This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1960.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 Operation Petticoat 2 3 4 5 Ben-Hur †Ben-Hur reached number one in its eleventh week of release 6 7 On the Beach 8 Ben-Hur † Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 14th week of release 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Please Don't Eat the Daisies 17 18 Ben-Hur †Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 24th week of release 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ben-Hur grossed in excess of $409,000 in the key cities sampled 26 27 Bells Are Ringing 28 Ben-Hur †Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 34th week of release 29 30 31 32 33 Ocean's 11 34 35 36 Ben-Hur † Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 42nd week of release 37 38 39 40 41 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 42 Ben-Hur †Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 48th week of release 43 44 45 Midnight Lace 46 BUtterfield 8 47 48 49 50 Ben-Hur † Ben-Hur returned to number one in its 56th week of release 51 Cinderfella 52 Exodus
Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $17,300,000 2 South Pacific20th Century Fox-Magna $9,900,000 3 PsychoParamount Pictures $8,500,000 4 Operation Petticoat Universal Pictures $6,800,000 5Suddenly, Last Summer Columbia Pictures $5,500,000 6 On the BeachUnited Artists $5,300,000 7 Solomon and Sheba $5,250,000 8 The Apartment $5,100,000 9From the Terrace 20th Century Fox $5,000,000 Please Don't Eat the DaisiesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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