List of 1960 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 1960 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 6, 1960 Operation Petticoat [1]
2 January 13, 1960 [2]
3 January 20, 1960 [3]
4 January 27, 1960 [1]
5 February 3, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur reached number one in its eleventh week of release [4]
6 February 10, 1960 [5]
7 February 17, 1960 On the Beach [6]
8 February 24, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 14th week of release [7]
9 March 2, 1960 [8]
10 March 9, 1960 [9]
11 March 16, 1960 [10]
12 March 23, 1960 [11]
13 March 30, 1960 [12]
14 April 6, 1960 [13]
15 April 13, 1960 [14]
16 April 20, 1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies [15]
17 April 27, 1960 [16]
18 May 4, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 24th week of release [17]
19 May 11, 1960 [18]
20 May 18, 1960 [19]
21 May 25, 1960 [20]
22 June 1, 1960 [21]
23 June 8, 1960 [22]
24 June 15, 1960 [23]
25 June 22, 1960 Ben-Hur grossed in excess of $409,000 in the key cities sampled [24]
26 June 29, 1960 [25]
27 July 6, 1960 Bells Are Ringing [26]
28 July 13, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 34th week of release [27]
29 July 20, 1960 [28]
30 July 27, 1960 [29]
31 August 3, 1960 [30]
32 August 10, 1960 [31]
33 August 17, 1960 Ocean's 11 [32]
34 August 24, 1960 [33]
35 August 31, 1960 [34]
36 September 7, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 42nd week of release [35]
37 September 14, 1960 [36]
38 September 21, 1960 [37]
39 September 28, 1960 [38]
40 October 5, 1960 [39]
41 October 12, 1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs [40]
42 October 19, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 48th week of release [41]
43 October 26, 1960 [42]
44 November 2, 1960 [43]
45 November 9, 1960 Midnight Lace [44]
46 November 16, 1960 BUtterfield 8 [45]
47 November 23, 1960 [46]
48 November 30, 1960 [47]
49 December 7, 1960 [48]
50 December 14, 1960 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 56th week of release [49]
51 December 21, 1960 Cinderfella [50]
52 December 28, 1960 Exodus [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental[52]
1 Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $17,300,000
2 South Pacific 20th Century Fox-Magna $9,900,000[53][54]
3 Psycho Paramount Pictures $8,500,000
4 Operation Petticoat Universal Pictures $6,800,000
5 Suddenly, Last Summer Columbia Pictures $5,500,000
6 On the Beach United Artists $5,300,000
7 Solomon and Sheba $5,250,000
8 The Apartment $5,100,000
9 From the Terrace 20th Century Fox $5,000,000
Please Don't Eat the Daisies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 27, 1960. p. 16.
  2. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 13, 1960. p. 11.
  3. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 20, 1960. p. 5.
  4. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 3, 1960. p. 7.
  5. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 10, 1960. p. 7.
  6. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 17, 1960. p. 8.
  7. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 24, 1960. p. 24.
  8. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 2, 1960. p. 5.
  9. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 9, 1960. p. 6.
  10. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 16, 1960. p. 5.
  11. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 23, 1960. p. 4.
  12. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. March 30, 1960. p. 4.
  13. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 6, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  14. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 13, 1960. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  15. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 20, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  16. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 27, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  17. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 4, 1960. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  18. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 11, 1960. p. 7. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  19. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 18, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  20. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 25, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  21. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 1, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  22. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 8, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  23. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 15, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  24. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 22, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  25. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 29, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  26. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 6, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  27. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 13, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
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  29. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 27, 1960. p. 7. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  30. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 3, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  31. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 10, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  32. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 17, 1960. p. 14. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  33. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 24, 1960. p. 18. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  34. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 31, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  35. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 7, 1960. p. 18. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  36. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 14, 1960. p. 16. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  37. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 21, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  38. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. September 28, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  39. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 5, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  40. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 12, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  41. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 19, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  42. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 26, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  43. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 2, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  44. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 9, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  45. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 16, 1960. p. 20. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  46. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 23, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  47. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 30, 1960. p. 20. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  48. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 7, 1960. p. 19. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  49. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 14, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  50. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 21, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  51. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 28, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Archive.org.
  52. ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960". Variety. January 4, 1961. p. 47. Retrieved January 2, 2021 – via Archive.org.
  53. ^ "All-Time Top Grosses". Variety. January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved January 2, 2021 – via Archive.org. $16,300,000
  54. ^ "All-Time Domestic Champs". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34. $6,400,000
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