List of 1968 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 1968, according to 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 represent the total that the film grossed nationally that week.

Number-one films

† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.
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1January 3, 1968Valley of the Dolls[1]
2January 10, 1968[2]
3January 17, 1968[3]
4January 24, 1968Valley of the Dolls grossed more than $500,000 from 24 key cities[4]
5January 31, 1968[1]
6February 7, 1968[5]
7February 14, 1968Guess Who's Coming to DinnerGuess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $603,000 from 12 cities[6]
8February 21, 1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $600,000 from 13 cities[7]
9February 28, 1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $900,000 from 18 cities[8]
10March 6, 1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $718,500 from 17 cities[9]
11March 13, 1968The Graduate †[10]
12March 20, 1968[11]
13March 27, 1968[12]
14April 3, 1968[13]
15April 10, 1968[14]
16April 17, 1968[15]
17April 24, 1968[16]
18May 1, 1968[17]
19May 8, 1968[18]
20May 15, 1968[19]
21May 22, 1968[20]
22May 29, 1968[21]
23June 5, 1968[22]
24June 12, 1968[23]
25June 19, 19682001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey reached number one in its eleventh week of release[24]
26June 26, 1968The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple grossed $509,000 from 11 key cities[25]
27July 3, 1968[26]
28July 10, 1968The Odd Couple grossed $711,000 in the cities sampled[27]
29July 17, 1968[28]
30July 24, 1968[29]
31July 31, 1968The Odd Couple grossed $545,000 in the cities sampled[30]
32August 7, 1968[31]
33August 14, 1968Rosemary's Baby[32]
34August 21, 1968[33]
35August 28, 1968[34]
36September 4, 1968[35]
37September 11, 19682001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey returned to number one in its 23rd week of release[36]
38September 18, 1968Rosemary's Baby[37]
39September 25, 1968Rachel, RachelRachel, Rachel grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled[38]
40October 2, 1968[39]
41October 9, 1968[40]
42October 16, 1968Barbarella[41]
43October 23, 1968[42]
44October 30, 1968Funny GirlFunny Girl reached number one in its sixth week of release[43]
45November 6, 1968[44]
46November 13, 1968[45]
47November 20, 1968[46]
48November 27, 1968[47]
49December 4, 1968[48]
50December 11, 1968[49]
51December 18, 1968[50]
52December 25, 1968Candy[51]
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Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1968 by rental in the United States and Canada accruing to the distributor by the end of 1968.[52]

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RankTitleStudioDirectorProducerRental ($)
1. The Graduate Avco Embassy Mike Nichols Lawrence Turman 39,000,000
2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Columbia Stanley Kramer Stanley Kramer 25,100,000
3. Gone With the Wind MGM Victor Fleming David O. Selznick 23,000,000
4. Valley of the Dolls 20th Century Fox Mark Robson David Weisbart 20,000,000
5. The Odd Couple Paramount Gene Saks Howard W. Koch 18,500,000
6. Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox Franklin J. Schaffner Arthur P. Jacobs 15,000,000
7. Rosemary's Baby Paramount Roman Polanski William Castle 12,300,000
8. The Jungle Book Buena Vista Wolfgang Reitherman Walt Disney 11,500,000
9. Yours, Mine and Ours United Artists Melville Shavelson Robert F. Blumofe 11,000,000
10. The Green Berets Warner Bros.-Seven Arts John Wayne-Ray Kellogg Michael Wayne (Batjac Productions) 8,700,000
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