1948

No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

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No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

1. Captain from Castile
   Jan 7, 1948

   3 weekends
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
   Jan 28, 1948

   2 weekends
3. You Were Meant for Me
   Feb 11, 1948

   1 weekend
4. To the Ends of the Earth
   Feb 18, 1948

   1 weekend
5. The Voice of the Turtle
   Feb 25, 1948

   1 weekend
6. Call Northside 777
   Mar 3, 1948

   2 weekends
7. Saigon
   Mar 17, 1948

   1 weekend
8. Gentleman's Agreement
   Mar 24, 1948

   1 weekend
9. Sitting Pretty
   Mar 31, 1948

   1 weekend
10. The Naked City
    Apr 7, 1948

    2 weekends
11. I Remember Mama
    Apr 21, 1948

    1 weekend
12. The Big Clock
    Apr 28, 1948

    1 weekend
13. State of the Union
    May 5, 1948

    2 weekends
14. The Iron Curtain
    May 19, 1948

    2 weekends
15. Homecoming
    Jun 2, 1948

    4 weekends
16. The Emperor Waltz
    Jun 30, 1948

    4 weekends
17. Easter Parade
    Jul 28, 1948

    1 weekend
18. Key Largo
    Aug 4, 1948

    3 weekends
19. A Date with Judy
    Aug 25, 1948

    4 weekends
20. Rachel and the Stranger
    Sep 22, 1948

    2 weekends
21. Sorry, Wrong Number
    Oct 6, 1948

    2 weekends
22. Johnny Belinda
    Oct 20, 1948

    1 weekend
23. Apartment for Peggy
    Oct 27, 1948

    1 weekend
24. Red River
    Nov 3, 1948

    1 weekend
25. A Song Is Born
    Nov 10, 1948

    1 weekend
26. Road House
    Nov 17, 1948

    1 weekend
27. Julia Misbehaves
    Nov 24, 1948

    1 weekend
28. When My Baby Smiles at Me
    Dec 1, 1948

    1 weekend
29. The Three Musketeers
    Dec 8, 1948

    1 weekend
30. When My Baby Smiles at Me
    Dec 15, 1948

    1 weekend
31. The Paleface
    Dec 22, 1948

    2 weekends

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

1. House Divided

   Ben Ames Williams
   Jan 4, 1948

   5 weeks
2. East Side, West Side

   Marcia Davenport
   Feb 8, 1948

   2 weeks
3. House Divided

   Ben Ames Williams
   Feb 22, 1948

   2 weeks
4. Eagle in the Sky

   Van Wyck Mason
   Mar 7, 1948

   4 weeks
5. The Ides of March

   Thornton Wilder
   Apr 4, 1948

   1 week
6. Eagle in the Sky

   Van Wyck Mason
   Apr 11, 1948

   1 week
7. The Ides of March

   Thornton Wilder
   Apr 18, 1948

   1 week
8. Raintree County

   Ross Lockridge Jr.
   Apr 25, 1948

   8 weeks
9. The Naked and the Dead

   Norman Mailer
   Jun 20, 1948

   11 weeks
10. Shannon's Way

    A. J. Cronin
    Sep 5, 1948

    2 weeks
11. The Naked and the Dead

    Norman Mailer
    Sep 19, 1948

    1 week
12. Shannon's Way

    A. J. Cronin
    Sep 26, 1948

    1 week
13. The Naked and the Dead

    Norman Mailer
    Oct 3, 1948

    5 weeks
14. The Young Lions

    Irwin Shaw
    Nov 7, 1948

    1 week
15. The Naked and the Dead

    Norman Mailer
    Nov 14, 1948

    2 weeks
16. The Young Lions

    Irwin Shaw
    Nov 28, 1948

    3 weeks
17. The Big Fisherman

    Lloyd C. Douglas
    Dec 19, 1948

    2 weeks