 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, 1968Guess Who's Coming to DinnerGuess 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, 1968The 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, 19682001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey reached number one in its eleventh week of release[24]
26June 26, 1968The Odd CoupleThe 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, 1968Rosemary'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, 1968Rachel, RachelRachel, Rachel grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled[38]
40October 2, 1968[39]
41October 9, 1968[40]
42October 16, 1968Barbarella[41]
43October 23, 1968[42]
44October 30, 1968Funny GirlFunny 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, 1968Candy[51]

References
  1. "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.

See also
Preceded by
1967		 1968 Succeeded by
1969
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