# List of 1964 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 1964 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

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Notes |
| 1 | January 1, 1964 | Charade | Charade grossed over $550,000 |
| 2 | January 8, 1964 | Charade | |
| 3 | January 15, 1964 | Charade | Charade grossed $360,000 from 19 key cities |
| 4 | January 22, 1964 | Charade | Charade grossed more than $350,000 from 22 key cities |
| 5 | January 29, 1964 | Charade | |
| 6 | February 5, 1964 | The Prize | |
| 7 | February 12, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 8 | February 19, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 9 | February 26, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | |
| 10 | March 4, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 11 | March 11, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 12 | March 18, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | |
| 13 | March 25, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 14 | April 1, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | |
| 15 | April 8, 1964 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | |
| 16 | April 15, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 17 | April 22, 1964 | Tom Jones | |
| 18 | April 29, 1964 | The Pink Panther | The Pink Panther reached number one in its sixth week of release |
| 19 | May 6, 1964 | The Pink Panther | |
| 20 | May 13, 1964 | The Pink Panther | |
| 21 | May 20, 1964 | The Pink Panther | |
| 22 | May 27, 1964 | What a Way to Go! | What a Way to Go! reached number one in its second week of release |
| 23 | June 3, 1964 | The Chalk Garden | The Chalk Garden grossed $180,000 at Radio City Music Hall, a Memorial Day week record |
| 24 | June 10, 1964 | The Pink Panther | The Pink Panther returned to number one in its twelfth week of release |
| 25 | June 17, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers † | |
| 26 | June 24, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers † | |
| 27 | July 1, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers † | |
| 28 | July 8, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers † | The Carpetbaggers grossed $434,000 |
| 29 | July 15, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers † | |
| 30 | July 22, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 31 | July 29, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers † | |
| 32 | August 5, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 33 | August 12, 1964 | The Night of the Iguana | |
| 34 | August 19, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 35 | August 26, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 36 | September 2, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 37 | September 9, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 38 | September 16, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 39 | September 23, 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 40 | September 30, 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | |
| 41 | October 7, 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | |
| 42 | October 14, 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | |
| 43 | October 21, 1964 | Topkapi | |
| 44 | October 28, 1964 | Mary Poppins | |
| 45 | November 4, 1964 | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady reached number one in its second week of release |
| 46 | November 11, 1964 | Mary Poppins | |
| 47 | November 18, 1964 | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady returned to number one in its fourth week of release |
| 48 | November 25, 1964 | My Fair Lady | |
| 49 | December 2, 1964 | My Fair Lady | |
| 50 | December 9, 1964 | My Fair Lady | |
| 51 | December 16, 1964 | My Fair Lady | |
| 52 | December 23, 1964 | My Fair Lady | |
| 53 | December 30, 1964 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed $632,000 in the cities sampled |

## Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental |
| 1 | The Carpetbaggers | Paramount Pictures | $13,000,000 |
| 2 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | United Artists | $10,000,000 |
| 3 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $7,500,000 |
| 4 | Charade | Universal Pictures | $6,150,000 |
| 5 | Cleopatra | 20th Century Fox | $5,500,000 |
| 6 | The Cardinal | Columbia Pictures | $5,275,000 |
| 7 | Move Over, Darling | 20th Century Fox | $5,100,000 |
| 8 | My Fair Lady | Warner Bros. | $5,000,000 |
| 8 | What a Way to Go! | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 10 | Good Neighbor Sam | Columbia Pictures | $4,950,000 |