Today we take a look at the big screen box office smashes ...
And the Academy Awards (and Golden Globes) that followed.
TOP BOX OFFICE HITS, 1969:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 20th Century Fox | $102,308,889 | ||||
| 2. | Midnight Cowboy | United Artists | $44,785,053 | ||||
| 3. | Easy Rider | Columbia | $41,728,598 | ||||
| 4. | Hello, Dolly! | 20th Century Fox | $33,208,099 | ||||
| 5. | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Columbia | $31,897,253 | ||||
| 6. | Paint Your Wagon | Paramount | $31,678,778 | ||||
| 7. | True Grit | Paramount | $31,132,592 | ||||
| 8. | Cactus Flower | Columbia | $25,889,208 | ||||
| 9. | Goodbye, Columbus | Paramount | $22,939,805 | ||||
| 10. | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | United Artists | $22,774,493 | ||||
| 11. | I Am Curious (Yellow) | Janus Films | $20,238,100 | ||||
| 12. | Winning | Universal | $14,644,335 | ||||
| 13. | Z | Cinema V | $14,283,305 | ||||
| 14. | The Sterile Cuckoo | Paramount | $13,982,357 | ||||
| 15. | The Stewardesses | Sherpix Inc. | $13,500,000 | ||||
| 16. | Run, Angel, Run! | Fanfare Films | $13,000,000 | ||||
| 17. | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Cinerama | $12,600,000 | ||||
| 18. | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | National General Pictures | $12,000,000 | ||||
| 19. | The Wild Bunch | Warner Bros. | $10,500,000 | ||||
| 20. | Sweet Charity | Universal | $8,000,000 | ||||
| 21. | The Undefeated | 20th Century Fox | $8,000,000 | ||||
| 22. | Where Eagles Dare | MGM | $7,100,000 | ||||
| 23. | Alice's Restaurant | United Artists | $6,300,000 | ||||
| 24. | Take the Money and Run | Cinerama | $6,080,000 | ||||
| 25. | Topaz | Universal | $6,000,000 | ||||
| 26. | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | 20th Century Fox | $6,000,000 | ||||
| 27. | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | United Artists | $6,000,000 | ||||
| 28. | Once Upon a Time in the West | Paramount | $5,321,508 |
