# List of 2013 box office number-one films in the United States

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

## Number-one films

| # | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 6, 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | $21,744,470 | |
| 2 | January 13, 2013 | Zero Dark Thirty | $24,438,936 | Zero Dark Thirty reached #1 after three weekends of limited release. |
| 3 | January 20, 2013 | Mama | $28,402,311 | |
| 4 | January 27, 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $19,690,956 | |
| 5 | February 3, 2013 | Warm Bodies | $20,353,967 | |
| 6 | February 10, 2013 | Identity Thief | $34,551,025 | |
| 7 | February 17, 2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $24,834,845 | |
| 8 | February 24, 2013 | Identity Thief | $14,017,085 | Identity Thief reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. |
| 9 | March 3, 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $27,202,226 | |
| 10 | March 10, 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $79,110,453 | |
| 11 | March 17, 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $41,252,704 | |
| 12 | March 24, 2013 | The Croods | $43,639,736 | |
| 13 | March 31, 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $40,501,814 | |
| 14 | April 7, 2013 | Evil Dead | $25,775,847 | |
| 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. |
| 16 | April 21, 2013 | Oblivion | $37,054,485 | |
| 17 | April 28, 2013 | Pain & Gain | $20,244,505 | |
| 18 | May 5, 2013 | Iron Man 3 | $174,144,585 | Iron Man 3 had the highest weekend debut of 2013. |
| 19 | May 12, 2013 | Iron Man 3 | $72,525,615 | |
| 20 | May 19, 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $70,165,559 | |
| 21 | May 26, 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | $97,375,245 | |
| 22 | June 2, 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | $35,164,440 | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 26 | June 30, 2013 | Monsters University | $45,607,745 | |
| 27 | July 7, 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | $83,517,315 | |
| 28 | July 14, 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | $43,892,895 | |
| 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). |
| 30 | July 28, 2013 | The Wolverine | $53,113,752 | |
| 31 | August 4, 2013 | 2 Guns | $27,059,130 | |
| 32 | August 11, 2013 | Elysium | $29,807,393 | |
| 33 | August 18, 2013 | The Butler | $24,637,312 | |
| 34 | August 25, 2013 | The Butler | $16,503,812 | |
| 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. |
| 35 | September 1, 2013 | 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. |
| 36 | September 8, 2013 | Riddick | $19,030,375 | |
| 37 | September 15, 2013 | Insidious: Chapter 2 | $40,272,103 | |
| 38 | September 22, 2013 | Prisoners | $20,817,053 | |
| 39 | September 29, 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | $34,017,930 | |
| 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. |
| 41 | October 13, 2013 | Gravity | $43,188,256 | |
| 42 | October 20, 2013 | Gravity | $30,027,161 | Gravity became the first film of 2013 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. |
| 43 | October 27, 2013 | Bad Grandpa | $32,055,177 | |
| 44 | November 3, 2013 | Ender's Game | $27,017,351 | |
| 45 | November 10, 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | $85,737,841 | |
| 46 | November 17, 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | $36,586,016 | |
| 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. |
| 48 | December 1, 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $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. |
| 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. |
| 50 | December 15, 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | $73,645,197 | |
| 51 | December 22, 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | $31,505,278 | |
| 52 | December 29, 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | $29,031,732 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2013 by Calendar Gross
| 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 | Walt Disney Studios | 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 :
| 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 | Disney | $400,738,009 |
| 4. | Despicable Me 2 | Universal | $368,065,385 |
| 5. | Man of Steel | Warner Bros. | $291,045,518 |
| 6. | Gravity | Warner Bros. | $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 :
| G | Monsters University |
| PG | Frozen |
| PG-13 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
| R | The Heat |