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List of 1954 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 1954 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

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#	Week ending	Film	Notes	Ref
1	January 6, 1954	This Is Cinerama		^[1]
2	January 13, 1954	Knights of the Round Table	Knights of the Round Table grossed $338,000 from 11 key cities.	^[1]
3	January 20, 1954		Knights of the Round Table grossed $465,000 from 25 key cities.	^[2]
4	January 27, 1954			^[3]
5	February 3, 1954			^[4]
6	February 10, 1954			^[5]
7	February 17, 1954			^[6]
8	February 24, 1954	The Glenn Miller Story	The Glenn Miller Story reached number one in its second week of release.	^[7]
9	March 3, 1954			^[8]
10	March 10, 1954		The Glenn Miller Story grossed $400,000 from 20 key cities.	^[9]
11	March 17, 1954			^[10]
12	March 24, 1954			^[11]
13	March 31, 1954	Rose Marie	Rose Marie reached number one in its fourth week of release.	^[12]
14	April 7, 1954			^[13]
15	April 14, 1954			^[14]
16	April 21, 1954	Prince Valiant	Prince Valiant reached number one in its third week of release.	^[15]
17	April 28, 1954	Prince Valiant		^[16]
18	May 5, 1954	Executive Suite		^[17]
19	May 12, 1954			^[18]
20	May 19, 1954			^[19]
21	May 26, 1954			^[20]
22	June 2, 1954	Dial M for Murder		^[21]
23	June 9, 1954	Three Coins in the Fountain	Three Coins in the Fountain reached number one in its third week of release.	^[22]
24	June 16, 1954	Three Coins in the Fountain		^[23]
25	June 23, 1954	Demetrius and the Gladiators	Demetrius and the Gladiators grossed $355,000 from 14 key cities.	^[24]
26	June 30, 1954	Demetrius and the Gladiators		^[25]
27	July 7, 1954	The Caine Mutiny	The Caine Mutiny reached number one in its second week of release.	^[26]
28	July 14, 1954			^[27]
29	July 21, 1954			^[28]
30	July 28, 1954			^[29]
31	August 4, 1954			^[30]
32	August 11, 1954			^[31]
33	August 18, 1954	Magnificent Obsession	Magnificent Obsession reached number one in its second week of release.	^[32]
34	August 25, 1954	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers reached number one in its fifth week of release.	^[33]
35	September 1, 1954	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers grossed $320,000 from 10 key cities.	^[34]
36	September 8, 1954	Dragnet	Dragnet grossed $389,000 from 15 key cities.	^[35]
37	September 15, 1954	The Egyptian		^[36]
38	September 22, 1954	The Egyptian		^[37]
39	September 29, 1954	Sabrina		^[38]
40	October 6, 1954	Sabrina		^[39]
41	October 13, 1954	Woman's World	Woman's World reached number one in its second week of release.	^[40]
42	October 20, 1954	A Star Is Born	A Star Is Born earned $675,000 from 17 key cities in its third week of release.	^[41]
43	October 27, 1954	A Star Is Born	A Star Is Born grossed $536,000 from 19 key cities.	^[42]
44	November 3, 1954	White Christmas	White Christmas earned $525,000 from 12 key cities in its third week of release.	^[43]
45	November 10, 1954		White Christmas grossed $525,000 from 12 key cities.	^[44]
46	November 17, 1954		White Christmas grossed $788,000 from 19 key cities.	^[45]
47	November 24, 1954			^[46]
48	December 1, 1954			^[47]
49	December 8, 1954			^[48]
50	December 15, 1954			^[49]
51	December 22, 1954			^[50]
52	December 29, 1954	There's No Business Like Show Business	There's No Business Like Show Business reached number one in its second week of release.	^[51]

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Rank	Title	Distributor	Rental^[52]
1	White Christmas	Paramount Pictures	$12,000,000
2	The Caine Mutiny	Columbia Pictures	$8,700,000
3	The Glenn Miller Story	Universal-International	$7,000,000
4	The Egyptian	20th Century Fox	$6,000,000
5	Rear Window	Paramount Pictures	$5,300,000
6	The High and the Mighty	Warner Bros.	$5,200,000
7	Magnificent Obsession	Universal-International	$5,000,000
8	Three Coins in the Fountain	20th Century Fox	$5,000,000
9	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,750,000
10	Désirée	20th Century Fox	$4,500,000

List_of_1954_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States

List of 1954 box office number-one films in the United States

Number-one films

Highest-grossing films

See also

References

Chronology

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