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.
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The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 20th Century Fox | $29,200,000[1] |
2 | The Love Bug | Buena Vista | $21,000,000[1] |
3 | Midnight Cowboy | United Artists | $20,500,000[2] |
4 | Easy Rider | Columbia | $16,900,000[1] |
5 | Hello, Dolly! | 20th Century Fox | $15,000,000[1] |
6 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Columbia | $14,600,000[1] |
7 | Paint Your Wagon | Paramount | $14,500,000[1] |
8 | True Grit | $14,300,000[1] | |
9 | Cactus Flower | Columbia | $11,900,000[1] |
10 | Goodbye, Columbus | Paramount | $10,500,000[1] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):