USA - 1965 Box Office #1 Films

List of 1965 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 1965
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 6, 1965 [1]
2 January 13, 1965 Goldfinger grossed over $700,000 in the cities sampled [1]
3 January 20, 1965 Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities [2]
Goldfinger
4 January 27, 1965 Goldfinger grossed $500,000 from the cities sampled [3]
5 February 3, 1965 Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities [4]
6 February 10, 1965 Goldfinger grossed $470,000 from the cities sampled [5]
My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 17th week of [6]

7 February 17, 1965
release
8 February 24, 1965 [7]
9 March 3, 1965 [8]
My Fair Lady [9]

10 March 10, 1965
11 March 17, 1965 [10]
12 March 24, 1965 [11]
13 March 31, 1965 [12]
The Sound of Music reached number one in its fifth week [13]
14 April 7, 1965
The Sound of of release
Music
15 April 14, 1965 [14]
My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 26th week of [15]

16 April 21, 1965 My Fair Lady
release
The Sound of Music returned to number one in its eighth [16]
17 April 28, 1965
week of release
18 May 5, 1965 [17]
19 May 12, 1965 [18]
20 May 19, 1965 The Sound of [19]

Music
21 May 26, 1965 [20]
22 June 2, 1965 [21]
23 June 9, 1965 [22]
24 June 16, 1965 [23]
25 June 23, 1965 [24]

The Yellow Rolls-
Royce [25]
26 June 30, 1965
What's New Pussycat? reached number one in its second [26]

27 July 7, 1965
What's New week of release
Pussycat?
28 July 14, 1965 [27]
The Sound of The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 20th [28]
29 July 21, 1965
Music week of release
The Sandpiper reached number one in its fifth week of [29]
30 July 28, 1965
The Sandpiper release
31 August 4, 1965 [30]

32 August 11, 1965 The Sound of The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 23rd [31]
Music week of release
The Sound of Music grossed close to $500,000 in the [32]
33 August 18, 1965
cities sampled
34 August 25, 1965 [33]
35 September 1, 1965 [34]
36 September 8, 1965 [35]
37 September 15, 1965 [36]
38 September 22, 1965 [37]
39 September 29, 1965 [38]
40 October 6, 1965 [39]
41 October 13, 1965 [40]
42 October 20, 1965 [41]

The Great Race
43 October 27, 1965 [42]
The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 35th [43]

44 November 3, 1965
week of release
45 November 10, 1965 [44]
46 November 17, 1965 [45]
47 November 24, 1965 The Sound of [46]

Music
48 December 1, 1965 [47]
49 December 8, 1965 [48]
50 December 15, 1965 [49]
51 December 22, 1965 [50]
Thunderball grossed over $1.4 million in the key cities [51]

52 December 29, 1965 Thunderball
sampled
Highest-grossing films
The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
Rank Title Distributor Rental[52]
1 Mary Poppins Buena Vista $26,500,000[53][54]

2 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox $20,000,000
3 Goldfinger United Artists $19,700,000
4 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. $14,000,000[55][56]
5 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World $7,500,000[57][58]

United Artists
6 What's New Pussycat? $7,150,000
7 Shenandoah Universal Pictures $7,000,000
8 The Sandpiper Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $6,400,000
9 Father Goose Universal Pictures $6,000,000
10 Von Ryan's Express 20th Century Fox $5,600,000
See also
List of American films — American films by year
Lists of box office number-one films
References
1. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 13, 1965. p. 7.
4. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 3, 1965. p. 5.
8. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 3, 1965. p. 3.
13. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 7, 1965. p. 7.
17. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 5, 1965. p. 3.
21. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 2, 1965. p. 5.
26. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 7, 1965. p. 5.
30. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 4, 1965. p. 5.
34. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 1, 1965. p. 6.
39. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 6, 1965. p. 7.
43. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 3, 1965. p. 7.
47. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 1, 1965. p. 5.
52. "Big Rental Pictures of 1965". Variety. January 5, 1966. p. 6.
53. "Big Rental Pictures of 1965". Variety. January 5, 1966. p. 6. "$28,500,000"
57. "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. January 5, 1966. p. 6. "$17,500,000"
58. "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. January 6, 1965. p. 39. "$10,000,000"
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List of 1965 box office number-one films in the

1 January 6, 1965 [1]

5 February 3, 1965 Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities [4]

My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 17th week of [6]

8 February 24, 1965 [7]

9 March 3, 1965 [8]

My Fair Lady [9]

11 March 17, 1965 [10]

12 March 24, 1965 [11]

13 March 31, 1965 [12]

My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 26th week of [15]

18 May 5, 1965 [17]

19 May 12, 1965 [18]

20 May 19, 1965 The Sound of [19]

22 June 2, 1965 [21]

23 June 9, 1965 [22]

24 June 16, 1965 [23]

25 June 23, 1965 [24]

What's New Pussycat? reached number one in its second [26]

31 August 4, 1965 [30]

34 August 25, 1965 [33]

35 September 1, 1965 [34]

36 September 8, 1965 [35]

37 September 15, 1965 [36]

38 September 22, 1965 [37]

39 September 29, 1965 [38]

40 October 6, 1965 [39]

41 October 13, 1965 [40]

42 October 20, 1965 [41]

The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 35th [43]

45 November 10, 1965 [44]

46 November 17, 1965 [45]

47 November 24, 1965 The Sound of [46]

49 December 8, 1965 [48]

50 December 15, 1965 [49]

51 December 22, 1965 [50]

Thunderball grossed over $1.4 million in the key cities [51]

1 Mary Poppins Buena Vista $26,500,000[53][54]

4 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. $14,000,000[55][56]

5 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World $7,500,000[57][58]

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