List of 1946 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 1946 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
| Denotes the highest grossing film of the year. |
| Week ending | Title | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | The Bells of St. Mary's | [1] | |
| January 9 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| January 16 | The Bells of St. Mary's | [2] | |
| January 23 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| January 30 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| February 6 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| February 13 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| February 20 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| February 27 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| March 6 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| March 13 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| March 20 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| March 27 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| April 3 | TBD | Report did not note a number one nationally but said main focus was on Saratoga Trunk, Adventure, Road to Utopia and The Lost Weekend | [3] |
| April 10 | TBD | Survey did not note a number one nationally. | [4] |
| April 17 | Saratoga Trunk | [5] | |
| April 24 | Dragonwyck | [6] | |
| May 1 | Ziegfeld Follies | [7] | |
| May 8 | [8] | ||
| May 15 | Kitty | [9] | |
| May 22 | The Blue Dahlia | [10] | |
| May 29 | Do You Love Me | [11] | |
| June 5 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | The Postman Always Rings Twice grossed $375,000 in the key cities covered. | [12] |
| June 12 | Two Sisters from Boston | [13] | |
| June 19 | [14] | ||
| June 26 | [15] | ||
| July 3 | Smoky | Smoky grossed almost $250,000 in the key cities reported. | [16] |
| July 10 | A Stolen Life | [17] | |
| July 17 | TBD | No survey published. | |
| July 24 | TBD | align="center" | | |
| July 31 | TBD | align="center" | | |
| August 7 | Night and Day/Anna and the King of Siam | [18] | |
| August 14 | Night and Day | Night and Day grossed almost $500,000 in the key cities covered. | [19] |
| August 21 | Night and Day grossed almost $418,000 in 22 key cities. | [20] | |
| August 28 | Notorious | [21] | |
| September 4 | [22] | ||
| September 11 | Notorious/ | [23] | |
| September 18 | Notorious | [24] | |
| September 25 | [25] | ||
| October 2 | [26] | ||
| October 9 | Notorious grossed $245,000 from the key cities covered. | [27] | |
| October 16 | Three Little Girls in Blue | [28] | |
| October 23 | No Leave, No Love | [29] | |
| October 30 | [30] | ||
| November 6 | Two Years Before the Mast | [31] | |
| November 13 | [32] | ||
| November 20 | Margie | [33] | |
| November 27 | Deception | [34] | |
| December 4 | Undercurrent | [35] | |
| December 11 | [36] | ||
| December 18 | The Strange Woman | [37] | |
| December 25 | Till the Clouds Roll By | [38] |