Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1969 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1969 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1969. This page will looks at 123 1969 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. This only represents about 33% of the movies made in 1969….but should cover the top box office movies.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1969
1969 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1969 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
- Sort 1969 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1969 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1969 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1969 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1969 Movies received.
- Sort 1969 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Top earners in 1969 for Adjusted USA Box Office:
My Main Sources
Source 1: Variety – January 7th, 1970, January 6th, 1971
Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 3: Wikipedia
Source 4: IMDb.com
Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com
No box office numbers for the 1969 Raquel Welch film FLAREUP?
Hi,
I checked the Box Office data 1969-1970.
1.Flareup appeared first on 11/26/1969 and made $26,000.
2.Second appearance was 12/17/1969 total was $ 95,571.
3. Last appearance was 2/4/1970 total was $145,897.
4. I went all the way thru 6/2/1970 and the movie never was listed again.
I hope this helps
The Passion of Anna
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064793
Another highly rated Ingmar Bergman directed film
Hey Sidney…I guess I should do an Ingmar Bergman page….that would get your most recent suggestions in the database. I will start to do some research on his movies….he is considered one of the greatest directors of all-time.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Please review the following changes and additions to the year 1969.
1969
Madigan’s Millions (1969). IMDB states 1968. Should this be changed?
Madigan’s Millions (1968)
Tarzan’s Jungle Rebellion (1969). IMDB states 1967. Should this be changed?
Tarzan’s Jungle Rebellion (1967)
1969 Alfred the Great $197,788 (US) Wikipedia-source-“U.S. Films’ Share-of-Market Profile”, Variety, 12 May 1971 p 179
1969 The Best House in London $374,655 (US) Wikipedia-source-“U.S. Films’ Share-of-Market Profile”, Variety, 12 May 1971 p 179
1969 Laughter in the Dark $780,000 Wikipedia-source-Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 246
1969 Ring of Bright Water US$2,400,000 Wikipedia-source-BC’s 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses”. Variety. Los Angeles. 31 May 1973. p. 3.
1969 De Sade $1,250,000 “Wikipedia-source-De Sade – Details””. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
“”De Sade – History””. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
“”De Sade (1969) – Box office / business””. Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.”
The numbers-source-https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1969/top-grossing-movies
http://www.teako170.com/box1900s.html
1969 Sabata $232,000 IMDB
Thx
Mike
Gaily Gaily
should be
Gaily, Gaily
Hey Sidney…Gaily, Gaily is listed that way in the database….but for some reason, commas cause us some problems when the data base movies information to the website….so at this time I can not fix that title…but thanks for the heads up.
what database are you using? MySQL? If so commas may need to be proceeded by escape characters like backslash. If you provide more environment context I may be able to help. DB software, programming language etc.
The Battle on the River Neretva
Should be
The Battle of Neretva
HI SIDNEY: I must confess that am a bit of a pedant myself when it comes to getting movie titles correct and I try to wind up Bruce at times when he gets the odd one wrong, as we can all do from time to time. So it’s good to see that someone else like you shares my diligence.
The only mistake that I consider that Bruce has made in the list of corrections that you are suggesting is the slight spelling error in Arizona Bushwhackers; and again we all make spelling errors and, dealing with such a huge bulk of titles daily as Bruce does it always amazes me that he makes so relatively few errors.
There has long been a school of thought that opines that as titles are not texts, commas are optional and indeed at times can appear ugly and over-formal on marquees, where it is thought the shortest, snappiest titles will appeal to the eye of the man in the street most.
Usually before I enter titles int my own databases I double check them against alternative sources. I cross-checked all the ones that you mention and [leaving aside Arizona Bushwhackers] I found Bruce’s versions of the titles OK and I have them in my own databases the way that Bruce does; and as I am perfectly happy with that I will not be altering the titles. See Part 2 for my reasons.
It is good though as I say to see other regulars doing what they can to help this site be as perfect as possible. Bruce, unlike some sources with large editorial and other office staff, has had just the support of his immediate family in creating, maintaining and always expanding and updatingthis massive site.
Nice to compare notes with you. Keep safe and best wishes BOB
1/IMDB states that the WORLDWIDE title for Satyricon is Fellini’s Satyricon [as Bruce shows it]and in West Germany the title is Fellinis Satyricon without the comma.
2/Goodbye Mr Chips without a comma was the USA alternative title for that movie in 1939 and the comma is also dropped in a number of foreign markets in the 1969 title. Numerous internet sources drop the comma in both versions.
3/Battle of the River Neretva is the movie’s alternative title in the USA and is used in many countries.
4/Nobody Runs Forever was that movie’s original title in the USA and has been used elsewhere [for example here in the UK]. Wikipedia has published the movie under that title and IMDB quotes both titles.
5/The comma in 30 is a Dangerous Age Cynthia is dropped in many internet references to the movie and I have seen it without the comma on marquees and in television adverts. As I have done here I leave the comma out in my own databases.
6/ Gaily Gaily
should be
Gaily, Gaily – Such an edict would be impractical and unenforceable: for example where marquees have consisted of neon lighting blocks and space has been limited, I have seen it often necessary for theatre owners to leave even words out of titles, so that commas are definitely an expendable luxury. Foir example The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was Man Who Shot L Valance on a marquee near me.
In short whilst commas are usually grammatically necessary or at least advisable when for example they will form part of a narrative in a publication, it seems to me that (1) the use of commas and/or (2) selection of a title where there are alternatives are a case of “You pays your money and takes your choice.”
In my opinion, given the enormous task that Bruce undertakes daily to maintain, update and expand this massive site on top of his “day job(s)” he would be crackers to start worrying about commas in titles and torturing himself about which title to use where there are one or more alternatives that have been or are being been widely used. I feel that he should have all the support that his viewers can give him
Personally I prefer to omit commas from titles as much as possible; and where I like one of the alternative titles better than another I use in my database the one that I prefer. For example Jimmy Stewart’s 1952 classic western called Bend of the River in the USA is known as Where the River Bends over here in the UK; and Natalie Wood’s USA-released Bombers B 52 [or Bombers B-52 if one is pedantic] is called No Sleep till Dawn over here. I prefer our alternatives in both cases and that’s how they appear in my databases – but it all comes down to personal choice.
Hey Bob…thanks for all the research on these titles that Sidney mentions. Not sure why, but commas and UMR do not seem to get along very well. Typically I try and stick with what IMDb lists the title. Some of the errors are title changes, many are me being careless while typing in the movies and some are titles that had many different names….like the ones you mentioned in your two comments. As for Arizona Bushwhackers…that title has been fixed as well. So many errors….but even with these errors…the percent correct is still pretty high. I think with the help of you and Sidney….we might be able to get the 30,000 plus movies in the database 100% accurately spelled. Good comment as always.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the response.
By way of information about a movie “Goodbye, Mr Cogerson” does not add anything for me to “Goodbye Mr Cogerson.” I see the distinction as purely presentational and is negligible.
As I understand it you have viewers across the globe and many movies will have different titles or variations of same to suit local tastes and languages.
I had never heard of The High Commissioner and knew the Rod Taylor film by the title you used, Noboody Runs Forever. That’s the title I still prefer though I used to confuse it with Joihn Garfield’s 1946 Nobody Lives Forever.
Keep safe.
I’ll try to remember to change my “should be” to “could be” in my title review posts. Regardless of the final choice, making comments regarding alternative titles in each yearly page would be helpful to viewers.
Hey Sidney….that one is fixed…thanks for the heads up on that issue.