This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1959.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 The Buccaneer No survey was published this week, however The Buccaneer was #1 the previous week. 2 Auntie Mame † Auntie Mame grossed $380,000 from 19 key cities sampled 3 Auntie Mame grossed $355,000 from the cities sampled 4 Some Came Running 5 Auntie Mame † 6 7 Separate Tables 8 Sleeping Beauty 9 Separate Tables 10 Sleeping Beauty 11 12 Rio Bravo 13 Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot reached number one in its second week of release 14 15 16 Imitation of Life Imitation of Life reached number one in its fifth week of release 17 18 Some Like It HotSome Like It Hot returned to number one in its seventh week of release with a gross of around $280,000 19 20 21 22 Pork Chop Hill 23 The Young Philadelphians 24 Ask Any GirlAsk Any Girl reached number one in its second week of release 25 Say One for Me 26 The Horse Soldiers 27 The Nun's Story 28 29 A Hole in the Head 30 The Nun's StoryThe Nun's Story grossed more than $300,000 in the cities sampled 31 Anatomy of a Murder 32 North by Northwest 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 That Kind of Woman 40 But Not for Me 41 The FBI Story 42 Pillow TalkPillow Talk reached number one in its second week of release 43 44 Pillow Talk grossed more than $275,000 in the key cities sampled 45 46 47 48 A Summer Place 49 50 Pillow Talk Pillow Talk returned to number one in its tenth week of release 51 On the BeachOn the Beach grossed over $200,000 from five key cities sampled 52 Solomon and Sheba No survey published. But Solomon and Sheba was the December champion based on grosses from its release in the last week of the year.

Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 Auntie Mame Warner Bros. $8,800,000 2 The Shaggy DogBuena Vista $7,800,000 3 Some Like It Hot United Artists $7,000,000 4Imitation of Life Universal Pictures $6,200,000 5 The Nun's Story Warner Bros. $6,000,000 6 Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Pictures $5,250,000 North by Northwest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 8Rio Bravo Warner Bros.$5,100,000 9 Around the World in 80 DaysUnited Artists$4,400,000 10 Sleeping BeautyBuena Vista $4,300,000

See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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