List_of_1950_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States

List of 1950 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 1950 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

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#	Week ending	Film	Notes	Ref
1	January 4, 1950		No survey published.	^[1]
2	January 11, 1950	On the Town	On the Town grossed $391,000 from 15 key cities.	^[1]
3	January 18, 1950	Sands of Iwo Jima	Sands of Iwo Jima grossed $215,000 from 14 key cities.	^[2]
4	January 25, 1950	Sands of Iwo Jima		^[3]
5	February 1, 1950	Samson and Delilah	Samson and Delilah reached number one in its third week of release.	^[4]
6	February 8, 1950			^[5]
7	February 15, 1950			^[6]
8	February 22, 1950			^[7]
9	March 1, 1950			^[8]
10	March 8, 1950	Cinderella	Cinderella reached number one in its second week of release.	^[9]
11	March 15, 1950	Cinderella	Cinderella grossed $120,000 from the cities sampled.	^[10]
12	March 22, 1950	Francis	Francis reached number one in its sixth week of release.	^[11]
13	March 29, 1950	Francis		^[12]
14	April 5, 1950	Cinderella	Cinderella returned to number one in its sixth week of release with a gross of around $235,000.	^[13]
15	April 12, 1950	Cinderella		^[14]
16	April 19, 1950	Cheaper by the Dozen		^[15]
17	April 26, 1950	Riding High	Riding High reached number one in its second week of release.	^[16]
18	May 3, 1950	The Third Man	The Third Man returned to number one in its 13th week of release.	^[17]
19	May 10, 1950	The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady	The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady reached number one in its second week of release.	^[18]
20	May 17, 1950	The Damned Don't Cry	The Damned Don't Cry reached number one in its second week of release.	^[19]
21	May 24, 1950	Annie Get Your Gun		^[20]
22	May 31, 1950	The Big Hangover		^[21]
23	June 7, 1950	Father of the Bride		^[22]
24	June 14, 1950	Annie Get Your Gun	Annie Get Your Gun returned to number one in its fourth week of release.	^[23]
25	June 21, 1950	Father of the Bride	Father of the Bride returned to number one in its third week of release.	^[24]
26	June 28, 1950			^[25]
27	July 5, 1950			^[26]
28	July 12, 1950		Father of the Bride grossed $210,000 from the cities sampled.	^[27]
29	July 19, 1950	Winchester '73	Winchester '73 grossed $236,000 from 17 key cities.	^[28]
30	July 26, 1950	Duchess of Idaho	Duchess of Idaho reached number one in its second week of release.	^[29]
31	August 2, 1950	The Flame and the Arrow	The Flame and the Arrow reached number one in its fourth week of release.	^[30]
32	August 9, 1950	Three Little Words	Three Little Words reached number one in its fourth week of release.	^[31]
33	August 16, 1950	Treasure Island	Treasure Island reached number one in its third week of release.	^[32]
34	August 23, 1950	Sunset Boulevard	Sunset Boulevard earned $165,000 from 5 key cities in its second week of release.	^[32]
35	August 30, 1950	Sunset Boulevard		^[33]
36	September 6, 1950	The Black Rose	The Black Rose grossed $455,000 from 15 key cities.	^[34]
37	September 13, 1950	The Black Rose		^[35]
38	September 20, 1950	My Blue Heaven		^[35]
39	September 27, 1950	My Blue Heaven		^[36]
40	October 4, 1950	No Way Out		^[37]
41	October 11, 1950	Mister 880		^[38]
42	October 18, 1950	Mister 880		^[39]
43	October 25, 1950	The Glass Menagerie	The Glass Menagerie reached number one in its fourth week of release.	^[40]
44	November 1, 1950	All About Eve	All About Eve reached number one in its third week of release.	^[41]
45	November 8, 1950	All About Eve		^[42]
46	November 15, 1950	Rio Grande	Rio Grande grossed $240,000 from 17 key cities.	^[43]
47	November 22, 1950	King Solomon's Mines	King Solomon's Mines grossed $240,000 from 5 key cities.	^[44]
48	November 29, 1950		King Solomon's Mines grossed $504,000 from 22 key cities.	^[45]
49	December 6, 1950		King Solomon's Mines grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled.	^[46]
50	December 13, 1950			^[47]
51	December 20, 1950			^[48]
52	December 27, 1950	Mr. Music	Mr. Music grossed $310,000 from 12 key cities.	^[49]

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Rank	Title	Distributor	Rental^[50]
1	Samson and Delilah	Paramount Pictures	$11,000,000
2	Battleground	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,550,000
3	King Solomon's Mines	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,400,000
4	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	$4,325,000
5	Annie Get Your Gun	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,200,000
6	Cinderella	RKO Pictures	$4,150,000
7	Father of the Bride	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,150,000
8	Sands of Iwo Jima	Republic Pictures	$3,900,000
9	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	$3,550,000
10	Twelve O'Clock High	20th Century Fox	$3,225,000

List_of_1950_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States

List of 1950 box office number-one films in the United States

Number-one films

Highest-grossing films

See also

References

Chronology

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