List of 1949 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 1949 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

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 January 5, 1949 The Paleface [1]
2 January 12, 1949 [1]
3 January 19, 1949 Words and Music [2]
4 January 26, 1949 The Snake Pit The Snake Pit reached number one in its 11th week of release. [3]
5 February 2, 1949 Joan of Arc [4]
6 February 9, 1949 [5]
7 February 16, 1949 [6]
8 February 23, 1949 Command Decision [7]
9 March 2, 1949 Whispering Smith Whispering Smith reached number one in its 12th week of release. [8]
10 March 9, 1949 [9]
11 March 16, 1949 A Letter to Three Wives A Letter to Three Wives reached number one in its sixth week of release. [10]
12 March 23, 1949 Mother Is a Freshman Mother Is a Freshman reached number one in its second week of release. [11]
13 March 30, 1949 Knock on Any Door Knock on Any Door reached number one in its second week of release. [12]
14 April 6, 1949 The Set-Up The Set-Up grossed $245,000 from 13 key cities. [13]
15 April 13, 1949 [14]
16 April 20, 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court grossed $170,000 from the cities sampled. [15]
17 April 27, 1949 [16]
18 May 4, 1949 [17]
19 May 11, 1949 Flamingo Road [18]
20 May 18, 1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Mr. Belvedere Goes to College reached number one in its fifth week of release. [19]
21 May 25, 1949 Flamingo Road Flamingo Road returned to number one in its third week of release. [20]
22 June 1, 1949 The Stratton Story The Stratton Story reached number one in its third week of release. [21]
23 June 8, 1949 [22]
24 June 15, 1949 Home of the Brave Home of the Brave reached number one in its fifth week of release. [23]
25 June 22, 1949 It Happens Every Spring It Happens Every Spring reached number one in its third week of release. [24]
26 June 29, 1949 Sorrowful Jones Sorrowful Jones reached number one in its fourth week of release and grossed $260,000 from the cities sampled. [25]
27 July 6, 1949 Neptune's Daughter Neptune's Daughter reached number one in its fourth week of release. [26]
28 July 13, 1949 The Fountainhead [27]
29 July 20, 1949 Sorrowful Jones
The Girl from Jones Beach		 Both Sorrowful Jones and The Girl from Jones Beach were classed as neck-and-neck for first place with The Girl from Jones Beach grossing more than $220,000 but Sorrowful Jones having better showings despite grossing less from the cities sampled. [28]
30 July 27, 1949 Any Number Can Play Any Number Can Play reached number one in its second week of release. [29]
31 August 3, 1949 Look for the Silver Lining Look for the Silver Lining reached number one in its sixth week of release grossing $370,000 from 14 key cities. [30]
32 August 10, 1949 In the Good Old Summertime In the Good Old Summertime reached number one in its second week of release. [31]
33 August 17, 1949 Look for the Silver Lining Look for the Silver Lining returned to number one in its eighth week of release. [32]
34 August 24, 1949 Black Magic [33]
35 August 31, 1949 It's a Great Feeling [34]
36 September 7, 1949 White Heat [35]
37 September 14, 1949 Top o' the Morning Top o' the Morning reached number one in its second week of release. [36]
38 September 21, 1949 I Was a Male War Bride I Was a Male War Bride reached number one in its fourth week of release. [37]
39 September 28, 1949 [38]
40 October 5, 1949 My Friend Irma My Friend Irma reached number one in its seventh week of release. [39]
41 October 12, 1949 Father Was a Fullback Father Was a Fullback earned $240,000 from the cities sampled in its second week of release. [40]
42 October 19, 1949 Jolson Sings Again Jolson Sings Again reached number one in its tenth week of release. [41]
43 October 26, 1949 Jolson Sings Again grossed $390,000 from the cities sampled. [42]
44 November 2, 1949 Jolson Sings Again grossed $305,000 from the cities sampled. [43]
45 November 9, 1949 [44]
46 November 16, 1949 [45]
47 November 23, 1949 That Forsyte Woman That Forsyte Woman reached number one in its third week of release. [46]
48 November 30, 1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll Oh, You Beautiful Doll reached number one in its third week of release. [47]
49 December 7, 1949 Pinky Pinky reached number one in its tenth week of release. [48]
50 December 14, 1949 [49]
51 December 21, 1949 The Great Lover The Great Lover reached number one in its fourth week of release. [50]
52 December 28, 1949 [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental[52]
1 Jolson Sings Again Columbia Pictures $5,500,000
2 Pinky 20th Century Fox $4,200,000
3 I Was a Male War Bride $4,100,000
4 The Snake Pit $4,100,000
5 Joan of Arc RKO Pictures $4,100,000
6 The Stratton Story Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $3,700,000
7 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College 20th Century Fox $3,650,000
8 Little Women Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $3,600,000
9 Words and Music $3,500,000
10 Neptune's Daughter $3,450,000

See also

References

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