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The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.
The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Side Story | United Artists | $19,645,000 [1] |
| 2 | The Guns of Navarone | Columbia | $13,000,000 [2] |
| 3 | El Cid | Allied Artists | $12,000,000 [2] |
| 4 | The Parent Trap | Buena Vista | $9,300,000 [3] |
| 5 | The Absent-Minded Professor | $9,000,000 [3] | |
| 6 | King of Kings | MGM | $8,000,000 [4] |
| 7 | Lover Come Back | Universal | $7,625,000 [5] |
| 8 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Buena Vista | $6,200,000 [6] |
| 9 | La Dolce Vita | Cineriz / Pathé | $6,000,000 [3] |
| 10 | Come September | Universal | $5,772,000 [5] |
The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America.
| Country | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Gunga Jumna | Mehboob Studio | $14,610,000 [n 2] |
| Soviet Union | Striped Trip | Lenfilm [9] | $12,720,000 [n 3] |
| Category/Organization | 19th Golden Globe Awards March 5, 1962 | 34th Academy Awards April 9, 1962 | |
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| Drama | Comedy or Musical | ||
| Best Film | The Guns of Navarone | A Majority of One (Comedy) West Side Story (Musical) | West Side Story |
| Best Director | Stanley Kramer Judgment at Nuremberg | Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins West Side Story | |
| Best Actor | Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg | Glenn Ford Pocketful of Miracles | Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Best Actress | Geraldine Page Summer and Smoke | Rosalind Russell A Majority of One | Sophia Loren Two Women |
| Best Supporting Actor | George Chakiris West Side Story | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Rita Moreno West Side Story | ||
| Best Original Score | Dimitri Tiomkin The Guns of Navarone | Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany's (Drama or Comedy) Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal West Side Story (Musical) | |
| Best Original Song | "Town Without Pity" Town Without Pity | "Moon River" Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Two Women | Through a Glass Darkly | |
United States unless stated
US unless stated
The significant events of the year 1973 in film are covered in this page.
The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as two highly successful musical films, Funny Girl and Oliver!, the former earning Barbra Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards.
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Jungle Book and You Only Live Twice.
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. A Man for All Seasons won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office and winning five Academy Awards.
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, Mary Poppins,My Fair Lady, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The following is an overview of 1956 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry.
