List of 1962 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1962.

# Date Film Gross Notes
1 01962-01-07 January 7, 1962 El Cid $1,567,372,
2 01962-01-14 January 14, 1962 El Cid $934,673,
3 01962-01-21 January 21, 1962 El Cid $824,390,
4 01962-01-28 January 28, 1962 El Cid $728,583,
5 01962-02-04 February 4, 1962 El Cid $567,392,
6 01962-02-11 February 11, 1962 Sergeants 3 $1,743,385,
7 01962-02-18 February 18, 1962 Sergeants 3 $924,573,
8 01962-02-25 February 25, 1962 Sergeants 3 $735,294,
9 01962-03-04 March 4, 1962 The Premature Burial $835,935,
10 01962-03-11 March 11, 1962 State Fair $935,294,
11 01962-03-18 March 18, 1962 State Fair $835,904,
12 01962-03-25 March 25, 1962 State Fair $724,384,
13 01962-04-01 April 1, 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth $792,834, Sweet Bird of Youth reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
14 01962-04-08 April 8, 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth $624,384,
15 01962-04-15 April 15, 1962 Experiment in Terror $1,284,294,
16 01962-04-22 April 22, 1962 Follow That Dream $1,173,459, Follow That Dream reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
17 01962-04-29 April 29, 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance $1,792,583, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
18 01962-05-06 May 6, 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance $1,584,284,
19 01962-05-13 May 13, 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance $1,482,482,
20 01962-05-20 May 20, 1962 Bon Voyage! $1,724,284,
21 01962-05-27 May 27, 1962 Lonely Are the Brave $1,000,000
22 01962-06-03 June 3, 1962 Lonely Are the Brave $924,392,
23 01962-06-10 June 10, 1962 Lonely Are the Brave $824,294,
24 01962-06-17 June 17, 1962 That Touch of Mink $1,632,493,
25 01962-06-24 June 24, 1962 Boys' Night Out $1,293,632,
26 01962-07-01 July 1, 1962 Hell Is for Heroes $1,284,204,
27 01962-07-08 July 8, 1962 Birdman of Alcatraz $1,472,457,
28 01962-07-15 July 15, 1962 The Music Man $1,329,482, The Music Man reached #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
29 01962-07-22 July 22, 1962 The Music Man $1,284,320,
30 01962-07-29 July 29, 1962 The Music Man $935,375,
31 01962-08-05 August 5, 1962 The Music Man $923,459,
32 01962-08-12 August 12, 1962 Kid Galahad $1,734,893,
33 01962-08-19 August 19, 1962 Kid Galahad $1,000,000,
34 01962-08-26 August 26, 1962 Kid Galahad $935,395,
35 01962-09-02 September 2, 1962 The Music Man $964,532, The Music Man reclaimed #1 in it's eleventh weekend of release.
36 01962-09-09 September 9, 1962 The Music Man $864,366,
37 01962-09-16 September 16, 1962 The Music Man $832,593,
38 01962-09-23 September 23, 1962 The Music Man $732,592,
39 01962-09-30 September 30, 1962 Carnival of Souls $1,472,264,
40 01962-10-07 October 7, 1962 The Longest Day $1,835,375,
41 01962-10-14 October 14, 1962 The Longest Day $1,724,478,
42 01962-10-21 October 21, 1962 The Longest Day $1,524,694,
43 01962-10-28 October 28, 1962 The Longest Day $1,332,534,
44 01962-11-04 November 4, 1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? $1,735,432,
45 01962-11-11 November 11, 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty $1,835,384,
46 01962-11-18 November 18, 1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? $1,392,492,
47 01962-11-25 November 25, 1962 Girls! Girls! Girls! $1,592,693,
48 01962-12-02 December 2, 1962 Girls! Girls! Girls! $1,390,294,
49 01963-12-09 December 9, 1963 Girls! Girls! Girls! $1,000,000,
50 01962-12-16 December 16, 1962 Lawrence of Arabia $1,984,385, Lawrence of Arabia had the highest weekend debut of 1962.
51 01962-12-23 December 23, 1962 In Search of the Castaways $1,391,492,
52 01962-12-30 December 30, 1962 Lawrence of Arabia $1,382,582, Lawrence of Arabia reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.

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