This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1953.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 Million Dollar Mermaid 2 3 Above and Beyond Above and Beyond reached number one in its ninth week of release. 4 The Bad and the Beautiful The Bad and the Beautiful reached number one in its second week of release. 5 6 7 Peter Pan Peter Pan earned $270,000 from 5 key cities in its second week of release. 8 Peter Pan grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled. 9 10 11 12 Come Back, Little Sheba Come Back, Little Sheba reached number one in its 13th week of release. 13 Peter Pan Peter Pan returned to number one in its eighth week of release. 14 Call Me Madam Call Me Madam reached number one in its fifth week of release. 15 Salome Salome reached number one in its third week of release. 16 17 House of Wax 18 House of Wax grossed $690,000 from 20 key cities. 19 House of Wax grossed $563,000 from 21 key cities. 20 21 22 Young Bess Young Bess grossed $400,000 from 22 key cities. 23 Fort Ti Fort Ti reached number one in its second week of release. 24 It Came from Outer Space It Came from Outer Space reached number one in its second week of release. 25 26 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms reached number one in its third week of release. 27 Dangerous When Wet 28 The Charge at Feather River 29 30 Second Chance Second Chance reached number one in its second week of release. 31 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes reached number one in its third week of release. 32 The Band Wagon 33 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes returned to number one in its fifth week of release. 34 35 From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity reached number one in its fourth week of release. 36 From Here to Eternity grossed $460,000 from 9 key cities. 37 38 39 The Robe † The Robe earned $499,000 from 4 key cities in its second week of release. 40 The Robe grossed $813,000 from 11 key cities. 41 The Robe grossed $1,026,000 from 16 key cities, which was a record for any film gross during a week. 42 The Robe grossed $896,000 from 17 key cities. 43 The Robe grossed $923,000 from 21 key cities. 44 45 The Robe grossed more than $730,000 from the cities sampled. 46 47 48 How to Marry a Millionaire How to Marry a Millionaire reached number one in its fourth week of release. 49 50 How to Marry a Millionaire grossed $265,000 from 16 key cities. 51 This Is Cinerama 52 Easy to Love
Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 The Robe 20th Century Fox $20–30,000,000 2 From Here to Eternity Columbia Pictures $12,500,000 3 Shane Paramount Pictures $8,000,000 4How to Marry a Millionaire 20th Century Fox $7,500,000 5 Peter Pan RKO Pictures $7,000,000 6 Hans Christian Andersen RKO Pictures $6,000,000 7 House of Wax Warner Bros. $5,500,000 8 Mogambo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,200,000 9 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 20th Century Fox $5,100,000 10 Moulin Rouge United Artists $5,000,000
See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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