List of 1960 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 1960 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

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]

#	Week ending	Film	Notes	Ref
1	January 6, 1960	Operation Petticoat		[2]
2	January 13, 1960			[3]
3	January 20, 1960			[4]
4	January 27, 1960			[2]
5	February 3, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur reached number one in its eleventh week of release	[5]
6	February 10, 1960			[6]
7	February 17, 1960	On the Beach		[7]
8	February 24, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 14th week of release	[8]
9	March 2, 1960			[9]
10	March 9, 1960			[10]
11	March 16, 1960			[11]
12	March 23, 1960			[12]
13	March 30, 1960			[13]
14	April 6, 1960			[14]
15	April 13, 1960			[15]
16	April 20, 1960	Please Don't Eat the Daisies		[16]
17	April 27, 1960			[17]
18	May 4, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 24th week of release	[18]
19	May 11, 1960			[19]
20	May 18, 1960			[20]
21	May 25, 1960			[21]
22	June 1, 1960			[22]
23	June 8, 1960			[23]
24	June 15, 1960			[24]
25	June 22, 1960		Ben-Hur grossed in excess of $409,000 in the key cities sampled	[25]
26	June 29, 1960			[26]
27	July 6, 1960	Bells Are Ringing		[27]
28	July 13, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 34th week of release	[28]
29	July 20, 1960			[29]
30	July 27, 1960			[30]
31	August 3, 1960			[31]
32	August 10, 1960			[32]
33	August 17, 1960	Ocean's 11		[33]
34	August 24, 1960			[34]
35	August 31, 1960			[35]
36	September 7, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 42nd week of release	[36]
37	September 14, 1960			[37]
38	September 21, 1960			[38]
39	September 28, 1960			[39]
40	October 5, 1960			[40]
41	October 12, 1960	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs		[41]
42	October 19, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 48th week of release	[42]
43	October 26, 1960			[43]
44	November 2, 1960			[44]
45	November 9, 1960	Midnight Lace		[45]
46	November 16, 1960	BUtterfield 8		[46]
47	November 23, 1960			[47]
48	November 30, 1960			[48]
49	December 7, 1960			[49]
50	December 14, 1960	Ben-Hur †	Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 56th week of release	[50]
51	December 21, 1960	Cinderfella		[51]
52	December 28, 1960	Exodus		[52]

Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

Rank	Title	Distributor	Rental[1]
1	Ben-Hur	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$17,300,000
2	South Pacific	20th Century Fox-Magna	$9,900,000[53][54]
3	Psycho	Paramount Pictures	$8,500,000
4	Operation Petticoat	Universal Pictures	$6,800,000
5	Suddenly, Last Summer	Columbia Pictures	$5,500,000
6	On the Beach	United Artists	$5,300,000
7	Solomon and Sheba		$5,250,000
8	The Apartment		$5,100,000
9	From the Terrace	20th Century Fox	$5,000,000
	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

See also

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