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

1 January 3, 1968 [1]

2 January 10, 1968 [2]

3 January 17, 1968 [3]

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls grossed more than $500,000 from [4]
4 January 24, 1968
24 key cities

5 January 31, 1968 [1]

6 February 7, 1968 [5]

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $603,000 [6]

7 February 14, 1968
from 12 cities
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly [7]
8 February 21, 1968
Guess Who's Coming $600,000 from 13 cities
to Dinner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly
9 February 28, 1968 [8]
$900,000 from 18 cities
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $718,500 [9]
10 March 6, 1968
from 17 cities

11 March 13, 1968 [10]

12 March 20, 1968 [11]

13 March 27, 1968 [12]

14 April 3, 1968 [13]

15 April 10, 1968 [14]

16 April 17, 1968 [15]

17 April 24, 1968 [16]

The Graduate
18 May 1, 1968 [17]

19 May 8, 1968 [18]

20 May 15, 1968 [19]

21 May 22, 1968 [20]

22 May 29, 1968 [21]

23 June 5, 1968 [22]

24 June 12, 1968 [23]

2001: A Space 2001: A Space Odyssey reached number one in its [24]
25 June 19, 1968
Odyssey eleventh week of release

26 June 26, 1968 The Odd Couple The Odd Couple grossed $509,000 from 11 key cities [25]

27 July 3, 1968 [26]

The Odd Couple grossed $711,000 in the cities [27]

28 July 10, 1968
sampled

29 July 17, 1968 [28]

30 July 24, 1968 [29]

The Odd Couple grossed $545,000 in the cities [30]

31 July 31, 1968
sampled
32 August 7, 1968 [31]

33 August 14, 1968 [32]

34 August 21, 1968 [33]

Rosemary's Baby
35 August 28, 1968 [34]

36 September 4, 1968 [35]

2001: A Space 2001: A Space Odyssey returned to number one in its [36]
37 September 11, 1968
Odyssey 23rd week of release

38 September 18, 1968 Rosemary's Baby [37]

Rachel, Rachel grossed more than $300,000 in the [38]

39 September 25, 1968
cities sampled
Rachel, Rachel [39]
40 October 2, 1968

41 October 9, 1968 [40]

42 October 16, 1968 [41]

Barbarella
43 October 23, 1968 [42]

Funny Girl reached number one in its sixth week of [43]

44 October 30, 1968
release

45 November 6, 1968 [44]

46 November 13, 1968 [45]

47 November 20, 1968 [46]

Funny Girl
48 November 27, 1968 [47]

49 December 4, 1968 [48]

50 December 11, 1968 [49]

51 December 18, 1968 [50]

52 December 25, 1968 Candy [51]

See also
List of American films — American films by year
Lists of box office number-one films

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.

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