This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1958.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 SayonaraSayonara grossed $450,000 from 9 key cities. 2 3 4 Sayonara grossed $421,000. 5 6 Peyton Place 7 A Farewell to Arms 8 9 Witness for the Prosecution 10 11 The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov earned $300,000 from 9 key cities in its third week of release. 12 The Bridge on the River Kwai † The Bridge on the River Kwai earned $450,000 from the cities sampled. 13 14 The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled. 15 16 17 The Young Lions 18 The Bridge on the River Kwai † The Bridge on the River Kwai returned to number one in its 20th week of its wide release. 19 20 South Pacific South Pacific reached number one in its eighth week of release. 21 22 23 God's Little Acre 24 South PacificSouth Pacific returned to number one in its 12th week of release. 25 26 27 The VikingsThe Vikings grossed more than $420,000 from the cities sampled. 28 29 30 Indiscreet 31 32 33 34 South Pacific South Pacific returned to number one in its 22nd week of release. 35 36 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof grossed over $1 million nationally over the Labor Day weekend 37 38 39 40 41 Damn Yankees 42 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof returned to number one in its seventh week of release. 43 44 45 46 In Love and War 47 The Last Hurrah 48 Houseboat Houseboat grossed more than $300,000 in 22 key cities. 49 Mardi Gras Mardi Gras reached number one in its third week of release. 50 51 South Seas Adventure 52 The Buccaneer

Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia Pictures $15,000,000 2 Peyton Place20th Century Fox $11,000,000 3 SayonaraWarner Bros. $10,500,000 4No Time for Sergeants $7,200,000 5 The Vikings United Artists $7,000,000 6 Search for Paradise Cinerama Releasing Corp. $6,500,000 7 South PacificMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer $6,400,000 8 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof $6,100,000 9 Old Yeller Buena Vista $5,900,000 10 Raintree County Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,800,000

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

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