List of 1957 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 1957 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 2, 1957 The Teahouse of the August Moon [1]
2January 9, 1957 [2]
3January 16, 1957 The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments reached number one in its tenth week of release. [2]
4January 23, 1957 Anastasia Anastasia reached number one in its sixth week of release. [3]
5January 30, 1957 [4]
6February 6, 1957The Ten CommandmentsThe Ten Commandments reached number one in its 13th week of release. [5]
7February 13, 1957 [6]
8February 20, 1957 [7]
9February 27, 1957 [8]
10March 6, 1957The Ten Commandments grossed $425,000 from 19 key cities. [9]
11March 13, 1957The Ten Commandments grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled. [10]
12March 20, 1957 [11]
13March 27, 1957 [12]
14April 3, 1957 [13]
15April 10, 1957 [14]
16April 17, 1957 [15]
17April 24, 1957 Funny Face Funny Face earned $400,000 from 17 key cities in its tenth week of release. [16]
18May 1, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days earned $300,000 from 13 key cities in its 28th week of release. [17]
19May 8, 1957Funny FaceFunny Face returned to number one in its 12th week of release. [18]
20May 15, 1957Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 30th week of release. [19]
21May 22, 1957 [20]
22May 29, 1957 [21]
23June 5, 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Gunfight at the O.K. Corral grossed more than $420,000 in 13 key cities. [22]
24June 12, 1957 [23]
25June 19, 1957 Island in the Sun Island in the Sun grossed $500,000 from 16 key cities. [24]
26June 26, 1957 [25]
27July 3, 1957Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 37th week of release. [26]
28July 10, 1957 [27]
29July 17, 1957 [28]
30July 24, 1957 [29]
31July 31, 1957 [30]
32August 7, 1957 [31]
33August 14, 1957 The Pride and the Passion The Pride and the Passion reached number one in its fifth week of release. [32]
34August 21, 1957Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days earned $358,000 from 19 key cities in its 44th week of release. [33]
35August 28, 1957 [34]
36September 4, 1957 The Pajama Game The Pajama Game grossed $400,000 from 13 key cities. [35]
37September 11, 1957Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 47th week of release. [36]
38September 18, 1957 [37]
39September 25, 1957 [38]
40October 2, 1957 Jet Pilot [39]
41October 9, 1957Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 51st week of release. [40]
42October 16, 1957 [41]
43October 23, 1957 [42]
44October 30, 1957 [43]
45November 6, 1957 [44]
46November 13, 1957 [45]
47November 20, 1957 [46]
48November 27, 1957 Pal Joey Pal Joey reached number one in its fifth week of release. [47]
49December 4, 1957 [48]
50December 11, 1957Around the World in 80 DaysAround the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 60th week of release. [49]
51December 18, 1957 [50]
52December 25, 1957 The Sad Sack The Sad Sack reached number one in its fourth week of release. [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental [52]
1 The Ten Commandments Paramount Pictures $18,500,000
2 Around the World in 80 Days United Artists $16,200,000
3 Giant Warner Bros. $12,000,000
4 Pal Joey Columbia Pictures $6,700,000
5 Seven Wonders of the World Cinerama Releasing Corp.$6,500,000
6 The Teahouse of the August Moon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,600,000
7 The Pride and the Passion United Artists$5,500,000
8 Anastasia 20th Century Fox $5,000,000
9 Island in the Sun $4,500,000
10 Love Me Tender $4,400,000

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References

  1. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 2, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  2. 1 2 "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 16, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 23, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  4. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 30, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  5. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 6, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  6. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 13, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  7. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 20, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  8. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 27, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  9. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 6, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  10. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 13, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  11. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 20, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  12. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 27, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  13. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 3, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  14. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 10, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  15. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 17, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  16. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 24, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  17. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 1, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  18. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 8, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  19. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 15, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  20. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 22, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  21. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 29, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  22. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 5, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  23. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 12, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  26. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 3, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  27. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 10, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  28. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 17, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  29. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 24, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  30. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 31, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  32. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 14, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  35. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 4, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  36. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 11, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  37. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 18, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  38. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 25, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  39. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 2, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  41. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 16, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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  43. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 30, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
  44. ↑ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 6, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Archive.org.
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