1961 in Film - Top Grossing Films (U.S.)

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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