# 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

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

## Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental |
| 1 | Ben-Hur | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $17,300,000 |
| 2 | South Pacific | 20th Century Fox-Magna | $9,900,000 |
| 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 | United Artists | $5,250,000 |
| 8 | The Apartment | United Artists | $5,100,000 |
| 9 | From the Terrace | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 9 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $5,000,000 |