Most Popular Movies 1962
This chart shows the 1962 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1962 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1962 - Top 1962 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1963 → |
1
| Hatari! |
| Director: Howard Hawks |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 24, 1962 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $12,923,077 |
2
| Lolita |
| Director: Stanley Kubrick |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 13, 1962 (Limited), released as Lolita (1962) |
| Keywords: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Film Noir, Erotic Drama |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
|
Domestic BO: $9,250,000 |
3
| State Fair |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 9, 1962 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $3,500,000 |
4
| To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 25, 1962 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Lawyers, Courtroom / Legal Drama, Bigotry, Wrongfully Convicted, Framed, Voiceover/Narration, New Guy/Girl in School, Coming of Age, Poverty, Life in a Small Town, Sex Crimes, Dysfunctional Family, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Addiction, Albino |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $13,129,846 |
5
| The Manchurian Candidate |
| Director: John Frankenheimer |
| Lead Roles: Frank Sinatra as Captain/Major Bennett Marco, Laurence R. Harvey, Janet Leigh as Eugenie Rose ‘Rosie’ Chaney |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 24, 1962 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Political, Korean War, Film Noir, Conspiracy Theory, Prologue, Faulty Memory, Hitmen, Voiceover/Narration |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $7,716,923 |
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International BO: $162 |
6
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Director: Robert Aldrich |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 31, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
7
| Days of Wine and Roses |
| Director: Blake Edwards |
| Lead Roles: Jack Lemmon as Joe Clay, Lee Remick as Kirsten Arnesen-Clay |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 26, 1962 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Life Drama, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Addiction, Rehab / Former Addict, Mental Hospital, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, Remake |
| Classification: Based on TV, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $8,123,077 |
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International BO: $69 |
8
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| Director: John Ford |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 22, 1962 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Revisionist Western, Prologue, Non-Chronological, Outlaws, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Love Triangle, Illiteracy / Learning to Read |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $8,000,000 |
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International BO: $498 |
9
| Girls! Girls! Girls! |
| Director: Norman Taurog |
| Lead Roles: Elvis Presley as Ross Carpenter, Stella Stevens as Robin Gantner, Laurel Goodwin as Laurel Dodge |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 21, 1962 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Comedy Musical, Romance, Retirement, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, On a Boat, Set in Hawaii |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $2,600,000 |
10
| Journey to the Seventh Planet |
| Director: Sidney W Pink |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 10, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction |
11
| Cartouche |
| Director: Philippe de Broca |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 7, 1962 (Limited) (France) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
12
| The Premature Burial |
| Director: Roger Corman |
| Lead Roles: Ray Milland as Guy Carrell |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 7, 1962 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $1,200,000 |
13
| Panic in Year Zero! |
| Director: Ray Milland |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 5, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Science Fiction |
14
| Gypsy |
| Director: Mervyn LeRoy |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 24, 1962 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $11,076,923 |
15
| El Barón del Terror |
| Director: Chano Urueta |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 9, 1962 (Limited) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
16
| L'Année Dernière à Marienbad |
| Director: Alain Resnais |
| Lead Roles: Delphine Seyrig as A, Giorgio Albertazzi as X, Sacha Pitoëff as M |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 7, 1962 (Wide) by Rialto Pictures, released as Last Year at Marienbad |
| Keywords: Avant Garde, Experimental Film, Surrealism / Absurdism, Unnamed Character, Faulty Memory, Non-Chronological, Set in France |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $209,979 |
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International BO: $5,946 |
Synopsis
Ominous organ music resounds and the camera tracks through the seemingly endless halls of a baroque grand hotel as X tries to persuade an initially disbelieving A that they had met the year before. With dizzying time shifts and flashbacks, Last Year at Marienbad is the ultimate puzzle film.
17
| Phaedra |
| Director: Jules Dassin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 18, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
18
| Les Félins |
| Director: René Clément |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 12, 1962 (Limited) (France) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
19
| Le Doulos |
| Director: Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Lead Roles: Jean-Paul Belmondo |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 13, 1962 (Limited), released as Lo spione (Italy) |
| Keywords: Film Noir |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $82,772 |
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International BO: $8,234 |
20
| Stagecoach to Dancers’ Rock |
| Director: Earl Bellamy |
| Lead Roles: Warren Stevens as Jess Dollard, Martin Landau as Dade Coleman, Jody Lawrence as Dr. Ann Thompson, Judy Dan as Loi Yan Wu |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 1, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
21
| The Interns |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 8, 1962 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
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Domestic BO: $9,230,769 |
22
| Gay Purr-ee |
| Director: Abe Levitow |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 24, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
23
| Les Yeux sans visage |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 31, 1962 (Wide), released as Eyes Without a Face |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $52,709 |
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International BO: $1,690 |
24
| Doctor Blood’s Coffin |
| Director: Sidney J. Furie |
| Lead Roles: Kieron Moore, Hazel Court |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 15, 1962 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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| Viridiana |
| Director: Luis Bunuel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 19, 1962 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $4,453 |