List of 1961 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1961.

#	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes
1	January 8, 1961	Swiss Family Robinson	$843,674
2	January 15, 1961	Swiss Family Robinson	$742,833
3	January 22, 1961	Swiss Family Robinson	$619,348
4	January 29, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,973,285	One Hundred and One Dalmatians has the highest weekend debut of 1961.
5	February 5, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,753,249
6	February 12, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,582,693
7	February 19, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,482,583
8	February 26, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,371,284
9	March 5, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,284,194
10	March 12, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,173,278
11	March 19, 1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	$1,285,385
12	March 26, 1961	Hoodlum Priest	$1,219,834
13	April 2, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,284,389	One Hundred and One Dalmatians reclaimed #1 in its tenth weekend of release.
14	April 9, 1961	The Sins of Rachel Cade	$1,281,572	The Sins of Rachel Cade reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
15	April 16, 1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	$1,283,204	The Absent-Minded Professor reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.
16	April 23, 1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	$1,184,284
17	April 30, 1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$1,178,284	One Hundred and One Dalmatians reclaimed #1 in its fourteenth weekend of release.
18	May 7, 1961	Return to Peyton Place	$1,278,284
19	May 14, 1961	Underworld U.S.A.	$1,283,583
20	May 21, 1961	Parrish	$935,375	Parrish reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
21	May 28, 1961	The Last Time I Saw Archie	$1,283,294
22	June 4, 1961	A Raisin in the Sun	$1,392,583
23	June 11, 1961	Gidget Goes Hawaiian	$1,284,172	Gidget Goes Hawaiian reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
24	June 18, 1961	Wild in the Country	$1,582,238
25	June 25, 1961	The Parent Trap	$1,502,583
26	July 2, 1961	The Guns of Navarone	$1,385,290	The Guns of Navarone reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
27	July 9, 1961	The Ladies Man	$1,182,194	The Ladies Man reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
28	July 16, 1961	The Parent Trap	$1,182,422	The Parent Trap reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
29	July 23, 1961	The Parent Trap	$1,128,874
30	July 30, 1961	Two Rode Together	$1,284,812
31	August 6, 1961	Two Rode Together	$924,372
32	August 13, 1961	Come September	$1,284,287
33	August 20, 1961	The Pit and the Pendulum	$964,378	The Pit and the Pendulum reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
34	August 27, 1961	Ada	$1,372,578
35	September 3, 1961	The Parent Trap	$1,283,294	The Parent Trap reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.
36	September 10, 1961	The Parent Trap	$925,673
37	September 17, 1961	The Parent Trap	$834,238
38	September 24, 1961	The Parent Trap	$735,383
39	October 1, 1961	Paris Blues	$924,472
40	October 8, 1961	Breakfast at Tiffany's	$1,724,294
41	October 15, 1961	King of Kings	$1,639,583
42	October 22, 1961	West Side Story	$1,832,573
43	October 29, 1961	West Side Story	$1,724,583
44	November 5, 1961	The Comancheros	$1,635,245
45	November 12, 1961	West Side Story	$1,528,582	West Side Story reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
46	November 19, 1961	West Side Story	$1,482,522
47	November 26, 1961	Blue Hawaii	$1,835,378
48	December 3, 1961	Blue Hawaii	$1,582,783
49	December 10, 1961	Blue Hawaii	$1,439,993
50	December 17, 1961	El Cid	$1,589,492
51	December 24, 1961	Lover Come Back	$1,732,583
52	December 31, 1961	El Cid	$1,490,781	El Cid reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.

See also

• List of American films — American films by year