USA - 1964 Box Office #1 Films

List of 1964 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 1964
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.
Contents
Number-one films
Highest-grossing films
See also
References
Number-one films
# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 January 1, 1964 Charade grossed over $550,000 [1]
2 January 8, 1964 [2]
3 January 15, 1964 Charade grossed $360,000 from 19 key cities [2]
Charade
Charade grossed more than $350,000 from 22 key [3]
4 January 22, 1964
cities
5 January 29, 1964 [4]
6 February 5, 1964 The Prize [5]
7 February 12, 1964 [6]

Tom Jones
8 February 19, 1964 [7]
It's a Mad, Mad, [8]

9 February 26, 1964
Mad, Mad World
10 March 4, 1964 [9]

Tom Jones
11 March 11, 1964 [10]
It's a Mad, Mad, [11]

12 March 18, 1964
Mad, Mad World
13 March 25, 1964 Tom Jones [12]
14 April 1, 1964 [13]

It's a Mad, Mad,
Mad, Mad World [14]
15 April 8, 1964
16 April 15, 1964 [15]

Tom Jones
17 April 22, 1964 [16]
The Pink Panther reached number one in its sixth [17]

18 April 29, 1964
week of release
19 May 6, 1964 [18]

The Pink Panther
20 May 13, 1964 [19]
21 May 20, 1964 [20]
What a Way to Go! reached number one in its second [21]

22 May 27, 1964 What a Way to Go!
week of release
The Chalk Garden grossed $180,000 at Radio City [22][23]
23 June 3, 1964 The Chalk Garden
Music Hall, a Memorial Day week record
The Pink Panther returned to number one in its [24]
24 June 10, 1964 The Pink Panther
twelfth week of release
25 June 17, 1964 [25]
26 June 24, 1964 [26]
27 July 1, 1964 The Carpetbaggers [27]
28 July 8, 1964 The Carpetbaggers grossed $434,000 [28]
29 July 15, 1964 [29]
The Unsinkable [30]

30 July 22, 1964
Molly Brown
31 July 29, 1964 The Carpetbaggers [31]

32 August 5, 1964 The Unsinkable [32]
Molly Brown
The Night of the [33]
33 August 12, 1964
Iguana
34 August 19, 1964 [34]
35 August 26, 1964 [35]
36 September 2, 1964 [36]

The Unsinkable
Molly Brown [37]
37 September 9, 1964
38 September 16, 1964 [38]
39 September 23, 1964 [39]
40 September 30, 1964 [40]
41 October 7, 1964 A Shot in the Dark [41]
42 October 14, 1964 [42]
43 October 21, 1964 Topkapi [43]
44 October 28, 1964 Mary Poppins [44]
My Fair Lady reached number one in its second week [45]

45 November 4, 1964 My Fair Lady
of release
46 November 11, 1964 Mary Poppins [46]
My Fair Lady returned to number one in its fourth [47]

47 November 18, 1964
week of release
48 November 25, 1964 [48]
49 December 2, 1964 [49]

My Fair Lady
50 December 9, 1964 [50]
51 December 16, 1964 [51]
52 December 23, 1964 [52]
53 December 30, 1964 Goldfinger Goldfinger grossed $632,000 in the cities sampled [53]
Highest-grossing films
The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
Rank Title Distributor Rental[54]
1 The Carpetbaggers Paramount Pictures $13,000,000
2 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World United Artists $10,000,000
3 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $7,500,000
4 Charade Universal Pictures $6,150,000
5 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox $5,500,000[55][56]

6 The Cardinal Columbia Pictures $5,275,000
7 Move Over, Darling 20th Century Fox $5,100,000
My Fair Lady Warner Bros.
8 $5,000,000
What a Way to Go! 20th Century Fox
10 Good Neighbor Sam Columbia Pictures $4,950,000
See also
List of American films — American films by year
Lists of box office number-one films
References
1. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 1, 1964. p. 5.
5. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 5, 1964. p. 4.
9. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 4, 1964. p. 7.
13. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 1, 1964. p. 4.
18. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 6, 1964. p. 4.
22. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 3, 1964. p. 4.
23. "Memorable N.Y. Memorial". Variety. June 3, 1964. p. 9.
27. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 1, 1964. p. 5.
32. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 5, 1964. p. 5.
36. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 2, 1964. p. 6.
41. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 7, 1964. p. 3.
45. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 4, 1964. p. 7.
49. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 2, 1964. p. 4.
54. "Big Rental Pictures of 1964". Variety. January 6, 1965. p. 39.
55. "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. January 6, 1965. p. 39. "$21,200,000"
56. "Top Rental Films of 1963". Variety. January 8, 1964. p. 37. "$15,700,000"
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1 January 1, 1964 Charade grossed over $550,000 [1]

2 January 8, 1964 [2]

5 January 29, 1964 [4]

6 February 5, 1964 The Prize [5]

7 February 12, 1964 [6]

It's a Mad, Mad, [8]

10 March 4, 1964 [9]

It's a Mad, Mad, [11]

13 March 25, 1964 Tom Jones [12]

14 April 1, 1964 [13]

16 April 15, 1964 [15]

The Pink Panther reached number one in its sixth [17]

19 May 6, 1964 [18]

21 May 20, 1964 [20]

What a Way to Go! reached number one in its second [21]

25 June 17, 1964 [25]

26 June 24, 1964 [26]

27 July 1, 1964 The Carpetbaggers [27]

28 July 8, 1964 The Carpetbaggers grossed $434,000 [28]

29 July 15, 1964 [29]

The Unsinkable [30]

31 July 29, 1964 The Carpetbaggers [31]

34 August 19, 1964 [34]

35 August 26, 1964 [35]

36 September 2, 1964 [36]

38 September 16, 1964 [38]

39 September 23, 1964 [39]

40 September 30, 1964 [40]

41 October 7, 1964 A Shot in the Dark [41]

42 October 14, 1964 [42]

43 October 21, 1964 Topkapi [43]

44 October 28, 1964 Mary Poppins [44]

My Fair Lady reached number one in its second week [45]

46 November 11, 1964 Mary Poppins [46]

My Fair Lady returned to number one in its fourth [47]

48 November 25, 1964 [48]

49 December 2, 1964 [49]

51 December 16, 1964 [51]

52 December 23, 1964 [52]

5 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox $5,500,000[55][56]

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