1959 in Film - Top Grossing Films (U.S.)

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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