List of 1957 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 1957 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

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 January 2, 1957 The Teahouse of the August Moon [1]
2 January 9, 1957 [2]
3 January 16, 1957 The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments reached number one in its tenth week of release. [2]
4 January 23, 1957 Anastasia Anastasia reached number one in its sixth week of release. [3]
5 January 30, 1957 [4]
6 February 6, 1957 The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments reached number one in its 13th week of release. [5]
7 February 13, 1957 [6]
8 February 20, 1957 [7]
9 February 27, 1957 [8]
10 March 6, 1957 The Ten Commandments grossed $425,000 from 19 key cities. [9]
11 March 13, 1957 The Ten Commandments grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled. [10]
12 March 20, 1957 [11]
13 March 27, 1957 [12]
14 April 3, 1957 [13]
15 April 10, 1957 [14]
16 April 17, 1957 [15]
17 April 24, 1957 Funny Face Funny Face earned $400,000 from 17 key cities in its tenth week of release. [16]
18 May 1, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days earned $300,000 from 13 key cities in its 28th week of release. [17]
19 May 8, 1957 Funny Face Funny Face returned to number one in its 12th week of release. [18]
20 May 15, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 30th week of release. [19]
21 May 22, 1957 [20]
22 May 29, 1957 [21]
23 June 5, 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Gunfight at the O.K. Corral grossed more than $420,000 in 13 key cities. [22]
24 June 12, 1957 [23]
25 June 19, 1957 Island in the Sun Island in the Sun grossed $500,000 from 16 key cities. [24]
26 June 26, 1957 [25]
27 July 3, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 37th week of release. [26]
28 July 10, 1957 [27]
29 July 17, 1957 [28]
30 July 24, 1957 [29]
31 July 31, 1957 [30]
32 August 7, 1957 [31]
33 August 14, 1957 The Pride and the Passion The Pride and the Passion reached number one in its fifth week of release. [32]
34 August 21, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days earned $358,000 from 19 key cities in its 44th week of release. [33]
35 August 28, 1957 [34]
36 September 4, 1957 The Pajama Game The Pajama Game grossed $400,000 from 13 key cities. [35]
37 September 11, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 47th week of release. [36]
38 September 18, 1957 [37]
39 September 25, 1957 [38]
40 October 2, 1957 Jet Pilot [39]
41 October 9, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 51st week of release. [40]
42 October 16, 1957 [41]
43 October 23, 1957 [42]
44 October 30, 1957 [43]
45 November 6, 1957 [44]
46 November 13, 1957 [45]
47 November 20, 1957 [46]
48 November 27, 1957 Pal Joey Pal Joey reached number one in its fifth week of release. [47]
49 December 4, 1957 [48]
50 December 11, 1957 Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 60th week of release. [49]
51 December 18, 1957 [50]
52 December 25, 1957 The Sad Sack The Sad Sack reached number one in its fourth week of release. [51]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Rental[52]
1 The Ten Commandments Paramount Pictures $18,500,000
2 Around the World in 80 Days United Artists $16,200,000
3 Giant Warner Bros. $12,000,000
4 Pal Joey Columbia Pictures $6,700,000
5 Seven Wonders of the World Cinerama Releasing Corp. $6,500,000
6 The Teahouse of the August Moon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,600,000
7 The Pride and the Passion United Artists $5,500,000
8 Anastasia 20th Century Fox $5,000,000
9 Island in the Sun $4,500,000
10 Love Me Tender $4,400,000

See also

References

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Chronology

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