List of 1963 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 1963.

# Weekend End Date Film Box Office Notes
1 01963-01-06 January 6, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia $2,573,392,
2 01963-01-13 January 13, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia $2,385,298,
3 01963-01-20 January 20, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia $2,185,395,
4 01963-01-27 January 27, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia $1,937,583,
5 01963-02-03 February 3, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia $1,836,384,
6 01963-02-10 February 10, 1963 Lawrence of Arabia $1,273,256,
7 01963-02-17 February 17, 1963 A Child Is Waiting $2,261,732,
8 01963-02-24 February 24, 1963 How the West Was Won $2,757,635,
9 01963-03-03 March 3, 1963 How the West Was Won $2,385,924,
10 01963-03-10 March 10, 1963 How the West Was Won $2,185,372,
11 01963-03-17 March 17, 1963 How the West Was Won $1,683,845,
12 01963-03-24 March 24, 1963 How the West Was Won $1,539,932,
13 01963-03-31 March 31, 1963 The Birds $2,900,043, The Birds had the highest weekend debut of 1963.
14 01963-04-07 April 7, 1963 It Happened at the World's Fair $2,472,533,
15 01963-04-14 April 14, 1963 Bye Bye Birdie $2,385,822, Bye Bye Birdie reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
16 01963-04-21 April 21, 1963 Bye Bye Birdie $2,175,483,
17 01963-04-28 April 28, 1963 Bye Bye Birdie $1,382,578,
18 01963-05-05 May 5, 1963 Bye Bye Birdie $945,382,
19 01963-05-12 May 12, 1963 Dr. No $2,673,277,
20 01963-05-19 May 19, 1963 Dr. No $2,374,294,
21 01963-05-26 May 26, 1963 Dr. No $2,187,824,
22 01963-06-02 June 2, 1963 Hud $2,562,844,
23 01963-06-09 June 9, 1963 The Nutty Professor $2,472,573,
24 01963-06-16 June 16, 1963 Donovan's Reef $2,583,578,
25 01963-06-23 June 23, 1963 Cleopatra $2,735,387, Cleopatra reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
26 01963-06-30 June 30, 1963 Cleopatra $2,572,922,
27 01963-07-07 July 7, 1963 The Great Escape $2,743,673,
28 01963-07-14 July 14, 1963 Beach Party $1,953,593,
29 01963-07-21 July 21, 1963 Cleopatra $2,583,244, Cleopatra reclaimed #1 in it's sixth weekend of release.
30 01963-07-28 July 28, 1963 Cleopatra $2,395,422,
31 01963-08-04 August 4, 1963 Cleopatra $2,175,274,
32 01963-08-11 August 11, 1963 Gidget Goes to Rome $2,382,891,
33 01963-08-18 August 18, 1963 Promises! Promises! $2,371,522,
34 01963-08-25 August 25, 1963 Flipper $2,175,355, Flipper reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
35 01963-09-01 September 1, 1963 Promises! Promises! $1,947,372, Promises! Promises! reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.
36 01963-09-08 September 8, 1963 Promises! Promises! $932,683,
37 01963-09-15 September 15, 1963 Shock Corridor $935,385,
38 01963-09-22 September 22, 1963 X $1,736,924,
39 01963-09-29 September 29, 1963 The V.I.P.s $2,735,385, The V.I.P.s reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
40 01963-10-06 October 6, 1963 Dementia 13 $2,382,582, Dementia 13 reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
41 01963-10-13 October 13, 1963 The V.I.P.s $2,391,381, The V.I.P.s reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
42 01963-10-20 October 20, 1963 Johnny Cool $1,972,577,
43 01963-10-27 October 27, 1963 The V.I.Ps $1,824,428, The V.I.P.s reclaimed #1 in it's sixth weekend of release.
44 01963-11-03 November 3, 1963 A New Kind of Love $1,824,385,
45 01963-11-10 November 10, 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World $2,826,573,
46 01963-11-17 November 17, 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World $2,783,482,
47 01963-11-24 November 24, 1963 The Incredible Journey $2,673,285,
48 01963-12-01 December 1, 1963 Fun in Acapulco $2,427,572,
49 01963-12-08 December 8, 1963 Charade $2,382,278,
50 01963-12-15 December 15, 1963 Charade $2,184,293,
51 01963-12-22 December 22, 1963 Charade $1,573,284,
52 01963-12-29 December 29, 1963 The Sword in the Stone $2,742,466,

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