# 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.

## Number-one films

* Spartacus became the highest grossing film of 1962. But its reign at the #1 spot was at the beginning of 1961, it never reached #1 during 1962.
| # | Week ending | Film | Notes |
| 1 | January 3, 1962 | Babes in Toyland | |
| 2 | January 10, 1962 | Flower Drum Song | |
| 3 | January 17, 1962 | Flower Drum Song | |
| 4 | January 24, 1962 | Flower Drum Song | |
| 5 | January 31, 1962 | One, Two, Three | |
| 6 | February 7, 1962 | One, Two, Three | |
| 7 | February 14, 1962 | One, Two, Three | No survey was published this week, but One, Two, Three was #1 the previous week. |
| 8 | February 21, 1962 | Lover Come Back | Lover Come Back grossed more than $500,000 in 19 key cities |
| 9 | February 28, 1962 | Lover Come Back | Lover Come Back grossed more than $440,000 in 19 key cities |
| 10 | March 7, 1962 | Lover Come Back | |
| 11 | March 14, 1962 | Lover Come Back | |
| 12 | March 21, 1962 | Lover Come Back | |
| 13 | March 28, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 14 | April 4, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 15 | April 11, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 16 | April 18, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 17 | April 25, 1962 | Moon Pilot | Moon Pilot, together with an Easter Disneyland USA stageshow, grossed a record $230,000 at Radio City Music Hall |
| 18 | May 2, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 19 | May 9, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 20 | May 16, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 21 | May 23, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 22 | May 30, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 23 | June 6, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 24 | June 13, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 25 | June 20, 1962 | West Side Story | |
| 26 | June 27, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | That Touch of Mink grossed nearly $450,000 from 17 engagements |
| 27 | July 4, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | That Touch of Mink grossed $450,000 from 18 key cities |
| 28 | July 11, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 29 | July 18, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 30 | July 25, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | That Touch of Mink grossed $400,000 from 18 key cities |
| 31 | August 1, 1962 | The Music Man | |
| 32 | August 8, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 33 | August 15, 1962 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 34 | August 22, 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm reached number one in its second week of release |
| 35 | August 29, 1962 | The Music Man | |
| 36 | September 5, 1962 | The Music Man | |
| 37 | September 12, 1962 | The Music Man | |
| 38 | September 19, 1962 | The Music Man | |
| 39 | September 26, 1962 | The Music Man | |
| 40 | October 3, 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm returned to number one in its eighth week of release |
| 41 | October 10, 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | |
| 42 | October 17, 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | |
| 43 | October 24, 1962 | The Longest Day | |
| 44 | October 31, 1962 | The Longest Day | |
| 45 | November 7, 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | |
| 46 | November 14, 1962 | The Longest Day | |
| 47 | November 21, 1962 | The Longest Day | |
| 48 | November 28, 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | |
| 49 | December 5, 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | |
| 50 | December 12, 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | |
| 51 | December 19, 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | |
| 52 | December 26, 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | No survey was published this week, but Mutiny on the Bounty was #1 the previous week. |

## Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental |
| 1 | Spartacus | Universal Pictures | $13,500,000 |
| 2 | West Side Story | United Artists | $11,000,000 |
| 3 | Lover Come Back | Universal Pictures | $8,500,000 |
| 3 | That Touch of Mink | Universal Pictures | $8,500,000 |
| 5 | El Cid | Allied Artists | $8,000,000 |
| 5 | The Music Man | Warner Bros. | $8,000,000 |
| 7 | King of Kings | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $7,500,000 |
| 8 | Hatari! | Paramount Pictures | $6,000,000 |
| 9 | Flower Drum Song | Universal Pictures | $5,000,000 |
| 9 | The Interns | Columbia Pictures | $5,000,000 |