This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1957 per Varietys weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
| Week ending | Film | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | [1] | |||
| 2 | [2] | ||||
| 3 | The Ten Commandments | The Ten Commandments reached number one in its tenth week of release. | |||
| 4 | Anastasia | Anastasia reached number one in its sixth week of release. | [3] | ||
| 5 | [4] | ||||
| 6 | The Ten Commandments | The Ten Commandments reached number one in its 13th week of release. | [5] | ||
| 7 | [6] | ||||
| 8 | [7] | ||||
| 9 | [8] | ||||
| 10 | The Ten Commandments grossed $425,000 from 19 key cities. | [9] | |||
| 11 | The Ten Commandments grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled. | [10] | |||
| 12 | [11] | ||||
| 13 | [12] | ||||
| 14 | [13] | ||||
| 15 | [14] | ||||
| 16 | [15] | ||||
| 17 | Funny Face | Funny Face earned $400,000 from 17 key cities in its tenth week of release. | [16] | ||
| 18 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days earned $300,000 from 13 key cities in its 28th week of release. | [17] | ||
| 19 | Funny Face | Funny Face returned to number one in its 12th week of release. | [18] | ||
| 20 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 30th week of release. | [19] | ||
| 21 | [20] | ||||
| 22 | [21] | ||||
| 23 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral grossed more than $420,000 in 13 key cities. | [22] | ||
| 24 | [23] | ||||
| 25 | Island in the Sun | Island in the Sun grossed $500,000 from 16 key cities. | [24] | ||
| 26 | [25] | ||||
| 27 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 37th week of release. | [26] | ||
| 28 | [27] | ||||
| 29 | [28] | ||||
| 30 | [29] | ||||
| 31 | [30] | ||||
| 32 | [31] | ||||
| 33 | The Pride and the Passion | The Pride and the Passion reached number one in its fifth week of release. | [32] | ||
| 34 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days earned $358,000 from 19 key cities in its 44th week of release. | [33] | ||
| 35 | [34] | ||||
| 36 | The Pajama Game | The Pajama Game grossed $400,000 from 13 key cities. | [35] | ||
| 37 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 47th week of release. | [36] | ||
| 38 | [37] | ||||
| 39 | [38] | ||||
| 40 | Jet Pilot | [39] | |||
| 41 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 51st week of release. | [40] | ||
| 42 | [41] | ||||
| 43 | [42] | ||||
| 44 | [43] | ||||
| 45 | [44] | ||||
| 46 | [45] | ||||
| 47 | [46] | ||||
| 48 | Pal Joey | Pal Joey reached number one in its fifth week of release. | [47] | ||
| 49 | [48] | ||||
| 50 | Around the World in 80 Days | Around the World in 80 Days returned to number one in its 60th week of release. | [49] | ||
| 51 | [50] | ||||
| 52 | The Sad Sack | The Sad Sack reached number one in its fourth week of release. | [51] |
The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Rental[52] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ten Commandments | Paramount Pictures | $18,500,000 |
| 2 | Around the World in 80 Days | United Artists | $16,200,000 |
| 3 | Giant | Warner Bros. | $12,000,000 |
| 4 | Pal Joey | Columbia Pictures | $6,700,000 |
| 5 | Seven Wonders of the World | Cinerama Releasing Corp. | $6,500,000 |
| 6 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $5,600,000 |
| 7 | The Pride and the Passion | United Artists | $5,500,000 |
| 8 | Anastasia | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 9 | Island in the Sun | $4,500,000 | |
| 10 | Love Me Tender | $4,400,000 | |