List of 1963 box office number-one films in the

United States
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.

Contents
Number-one films
Highest-grossing films
See also
References

Number-one films
# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 January 2, 1963 No survey published. The monthly summary noted that Taras [1]
2 January 9, 1963 Bulba was number one for a week in January

3 January 16, 1963 Gypsy [2]

Mutiny on [3]
4 January 23, 1963
the Bounty
Sodom and [4]
5 January 30, 1963
Gomorrah
Lawrence of [5]
6 February 6, 1963
Arabia
7 February 13, 1963 No survey published
To Kill a To Kill a Mockingbird reached number one in its eighth week of [6]
8 February 20, 1963
Mockingbird release

9 February 27, 1963 [7]

Son of
Flubber [7]
10 March 6, 1963

To Kill a To Kill a Mockingbird returned to number one in its eleventh [8]

11 March 13, 1963
Mockingbird week of release
Days of
12 March 20, 1963 Wine and [9]
Roses

How the How the West Was Won reached number one in its fifth week of [10]
13 March 27, 1963
West Was release

14 April 3, 1963 Won [11]

15 April 10, 1963 The Birds reached number one in its second week of release [12]
The Birds
16 April 17, 1963 [13]

How the West Was Won returned to number one in its ninth [14]
17 April 24, 1963
week of release

18 May 1, 1963 [15]

How the [16]

19 May 8, 1963
West Was
20 May 15, 1963 Won [17]

21 May 22, 1963 [18]

22 May 29, 1963 [19]

55 Days at [20]
23 June 5, 1963
Peking
How the West Was Won returned to number one in its sixteenth [21]
24 June 12, 1963
How the week of release
West Was [22]
25 June 19, 1963
Won
26 June 26, 1963 [23]

Cleopatra Cleopatra reached number one in its third week of release [24]
27 July 3, 1963
grossing $725,000 from 17 key cities

28 July 10, 1963 [25]

29 July 17, 1963 [25]

 30 July 24, 1963 [26]

31 July 31, 1963 [27]

32 August 7, 1963 [28]

33 August 14, 1963 [29]

34 August 21, 1963 [30]

35 August 28, 1963 [31]

36 September 4, 1963 [32]

37 September 11, 1963 [33]

38 September 18, 1963 [34]

39 September 25, 1963 [35]

40 October 2, 1963 The V.I.P.s grossed $473,000 from 19 key cities [36]

41 October 9, 1963 The V.I.P.s [37]

42 October 16, 1963 [38]

43 October 23, 1963 Cleopatra returned to number one in its 19th week of release [39]
Cleopatra
44 October 30, 1963 [40]

45 November 6, 1963 [41]

Mary, Mary
46 November 13, 1963 [42]

47 November 20, 1963 Cleopatra Cleopatra returned to number one in its 23rd week of release [43]

Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Variety did not

publish box office figures for the week due to the reduced
No data [44]
48 November 27, 1963 attendance, with theatres closed on Friday evening after the
published
assassination and on Monday for his funeral as well as reduced
attendance over the weekend

49 December 4, 1963 [45]

Under the
50 December 11, 1963 Yum Yum [46]
Tree
51 December 18, 1963 [47]

It's a Mad,
52 December 25, 1963 Mad, Mad, [48]
Mad World

Highest-grossing films
The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
 Rank Title Distributor Rental[49]
1 Cleopatra $15,700,000
20th Century Fox
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 $8,000,000
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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
List of American films — American films by year
Lists of box office number-one films

References
1. Wear, Mike (February 6, 1963). "January Big Vs. Low Temperatures; 'Mutiny'-'Gypsy' in First
Spot Tie; 'Taras' 'Day' 'Jumbo' Run 2, 3, 4". Variety. p. 7.
2. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 16, 1963. p. 12.
3. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 23, 1963. p. 11.
4. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 30, 1963. p. 22.
5. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 6, 1963. p. 4.
6. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 20, 1963. p. 17.
7. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 6, 1963. p. 18.
8. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 13, 1963. p. 21.
9. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 20, 1963. p. 11.
10. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 27, 1963. p. 16.
11. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 3, 1963. p. 14.
12. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 10, 1963. p. 7.
13. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 17, 1963. p. 15.
14. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 24, 1963. p. 18.
15. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 1, 1963. p. 21.
16. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 8, 1963. p. 11.
17. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 15, 1963. p. 17.
18. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 22, 1963. p. 17.
19. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 29, 1963. p. 15.
20. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 5, 1963. p. 16.
21. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 12, 1963. p. 5.
22. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 19, 1963. p. 3.
23. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 26, 1963. p. 4.
24. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 3, 1963. p. 4.
25. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 17, 1963. p. 7.
26. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 24, 1963. p. 5.
27. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 31, 1963. p. 7.
28. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 7, 1963. p. 7.
29. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 14, 1963. p. 4.
30. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 21, 1963. p. 6.
31. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 28, 1963. p. 7.
32. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 4, 1963. p. 7.
33. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 11, 1963. p. 7.
34. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 18, 1963. p. 5.
35. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 25, 1963. p. 3.
36. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 2, 1963. p. 5.
37. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 9, 1963. p. 4.
38. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 16, 1963. p. 5.
39. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 23, 1963. p. 4.
40. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 30, 1963. p. 7.
41. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 6, 1963. p. 3.
42. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 13, 1963. p. 5.
43. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 20, 1963. p. 4.
44. "No B.O. Estimates This Week". Variety. November 27, 1963. p. 7.
45. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 4, 1963. p. 3.
46. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 11, 1963. p. 7.
47. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 18, 1963. p. 4.
48. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 25, 1963. p. 4.
49. "Top Rental Films of 1963". Variety. January 8, 1964. p. 37.

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