#1 of 2 1959 · Drama
$214.1K worldwide · 60% of the chart's total
The 400 Blows (1959) is the highest-grossing movie released in week 19 of 1959 (May 3–9), with $214.1K worldwide, ahead of Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) at $139.9K. 2 films released that week report a worldwide gross, $354K in all, 27% of it from the US & Canada.
#1 of 2 1959 · Drama
$214.1K worldwide · 60% of the chart's total
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 19 of 1959 (May 3–9).
May 4, 1959 US and Canada: $509 Rest of the world: $213.6K Worldwide: $214.1K
May 8, 1959 US and Canada: $96.4K Rest of the world: $43.5K Worldwide: $139.9K 22 weeks of 1959 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 47 (Nov 15–21) with $74.5M, led by Ben-Hur (1959).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 2 films as the chart.
The 400 Blows (1959) leads with $214.1K worldwide, $509 of it in the US & Canada. Next come Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) at $139.9K.
2 films released in week 19 of 1959 (May 3–9) report a worldwide gross, $354K in all, or $177K per film on average.
None. The biggest, The 400 Blows (1959), earned $214.1K.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 19 of 1959 (May 3–9). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.