Domestic Release Schedule for 1968

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1968.

See also: Top 1968 Worldwide - Most Popular 1968

Current Release Schedule 1969 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
 
January, 1968
During 1968 The Ambushers (Wide) Sony Pictures $10,000,000  
Bandolero! (Wide) 20th Century Fox $12,000,000  
The Devil's Brigade (Wide) $8,000,000  
Shalako (Wide) $2,620,000  
 
January 24 Custer of the West (Limited)    
 
 
January TBD Knives of the Avenger (Limited) Self Distributed    
February, 1968
February 1 Sergeant Ryker (Limited) Universal    
 
February 6 Doctor Faustus (Wide) $1,000,000  
 
February 7 The Fox (Wide) $19,146,711  
 
February 8 Blackbeard's Ghost (Wide) Walt Disney $21,540,050  
Planet of the Apes (Wide) $33,395,426  
 
February 16 Quatermass and the Pit (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
February 19 The Two of Us (Limited) Cinema V $50,710  
 
February 21 The Power (Limited)    
 
February 29 The Secret War of Harry Frigg (Limited) Universal    
March, 1968
March 6 P.J. (Limited) Universal    
 
March 14 Diamonds of the Night (Limited)    
 
March 18 The Producers (Limited) $111,866  
 
March 29 Madigan (Limited) Universal    
April, 1968
April 2 2001: A Space Odyssey (Wide) MGM $59,936,321  
The Scalphunters (Limited)    
 
April 4 The Party (Limited) United Artists    
 
April 10 Belle de Jour (Wide) Miramax $4,056,534  
Will Penny (Limited)    
 
April 15 Speedway (Wide) $3,000,000  
 
April 24 Yours, Mine and Ours (Wide) MGM $25,912,624  
 
April 28 War and Peace (Limited) Continental Distributing $148,557  
May, 1968
May 1 A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die (Limited) Cinerama    
The Vengeance of She (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
May 2 The Odd Couple (Wide) $44,527,234  
 
May 7 She Devils on Wheels (Limited) Universal    
 
May 19 The Astro Zombies (Limited)    
 
May 26 Boom (Limited)    
 
 
May TBD Danger: Diabolik (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
June, 1968
June 12 Rosemary's Baby (Wide) $33,395,426  
 
June 17 The Queen (Wide) $47,818  
 
June 19 The Green Berets (Wide) $21,707,027  
The Thomas Crown Affair (Wide) MGM $14,000,000  
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (Wide) MGM $7,988,000  
The Lost Continent (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
June 25 The Bride Wore Black (Limited) Lopert Pictures Corporation $44,566  
July, 1968
July 3 Dark of the Sun (Limited) MGM    
 
July 8 Senso (Limited) Fleetwood Films $27,723  
 
July 12 A Lovely Way to Die (Limited) Universal    
 
July 19 Inspector Clouseau (Wide)    
August, 1968
August 3 Hang 'em High (Wide) United Artists $6,800,000  
 
August 7 With Six You Get Eggroll (Wide) National General Pictures $10,095,200  
September, 1968
September 4 The Hell With Heroes (Wide)    
 
September 18 Pretty Poison (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
September 19 Funny Girl (Wide) Columbia $58,707,416  
 
September 23 Charly (Limited) American Cinema Releasing    
 
September 25 Nobody Runs Forever (Limited) Cinerama    
October, 1968
October 1 Night of the Living Dead (Wide) Walter Reade Organization $12,087,064  
 
October 2 Coogan's Bluff (Wide) Universal $3,110,000  
 
October 8 Romeo and Juliet (Wide) $38,901,218  
Kill, Baby…Kill! (Limited)    
 
October 9 Finian’s Rainbow (Wide) $11,600,000  
 
October 10 Barbarella (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
 
October 13 The Subject Was Roses (Limited)    
 
October 16 The Boston Strangler (Wide) 20th Century Fox $17,810,894  
 
October 17 Bullitt (Wide) Warner Bros. $42,300,873  
 
October 22 Star! (Wide) $4,000,000  
 
October 23 Ice Station Zebra (Limited) MGM    
Secret Ceremony (Limited)    
 
October 30 The Lion in Winter (Wide) $22,295,024  
November, 1968
November 8 The Oldest Profession (Limited) Self Distributed    
 
November 13 Yellow Submarine (Limited) United Artists $993,385  
 
November 27 Hellfighters (Limited)    
December, 1968
December 1 The Green Slime (Limited) MGM    
 
December 11 Oliver! (Wide) Sony Pictures $37,402,877  
 
December 17 Candy (Wide) $16,408,286  
 
December 18 Hell in the Pacific (Limited)    
 
December 19 Akahige (Wide)    
Skidoo (Limited)    
 
December 20 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (Limited) United Artists    
 
December 23 Shame (Limited) Lopert Pictures Corporation    
 
December 25 The Stalking Moon (Limited) National General Pictures    
 
December 26 Monterey Pop (Limited) $1,524