Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
# | Film | Studio | Actors | Gross |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ben-Hur | MGM | Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd | $36.992 m |
2. | Sleeping Beauty* | Walt Disney Productions | Mary Costa and Eleanor Audley | $21.998 m |
3. | North by Northwest | MGM | Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason | $12.703 m |
4. | Some Like It Hot | United Artists | Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon | $10.128 m |
5. | Pillow Talk | Universal | Doris Day and Rock Hudson | $9.670 m |
6. | Imitation of Life | Universal | Lana Turner and John Gavin | $9.618 m |
7. | Suddenly, Last Summer | Columbia | Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn | $6.375 m |
8. | The Nun's Story | Warner Bros. | Audrey Hepburn | $5.750 m |
9. | Rio Bravo | Warner Bros. | John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson | $5.650 m |
10. | Anatomy of a Murder | Columbia | James Stewart and Lee Remick | $5.500 m |
11. | On the Beach | United Artists | Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner | $4.803 m |
12. | Operation Petticoat | Universal | Cary Grant and Tony Curtis | $3.950 m |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
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