Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | One Hundred and One Dalmatians * | Walt Disney Productions | Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer (voices) | $60,679,097 |
| 2. | West Side Story | United Artists | Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno | $43,656,822 |
| 3. | El Cid | Allied Artists | Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren | $26,620,000 |
| 4. | The Parent Trap* | Walt Disney Productions | Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith | $25,150,385 |
| 5. | King of Kings | MGM | Jeffrey Hunter | $25,000,000 |
| 6. | La Dolce Vita* | Koch-Lorber Films | Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg | $19,516,000 |
| 7. | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Paramount | Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard | $14,000,000 |
| 8. | The Guns of Navarone | Columbia | Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven | $13,000,000 |
| 9. | Splendor in the Grass | Warner Bros. | Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty | $11,426,000 |
| 10. | Blue Hawaii | Paramount | Elvis Presley | $10,440,453 |
| 11. | Judgment at Nuremberg | United Artists | Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster | $10,000,000 |
| 12. | Lover Come Back | Universal | Doris Day and Rock Hudson | $8,500,000 |
| 13. | The Misfits | MGM | Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift | $4,100,000 |
(* ) After theatrical re-issue(s)
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