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

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 Babes in Toyland 2 Flower Drum Song 3 4 5 One, Two, Three 6 7 No survey was published this week, but One, Two, Three was #1 the previous week. 8 Lover Come BackLover Come Back grossed more than $500,000 in 19 key cities 9 Lover Come Back grossed more than $440,000 in 19 key cities 10 11 12 13 West Side Story 14 15 16 17 Moon Pilot Moon Pilot, together with an Easter Disneyland USA stageshow, grossed a record $230,000 at Radio City Music Hall 18 West Side Story 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 That Touch of MinkThat Touch of Mink grossed nearly $450,000 from 17 engagements 27 That Touch of Mink grossed $450,000 from 18 key cities 28 29 30 That Touch of Mink grossed $400,000 from 18 key cities 31 The Music Man 32 That Touch of Mink 33 34 The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm reached number one in its second week of release 35 The Music Man 36 37 38 39 40 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 42 43 The Longest Day 44 45 The Manchurian Candidate 46 The Longest Day 47 48 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 49 Mutiny on the Bounty 50 51 52 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 1Spartacus Universal Pictures $13,500,000 2West Side Story United Artists $11,000,000 3Lover Come Back Universal Pictures $8,500,000 That Touch of Mink 5 El Cid Allied Artists $8,000,000 The Music Man Warner Bros. 7 King of Kings Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $7,500,000 8 Hatari! Paramount Pictures $6,000,000 9 Flower Drum SongUniversal Pictures $5,000,000 The InternsColumbia Pictures

See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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