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

See also

• List of American films — American films by year