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

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental[50]
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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  3. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 25, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  12. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 29, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  20. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 24, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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