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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.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
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] |
Events
- January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36.
- June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London.
- July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
- July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (Me, Natalie).
- Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive.
- August 8 - Kirk Kerkorian buys 24% of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the biggest shareholder.
- August 9 - Tate murders: Sharon Tate, the 26-year-old actress, model and Roman Polanski's wife, is murdered by Charles Manson's "Family" at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
- September 20 - Injun Trouble was released, becoming the final entry of Merrie Melodies before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down.
- November 10 - Elvis Presley's film career ends with the release of Change of Habit.
- Jack and Jill: A Postscript becomes the first feature film to receive an Australian Film Institute Award.