List of 1968 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 1968.

Number-one films †Denotes the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 Valley of the Dolls 2 3 4 Valley of the Dolls grossed more than $500,000 from 24 key cities 5 6 7 Guess Who's Coming to DinnerGuess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $603,000 from 12 cities 8 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $600,000 from 13 cities 9 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed nearly $900,000 from 18 cities 10 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner grossed $718,500 from 17 cities 11 The Graduate † 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey reached number one in its eleventh week of release 26 The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple grossed $509,000 from 11 key cities 27 28 The Odd Couple grossed $711,000 in the cities sampled 29 30 31 The Odd Couple grossed $545,000 in the cities sampled 32 33 Rosemary's Baby 34 35 36 37 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey returned to number one in its 23rd week of release 38 Rosemary's Baby 39 Rachel, RachelRachel, Rachel grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled 40 41 42 Barbarella 43 44 Funny Girl Funny Girl reached number one in its sixth week of release 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Candy

Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films of 1968 by rental in the United States and Canada accruing to the distributor by the end of 1968. Rank Title StudioDirector Producer Rental ($)1.The GraduateAvco EmbassyMike NicholsLawrence Turman39,000,0002.Guess Who's Coming to DinnerColumbiaStanley KramerStanley Kramer25,100,0003.Gone With the WindMGMVictor FlemingDavid O. Selznick23,000,0004.Valley of the Dolls20th Century FoxMark RobsonDavid Weisbart20,000,0005.The Odd CoupleParamountGene SaksHoward W. Koch18,500,0006.Planet of the Apes20th Century FoxFranklin J. SchaffnerArthur P. Jacobs15,000,0007.Rosemary's BabyParamount Roman PolanskiWilliam Castle12,300,0008.The Jungle BookBuena VistaWolfgang ReithermanWalt Disney11,500,0009. Yours, Mine and OursUnited ArtistsMelville ShavelsonRobert F. Blumofe11,000,00010.The Green BeretsWarner Bros.-Seven ArtsJohn Wayne-Ray KelloggMichael Wayne (Batjac Productions)8,700,000

See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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