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

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1960 per Varietys 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 endingFilmNotes
1 Operation Petticoat
2 [1]
3 [2]
4 [3]
5 Ben-HurBen-Hur reached number one in its eleventh week of release [4]
6 [5]
7 On the Beach [6]
8 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 14th week of release[7]
9 [8]
10 [9]
11 [10]
12 [11]
13 [12]
14 [13]
15 [14]
16 Please Don't Eat the Daisies [15]
17 [16]
18 Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 24th week of release[17]
19 [18]
20 [19]
21 [20]
22 [21]
23 [22]
24 [23]
25 Ben-Hur grossed in excess of $409,000 in the key cities sampled[24]
26 [25]
27 Bells Are Ringing[26]
28 Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 34th week of release[27]
29 [28]
30 [29]
31 [30]
32 [31]
33 Ocean's 11[32]
34 [33]
35 [34]
36 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 42nd week of release[35]
37 [36]
38 [37]
39 [38]
40 [39]
41 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs [40]
42 Ben-HurBen-Hur returned to number one in its 48th week of release[41]
43 [42]
44 [43]
45 Midnight Lace [44]
46 BUtterfield 8 [45]
47 [46]
48 [47]
49 [48]
50 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 56th week of release[49]
51 Cinderfella[50]
52 Exodus [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitle Distributor Rental[52]
1Ben-HurMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$17,300,000
2South Pacific20th Century Fox-Magna$9,900,000[53] [54]
3PsychoParamount Pictures$8,500,000
4Operation PetticoatUniversal Pictures$6,800,000
5Suddenly, Last SummerColumbia Pictures$5,500,000
6On the BeachUnited Artists$5,300,000
7Solomon and Sheba$5,250,000
8The Apartment$5,100,000
9From the Terrace20th Century Fox$5,000,000
Please Don't Eat the DaisiesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 13, 1960. 11.
  2. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 20, 1960. 5.
  3. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. January 27, 1960. 16.
  4. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 3, 1960. 7.
  5. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 10, 1960. 7.
  6. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 17, 1960. 8.
  7. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. February 24, 1960. 24.
  8. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 2, 1960. 5.
  9. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 9, 1960. 6.
  10. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 16, 1960. 5.
  11. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 23, 1960. 4.
  12. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. March 30, 1960. 4.
  13. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 6, 1960. 4. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  14. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 13, 1960. 15. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  15. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 20, 1960. 5. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  16. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. April 27, 1960. 6. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  17. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 4, 1960. 15. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  18. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 11, 1960. 7. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  19. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 18, 1960. 5. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  20. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. May 25, 1960. 4. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  21. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 1, 1960. 4. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  22. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 8, 1960. 5. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  23. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 15, 1960. 5. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  24. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 22, 1960. 11. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  25. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. June 29, 1960. 5. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  26. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 6, 1960. 10. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  27. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 13, 1960. 4. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  28. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 20, 1960. 4. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  29. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. July 27, 1960. 7. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  30. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 3, 1960. 5. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  31. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 10, 1960. 13. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  32. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 17, 1960. 14. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  33. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 24, 1960. 18. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  34. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. August 31, 1960. 10. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  35. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 7, 1960. 18. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  36. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 14, 1960. 16. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  37. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 21, 1960. 4. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  38. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. September 28, 1960. 11. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  39. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 5, 1960. 4. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  40. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 12, 1960. 17. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  41. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 19, 1960. 13. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  42. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. October 26, 1960. 5. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  43. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 2, 1960. 5. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  44. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 9, 1960. 10. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  45. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 16, 1960. 20. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  46. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 23, 1960. 17. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  47. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. November 30, 1960. 20. November 9, 2020. Archive.org.
  48. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 7, 1960. 19. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  49. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 14, 1960. 13. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  50. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 21, 1960. 13. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  51. Variety. National Boxoffice Survey. December 28, 1960. 4. November 8, 2020. Archive.org.
  52. Variety. Rental Potentials of 1960. January 4, 1961. 47. January 2, 2021. Archive.org.
  53. Variety. All-Time Top Grosses. January 4, 1961. 49. $16,300,000. January 2, 2021. Archive.org.
  54. Variety. All-Time Domestic Champs. January 6, 1960. 34. $6,400,000.

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