This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1963.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 Taras Bulba 2 3 Gypsy 4 Mutiny on the Bounty 5 Sodom and Gomorrah 6 Lawrence of Arabia 7 No survey published 8 To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird reached number one in its eighth week of release 9 Son of Flubber 10 11 To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird returned to number one in its eleventh week of release 12 Days of Wine and Roses 13 How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won reached number one in its fifth week of release 14 15 The BirdsThe Birds reached number one in its second week of release 16 17 How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won returned to number one in its ninth week of release 18 19 20 21 22 23 55 Days at Peking 24 How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won returned to number one in its sixteenth week of release 25 26 27 Cleopatra †Cleopatra reached number one in its third week of release grossing $725,000 from 17 key cities 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 The V.I.P.s The V.I.P.s grossed $473,000 from 19 key cities 41 42 43 Cleopatra †Cleopatra returned to number one in its 19th week of release 44 45 Mary, Mary 46 47 Cleopatra †Cleopatra returned to number one in its 23rd week of release 48 No data published Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Variety did not publish box office figures for the week due to the reduced attendance, with theatres closed on Friday evening after the assassination and on Monday for his funeral as well as reduced attendance over the weekend 49 Under the Yum Yum Tree 50 51 52 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox $15,700,000 2The Longest Day $12,750,000 3 Irma la Douce United Artists $9,250,000 4 Lawrence of Arabia Columbia Pictures $9,000,000 5How the West Was Won Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $8,000,000 6Mutiny on the Bounty $7,700,000 7 Son of FlubberBuena Vista $6,900,000 8 To Kill a Mockingbird Universal Pictures $6,700,000 9 Bye Bye BirdieColumbia Pictures $5,600,000 10 Come Blow Your HornParamount Pictures $5,450,000
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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