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

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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[edit]

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

Highest-grossing films[edit]

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

Rank Title Distributor Rental[52][53]
1 Thunderball United Artists $26,000,000
2 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox $22,500,000[54]
3 Doctor Zhivago Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $15,000,000
4 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros. $10,300,000
5 That Darn Cat! Buena Vista $9,200,000
6 The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming United Artists $7,750,000
7 Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Buena Vista $7,500,000
8 The Silencers Columbia Pictures $7,000,000
Torn Curtain Universal Pictures $7,000,000
10 Our Man Flint 20th Century Fox $6,500,000

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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.
  52. ^ Steinberg, Cobbett (1980). Film facts. New York: Facts on File. p. 25. ISBN 0871963132. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  53. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966". Variety. January 4, 1967. p. 8. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  54. ^ Frederick, Robert F. (January 4, 1967). "'Sound' Blows 'Wind' Off No. 1". Variety. p. 9. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Archive.org.

Chronology[edit]

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