List of 2013 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2013.

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	January 6, 2013	Texas Chainsaw 3D	$21,744,470
2	January 13, 2013	Zero Dark Thirty	$24,438,936	Zero Dark Thirty reached #1 after three weekends of limited release.
3	January 20, 2013	Mama	$28,402,310
4	January 27, 2013	Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters	$19,690,956
5	February 3, 2013	Warm Bodies	$20,353,967
6	February 10, 2013	Identity Thief	$34,551,025
7	February 17, 2013	A Good Day to Die Hard	$24,834,845
8	February 24, 2013	Identity Thief	$14,017,085	Identity Thief reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release.
9	March 3, 2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	$27,202,226
10	March 10, 2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	$79,110,453
11	March 17, 2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	$41,252,704
12	March 24, 2013	The Croods	$43,639,736
13	March 31, 2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	$40,501,814
14	April 7, 2013	Evil Dead	$25,775,847
15	April 14, 2013	42	$27,487,144	42 broke The Benchwarmers' record ($19.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a baseball film.
16	April 21, 2013	Oblivion	$37,054,485
17	April 28, 2013	Pain & Gain	$20,244,505
18	May 5, 2013	Iron Man 3	$174,144,585	Iron Man 3 had the highest weekend debut of 2013.
19	May 12, 2013	Iron Man 3	$72,525,615
20	May 19, 2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	$70,165,559
21	May 26, 2013	Fast & Furious 6	$97,375,245
22	June 2, 2013	Fast & Furious 6	$35,164,440
23	June 9, 2013	The Purge	$34,058,360	The Purge broke The Devil Inside's record ($33.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film.
24	June 16, 2013	Man of Steel	$116,619,362	Man of Steel broke Toy Story 3's record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in June.
25	June 23, 2013	Monsters University	$82,429,469	In second place, World War Z's opening ($66.4 million) broke Dawn of the Dead's ($26.7 million) record for the highest weekend debut for a zombies film.
26	June 30, 2013	Monsters University	$45,607,745
27	July 7, 2013	Despicable Me 2	$83,517,315
28	July 14, 2013	Despicable Me 2	$43,892,895
29	July 21, 2013	The Conjuring	$41,855,326	The Conjuring broke The Purge's record ($34.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film.
30	July 28, 2013	The Wolverine	$53,113,752
31	August 4, 2013	2 Guns	$27,059,130
32	August 11, 2013	Elysium	$29,807,393
33	August 18, 2013	The Butler	$24,637,312
34	August 25, 2013	The Butler	$16,503,812
35	September 1, 2013	One Direction: This Is Us (3-day)	$15,815,497	Without the inclusion of the Labor Day holiday, One Direction: This Is Us was #1 for the three-day frame. The Butler was #2 ($14,878,286) for the three-day frame.
		The Butler (4-day)	$20,201,272	With the inclusion of the Labor Day holiday, The Butler was #1 (for the third consecutive week) during the four-day time-frame. Also, The Butler became the first 2013 film to win three consecutive weekends. One Direction: This Is Us was #2 ($18,472,875) for the four-day frame.
36	September 8, 2013	Riddick	$19,030,375
37	September 15, 2013	Insidious: Chapter 2	$40,272,103
38	September 22, 2013	Prisoners	$20,817,053
39	September 29, 2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	$34,017,930
40	October 6, 2013	Gravity	$55,785,112	Gravity broke Paranormal Activity 3's records ($52.0 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for a fall release.
41	October 13, 2013	Gravity	$43,188,256
42	October 20, 2013	Gravity	$30,027,161	Gravity became the first film of 2013 to top the box office for three consecutive three-day weekends.
43	October 27, 2013	Bad Grandpa	$32,055,177
44	November 3, 2013	Ender's Game	$27,017,351
45	November 10, 2013	Thor: The Dark World	$85,737,841
46	November 17, 2013	Thor: The Dark World	$36,586,016
47	November 24, 2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	$158,074,286	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($142.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in November and for the holiday season. It also The Hunger Games' record ($152.2 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
48	December 1, 2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	$74,179,601	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's 3-day weekend ($74.1 million) and 5-day weekend ($109.9 million) broke Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's records for the biggest 3-day ($57.4 million) and 5-day ($82.3 million) Thanksgiving weekend. In second place, Frozen's 3-day opening ($67.4 million) and 5-day opening ($93.6 million) broke Toy Story 2's records for the biggest 3-day ($57.3 million) and 5-day ($80.1 million) opening Thanksgiving weekend.
49	December 8, 2013	Frozen	$31,616,230	Frozen reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of wide release.
50	December 15, 2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	$73,645,197
51	December 22, 2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	$31,505,278
52	December 29, 2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	$29,031,732

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2013^[1]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic Gross
1.	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Lionsgate	$424,668,047
2.	Iron Man 3	Disney	$409,013,994
3.	Frozen		$400,738,009
4.	Despicable Me 2	Universal	$368,061,265
5.	Man of Steel	Warner Bros.	$291,045,518
6.	Gravity		$274,092,705
7.	Monsters University	Disney	$268,492,764
8.	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Warner Bros.	$258,366,855
9.	Fast & Furious 6	Universal	$238,679,850
10.	Oz the Great and Powerful	Disney	$234,911,825

See also

• List of American films — American films by year

References

1. "2013 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 10, 2014.

• "Weekend Box Office Index, 2013". Box Office Mojo.