List of 1960 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1960 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

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Number-one films

#Week endingFilmNotesRef
1January 6, 1960 Operation Petticoat [1]
2January 13, 1960 [2]
3January 20, 1960 [3]
4January 27, 1960 [1]
5February 3, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur reached number one in its eleventh week of release [4]
6February 10, 1960 [5]
7February 17, 1960 On the Beach [6]
8February 24, 1960Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 14th week of release [7]
9March 2, 1960 [8]
10March 9, 1960 [9]
11March 16, 1960 [10]
12March 23, 1960 [11]
13March 30, 1960 [12]
14April 6, 1960 [13]
15April 13, 1960 [14]
16April 20, 1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies [15]
17April 27, 1960 [16]
18May 4, 1960Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 24th week of release [17]
19May 11, 1960 [18]
20May 18, 1960 [19]
21May 25, 1960 [20]
22June 1, 1960 [21]
23June 8, 1960 [22]
24June 15, 1960 [23]
25June 22, 1960Ben-Hur grossed in excess of $409,000 in the key cities sampled [24]
26June 29, 1960 [25]
27July 6, 1960 Bells Are Ringing [26]
28July 13, 1960Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 34th week of release [27]
29July 20, 1960 [28]
30July 27, 1960 [29]
31August 3, 1960 [30]
32August 10, 1960 [31]
33August 17, 1960 Ocean's 11 [32]
34August 24, 1960 [33]
35August 31, 1960 [34]
36September 7, 1960Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 42nd week of release [35]
37September 14, 1960 [36]
38September 21, 1960 [37]
39September 28, 1960 [38]
40October 5, 1960 [39]
41October 12, 1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs [40]
42October 19, 1960Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 48th week of release [41]
43October 26, 1960 [42]
44November 2, 1960 [43]
45November 9, 1960 Midnight Lace [44]
46November 16, 1960 BUtterfield 8 [45]
47November 23, 1960 [46]
48November 30, 1960 [47]
49December 7, 1960 [48]
50December 14, 1960Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 56th week of release [49]
51December 21, 1960 Cinderfella [50]
52December 28, 1960 Exodus [51]

Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

RankTitleDistributorRental [52]
1 Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $17,300,000
2 South Pacific 20th Century Fox-Magna$9,900,000 [53] [54]
3 Psycho Paramount Pictures $8,500,000
4 Operation Petticoat Universal Pictures $6,800,000
5 Suddenly, Last Summer Columbia Pictures $5,500,000
6 On the Beach United Artists $5,300,000
7 Solomon and Sheba $5,250,000
8 The Apartment $5,100,000
9 From the Terrace 20th Century Fox$5,000,000
Please Don't Eat the Daisies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

See also

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<i>South Pacific</i> (1958 film) 1958 film by Joshua Logan

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 27, 1960. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 13, 1960. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 20, 1960. p. 5.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 3, 1960. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 10, 1960. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 17, 1960. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 24, 1960. p. 24.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 2, 1960. p. 5.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 9, 1960. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 16, 1960. p. 5.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 23, 1960. p. 4.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 30, 1960. p. 4.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 6, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 13, 1960. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 20, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 27, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 4, 1960. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 11, 1960. p. 7. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 18, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 25, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 1, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 15, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 29, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 13, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 20, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 3, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  31. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 10, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 17, 1960. p. 14. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  33. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 24, 1960. p. 18. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  34. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 31, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 7, 1960. p. 18. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  36. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 14, 1960. p. 16. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 21, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 28, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 5, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  40. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 12, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  42. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 26, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 2, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  45. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 16, 1960. p. 20. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  46. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 23, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  47. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 30, 1960. p. 20. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via Archive.org.
  48. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 7, 1960. p. 19. Retrieved November 8, 2020– via Archive.org.
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  53. ↑ "All-Time Top Grosses". Variety . January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved January 2, 2021– via Archive.org. $16,300,000
  54. ↑ "All-Time Domestic Champs". Variety . January 6, 1960. p. 34. $6,400,000

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