1960 in film explained

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.__TOC__

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1960 box office number-one films in the United States. The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1960
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1SpartacusUniversal$14,000,000[1]
2Psycho$9,100,000
3ExodusUnited Artists$8,500,000
4Swiss Family RobinsonBuena Vista$8,100,000[2]
5The AlamoUnited Artists$7,900,000
6The World of Suzie WongParamount$7,500,000[3]
7BUtterfield 8MGM$6,800,000
8The ApartmentUnited Artists$6,700,000
9Ocean's 11Warner Bros.$5,500,000
10From the Terrace20th Century Fox$5,200,000

Top-grossing films by country

The highest-grossing 1960 films in countries outside of North America.

Country Title Director Revenue Admissions Source(s)
FranceBen-HurWilliam Wyler13,826,124[4]
West GermanyBen-HurWilliam Wyler13,525,000[5]
IndiaMughal-e-AzamK. Asif$23,110,000100,000,000[6]
ItalyBen-HurWilliam Wyler15,400,000[7]
Soviet UnionFar from the MotherlandAleksei Shvachko$2,625,00042,000,000
SpainBen-HurWilliam Wyler4,653,194[8]
United KingdomBen-HurWilliam Wyler13,200,000[9]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 18th Golden Globe Awards
March 16, 1961
33rd Academy Awards
April 17, 1961
width=200Drama !Comedy or Musical
Best Film Spartacus The Apartment (Comedy)
Song Without End (Musical)
The Apartment
Best Director Jack Cardiff
Sons and Lovers
Billy Wilder
The Apartment
Best Actor Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Jack Lemmon
The Apartment
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Best Actress Greer Garson
Sunrise at Campobello
Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment
Elizabeth Taylor
BUtterfield 8
Best Supporting Actor Sal Mineo
Exodus
Peter Ustinov
Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress Janet Leigh
Psycho
Shirley Jones
Elmer Gantry
Best Foreign Language Film La Vérité
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring

1960 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1960

United States unless stated

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

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Q

R

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T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Finler, Joel Waldo . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-66-6 . 358–359.
  2. All-Time Top Grossers. . 6 January 1965 . 39 . 29 December 2022 . Internet Archive.
  3. All-Time Top Grossers. . 6 January 1965 . 39 . 29 December 2022 . Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: Bilan Annuel France − 1960 . JP's Box-Office . 10 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Bilan Annuel Allemagne − 1960 . JP's Box-Office . 10 December 2018.
  6. https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2988 Bahubali 2 Is The Biggest Hindi Blockbuster This Century
  7. Web site: Bilan Annuel Italie − 1960 . JP's Box-Office . 10 December 2018.
  8. Web site: Bilan Annuel Espagne − 1960 . JP's Box-Office . 10 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Ben Hur. 28 November 2004. British Film Institute. 24 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803010011/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=30. 3 August 2012. dead.
  10. Web site: Clark Gable Biography, Movies, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 30 March 2022 . en.