List of 1962 box office number-one films in the United States

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List of 1962 box office number-one films in the United States - Wikipedia

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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.

Number-one films

#	Week ending	Film	Notes	Ref
1	January 3, 1962	Babes in Toyland		^[1]
2	January 10, 1962	Flower Drum Song		^[2]
3	January 17, 1962			^[2]
4	January 24, 1962			^[3]
5	January 31, 1962	One, Two, Three		^[4]
6	February 7, 1962	One, Two, Three		^[5]
7	February 14, 1962	N/A	No survey published
8	February 21, 1962	Lover Come Back	Lover Come Back grossed more than $500,000 in 19 key cities	^[6]
9	February 28, 1962		Lover Come Back grossed more than $440,000 in 19 key cities	^[7]
10	March 7, 1962			^[8]
11	March 14, 1962			^[9]
12	March 21, 1962			^[10]
13	March 28, 1962	West Side Story		^[11]
14	April 4, 1962			^[12]
15	April 11, 1962			^[12]
16	April 18, 1962			^[13]
17	April 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]
18	May 2, 1962	West Side Story		^[16]
19	May 9, 1962			^[17]
20	May 16, 1962			^[18]
21	May 23, 1962			^[19]
22	May 30, 1962			^[20]
23	June 6, 1962			^[21]
24	June 13, 1962			^[22]
25	June 20, 1962			^[23]
26	June 27, 1962	That Touch of Mink	That Touch of Mink grossed nearly $450,000 from 17 engagements	^[24]
27	July 4, 1962		That Touch of Mink grossed $450,000 from 18 key cities	^[25]
28	July 11, 1962			^[26]
29	July 18, 1962			^[27]
30	July 25, 1962		That Touch of Mink grossed $400,000 from 18 key cities	^[28]
31	August 1, 1962	The Music Man		^[29]
32	August 8, 1962	That Touch of Mink		^[30]
33	August 15, 1962	That Touch of Mink		^[31]
34	August 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]
35	August 29, 1962	The Music Man		^[33]
36	September 5, 1962			^[34]
37	September 12, 1962			^[35]
38	September 19, 1962			^[36]
39	September 26, 1962			^[36]
40	October 3, 1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm returned to number one in its eighth week of release	^[37]
41	October 10, 1962			^[38]
42	October 17, 1962			^[39]
43	October 24, 1962	The Longest Day		^[40]
44	October 31, 1962	The Longest Day		^[41]
45	November 7, 1962	The Manchurian Candidate		^[42]
46	November 14, 1962	The Longest Day		^[43]
47	November 21, 1962	The Longest Day		^[44]
48	November 28, 1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm		^[45]
49	December 5, 1962	Mutiny on the Bounty		^[46]
50	December 12, 1962			^[47]
51	December 19, 1962			^[48]
52	December 26, 1962	N/A	No survey published

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank	Title	Distributor	Rental^[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
3	That Touch of Mink	Universal Pictures	$8,500,000
5	El Cid	Allied Artists	$8,000,000
5	The Music Man	Warner Bros.	$8,000,000
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
9	The Interns	Columbia Pictures	$5,000,000

References

^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 3, 1962. p. 20.
^ ^a ^b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 17, 1962. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 24, 1962. p. 8.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 31, 1962. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 7, 1962. p. 20.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 21, 1962. p. 13.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 28, 1962. p. 13.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 7, 1962. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 14, 1962. p. 17.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 21, 1962. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 28, 1962. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 11, 1962. p. 14.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 18, 1962. p. 15.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 25, 1962. p. 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.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 2, 1962. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 9, 1962. p. 10.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 16, 1962. p. 17.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 23, 1962. p. 11.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 30, 1962. p. 24.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 6, 1962. p. 5.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 13, 1962. p. 15.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 20, 1962. p. 19.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 27, 1962. p. 17.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 4, 1962. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 11, 1962. p. 15.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 18, 1962. p. 13.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 25, 1962. p. 18.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 1, 1962. p. 16.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 8, 1962. p. 8.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 15, 1962. p. 9.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 22, 1962. p. 3.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 29, 1962. p. 9.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 5, 1962. p. 8.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 12, 1962. p. 9.
^ ^a ^b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 26, 1962. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 3, 1962. p. 16.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 10, 1962. p. 12.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 17, 1962. p. 11.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 24, 1962. p. 14.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 31, 1962. p. 10.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 7, 1962. p. 12.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 14, 1962. p. 10.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 21, 1962. p. 11.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 28, 1962. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 5, 1962. p. 7.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 12, 1962. p. 4.
^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 19, 1962. p. 15.
^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. January 9, 1963. p. 13.

Lists of box office number-one films

Americas

Argentina	2003 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Brazil	2007 2008 2009 2010 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Canada	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Chile	2007 2008 2009 2015 2017 2018
Colombia	2011 2012 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024
Ecuador	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Mexico	2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Paraguay	2019 2020
United States	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Venezuela	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Asia-Pacific

Australia

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

2023
2024

Japan

New Zealand

Pakistan

2022
2023

Philippines

South Korea

Taiwan

Taipei	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Thailand

Bangkok	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Europe, the
Middle East,
and Africa
(EMEA)

Austria	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Belgium	2007 2008 2009 2017 2018 2019 2020
France	1993 1994 1995 1997 2001 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Greece	2013
Ireland	2011
Italy	1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 2001 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024
Lithuania	2020 2021 2022 2023
Netherlands	2009
Poland	2010 2011 2013 2021
Romania	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Spain	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Turkey	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
United Kingdom	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

List of films with the most weekends at number one in North America

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References

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