This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2013.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
1 January 6, 2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D $21,744,470 [2]
2 January 13, 2013 Zero Dark Thirty $24,438,936 Zero Dark Thirty reached #1 after three weekends of limited release. [3]
3 January 20, 2013 Mama $28,402,311 [4][5]
4 January 27, 2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $19,690,956 [6]
5 February 3, 2013 Warm Bodies $20,353,967 [7]
6 February 10, 2013 Identity Thief $34,551,025 [8]
7 February 17, 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard $24,834,845 [9][10]
8 February 24, 2013 Identity Thief $14,017,085 Identity Thief reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. [11]
9 March 3, 2013 Jack the Giant Slayer $27,202,226 [12]
10 March 10, 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful $79,110,453 [13]
11 March 17, 2013 $41,252,704 [14]
12 March 24, 2013 The Croods $43,639,736 [15]
13 March 31, 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation $40,501,814 [16][17]
14 April 7, 2013 Evil Dead $25,775,847 [18]
15 April 14, 2013 42 $27,487,144 42 broke The Benchwarmers' record ($19.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a baseball film. [19]
16 April 21, 2013 Oblivion $37,054,485 [20]
17 April 28, 2013 Pain & Gain $20,244,505 [21]
18 May 5, 2013 Iron Man 3 $174,144,585 Iron Man 3 had the highest weekend debut of 2013. [22]
19 May 12, 2013 $72,525,615 [23]
20 May 19, 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness $70,165,559 [24]
21 May 26, 2013 Fast & Furious 6 $97,375,245 [25][26]
22 June 2, 2013 $35,164,440 [27]
23 June 9, 2013 The Purge $34,058,360 The Purge broke The Devil Inside's record ($33.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film. [28]
24 June 16, 2013 Man of Steel $116,619,362 Man of Steel broke Toy Story 3's record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in June. [29]
25 June 23, 2013 Monsters University $82,429,469 In second place, World War Z's opening ($66.4 million) broke Dawn of the Dead's ($26.7 million) record for the highest weekend debut for a zombie film. [30]
26 June 30, 2013 $45,607,745 [31]
27 July 7, 2013 Despicable Me 2 $83,517,315 [32]
28 July 14, 2013 $43,892,895 [33]
29 July 21, 2013 The Conjuring $41,855,326 The Conjuring broke The Purge's record ($34.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film (which had been set one month earlier). [34]
30 July 28, 2013 The Wolverine $53,113,752 [35]
31 August 4, 2013 2 Guns $27,059,130 [36]
32 August 11, 2013 Elysium $29,807,393 [37]
33 August 18, 2013 The Butler $24,637,312 [38]
34 August 25, 2013 $16,503,812 [39]
35 September 1, 2013 One Direction: This Is Us (3-day) $15,815,497 Without the inclusion of the Labor Day holiday, One Direction: This Is Us was #1 for the three-day frame. The Butler was #2 ($14,878,286) for the three-day frame. [40]
The Butler (4-day) $20,201,272 With the inclusion of the Labor Day holiday, The Butler was #1 (for the third consecutive week) during the four-day time-frame. Also, The Butler became the first 2013 film to win three consecutive weekends. One Direction: This Is Us was #2 ($18,472,875) for the four-day frame. [41]
36 September 8, 2013 Riddick $19,030,375 [42]
37 September 15, 2013 Insidious: Chapter 2 $40,272,103 [43]
38 September 22, 2013 Prisoners $20,817,053 [44]
39 September 29, 2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $34,017,930 [45]
40 October 6, 2013 Gravity $55,785,112 Gravity broke Paranormal Activity 3's records ($52 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for a fall release. [46]
41 October 13, 2013 $43,188,256 [47][48]
42 October 20, 2013 $30,027,161 Gravity became the first film of 2013 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [49]
43 October 27, 2013 Bad Grandpa $32,055,177 [50]
44 November 3, 2013 Ender's Game $27,017,351 [51]
45 November 10, 2013 Thor: The Dark World $85,737,841 [52]
46 November 17, 2013 $36,586,016 [53]
47 November 24, 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $158,074,286 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's records ($142.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in November and for the holiday season. It also broke The Hunger Games' record ($152.2 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. [54]
48 December 1, 2013 $74,179,601 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire broke Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's record ($57.4 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend ever. In second place, Frozen's $67.4 million opening weekend broke Toy Story 2's record ($57.3 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut and Wreck-It Ralph's record ($49 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. [55]
49 December 8, 2013 Frozen $31,616,230 Frozen reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of wide release and third overall week of release. [56]
50 December 15, 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $73,645,197 [57]
51 December 22, 2013 $31,505,278 [58]
52 December 29, 2013 $29,031,732 [59]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2013 by Calendar Gross[60]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Iron Man 3 Walt Disney Studios Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stéphanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, Jon Favreau, and Ben Kingsley Shane Black $406,609,688
2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Lionsgate Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland Francis Lawrence $395,526,705
3. Despicable Me 2 Universal Pictures voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, and Ken Jeong Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin $367,793,270
4. Man of Steel Warner Bros. Pictures Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, and Russell Crowe Zack Snyder $291,045,518
5. Monsters University Walt Disney Studios voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day, and Nathan Fillion Dan Scanlon $263,763,344
6. Frozen voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, and Santino Fontana Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee $263,092,648
7. Gravity Warner Bros. Pictures Sandra Bullock and George Clooney Alfonso Cuarón $254,861,229
8. Fast & Furious 6 Universal Pictures Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, and John Ortiz Justin Lin $238,679,850
9. Oz the Great and Powerful Walt Disney Studios James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, and Tony Cox Sam Raimi $232,613,195
10. Star Trek Into Darkness Paramount Pictures John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Karl Urban, Peter Weller, and Anton Yelchin J. J. Abrams $226,778,661

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2013 by In-year release[61]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Lionsgate $424,668,047
2. Iron Man 3 Disney $409,013,994
3. Frozen $400,738,009
4. Despicable Me 2 Universal $368,065,385
5. Man of Steel Warner Bros. $291,045,518
6. Gravity $274,092,705
7. Monsters University Disney $268,492,764
8. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. $258,366,855
9. Fast & Furious 6 Universal $238,679,850
10. Oz the Great and Powerful Disney $234,911,825


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2013[62]
G Monsters University
PG Frozen
PG-13 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
R The Heat

See also

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