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 [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 [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 [41]
45 November 7, 1962 The Manchurian Candidate [42]
46 November 14, 1962 The Longest Day [43]
47 November 21, 1962 [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
That Touch of Mink
5 El Cid Allied Artists $8,000,000
The Music Man Warner Bros.
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
The Interns Columbia Pictures

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 3, 1962. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 17, 1962. p. 3.
  3. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 24, 1962. p. 8.
  4. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 31, 1962. p. 7.
  5. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 7, 1962. p. 20.
  6. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 21, 1962. p. 13.
  7. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 28, 1962. p. 13.
  8. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 7, 1962. p. 3.
  9. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 14, 1962. p. 17.
  10. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 21, 1962. p. 3.
  11. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 28, 1962. p. 5.
  12. ^ a b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 11, 1962. p. 14.
  13. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 18, 1962. p. 15.
  14. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 25, 1962. p. 15.
  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.
  16. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 2, 1962. p. 3.
  17. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 9, 1962. p. 10.
  18. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 16, 1962. p. 17.
  19. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 23, 1962. p. 11.
  20. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 30, 1962. p. 24.
  21. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 6, 1962. p. 5.
  22. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 13, 1962. p. 15.
  23. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 20, 1962. p. 19.
  24. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 27, 1962. p. 17.
  25. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 4, 1962. p. 7.
  26. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 11, 1962. p. 15.
  27. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 18, 1962. p. 13.
  28. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 25, 1962. p. 18.
  29. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 1, 1962. p. 16.
  30. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 8, 1962. p. 8.
  31. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 15, 1962. p. 9.
  32. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 22, 1962. p. 3.
  33. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 29, 1962. p. 9.
  34. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 5, 1962. p. 8.
  35. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 12, 1962. p. 9.
  36. ^ a b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 26, 1962. p. 4.
  37. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 3, 1962. p. 16.
  38. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 10, 1962. p. 12.
  39. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 17, 1962. p. 11.
  40. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 24, 1962. p. 14.
  41. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 31, 1962. p. 10.
  42. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 7, 1962. p. 12.
  43. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 14, 1962. p. 10.
  44. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 21, 1962. p. 11.
  45. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 28, 1962. p. 7.
  46. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 5, 1962. p. 7.
  47. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 12, 1962. p. 4.
  48. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 19, 1962. p. 15.
  49. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. January 9, 1963. p. 13.

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