1969 in film

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The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Events

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

RankTitleStudioGross
1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox $102,308,889[1]
2. Midnight Cowboy United Artists $44,785,053[2]
3. Easy Rider Columbia $41,728,598[3]
4. Hello, Dolly! 20th Century Fox $33,208,099[4]
5. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Columbia $31,897,253[5]
6. Paint Your Wagon Paramount $31,678,778[6]
7. True Grit Paramount $31,132,592[7]
8. Cactus Flower Columbia $25,889,208[8]
9. Goodbye, Columbus Paramount $22,939,805[9]
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service United Artists $22,774,493[10]
11. I Am Curious (Yellow) Janus Films $20,238,100[11]
12. Winning Universal $14,644,335[12]
13. Z Cinema V $14,283,305[13]
14. The Sterile Cuckoo Paramount $13,982,357[14]
15. The Stewardesses Sherpix Inc. $13,500,000[15]
16. Run, Angel, Run! Fanfare Films $13,000,000[16]
17. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Cinerama $12,600,000[17]
18. A Boy Named Charlie Brown National General Pictures $12,000,000[18]
19. The Wild Bunch Warner Bros. $10,500,000[19]
20. Sweet Charity Universal $8,000,000[20]
21. The Undefeated 20th Century Fox $8,000,000[21]
22. Where Eagles Dare MGM $7,100,000[22]
23. Alice's Restaurant United Artists $6,300,000[23]
24. Take the Money and Run Cinerama $6,080,000[24]
25. Topaz Universal $6,000,000[25]
26. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 20th Century Fox $6,000,000[26]
27. If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium United Artists $6,000,000[27]
28. Once Upon a Time in the West Paramount $5,321,508[28]

Films released

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1969

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    F
    G
    H
    I
    J
    K
    L
    M
    N
    O
    P
    Q
    R
    S
    T
    U
    V
    W
    Y
    Z

    Short Film Series

    Actor's debuts

    Awards

    Academy Awards:

    Golden Globe Awards:

    Drama:
    Musical or comedy:
    Other
    Best Director: Charles Jarrott – Anne of the Thousand Days

    Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

    If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom

    Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded

    Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

    Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Želimir Žilnik, Yugoslavia

    Births

    Deaths

    References

    1. ↑ "Box Office Information for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    2. ↑ "Box Office Information for Midnight Cowboy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    3. ↑ "Box Office Information for Easy Rider". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    4. ↑ "Box Office Information for Hello, Dolly!". The Numbers. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    5. ↑ "Box Office Information for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    6. ↑ "Box Office Information for Paint Your Wagon". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    7. ↑ "Box Office Information for True Grit". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    8. ↑ "Box Office Information for Cactus Flower". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    9. ↑ "Goodbye, Columbus, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
    10. ↑ "Box Office Information for On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    11. ↑ "I Am Curious (Yellow), Worldwide Box Office". Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
    12. ↑ "Winning, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
    13. ↑ "Box Office Information for Z". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    14. ↑ "Box Office Information for The Sterile Cuckoo". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    15. ↑ "The Stewardesses, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
    16. ↑ "Box Office Information for Run, Angel, Run!". Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    17. ↑ "Box Office Information for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    18. ↑ "Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971 pg 11.
    19. ↑ "Box Office Information for The Wild Bunch". Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    20. ↑ "Sweet Charity, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
    21. ↑ "The Undefeated, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
    22. ↑ "Where Eagles Dare, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
    23. ↑ "Box Office Information for Alice's Restaurant". The Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
    24. ↑ "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 pg 3.
    25. ↑ Box Office Information for Topaz. The Numbers. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
    26. ↑ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15.
    27. ↑ Box Office Information for If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. The Numbers. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
    28. ↑ Box Office Information for Once Upon a Time in the West. Archived 2014-07-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Numbers. Retrieved September 12, 2013.

    Further reading

    • 1969: The Year Everything Changed by Rob Kirkpatrick. Skyhorse Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60239-366-0.
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