This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1958 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 1, 1958 Sayonara Sayonara grossed $450,000 from 9 key cities. [1]
2 January 8, 1958 [2]
3 January 15, 1958 [3]
4 January 22, 1958 Sayonara grossed $421,000. [4]
5 January 29, 1958 [2]
6 February 5, 1958 Peyton Place [5]
7 February 12, 1958 A Farewell to Arms [6]
8 February 19, 1958 [7]
9 February 26, 1958 Witness for the Prosecution [8]
10 March 5, 1958 [9]
11 March 12, 1958 The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov earned $300,000 from 9 key cities in its third week of release. [10]
12 March 19, 1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai earned $450,000 from the cities sampled. [11]
13 March 26, 1958 [12]
14 April 2, 1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled. [13]
15 April 9, 1958 [14]
16 April 16, 1958 [15]
17 April 23, 1958 The Young Lions [16]
18 April 30, 1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai returned to number one in its 20th week of its wide release. [17]
19 May 7, 1958 [18]
20 May 14, 1958 South Pacific South Pacific reached number one in its eighth week of release. [19]
21 May 21, 1958 [20]
22 May 28, 1958 [21]
23 June 4, 1958 God's Little Acre [22]
24 June 11, 1958 South Pacific South Pacific returned to number one in its 12th week of release. [23]
25 June 18, 1958 [24]
26 June 25, 1958 [25]
27 July 2, 1958 The Vikings The Vikings grossed more than $420,000 from the cities sampled. [26]
28 July 9, 1958 [27]
29 July 16, 1958 [28]
30 July 23, 1958 Indiscreet [29]
31 July 30, 1958 [30]
32 August 6, 1958 [31]
33 August 13, 1958 [32]
34 August 20, 1958 South Pacific South Pacific returned to number one in its 22nd week of release. [33]
35 August 27, 1958 [34]
36 September 3, 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof grossed over $1 million nationally over the Labor Day weekend [35][36]
37 September 10, 1958 [37]
38 September 17, 1958 [38]
39 September 24, 1958 [39]
40 October 1, 1958 [40]
41 October 8, 1958 Damn Yankees [41]
42 October 15, 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof returned to number one in its seventh week of release. [42]
43 October 22, 1958 [43]
44 October 29, 1958 [44]
45 November 5, 1958 [45]
46 November 12, 1958 In Love and War [46]
47 November 19, 1958 The Last Hurrah [47]
48 November 26, 1958 Houseboat Houseboat grossed more than $300,000 in 22 key cities. [47]
49 December 3, 1958 Mardi Gras Mardi Gras reached number one in its third week of release. [48]
50 December 10, 1958 [49]
51 December 17, 1958 South Seas Adventure [50]
52 December 24, 1958 The Buccaneer [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental[52]
1 The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia Pictures $15,000,000[53]
2 Peyton Place 20th Century Fox $11,000,000[53]
3 Sayonara Warner Bros. $10,500,000
4 No Time for Sergeants $7,200,000
5 The Vikings United Artists $7,000,000
6 Search for Paradise Cinerama Releasing Corp. $6,500,000
7 South Pacific Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $6,400,000
8 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof $6,100,000
9 Old Yeller Buena Vista $5,900,000
10 Raintree County Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,800,000[53]

See also

References

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