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.

† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1][2]
# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1January 5, 1966Thunderball †[3]
2January 12, 1966Thunderball grossed over $1.2 million in the key cities sampled[3]
3January 19, 1966[4]
4January 26, 1966[5]
5February 2, 1966[6]
6February 9, 1966[7]
7February 16, 1966[8]
8February 23, 1966[9]
9March 2, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 52nd week of release[10]
10March 9, 1966[11]
11March 16, 1966[12]
12March 23, 1966[13]
13March 30, 1966[14]
14April 6, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago reached number one in its 15th week of release[15]
15April 13, 1966[16]
16April 20, 1966[17]
17April 27, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 60th week of release[18]
18May 4, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 19th week of release[19]
19May 11, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 62nd week of release[20]
20May 18, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 21st week of release[21]
21May 25, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 64th week of release[22]
22June 1, 1966[23]
23June 8, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 24th week of release[24]
24June 15, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 67th week of release[25]
25June 22, 1966[26]
26June 29, 1966The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming[27]
27July 6, 1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?[28]
28July 13, 1966[29]
29July 20, 1966[30]
30July 27, 1966[31]
31August 3, 1966[32]
32August 10, 1966[33]
33August 17, 1966[34]
34August 24, 1966[35]
35August 31, 1966How to Steal a Million[36]
36September 7, 1966[37]
37September 14, 1966The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 80th week of release[38]
38September 21, 1966Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 39th week of release[39]
39September 28, 1966[40]
40October 5, 1966[41]
41October 12, 1966[42]
42October 19, 1966[43]
43October 26, 1966[44]
44November 2, 1966HawaiiHawaii reached number one in its third week of release[45]
45November 9, 1966[46]
46November 16, 1966The Professionals[47]
47November 23, 1966The Professionals and HawaiiVariety did not indicate which of the top two films was number one for the week[48]
48November 30, 1966The Professionals[49]
49December 7, 1966[50]
50December 14, 1966[51]
51December 21, 1966Hawaii and The ProfessionalsAgain, Variety did not indicate which of the top two films was number one for the week[52]
52December 28, 1966Follow Me, Boys![53]

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental[1][2]
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

References

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