# List of 1965 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 1965 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

* Mary Poppins became the highest grossing film of 1965. But its reign at the #1 spot occurred in late 1964, it never reached #1 during 1965.
| # | Week ending | Film | Notes |
| 1 | January 6, 1965 | Goldfinger | |
| 2 | January 13, 1965 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed over $700,000 in the cities sampled |
| 3 | January 20, 1965 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities |
| 4 | January 27, 1965 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed $500,000 from the cities sampled |
| 5 | February 3, 1965 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed $580,000 from 19 key cities |
| 6 | February 10, 1965 | Goldfinger | Goldfinger grossed $470,000 from the cities sampled |
| 7 | February 17, 1965 | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 17th week of release |
| 8 | February 24, 1965 | My Fair Lady | |
| 9 | March 3, 1965 | My Fair Lady | |
| 10 | March 10, 1965 | My Fair Lady | |
| 11 | March 17, 1965 | My Fair Lady | |
| 12 | March 24, 1965 | My Fair Lady | |
| 13 | March 31, 1965 | My Fair Lady | |
| 14 | April 7, 1965 | The Sound of Music | The Sound of Music reached number one in its fifth week of release |
| 15 | April 14, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 16 | April 21, 1965 | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady returned to number one in its 26th week of release |
| 17 | April 28, 1965 | The Sound of Music | The Sound of Music returned to number one in its eighth week of release |
| 18 | May 5, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 19 | May 12, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 20 | May 19, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 21 | May 26, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 22 | June 2, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 23 | June 9, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 24 | June 16, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 25 | June 23, 1965 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | |
| 26 | June 30, 1965 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | |
| 27 | July 7, 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | What's New Pussycat? reached number one in its second week of release |
| 28 | July 14, 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | |
| 29 | July 21, 1965 | The Sound of Music | The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 20th week of release |
| 30 | July 28, 1965 | The Sandpiper | The Sandpiper reached number one in its fifth week of release |
| 31 | August 4, 1965 | The Sandpiper | |
| 32 | August 11, 1965 | The Sound of Music | The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 23rd week of release |
| 33 | August 18, 1965 | The Sound of Music | The Sound of Music grossed close to $500,000 in the cities sampled |
| 34 | August 25, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 35 | September 1, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 36 | September 8, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 37 | September 15, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 38 | September 22, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 39 | September 29, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 40 | October 6, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 41 | October 13, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 42 | October 20, 1965 | The Great Race | |
| 43 | October 27, 1965 | The Great Race | |
| 44 | November 3, 1965 | The Sound of Music | The Sound of Music returned to number one in its 35th week of release |
| 45 | November 10, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 46 | November 17, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 47 | November 24, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 48 | December 1, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 49 | December 8, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 50 | December 15, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 51 | December 22, 1965 | The Sound of Music | |
| 52 | December 29, 1965 | Thunderball | Thunderball grossed over $1.4 million in the key 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 | Mary Poppins | Buena Vista | $26,500,000 |
| 2 | The Sound of Music | 20th Century Fox | $20,000,000 |
| 3 | Goldfinger | United Artists | $19,700,000 |
| 4 | My Fair Lady | Warner Bros. | $14,000,000 |
| 5 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | United Artists | $7,500,000 |
| 6 | What's New Pussycat? | United Artists | $7,150,000 |
| 7 | Shenandoah | Universal Pictures | $7,000,000 |
| 8 | The Sandpiper | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $6,400,000 |
| 9 | Father Goose | Universal Pictures | $6,000,000 |
| 10 | Von Ryan's Express | 20th Century Fox | $5,600,000 |