Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1962
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1962 | |||
| February 21 | Walk on the Wild Side (Limited) | Columbia | |
| March 1962 | |||
| March 7 | Last Year at Marienbad (Wide) | Rialto Pictures | $209,979 |
| The Premature Burial (Wide) | $1,200,000 | ||
| March 9 | State Fair (Wide) | $3,500,000 | |
| March 10 | Journey to the Seventh Planet (Limited) | ||
| March 14 | The Long and the Short and the Tall (Limited) | Continental Distributing | |
| March 15 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Limited) | Universal | |
| March 19 | Viridiana (Limited) | ||
| March 21 | Sweet Bird of Youth (Limited) | MGM | |
| March 27 | Forever My Love (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| March 28 | The Manster (Limited) | ||
| March TBD | Horrors of Spider Island (Limited) | Pacemaker Pictures | |
| April 1962 | |||
| April 17 | Eegah (Limited) | Fairway International Pictures | |
| April 22 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Wide) | $8,000,000 | |
| April 24 | Six Black Horses (Limited) | ||
| April 25 | Night of the Eagle (Limited) | ||
| April 30 | A Taste of Honey (Limited) | ||
| May 1962 | |||
| May 10 | Mothra (Limited) | Columbia | |
| May 15 | Doctor Blood’s Coffin (Limited) | United Artists | |
| May 17 | Bon Voyage! (Wide) | Walt Disney | $9,230,769 |
| May 23 | The Miracle Worker (Limited) | United Artists | |
| May 24 | Gypsy (Wide) | $11,076,923 | |
| Hatari! (Wide) | $12,923,077 | ||
| May 25 | Lonely Are the Brave (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 1962 | |||
| June 13 | Jack the Giant Killer (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | |
| Lolita (1962) (Limited) | $9,250,000 | ||
| Merrill’s Marauders (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| June 14 | That Touch of Mink (Wide) | Universal | $17,648,927 |
| June 19 | The Music Man (Wide) | $14,953,846 | |
| June 20 | Ride the High Country (Limited) | ||
| June 21 | Boys' Night Out (Limited) | ||
| June 27 | The Notorious Landlady (Limited) | Columbia | |
| July 1962 | |||
| July 4 | Birdman of Alcatraz (Limited) | ||
| Tales of Terror (Limited) | |||
| July 5 | Panic in Year Zero! (Limited) | ||
| July TBD | Tarzan Goes to India (Limited) | MGM | |
| August 1962 | |||
| August 3 | The Spiral Road (Limited) | ||
| August 7 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (Wide) | MGM | $8,920,615 |
| August 8 | The Interns (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $9,230,769 |
| August 10 | The Brain That Wouldn't Die (Limited) | ||
| August 17 | 2 Weeks in Another Town (Limited) | MGM | |
| August 29 | Kid Galahad (Wide) | $1,800,000 | |
| The 300 Spartans (Limited) | |||
| September 1962 | |||
| September 4 | Cleo From 5 to 7 (Limited) | ||
| September 26 | Carnival of Souls (Limited) | ||
| September TBD | I Like Money (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| October 1962 | |||
| October 1 | Stagecoach to Dancers’ Rock (Limited) | ||
| October 4 | The Longest Day (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $39,100,000 |
| October 10 | Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Limited) | ||
| October 18 | Phaedra (Limited) | ||
| October 22 | Il grido (Limited) | $16,549 | |
| October 24 | The Manchurian Candidate (Wide) | MGM | $7,716,923 |
| Gay Purr-ee (Limited) | |||
| October 30 | Billy Budd (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| October 31 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Limited) | ||
| November 1962 | |||
| November 8 | Mutiny on The Bounty (Wide) | MGM | $13,680,000 |
| November 21 | Girls! Girls! Girls! (Wide) | $2,600,000 | |
| December 1962 | |||
| December 16 | Lawrence of Arabia (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $37,495,385 |
| December 19 | Taras Bulba (Wide) | $4,000,000 | |
| December 21 | In Search of Castaways (Wide) | $18,415,385 | |
| December 25 | To Kill A Mockingbird (Wide) | Universal | $13,129,846 |
| December 26 | Days of Wine and Roses (Wide) | $8,123,077 | |
| December 31 | Eyes Without a Face (Wide) | $52,709 | |
| During 1962 | Jane (Limited) | ||