List of 1963 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1963 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.

† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]
# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1January 2, 1963Taras Bulba[2]
2January 9, 1963
3January 16, 1963Gypsy[3]
4January 23, 1963Mutiny on the Bounty[4]
5January 30, 1963Sodom and Gomorrah[5]
6February 6, 1963Lawrence of Arabia[6]
7February 13, 1963No survey published
8February 20, 1963To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird reached number one in its eighth week of release[7]
9February 27, 1963Son of Flubber[8]
10March 6, 1963[8]
11March 13, 1963To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird returned to number one in its eleventh week of release[9]
12March 20, 1963Days of Wine and Roses[10]
13March 27, 1963How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won reached number one in its fifth week of release[11]
14April 3, 1963[12]
15April 10, 1963The BirdsThe Birds reached number one in its second week of release[13]
16April 17, 1963[14]
17April 24, 1963How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won returned to number one in its ninth week of release[15]
18May 1, 1963[16]
19May 8, 1963[17]
20May 15, 1963[18]
21May 22, 1963[19]
22May 29, 1963[20]
23June 5, 196355 Days at Peking[21]
24June 12, 1963How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won returned to number one in its sixteenth week of release[22]
25June 19, 1963[23]
26June 26, 1963[24]
27July 3, 1963Cleopatra †Cleopatra reached number one in its third week of release grossing $725,000 from 17 key cities[25]
28July 10, 1963[26]
29July 17, 1963[26]
30July 24, 1963[27]
31July 31, 1963[28]
32August 7, 1963[29]
33August 14, 1963[30]
34August 21, 1963[31]
35August 28, 1963[32]
36September 4, 1963[33]
37September 11, 1963[34]
38September 18, 1963[35]
39September 25, 1963[36]
40October 2, 1963The V.I.P.sThe V.I.P.s grossed $473,000 from 19 key cities[37]
41October 9, 1963[38]
42October 16, 1963[39]
43October 23, 1963Cleopatra †Cleopatra returned to number one in its 19th week of release[40]
44October 30, 1963[41]
45November 6, 1963Mary, Mary[42]
46November 13, 1963[43]
47November 20, 1963Cleopatra †Cleopatra returned to number one in its 23rd week of release[44]
48November 27, 1963No data publishedFollowing the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Variety did not publish box office figures for the week due to the reduced attendance, with theatres closed on Friday evening after the assassination and on Monday for his funeral as well as reduced attendance over the weekend[45]
49December 4, 1963Under the Yum Yum Tree[46]
50December 11, 1963[47]
51December 18, 1963[48]
52December 25, 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World[49]

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorRental[1]
1 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox $15,700,000
2 The Longest Day $12,750,000
3 Irma la Douce United Artists $9,250,000
4 Lawrence of Arabia Columbia Pictures $9,000,000
5 How the West Was Won Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $8,000,000
6 Mutiny on the Bounty $7,700,000
7 Son of Flubber Buena Vista $6,900,000
8 To Kill a Mockingbird Universal Pictures $6,700,000
9 Bye Bye Birdie Columbia Pictures $5,600,000
10 Come Blow Your Horn Paramount Pictures $5,450,000

See also

References

Chronology

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