List of 2013 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2013.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Texas Chainsaw 3D $21,744,470 2 Zero Dark Thirty $24,438,936 Zero Dark Thirty reached #1 after three weekends of limited release. 3 Mama $28,402,311 4 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $19,690,956 5 Warm Bodies $20,353,967 6 Identity Thief $34,551,025 7 A Good Day to Die Hard $24,834,845 8 Identity Thief $14,017,085 Identity Thief reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. 9 Jack the Giant Slayer $27,202,226 10 Oz the Great and Powerful $79,110,453 11 $41,252,704 12 The Croods $43,639,736 13 G.I. Joe: Retaliation $40,501,814 14 Evil Dead $25,775,847 15 42 $27,487,144 42 broke The Benchwarmers record ($19.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a baseball film. 16 Oblivion $37,054,485 17 Pain & Gain $20,244,505 18 Iron Man 3 † $174,144,585 Iron Man 3 had the highest weekend debut of 2013. 19 $72,525,615 20 Star Trek Into Darkness $70,165,559 21 Fast & Furious 6 $97,375,245 22 $35,164,440 23 The Purge $34,058,360 The Purge broke The Devil Inside'''s record ($33.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film. ||

| 24 || || Man of Steel || $116,619,362 || Man of Steel broke Toy Story 3s record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in June. ||

| 25 || || rowspan="2" | Monsters University || $82,429,469 || In second place, World War Z's opening ($66.4 million) broke Dawn of the Deads ($26.7 million) record for the highest weekend debut for a zombie film. ||

| 26 || || $45,607,745 || || |- | 27 || || rowspan="2" | Despicable Me 2 || $83,517,315 || || |- | 28 || || $43,892,895 || || |- | 29 || || The Conjuring || $41,855,326 ||The Conjuring broke The Purges record ($34.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film (which had been set one month earlier). || |- | 30 || || The Wolverine || $53,113,752 || || |- | 31 || || 2 Guns || $27,059,130 || || |- | 32 || || Elysium || $29,807,393 || || |- | 33 || || rowspan="2" | The Butler || $24,637,312 || || |- | 34 || || $16,503,812 || || |- | rowspan="2" | 35 || rowspan="2" | || One Direction: This Is Us (3-day) || $15,815,497 || Without the inclusion of the Labor Day holiday, One Direction: This Is Us was #1 for the three-day frame. The Butler was #2 ($14,878,286) for the three-day frame. || |- | The Butler (4-day) || $20,201,272 || With the inclusion of the Labor Day holiday, The Butler was #1 (for the third consecutive week) during the four-day time-frame. Also, The Butler became the first 2013 film to win three consecutive weekends. One Direction: This Is Us was #2 ($18,472,875) for the four-day frame. || |- | 36 || || Riddick || $19,030,375 || || |- | 37 || || Insidious: Chapter 2 || $40,272,103 || || |- | 38 || || Prisoners || $20,817,053 || || |- | 39 || || Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 || $34,017,930 || ||

| 40 || || rowspan="3" | Gravity || $55,785,112 || Gravity broke Paranormal Activity 3s records ($52 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for a fall release. || |- | 41 || || $43,188,256 || || |- | 42 || || $30,027,161 || Gravity became the first film of 2013 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. ||

| 43 || || Bad Grandpa || $32,055,177 || || |- | 44 || || Ender's Game || $27,017,351 || || |- | 45 || || rowspan="2" | Thor: The Dark World || $85,737,841 || || |- | 46 || || $36,586,016 || || |- | 47 || || rowspan="2" | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire || $158,074,286 || The Hunger Games: Catching Fire broke The Twilight Saga: New Moons records ($142.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in November and for the holiday season. It also broke The Hunger Games record ($152.2 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. || |- | 48 || || $74,179,601 || The Hunger Games: Catching Fire broke Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stones record ($57.4 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend ever. In second place, Frozens $67.4 million opening weekend broke Toy Story 2s record ($57.3 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut and Wreck-It Ralphs record ($49 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. || |- | 49 || || Frozen || $31,616,230 || Frozen reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of wide release and third overall week of release. || |- | 50 || || rowspan="3" | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' $73,645,197 51 $31,505,278 52 $29,031,732

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 2013 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Iron Man 3 Walt Disney Studios Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stéphanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley Shane Black $406,609,688 2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Lionsgate Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland Francis Lawrence $395,526,705 3. Despicable Me 2 Universal Pictures voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand and Ken Jeong Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin $367,793,270 4. Man of Steel Warner Bros. Pictures Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe Zack Snyder $291,045,518 5. Monsters UniversityWalt Disney Studios voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day, Aubrey Plaza, and Nathan Fillion Dan Scanlon $263,763,344 6. Frozen voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Santino Fontana Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee $263,092,648 7. Gravity Warner Bros. Pictures Sandra Bullock and George Clooney Alfonso Cuarón $254,861,229 8. Fast & Furious 6 Universal Pictures Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz Justin Lin $238,679,850 9. Oz the Great and Powerful Walt Disney Studios James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King and Tony Cox Sam Raimi $232,613,195 10. Star Trek Into Darkness Paramount Pictures John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Karl Urban, Peter Weller and Anton Yelchin J. J. Abrams $226,778,661

In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 2013 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Lionsgate $424,668,047 2. Iron Man 3 Disney $409,013,994 3. Frozen $400,738,009 4. Despicable Me 2 Universal $368,065,385 5. Man of Steel Warner Bros. $291,045,518 6. Gravity $274,092,705 7. Monsters University Disney $268,492,764 8. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. $258,366,855 9. Fast & Furious 6 Universal $238,679,850 10. Oz the Great and Powerful Disney $234,911,825

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2013 G Monsters University PG Frozen PG-13 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire R The Heat

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

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