Biggest Grossing Movies
Year Rank Title Studio Gross Revenue Length (in millions) (in minutes) 1960....1.....Ben-Hur......................... MGM............................ 33.0............................ 217 1960....2....Can-Can..........................20th Century Fox....... 10.0............................ 131 1960....3....Psycho............................ Paramount...................... 9.2............................ 109 1960....4....Operation Petticoat........Universal.........................7.0............................ 124 1960....5....Apartment, The...............United Artists..................6.8.............................125 1960....6....Solomon and Sheba.......United Artists..................6.5.............................142 1960....7....Suddenly Last Summer..Columbia.........................6.37...........................114 1960....8....On the Beach..................United Artists..................6.2.............................134 1960....9....Butterfield 8....................MGM...............................6................................108 1960...10...From the Terrace.............20th Century Fox..........6................................144 1960...13...Elmer Gantry.............................................................5.2 1960...18...Strangers When We Meet.......................................3.4 1960...39...Magnificent Seven, The..........................................2.25 1960...52...Last Angry Man, The..............................................1.675
1961 1 Guns of Navarone, The Columbia 12.5 157 1961 2 Exodus United Artists 10 220 1961 3 Parent Trap, The Buena Vista 9.3 129 1961 4 Absent-Minded Professor, The Buena Vista 9.1 97 1961 5 Alamo, The United Artists 8 193 1961 6 Swiss Family Robinson Buena Vista 7.9 126 1961 7 Come September Universal 7.5 112 1961 8 World of Susie Wong, The Paramount 7.3 129 1961 9 Gone with the WInd MGM (reissue) 6.7 222 1961 10 101 Dalmations Buena Vista 6.4 79 1961 15 Fanny 4.5 1961 21 Never On Sunday 4 1961 29 Breakfast at Tiffany’s 3.5 1961 34 Hustler, The 3
1962 1 West Side Story United Artists / Mirisch / Seven Arts 19 155 1962 2 Spartacus Universal / Bryna 14 196 1962 3 El Cid Bronson-Allied Artists 11.5 184 1962 4 Lover Come Back Universal 8.5 107 1962 5 That Touch of Mink Universal 8.5 99 1962 6 King of Kings MGM 8 161 1962 7 Music Man, The Warner Bros. 8 151 1962 8 Hatari Paramount 7 158 1962 9 Bon Voyage Buena Vista 5.5 130 1962 10 Flower Drum Song Universal 5 133 1962 12 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane 5 1962 16 Lolita 4.5 1962 22 Splender in the Grass 3.5 1962 27 Birdman of Alcatraz, The 3.1
1963 1 How the West Was Won MGM 17 162 1963 2 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox n/a 243 1963 3 Longest Day, The 20th Century Fox 15.2 169 1963 4 Lawrence of Arabia Columbia 15 221 1963 5 Irma la Douce United Artists 11 146 1963 6 Mutiny on the Bounty MGM 9.8 185 1963 7 V.I.P.s, The MGM 7.5 119 1963 8 To Kill a Mockingbird Universal 7.5 129 1963 9 Son of Flubber Buena Vista 7.4 100 1963 10 McLintock United Artists 7.25 127 1963 15 Gypsy 6 1963 18 Birds, The 5 1963 24 Hud 4 1963 45 David and Lisa 2.3
1964 1 It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World United Artists 25 192 1964 2 Carpetbaggers, The Paramount 14.5 150 1964 3 Unsinkable Molly Brown MGM 8 128 1964 4 Charade Universal 6.5 113 1964 5 Move Over, Darling 20th Century Fox 5.5 103 1964 6 Cardinal, The Columbia 5.4 175 1964 7 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. ? 175 1964 8 What a Way to Go! 20th Century Fox / APJAC / Orchard 5.5 111 1964 9 Good Neighbor Sam Columbia 5.3 130 1964 10 Pink Panther, The United Artists ? 113 1964 13 Hard Days Night 4.5 1964 14 Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 4.1 1964 15 Night of the Iguana 4 1964 18 Love with the Proper Stranger 3.5
1965 1 Sound of Music, The 20th Century Fox 35 172 1965 2 Mary Poppins Buena Vista 33 139 1965 3 Goldfinger United Artists 19.9 112 1965 4 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. n/a 175 1965 5 What’s New, Pussycat? United Artists 9 108 1965 6 Shenandoah Universal 8 105 1965 7 Sandpiper, The MGM 7 116 1965 8 Von Ryan’s Express 20th Century Fox 6.5 117 1965 9 Father Goose Universal 6 116 1965 10 Yellow Rolls-Royce MGM 6 122 1965 12 Cat Ballou 5.2 1965 14 Help 4.1 1965 17 Americanization of Emily, The 3.6 1965 24 Zorba the Greek 3.2
1966 1 Doctor Zhivago MGM 30 192 1966 2 Thunderball United Artists 28 132 1966 3 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Warner Bros. n/a 129 1966 4 That Darn Cat! Buena Vista 9.4 116 1966 5 Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, The United Artists / Mirisch 8.3 126 1966 6 Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN Buena Vista 8.3 114 1966 7 Silencers, The Columbia 7 103 1966 8 Torn Curtain Universal n/a 119 1966 9 Our Man Flint 20th Century Fox n/a 108 1966 10 Pacth of Blue, A MGM ? 105 1966 27 Singing Nun 3.5 1966 28 Do Not Disturb 3.5 1966 32 Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The 3.1 1966 57 This Property is Condemned 1.8
1967 1 Dirty Dozen, The MGM 18.2 150 1967 2 You Only Live Twice United Artists 16.3 117 1967 3 Casino Royale Columbia 10.2 130 1967 4 Man for All Seasons, A Columbia 9.25 120 1967 5 Thoroughly Modern Millie Universal 8.5 138 1967 6 Barefoot in the Park Paramount 8.25 109 1967 7 Georgy Girl Columbia 7.33 100 1967 8 To Sir With Love Columbia 7.2 105 1967 9 Grand Prix MGM 7 179 1967 10 Hombre 20th Century Fox 6.5 111 1967 14 Blow Up 5.9 1967 20 Up the Down Staircase 5 1967 22 In the Heat of the Night 4.45 1967 37 Bonnie and Clyde 2.5
1968 1 Graduate, The Embassy 39 105 1968 2 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Columbia 25.1 112 1968 3 Gone with the Wind MGM reissue 23 222 1968 4 Valley of the Dolls 20th Century Fox 20 123 1968 5 Odd Couple, The Paramount 18.5 105 1968 6 Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox 15 119 1968 7 Rosemary’s Baby Paramount 12.3 137 1968 8 Jungle Book Buena Vista 11.5 78 1968 9 Yours, Mine and Ours United Artists 11 111 1968 10 Green Berets, The Warner Bros. 8.7 141 1968 11 2001: A Space Odyssey 8.5 1968 17 In Cold Blood 5.6 1968 31 Dr. Dolittle 3.5 1968 56 Producers, The 1.7
1969 1 Love Bug, The Buena Vista 17 107 1969 2 Funny Girl Columbia 16.5 169 1969 3 Bullitt Warner Bros. 16.4 113 1969 4 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox 15 110 1969 5 Romeo and Juliet Paramount 14.5 152 1969 6 True Grit Paramount 11.5 128 1969 7 Midnight Cowboy United Artists 11 113 1969 8 Oliver! Columbia 10.5 146 1969 9 Goodbye, Columbus Paramount 7.5 105 1969 10 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang United Artists 7.2 145 1969 11 Easy Rider 7.2 1969 14 Lion in Winter, The 6.4 1969 27 Alice’s Restaurant 3.5 1969 50 Prime of Miss Jean Brody, The 2
1970 1 Patton 20th Century Fox 21 171 1970 2 Airport Universal 12.4 136 1970 3 M*A*S*H 20th Century Fox 12.2 116 1970 4 Hello, Dolly 20th Century Fox 9.1 129 1970 5 Z Reggane / ONCIC 9.1 125 1970 6 Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice Columbia 7.9 105 1970 7 Woodstock Warner Bros. 7.2 184 1970 8 Catch-22 Paramount 7.1 122 1970 9 Cactus Flower Columbia 6 103 1970 10 Lovers and Other Strangers ABC 5.16 104 1970 14 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 4.3 1970 27 Anne of the Thousand Days 3 1970 31 Five Easy Pieces 2.7 1970 58 Women in Love 1.5