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List of 1956 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 1956 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, 1956 Guys and Dolls
2 January 11, 1956
3 January 18, 1956 Guys and Dolls grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled.
4 January 25, 1956 Guys and Dolls grossed $276,000 from 24 key cities.
5 February 1, 1956 Helen of Troy Helen of Troy grossed more than $323,000 from 11 key cities.
6 February 8, 1956 The Benny Goodman Story
7 February 15, 1956
8 February 22, 1956 Picnic Picnic reached number one in its 11th week of release.
9 February 29, 1956
10 March 7, 1956
11 March 14, 1956
12 March 21, 1956
13 March 28, 1956 Carousel Carousel reached number one in its sixth week of release.
14 April 4, 1956 Alexander the Great Alexander the Great grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled.
15 April 11, 1956 Carousel Carousel returned to number one in its eighth week of release.
16 April 18, 1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
17 April 25, 1956 The Swan The Swan grossed $356,000 from the cities sampled.
18 May 2, 1956
19 May 9, 1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit returned to number one in its fourth week of release.
20 May 16, 1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover The Revolt of Mamie Stover grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled.
21 May 23, 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
22 May 30, 1956
23 June 6, 1956 The Searchers The Searchers reached number one in its second week of release.
24 June 13, 1956
25 June 20, 1956 Bhowani Junction Bhowani Junction reached number one in its seventh week of release.
26 June 27, 1956 The Catered Affair The Catered Affair reached number one in its second week of release.
27 July 4, 1956 Trapeze Trapeze earned $555,000 from 21 key cities in its fifth week of release.
28 July 11, 1956
29 July 18, 1956 The King and I The King and I reached number one in its third week of release.
30 July 25, 1956
31 August 1, 1956
32 August 8, 1956 The King and I grossed $400,000 from 23 key cities.
33 August 15, 1956 High Society High Society reached number one in its fourth week of release.
34 August 22, 1956
35 August 29, 1956
36 September 5, 1956
37 September 12, 1956
38 September 19, 1956 High Society grossed $300,000 from the cities sampled.
39 September 26, 1956
40 October 3, 1956 Tea and Sympathy Tea and Sympathy grossed $436,000 from the cities sampled.
41 October 10, 1956 War and Peace War and Peace reached number one in its seventh week of release.
42 October 17, 1956 War and Peace grossed more than $316,000 from 16 key cities.
43 October 24, 1956 War and Peace grossed more than $318,000 from 21 key cities.
44 October 31, 1956
45 November 7, 1956 Giant Giant grossed more than $400,000 from 10 key cities.
46 November 14, 1956 Giant grossed $600,000 from the cities sampled.
47 November 21, 1956 Giant grossed more than $660,000 from the cities sampled.
48 November 28, 1956 Giant grossed more than $600,000 from 20 key cities.
49 December 5, 1956 Giant grossed $445,000 from the cities sampled.
50 December 12, 1956
51 December 19, 1956 The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments reached number one in its sixth week of release.
52 December 26, 1956

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental
1 Guys and Dolls Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $9,000,000
2 The King and I 20th Century Fox $8,500,000
3 Trapeze United Artists $7,500,000
4 High Society Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $6,500,000
5 I'll Cry Tomorrow $6,500,000
6 Picnic Columbia Pictures $6,300,000
7 War and Peace Paramount Pictures $6,250,000
8 The Eddy Duchin Story Columbia Pictures $5,300,000
9 Moby Dick Warner Bros. $5,200,000
10 The Searchers $4,800,000

See also

References

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