# List of 1958 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 1958 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

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Notes |
| 1 | January 1, 1958 | Sayonara | Sayonara grossed $450,000 from 9 key cities. |
| 2 | January 8, 1958 | Sayonara | |
| 3 | January 15, 1958 | Sayonara | |
| 4 | January 22, 1958 | Sayonara | Sayonara grossed $421,000. |
| 5 | January 29, 1958 | Sayonara | |
| 6 | February 5, 1958 | Peyton Place | |
| 7 | February 12, 1958 | A Farewell to Arms | |
| 8 | February 19, 1958 | A Farewell to Arms | |
| 9 | February 26, 1958 | Witness for the Prosecution | |
| 10 | March 5, 1958 | Witness for the Prosecution | |
| 11 | March 12, 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | The Brothers Karamazov earned $300,000 from 9 key cities in its third week of release. |
| 12 | March 19, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | The Bridge on the River Kwai earned $450,000 from the cities sampled. |
| 13 | March 26, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | |
| 14 | April 2, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled. |
| 15 | April 9, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | |
| 16 | April 16, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | |
| 17 | April 23, 1958 | The Young Lions | |
| 18 | April 30, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | The Bridge on the River Kwai returned to number one in its 20th week of its wide release. |
| 19 | May 7, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | |
| 20 | May 14, 1958 | South Pacific | South Pacific reached number one in its eighth week of release. |
| 21 | May 21, 1958 | South Pacific | |
| 22 | May 28, 1958 | South Pacific | |
| 23 | June 4, 1958 | God's Little Acre | |
| 24 | June 11, 1958 | South Pacific | South Pacific returned to number one in its 12th week of release. |
| 25 | June 18, 1958 | South Pacific | |
| 26 | June 25, 1958 | South Pacific | |
| 27 | July 2, 1958 | The Vikings | The Vikings grossed more than $420,000 from the cities sampled. |
| 28 | July 9, 1958 | The Vikings | |
| 29 | July 16, 1958 | The Vikings | |
| 30 | July 23, 1958 | Indiscreet | |
| 31 | July 30, 1958 | Indiscreet | |
| 32 | August 6, 1958 | Indiscreet | |
| 33 | August 13, 1958 | Indiscreet | |
| 34 | August 20, 1958 | South Pacific | South Pacific returned to number one in its 22nd week of release. |
| 35 | August 27, 1958 | South Pacific | |
| 36 | September 3, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof grossed over $1 million nationally over the Labor Day weekend |
| 37 | September 10, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 38 | September 17, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 39 | September 24, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 40 | October 1, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 41 | October 8, 1958 | Damn Yankees | |
| 42 | October 15, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof returned to number one in its seventh week of release. |
| 43 | October 22, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 44 | October 29, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 45 | November 5, 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 46 | November 12, 1958 | In Love and War | |
| 47 | November 19, 1958 | The Last Hurrah | |
| 48 | November 26, 1958 | Houseboat | Houseboat grossed more than $300,000 in 22 key cities. |
| 49 | December 3, 1958 | Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras reached number one in its third week of release. |
| 50 | December 10, 1958 | Mardi Gras | |
| 51 | December 17, 1958 | South Seas Adventure | |
| 52 | December 24, 1958 | The Buccaneer | |

## Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental |
| 1 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Columbia Pictures | $15,000,000 |
| 2 | Peyton Place | 20th Century Fox | $11,000,000 |
| 3 | Sayonara | Warner Bros. | $10,500,000 |
| 4 | No Time for Sergeants | Warner Bros. | $7,200,000 |
| 5 | The Vikings | United Artists | $7,000,000 |
| 6 | Search for Paradise | Cinerama Releasing Corp. | $6,500,000 |
| 7 | South Pacific | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $6,400,000 |
| 8 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $6,100,000 |
| 9 | Old Yeller | Buena Vista | $5,900,000 |
| 10 | Raintree County | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $5,800,000 |