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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1950 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 4, 1950 No survey published.
2 January 11, 1950 On the Town On the Town grossed $391,000 from 15 key cities.
3 January 18, 1950 Sands of Iwo Jima Sands of Iwo Jima grossed $215,000 from 14 key cities.
4 January 25, 1950
5 February 1, 1950 Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah reached number one in its third week of release.
6 February 8, 1950
7 February 15, 1950
8 February 22, 1950
9 March 1, 1950
10 March 8, 1950 Cinderella Cinderella reached number one in its second week of release.
11 March 15, 1950 Cinderella grossed $120,000 from the cities sampled.
12 March 22, 1950 Francis Francis reached number one in its sixth week of release.
13 March 29, 1950
14 April 5, 1950 Cinderella Cinderella returned to number one in its sixth week of release with a gross of around $235,000.
15 April 12, 1950
16 April 19, 1950 Cheaper by the Dozen
17 April 26, 1950 Riding High Riding High reached number one in its second week of release.
18 May 3, 1950 The Third Man The Third Man returned to number one in its 13th week of release.
19 May 10, 1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady reached number one in its second week of release.
20 May 17, 1950 The Damned Don't Cry The Damned Don't Cry reached number one in its second week of release.
21 May 24, 1950 Annie Get Your Gun
22 May 31, 1950 The Big Hangover
23 June 7, 1950 Father of the Bride
24 June 14, 1950 Annie Get Your Gun Annie Get Your Gun returned to number one in its fourth week of release.
25 June 21, 1950 Father of the Bride Father of the Bride returned to number one in its third week of release.
26 June 28, 1950
27 July 5, 1950
28 July 12, 1950 Father of the Bride grossed $210,000 from the cities sampled.
29 July 19, 1950 Winchester '73 Winchester '73 grossed $236,000 from 17 key cities.
30 July 26, 1950 Duchess of Idaho Duchess of Idaho reached number one in its second week of release.
31 August 2, 1950 The Flame and the Arrow The Flame and the Arrow reached number one in its fourth week of release.
32 August 9, 1950 Three Little Words Three Little Words reached number one in its fourth week of release.
33 August 16, 1950 Treasure Island Treasure Island reached number one in its third week of release.
34 August 23, 1950 Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard earned $165,000 from 5 key cities in its second week of release.
35 August 30, 1950
36 September 6, 1950 The Black Rose The Black Rose grossed $455,000 from 15 key cities.
37 September 13, 1950
38 September 20, 1950 My Blue Heaven
39 September 27, 1950
40 October 4, 1950 No Way Out
41 October 11, 1950 Mister 880
42 October 18, 1950
43 October 25, 1950 The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie reached number one in its fourth week of release.
44 November 1, 1950 All About Eve All About Eve reached number one in its third week of release.
45 November 8, 1950
46 November 15, 1950 Rio Grande Rio Grande grossed $240,000 from 17 key cities.
47 November 22, 1950 King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines grossed $240,000 from 5 key cities.
48 November 29, 1950 King Solomon's Mines grossed $504,000 from 22 key cities.
49 December 6, 1950 King Solomon's Mines grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled.
50 December 13, 1950
51 December 20, 1950
52 December 27, 1950 Mr. Music Mr. Music grossed $310,000 from 12 key cities.

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental
1 Samson and Delilah Paramount Pictures $11,000,000
2 Battleground Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $4,550,000
3 King Solomon's Mines $4,400,000
4 Cheaper by the Dozen 20th Century Fox $4,325,000
5 Annie Get Your Gun Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $4,200,000
6 Cinderella RKO Pictures $4,150,000
7 Father of the Bride Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $4,150,000
8 Sands of Iwo Jima Republic Pictures $3,900,000
9 Broken Arrow 20th Century Fox $3,550,000
10 Twelve O'Clock High $3,225,000

See also

References

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