List of 1962 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 1962 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 Babes in Toyland[1]
2 Flower Drum Song
3 [2]
4 [3]
5 One, Two, Three[4]
6 [5]
7 N/ANo survey published
8 Lover Come BackLover Come Back grossed more than $500,000 in 19 key cities[6]
9 Lover Come Back grossed more than $440,000 in 19 key cities[7]
10 [8]
11 [9]
12 [10]
13 West Side Story[11]
14
15 [12]
16 [13]
17 Moon Pilot Moon Pilot, together with an Easter Disneyland USA stageshow, grossed a record $230,000 at Radio City Music Hall[14] [15]
18 West Side Story[16]
19 [17]
20 [18]
21 [19]
22 [20]
23 [21]
24 [22]
25 [23]
26 That Touch of MinkThat Touch of Mink grossed nearly $450,000 from 17 engagements[24]
27 That Touch of Mink grossed $450,000 from 18 key cities[25]
28 [26]
29 [27]
30 That Touch of Mink grossed $400,000 from 18 key cities[28]
31 The Music Man[29]
32 That Touch of Mink[30]
33 [31]
34 The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm reached number one in its second week of release[32]
35 The Music Man[33]
36 [34]
37 [35]
38
39 [36]
40 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 [38]
42 [39]
43 The Longest Day [40]
44 [41]
45 The Manchurian Candidate [42]
46 The Longest Day[43]
47 [44]
48 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm [45]
49 Mutiny on the Bounty [46]
50 [47]
51 [48]
52 N/A No survey published

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitle Distributor Rental[49]
1SpartacusUniversal Pictures$13,500,000
2West Side StoryUnited Artists$11,000,000
3Lover Come BackUniversal Pictures$8,500,000
That Touch of Mink
5El CidAllied Artists$8,000,000
The Music ManWarner Bros.
7King of KingsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$7,500,000
8Hatari!Paramount Pictures$6,000,000
9Flower Drum SongUniversal Pictures$5,000,000
The InternsColumbia Pictures

See also

Notes and References

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

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