List of 1962 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 1962 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

Spartacus became the highest grossing film of 1962. But its reign at the #1 spot was at the beginning of 1961, it never reached #1 during 1962.
#Week endingFilmNotesRef
1January 3, 1962 Babes in Toyland [1]
2January 10, 1962 Flower Drum Song [2]
3January 17, 1962 [2]
4January 24, 1962 [3]
5January 31, 1962 One, Two, Three [4]
6February 7, 1962 [5]
7February 14, 1962No survey was published this week, but One, Two, Three was #1 the previous week.
8February 21, 1962 Lover Come Back Lover Come Back grossed more than $500,000 in 19 key cities [6]
9February 28, 1962Lover Come Back grossed more than $440,000 in 19 key cities [7]
10March 7, 1962 [8]
11March 14, 1962 [9]
12March 21, 1962 [10]
13March 28, 1962 West Side Story [11]
14April 4, 1962 [12]
15April 11, 1962 [12]
16April 18, 1962 [13]
17April 25, 1962 Moon Pilot Moon Pilot, together with an Easter Disneyland USA stageshow, grossed a record $230,000 at Radio City Music Hall [14] [15]
18May 2, 1962West Side Story [16]
19May 9, 1962 [17]
20May 16, 1962 [18]
21May 23, 1962 [19]
22May 30, 1962 [20]
23June 6, 1962 [21]
24June 13, 1962 [22]
25June 20, 1962 [23]
26June 27, 1962 That Touch of Mink That Touch of Mink grossed nearly $450,000 from 17 engagements [24]
27July 4, 1962That Touch of Mink grossed $450,000 from 18 key cities [25]
28July 11, 1962 [26]
29July 18, 1962 [27]
30July 25, 1962That Touch of Mink grossed $400,000 from 18 key cities [28]
31August 1, 1962 The Music Man [29]
32August 8, 1962That Touch of Mink [30]
33August 15, 1962 [31]
34August 22, 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm reached number one in its second week of release [32]
35August 29, 1962The Music Man [33]
36September 5, 1962 [34]
37September 12, 1962 [35]
38September 19, 1962 [36]
39September 26, 1962 [36]
40October 3, 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm returned to number one in its eighth week of release [37]
41October 10, 1962 [38]
42October 17, 1962 [39]
43October 24, 1962 The Longest Day [40]
44October 31, 1962 [41]
45November 7, 1962 The Manchurian Candidate [42]
46November 14, 1962The Longest Day [43]
47November 21, 1962 [44]
48November 28, 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm [45]
49December 5, 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty [46]
50December 12, 1962 [47]
51December 19, 1962 [48]
52December 26, 1962No survey was published this week, but Mutiny on the Bounty was #1 the previous week.

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental [49]
1 Spartacus Universal Pictures $13,500,000
2 West Side Story United Artists $11,000,000
3 Lover Come Back Universal Pictures$8,500,000
That Touch of Mink
5 El Cid Allied Artists $8,000,000
The Music Man Warner Bros.
7 King of Kings Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $7,500,000
8 Hatari! Paramount Pictures $6,000,000
9 Flower Drum Song Universal Pictures$5,000,000
The Interns Columbia Pictures

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 3, 1962. p. 20.
  2. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 17, 1962. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 24, 1962. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . January 31, 1962. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 7, 1962. p. 20.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 21, 1962. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . February 28, 1962. p. 13.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 7, 1962. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 14, 1962. p. 17.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 21, 1962. p. 3.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . March 28, 1962. p. 5.
  12. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 11, 1962. p. 14.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 18, 1962. p. 15.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . April 25, 1962. p. 15.
  15. ↑ "Easter Booms B'way; 'Traitor' Wow 55G; 'Pilot'-Easter Show New High, 230G, 'Fear' Big 37G, 'Jessica' 32G". Variety . April 25, 1962. p. 9.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 2, 1962. p. 3.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 9, 1962. p. 10.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 16, 1962. p. 17.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 23, 1962. p. 11.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . May 30, 1962. p. 24.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 6, 1962. p. 5.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 13, 1962. p. 15.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 20, 1962. p. 19.
  24. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . June 27, 1962. p. 17.
  25. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 4, 1962. p. 7.
  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 11, 1962. p. 15.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 18, 1962. p. 13.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . July 25, 1962. p. 18.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 1, 1962. p. 16.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 8, 1962. p. 8.
  31. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 15, 1962. p. 9.
  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 22, 1962. p. 3.
  33. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . August 29, 1962. p. 9.
  34. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 5, 1962. p. 8.
  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 12, 1962. p. 9.
  36. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . September 26, 1962. p. 4.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 3, 1962. p. 16.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 10, 1962. p. 12.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 17, 1962. p. 11.
  40. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 24, 1962. p. 14.
  41. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . October 31, 1962. p. 10.
  42. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 7, 1962. p. 12.
  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 14, 1962. p. 10.
  44. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 21, 1962. p. 11.
  45. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . November 28, 1962. p. 7.
  46. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 5, 1962. p. 7.
  47. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 12, 1962. p. 4.
  48. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety . December 19, 1962. p. 15.
  49. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety . January 9, 1963. p. 13.

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