List of 1962 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 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.

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

Number-one films
# Week ending Film Notes Ref

1 January 3, 1962 Babes in Toyland [1]

2 January 10, 1962 [2]

3 January 17, 1962 Flower Drum Song [2]

4 January 24, 1962 [3]

5 January 31, 1962 [4]

One, Two, Three
6 February 7, 1962 [5]

7 February 14, 1962 N/A No survey published

Lover Come Back grossed more than $500,000 in 19 [6]
8 February 21, 1962
key cities
Lover Come Back grossed more than $440,000 in 19 [7]
9 February 28, 1962
key cities
Lover Come Back
10 March 7, 1962 [8]

11 March 14, 1962 [9]

12 March 21, 1962 [10]

13 March 28, 1962 [11]

14 April 4, 1962 [12]

West Side Story
15 April 11, 1962 [12]

16 April 18, 1962 [13]

Moon Pilot, together with an Easter Disneyland USA

17 April 25, 1962 Moon Pilot stageshow, grossed a record $230,000 at Radio City [14][15]
Music Hall

18 May 2, 1962 [16]

19 May 9, 1962 [17]

20 May 16, 1962 [18]

21 May 23, 1962 [19]

West Side Story
22 May 30, 1962 [20]

23 June 6, 1962 [21]

24 June 13, 1962 [22]

25 June 20, 1962 [23]

That Touch of Mink grossed nearly $450,000 from 17 [24]

26 June 27, 1962
engagements
That Touch of Mink grossed $450,000 from 18 key [25]
27 July 4, 1962
cities
That Touch of Mink [26]
28 July 11, 1962

29 July 18, 1962 [27]

That Touch of Mink grossed $400,000 from 18 key [28]

30 July 25, 1962
cities

31 August 1, 1962 The Music Man [29]

 32 August 8, 1962 That Touch of Mink [30]

33 August 15, 1962 [31]

The Wonderful
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm reached [32]
34 August 22, 1962 World of the
number one in its second week of release
Brothers Grimm

35 August 29, 1962 [33]

36 September 5, 1962 [34]

37 September 12, 1962 The Music Man [35]

38 September 19, 1962 [36]

39 September 26, 1962 [36]

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm returned [37]

40 October 3, 1962
The Wonderful to number one in its eighth week of release
World of the [38]
41 October 10, 1962
Brothers Grimm
42 October 17, 1962 [39]

43 October 24, 1962 [40]

The Longest Day
44 October 31, 1962 [41]

The Manchurian [42]

45 November 7, 1962
Candidate

46 November 14, 1962 [43]

The Longest Day
47 November 21, 1962 [44]

The Wonderful
48 November 28, 1962 World of the [45]
Brothers Grimm

49 December 5, 1962 [46]

Mutiny on the [47]

50 December 12, 1962
Bounty
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
Lover Come Back
3 Universal Pictures $8,500,000
That Touch of Mink
El Cid Allied Artists
5 $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
Flower Drum Song Universal Pictures
9 $5,000,000
The Interns Columbia Pictures

See also
List of American films — American films by year
Lists of box office number-one films

References
1. "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 3, 1962. p. 20.
2. "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. "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. "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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