This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1951.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 Mr. Music 2 Harvey Harvey reached number one in its third week of release. 3 4 Halls of Montezuma Halls of Montezuma reached number one in its third week of release. 5 At War with the Army At War with the Army reached number one in its fifth week of release. 6 At War with the Army grossed $350,000 from 16 key cities. 7 At War with the Army grossed $200,000 from the cities sampled. 8 Born Yesterday Born Yesterday reached number one in its eighth week of release. 9 Payment on Demand Payment on Demand reached number one in its fourth week of release. 10 11 Born Yesterday Born Yesterday returned to number one in its 11th week of release. 12 13 Royal Wedding Royal Wedding grossed $492,000 from the cities sampled. 14 15 16 Father's Little Dividend 17 18 19 20 The Great Caruso The Great Caruso reached number one in its fourth week of release. 21 The Great Caruso grossed $353,000 from 14 key cities. 22 The Great Caruso grossed $390,000 from 15 key cities. 23 24 The Great Caruso grossed $292,000 from the cities sampled. 25 26 27 28 29 Show Boat 30 31 Show Boat grossed $464,000 from 20 key cities. 32 Show Boat grossed $380,000 from 15 key cities. 33 That's My Boy That's My Boy reached number one in its 13th week of release. 34 35 36 37 David and Bathsheba † David and Bathsheba reached number one in its fourth week of release. 38 39 David and Bathsheba grossed $360,000 from 18 key cities. 40 41 42 A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun reached number one in its ninth week of release. 43 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 44 An American in Paris An American in Paris reached number one in its fourth week of release. 45 46 47 An American in Paris grossed $310,000 from the cities sampled. 48 Quo Vadis Quo Vadis reached number one in its fourth week of release. 49 50 51 52
Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 David and Bathsheba 20th Century Fox $7,000,000 2 Show Boat Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,200,000 3 An American in Paris $4,500,000 4 The Great Caruso $4,500,000 5 A Streetcar Named Desire Warner Bros. $4,250,000 6 Born Yesterday Columbia Pictures $4,150,000 7 That's My Boy Paramount Pictures $3,800,000 8 A Place in the Sun $3,500,000 9 At War with the Army $3,350,000 10 Father's Little Dividend Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $3,100,000
See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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