Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1960 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 30,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1960 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1960. This page will looks at 119 1960 Top Grossing Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. This only represents about 25% of the movies made in 1960….but should cover the top box office movies.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1960
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Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
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The Apartment (1960)
AA Best Picture Win
1960
Spartacus (1960)
1960
Elmer Gantry (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1960
Psycho (1960)
1960
La Dolce Vita (1960)
1960
The Sundowners (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1960
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
1960
The Alamo (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1960
Never on Sunday (1960)
1960
Two Women (1960)
1960
Home from the Hill (1960)
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Exodus (1960)
1960
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
1960
Midnight Lace (1960)
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
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G.I. Blues (1960)
1960
The Grass is Greener (1960)
1960
The Bellboy (1960)
1960
Where the Boys Are (1960)
1960
Pepe (1960)
1960
North to Alaska (1960)
1960
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
1960
The Facts of Life (1960)
1960
Can-Can (1960)
1960
Butterfield 8 (1960)
1960
The Rat Race (1960)
1960
Ocean's 11 (1960)
1960
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
1960
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
1960
Portrait in Black (1960)
1960
Toby Tyler (1960)
1960
The Story of Ruth (1960)
1960
From the Terrace (1960)
1960
Let's Make Love (1960)
1960
The Unforgiven (1960)
1960
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
1960
The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1960)
1960
Sons and Lovers (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1960
Cinderfella (1960)
1960
Inherit the Wind (1960)
1960
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
1960
The Bramble Bush (1960)
1960
The Truth/La Vérité (1960)
1960
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
1960
Hell to Eternity (1960)
1960
The Time Machine (1960)
1960
Flaming Star (1960)
1960
Wild River (1960)
1960
Pollyanna (1960)
1960
Cimarron (1960)
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| 1960 | The Apartment (1960) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1960 | Spartacus (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Elmer Gantry (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1960 | Psycho (1960) | |
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| 1960 | La Dolce Vita (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Sundowners (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Alamo (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1960 | Never on Sunday (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Two Women (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Home from the Hill (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Exodus (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Midnight Lace (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) | |
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| 1960 | G.I. Blues (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Grass is Greener (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Bellboy (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Where the Boys Are (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Pepe (1960) | |
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| 1960 | North to Alaska (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Facts of Life (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Can-Can (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Butterfield 8 (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Rat Race (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Ocean's 11 (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Bells Are Ringing (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Portrait in Black (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Toby Tyler (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Story of Ruth (1960) | |
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| 1960 | From the Terrace (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Let's Make Love (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Unforgiven (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Sons and Lovers (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1960 | Cinderfella (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Bramble Bush (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Truth/La Vérité (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Strangers When We Meet (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Hell to Eternity (1960) | |
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| 1960 | The Time Machine (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Flaming Star (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Wild River (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Pollyanna (1960) | |
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| 1960 | Cimarron (1960) | |
1960 Top Grossing Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1960 Top Grossing Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1960 Top Grossing Movies by stars of the movie
- Sort 1960 Top Grossing Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1960 Top Grossing Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1960 Top Grossing Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1960 Top Grossing Movies received.
- Sort 1960 Top Grossing Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Apartment (1960) AA Best Picture Win |
Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine |
19.0 | 344.2 | 344.20 | 8 | 87 | 10 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | Spartacus (1960) | Kirk Douglas & Tony Curtis |
31.7 | 574.5 | 574.50 | 2 | 91 | 06 / 04 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Elmer Gantry (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
Burt Lancaster & Jean Simmons |
13.2 | 239.3 | 239.30 | 15 | 87 | 05 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | Psycho (1960) | Janet Leigh & Anthony Perkins |
29.4 | 532.6 | 858.70 | 3 | 94 | 04 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 5 | La Dolce Vita (1960) | Directed by Federico Fellini | 17.1 | 310.6 | 310.60 | 9 | 90 | 04 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 8 | The Sundowners (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr |
10.9 | 196.7 | 196.70 | 18 | 75 | 05 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 7 | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) | John Mills & Dorothy McGuire |
37.1 | 672.9 | 672.90 | 1 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 6 | The Alamo (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Wayne & Richard Widmark |
22.6 | 409.4 | 821.40 | 5 | 63 | 07 / 01 | 96.3 | |
| 9 | Never on Sunday (1960) | Melina Mercouri | 10.3 | 186.3 | 186.30 | 19 | 74 | 05 / 01 | 95.9 | |
| 12 | Two Women (1960) | Sophia Loren | 8.6 | 155.3 | 155.30 | 34 | 85 | 01 / 01 | 95.5 | |
| 14 | Home from the Hill (1960) | Robert Mitchum | 9.4 | 169.5 | 262.70 | 26 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 9 | Exodus (1960) | Paul Newman & Eva Marie Saint |
23.8 | 431.2 | 431.20 | 4 | 67 | 03 / 01 | 94.9 | |
| 13 | The World of Suzie Wong (1960) | William Holden | 21.4 | 388.2 | 388.20 | 7 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.1 | |
| 16 | Midnight Lace (1960) | Doris Day & Myrna Loy |
10.0 | 181.2 | 181.20 | 24 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 14 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) | Doris Day & David Niven |
15.2 | 274.7 | 373.10 | 11 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 15 | G.I. Blues (1960) | Elvis Presley | 12.3 | 222.6 | 222.60 | 16 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 18 | The Grass is Greener (1960) | Cary Grant & Robert Mitchum |
8.6 | 155.3 | 155.30 | 36 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 20 | The Bellboy (1960) | Jerry Lewis & Alex Gerry |
10.3 | 186.3 | 186.30 | 20 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 22 | Where the Boys Are (1960) | Jim Hutton | 10.0 | 181.2 | 181.20 | 23 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 17 | Pepe (1960) | Edward G. Robinson & Greer Garson |
13.7 | 248.4 | 328.50 | 13 | 55 | 07 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 17 | North to Alaska (1960) | John Wayne | 13.4 | 243.3 | 243.30 | 14 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 22 | The Magnificent Seven (1960) | Yuly Brynner & Steve McQueen |
6.4 | 116.5 | 634.10 | 44 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 28 | The Facts of Life (1960) | Bob Hope & Lucille Ball |
9.1 | 165.6 | 165.60 | 27 | 64 | 05 / 01 | 90.6 | |
| 21 | Can-Can (1960) | Shirley MacLaine & Frank Sinatra |
12.0 | 217.4 | 217.40 | 17 | 57 | 02 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 24 | Butterfield 8 (1960) | Elizabeth Taylor & Laurence Harvey |
21.6 | 390.9 | 556.50 | 6 | 54 | 02 / 01 | 90.2 | |
| 28 | The Rat Race (1960) | Debbie Reynolds & Tony Curtis |
9.7 | 176.0 | 176.00 | 25 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 25 | Ocean's 11 (1960) | Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra |
16.1 | 292.4 | 292.40 | 10 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 29 | Bells Are Ringing (1960) | Dean Martin & Vincent Minnelli |
8.1 | 146.2 | 187.60 | 40 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 31 | Sink the Bismarck! (1960) | Kenneth More | 8.5 | 154.0 | 154.00 | 37 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 33 | Portrait in Black (1960) | Lana Turner & Anthony Quinn |
10.0 | 181.2 | 181.20 | 22 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 33 | Toby Tyler (1960) | Kevin Corcoran | 8.9 | 160.5 | 160.50 | 31 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 32 | The Story of Ruth (1960) | Stuart Whitman | 8.6 | 155.3 | 155.30 | 35 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 30 | From the Terrace (1960) | Myrna Loy & Paul Newman |
14.9 | 269.2 | 269.20 | 12 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 36 | Let's Make Love (1960) | Marilyn Monroe & Directed by George Cukor |
8.6 | 155.3 | 155.30 | 33 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 37 | The Unforgiven (1960) | Burt Lancaster & Audrey Hepburn |
8.9 | 160.5 | 160.50 | 30 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 38 | Visit to a Small Planet (1960) | Jerry Lewis & Joan Blackman |
9.1 | 165.6 | 165.60 | 28 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 37 | The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1960) | Jack Lemmon | 10.3 | 186.3 | 186.30 | 21 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 38 | Sons and Lovers (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
Trevor Howard | 4.3 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 62 | 73 | 07 / 01 | 86.5 | |
| 40 | Cinderfella (1960) | Jerry Lewis & Ed Wynn |
8.3 | 150.1 | 150.10 | 39 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 39 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | Spencer Tracy & Fredric March |
3.5 | 63.4 | 103.50 | 71 | 86 | 04 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 42 | Who Was That Lady? (1960) | Dean Martin & Tony Curtis |
8.9 | 160.5 | 160.50 | 29 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 45 | The Bramble Bush (1960) | Richard Burton & Angie Dickinson |
8.6 | 155.3 | 155.30 | 32 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 39 | The Truth/La Vérité (1960) | Brigitte Bardot | 5.7 | 103.2 | 103.20 | 50 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 44 | Strangers When We Meet (1960) | Kirk Douglas & Kim Novak |
8.3 | 150.1 | 150.10 | 38 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 43 | Hell to Eternity (1960) | Jeffrey Hunter | 6.3 | 113.9 | 113.90 | 45 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 47 | The Time Machine (1960) | Rod Taylor & Yvette Mimieux |
4.6 | 83.3 | 135.10 | 57 | 76 | 01 / 01 | 84.3 | |
| 48 | Flaming Star (1960) | Elvis Presley | 5.7 | 103.5 | 103.50 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 47 | Wild River (1960) | Montgomery Clift & Bruce Dern |
3.6 | 66.0 | 66.00 | 70 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 49 | Pollyanna (1960) | Donald Crisp & Hayley Mills |
4.3 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 60 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 52 | Cimarron (1960) | Glenn Ford & Anne Baxter |
6.6 | 120.3 | 249.70 | 43 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 54 | Jungle Cat (1960) | Documentary | 5.3 | 95.8 | 95.80 | 53 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 53 | Village of the Damned (1960) | George Sanders | 4.0 | 72.5 | 112.60 | 68 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 53 | The Entertainer (1960) | Laurence Olivier & Alan Bates |
2.8 | 50.2 | 50.20 | 82 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 55 | Ice Palace (1960) | Richard Burton & Robert Ryan |
4.7 | 85.4 | 85.40 | 56 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
| 57 | Wake Me When It's Over (1960) | Don Knotts | 5.7 | 103.5 | 103.50 | 48 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 56 | House of Usher (1960) | Vincent Price | 4.1 | 75.1 | 75.10 | 67 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 53 | Breathless (1960) | Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jean Seberg |
1.7 | 31.1 | 136.90 | 108 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 79.4 | |
| 58 | It Started in Naples (1960) | Clark Gable & Sophia Loren |
6.3 | 113.9 | 113.90 | 46 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 60 | Mein Kampf (1960) | Claude Stephenson | 4.1 | 75.1 | 75.10 | 65 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 59 | Sunrise at Campobello (1960) | Greer Garson | 2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 78 | 73 | 04 / 00 | 78.0 | |
| 62 | High Time (1960) | Bing Crosby & Tuesday Weld |
7.1 | 129.4 | 129.40 | 41 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 77.7 | |
| 61 | The Virgin Spring (1960) | Max Von Sydow & Directed by Ingmar Bergman |
2.0 | 36.2 | 36.20 | 101 | 78 | 02 / 01 | 77.4 | |
| 66 | Tall Story (1960) | Jane Fonda & Anthony Perkins |
4.6 | 82.8 | 82.80 | 58 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 63 | Sergeant Rutledge (1960) | Woody Strode & Jeffrey Hunter |
2.2 | 40.6 | 40.60 | 96 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 62 | Tunes of Glory (1960) | Alec Guinness | 1.5 | 26.7 | 26.70 | 114 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 64 | Comanche Station (1960) | Randolph Scott & Claude Akins |
2.5 | 45.3 | 45.30 | 93 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 69 | Cash McCall (1960) | James Garner & Natalie Wood |
5.3 | 95.2 | 120.30 | 54 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 67 | The Gallant Hours (1960) | James Cagney & Robert Montgomery |
3.7 | 67.3 | 67.30 | 69 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 67 | Under Ten Flags (1960) | Charles Laughton & Van Heflin |
2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 76 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 73 | The Fugitive Kind (1960) | Marlon Brando & Joanne Woodward |
5.4 | 98.3 | 98.30 | 52 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 70 | Rocco and His Brothers/Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) | Alain Delon | 2.2 | 39.4 | 226.20 | 97 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 71 | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) | Warren Oates & Dyan Cannon |
2.7 | 49.2 | 49.20 | 85 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 76 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) | Buster Keaton & Tony Randall |
5.6 | 100.9 | 142.30 | 51 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 71 | Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) | Gordon Scott | 2.6 | 46.7 | 46.70 | 88 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 78 | The Lost World (1960) | Claude Rains & Michael Rennie |
7.1 | 129.4 | 129.40 | 42 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 75 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) | Shirley Knight & Angela Lansbury |
1.8 | 32.4 | 32.40 | 104 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 81 | Seven Thieves (1960) | Edward G. Robinson & Rod Steiger |
6.3 | 113.4 | 113.40 | 47 | 49 | 01 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 77 | Girl of the Night (1960) | Anne Francis | 2.7 | 48.8 | 72.00 | 86 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 78 | The Last Voyage (1960) | Robert Stack & George Sanders |
3.0 | 55.2 | 106.90 | 74 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 76 | The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) | Jack Nicholson | 1.4 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 115 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 82 | 13 Ghosts (1960) | Charles Herbert | 4.3 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 61 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
| 81 | Crack in The Mirror (1960) | Orson Welles & Alexander Knox |
2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 75 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 70.5 | |
| 83 | L'Avventura (1960) | Variety Top 100 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 154 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 86 | Song Without End (1960) | Dirk Bogarde & Capucine |
4.3 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 59 | 57 | 01 / 01 | 69.6 | |
| 87 | Pay or Die! (1960) | Ernest Borgnine | 4.3 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 64 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 84 | School for Scoundrels (1960) | Ian Carmichael & Terry-Thomas |
1.3 | 23.7 | 23.70 | 117 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 90 | I Passed For White (1960) | James Franciscus | 4.9 | 88.0 | 88.00 | 55 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
| 90 | The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) | Ray Harryhausen | 2.6 | 47.9 | 47.90 | 87 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 87 | The Savage Innocents (1960) | Peter O'Toole & Anthony Quinn |
1.2 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 121 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 89 | A Dog Of Flanders (1960) | Donald Crisp | 1.8 | 33.4 | 33.40 | 103 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 91 | Hungry for Love (1960) | Simone Signoret | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 151 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 66.8 | |
| 94 | Kidnapped (1960) | Peter O'Toole & Peter Finch |
2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 80 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
| 95 | The 3rd Voice (1960) | Edmond O'Brien | 2.5 | 46.0 | 46.00 | 92 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
| 91 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) | Albert Finney | 0.9 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 130 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 93 | Two Way Stretch (1960) | Peter Sellers | 1.5 | 27.8 | 27.80 | 113 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 65.2 | |
| 99 | Once More, with Feeling! (1960) | Yul Brynner | 4.3 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 63 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 98 | All the Young Men (1960) | Sidney Poitier & Alan Ladd |
4.1 | 75.1 | 75.10 | 66 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 64.6 | |
| 96 | Purple Noon/Plein soleil (1960) | Alain Delon | 0.6 | 11.2 | 106.10 | 138 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 100 | Morgan, the Pirate (1960) | Steve Reeves | 3.4 | 62.1 | 62.10 | 72 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 99 | The Plunderers (1960) | Jeff Chandler | 1.8 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 106 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 101 | Murder, Inc. (1960) | Peter Falk | 2.6 | 46.6 | 46.60 | 89 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 104 | 5 Branded Women (1960) | Van Heflin | 2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 77 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 103 | Moment of Danger/Malaga (1960) | Dorothy Dandridge | 1.2 | 22.1 | 22.10 | 120 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 58.4 | |
| 102 | Classe Tous Risques (1960) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 0.1 | 1.6 | 37.90 | 159 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 106 | Surprise Package (1960) | Yul Brynner | 3.1 | 56.9 | 56.90 | 73 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 103 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) | Shelley Winters | 1.1 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 125 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 107 | Never Let Go (1960) | Peter Sellers | 1.8 | 31.9 | 31.90 | 107 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 54.5 | |
| 108 | Hell Bent for Leather (1960) | Audie Murphy | 1.7 | 31.1 | 31.10 | 109 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 108 | The Passionate Thief (1960) | Ben Gazzara | 0.2 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 148 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 51.3 | |
| 112 | The Night Fighters (1960) | Robert Mitchum & Richard Harris |
1.6 | 28.3 | 28.30 | 112 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.4 | |
| 110 | Private Property (1960) | Warren Oates & Kate Manx |
0.1 | 1.7 | 1.70 | 157 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 50.3 | |
| 113 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) | James Mason & Peter Finch |
1.9 | 33.6 | 33.60 | 102 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 46.9 | |
| 110 | Oscar Wilde (1960) | Ralph Richardson | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 153 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 119 | The Crowded Sky (1960) | Dana Andrews | 2.5 | 46.1 | 46.10 | 91 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 | |
| 114 | Seven Ways From Sundown (1960) | Audie Murphy | 1.6 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 110 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 45.1 | |
| 116 | Key Witness (1960) | Dennis Hopper | 1.0 | 18.6 | 41.90 | 126 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 44.5 | |
| 120 | Holiday in Spain (1960) | Peter Lorre | 2.1 | 38.1 | 38.10 | 99 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 44.3 | |
| 115 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) | Peter O'Toole | 0.5 | 9.3 | 41.70 | 141 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 120 | Heller in Pink Tights (1960) | Sophia Loren & Anthony Quinn |
2.7 | 49.2 | 49.20 | 84 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 121 | All The Fine Young Cannibals (1960) | Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner |
2.7 | 49.2 | 93.70 | 83 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 117 | Blood And Roses (1960) | Mel Ferrer | 0.4 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 146 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 43.5 | |
| 124 | Desire In The Dust (1960) | Joan Bennett | 1.2 | 22.4 | 22.40 | 119 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 42.1 | |
| 120 | Playgirl After Dark/Too Hot To Handle (1960) | Jayne Mansfield | 1.0 | 17.9 | 17.90 | 127 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 42.1 | |
| 123 | I Aim At The Stars (1960) | Directed by J. Lee Thompson | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 155 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 125 | Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 0.1 | 1.0 | 28.40 | 161 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 128 | The Angel Wore Red (1960) | Ava Gardner & Joseph Cotten |
1.2 | 21.2 | 48.40 | 123 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 37.9 | |
| 124 | Malaga (1960) | Dorothy Dandridge | 0.4 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 145 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 130 | The Millionairess (1960) | Sophia Loren & Peter Sellers |
2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 79 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | |
| 131 | Guns of the Timberland (1960) | Alan Ladd & Jeanne Crain |
2.0 | 37.0 | 37.00 | 100 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | |
| 127 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) | Christopher Lee | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 140 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 129 | The Battle of the Sexes (1960) | Peter Sellers | 0.7 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 136 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 130 | It Takes A Thief/The Challenge (1960) | Jayne Mansfield | 0.8 | 15.0 | 15.00 | 133 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 33.3 | |
| 133 | Tess of the Storm Country (1960) | Diane Baker | 0.7 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 135 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 30.6 | |
| 136 | Macumba Love (1960) | Walter Reed | 2.9 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 81 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 29.8 | |
| 134 | Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) | 0.4 | 7.4 | 63.40 | 143 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 29.7 | ||
| 137 | Ten Who Dared (1960) | Brian Keith | 2.3 | 41.4 | 41.40 | 95 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 28.7 | |
| 137 | The Mountain Road (1960) | James Stewart | 1.3 | 23.6 | 23.60 | 118 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 138 | Sign of Zorro (1960) | Guy Williams | 2.2 | 39.2 | 39.20 | 98 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 140 | Esther and the King (1960) | Richard Egan & Directed by Raoul Walsh |
1.3 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 116 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 146 | One Foot in Hell (1960) | Alan Ladd & Don Murray |
2.4 | 43.0 | 43.00 | 94 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 25.4 | |
| 139 | A Story of David: The Hunted (1960) | Jeff Chandler | 0.4 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 144 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.9 | |
| 142 | Why Must I Die (1960) | Debra Paget | 1.1 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 124 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 141 | Ladies Man (1960) | Catherine Deneuve | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.60 | 162 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 143 | Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) | Gavin MacLeod | 0.7 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 134 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 24.5 | |
| 143 | The Subterraneans (1960) | Leslie Caron & Roddy McDowall |
1.0 | 17.6 | 39.60 | 128 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 24.5 | |
| 147 | A Breath of Scandal (1960) | Sophia Loren & Angela Lansbury |
2.6 | 46.6 | 46.60 | 90 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 22.8 | |
| 146 | The Hands of Orlac (1960) | Mel Ferrer | 0.3 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 147 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 22.1 | |
| 148 | The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) | Tuesday Weld | 1.0 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 129 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 18.7 | |
| 151 | Because They're Young (1960) | Dick Clark | 1.8 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 105 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 17.7 | |
| 149 | Wild Roots Of Love (1960) | Catherine Deneuve | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 160 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.3 | |
| 150 | The Enemy General (1960) | Van Johnson | 0.6 | 11.1 | 11.10 | 139 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 16.4 | |
| 152 | Dentist In The Chair (1960) | Dentist Movies | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 152 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 16.3 | |
| 153 | A Touch of Larceny (1960) | James Mason & George Sanders |
1.6 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 111 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 15.7 | |
| 152 | September Storm (1960) | Joanne Dru | 0.9 | 14.6 | 14.60 | 132 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 155 | The Wizard of Baghdad (1960) | Diane Baker | 0.9 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 131 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 154 | Cleopatra's Daughter (1960) | Debra Paget | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.20 | 156 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 9.0 | |
| 157 | Studs Lonigan (1960) | Jack Nicholson & Jack Kruschen |
0.1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 150 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 8.7 | |
| 158 | Platinum High School (1960) | Mickey Rooney & Terry Moore |
0.5 | 9.1 | 16.80 | 142 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 8.7 | |
| 157 | College Confidential (1960) | Herbert Marshall | 0.6 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 137 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 8.1 | |
| 159 | Pretty Boyd Floyd (1960) | Peter Falk | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.70 | 158 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 7.6 | |
| 161 | The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960) | Peter Falk | 0.2 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 149 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.7 | |
| 162 | Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) | John Carradine & Mamie Van Doren |
1.2 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 122 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 3.9 |
Top earners in 1960 for Adjusted USA Box Office:
| Name | Number of Movies | Total Adj World Wide (mil) | Total Adj USA (mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saul Bass | 5 | 2,322.4 | 1,996.3 |
| John Gavin | 4 | 1,661.0 | 1,334.9 |
| Peter Lawford | 3 | 1,052.1 | 972.0 |
| Jean Simmons | 3 | 969.1 | 969.1 |
| Janet Leigh | 3 | 1,347.7 | 941.5 |
| Tony Curtis | 3 | 911.0 | 911.0 |
| Laurence Harvey | 2 | 1,377.9 | 800.3 |
| Jack Kruschen | 6 | 849.6 | 797.9 |
| Peter Ustinov | 2 | 771.2 | 771.2 |
| Kirk Douglas | 2 | 724.6 | 724.6 |
| Dorothy McGuire | 2 | 705.3 | 705.3 |
| Richard Boone | 2 | 1,113.8 | 701.8 |
| Paul Newman | 2 | 700.4 | 700.4 |
| John Mills | 2 | 699.6 | 699.6 |
| Tommy Kirk | 1 | 672.9 | 672.9 |
| Woody Strode | 3 | 722.0 | 670.3 |
| John Wayne | 2 | 1,064.7 | 652.7 |
| Charles Laughton | 2 | 626.3 | 626.3 |
| Laurence Olivier | 2 | 624.7 | 624.7 |
| Anthony Perkins | 2 | 941.5 | 615.4 |
| Vera Miles | 3 | 939.0 | 612.9 |
| Ray Walston | 3 | 608.2 | 608.2 |
| Dean Martin | 3 | 640.5 | 599.1 |
| John Ireland | 1 | 574.5 | 574.5 |
| Shirley MacLaine | 2 | 561.6 | 561.6 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Variety – January 4th, 1961 Page 47
Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 3: Wikipedia
Source 4: IMDb.com
Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com
How the Box Office Numbers were Calculated
Sadly in 1960….BoxOfficeMojo was not around to keep track of box office earnings. Back then earnings seem to be a secret and a secret that needed to be safely locked up. When studios did report box office stats they used “box office rentals”. Box office rentals were the amount of money the studio got back from the theaters. It is NOT the box office gross. Every year the rental to box office gross percentage changed…in 1960 this meant you had to triple the rentals to get the gross….so the multiplier used in this page was 3.0.
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Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Here is a list of a few movies I found in Wikipedia and IMDB for the year 1960.
You can review and see if you want to list them.
Song Without End: Gross-$1.50 million USD, source-Wikipedia
Macumba Love: Gross- USA: $3,000,000, source IMDB
The Virgin Spring; Gross-$700,000 USD, source-Wikipedia
Purple Noon: Gross-$618,090 USD, source-IMDB
Thx
Mike
Hey Mike. Thanks for the stats….somehow…I missed Song Without End when I was researching this page….and it is sitting right on that Variety Top Grosser chart. Actually it was fun re-visiting my notebook of box office stats…I used to spend hours in that notebook while doing these yearly reviews. Now it pretty much collects dust. As for the other three…..the Bergman movies are always difficult to get box office….so I am not really confident about the gross…but went with the number. Macumba Love looks pretty high….but I used a rental number that is just a tick under the 1 million rental mark….which put the gross aound 2.9 million versus 3.0. And finally Purple Noon….the source for that comes from The Box Office Story from Laurent’s friend….so went wit it….though I suspect that might be the re-release numbers. In the end all four of the movies you provided information on….are all on the table. Thanks for providing the information.
BRUCE
1 I put a few deliberate errors into my last post to you so that I could have the fun of trying out the correction button and the facility works perfectly. The “beat the clock” necessity only adds to the fun!
2 I take it there’s no way you can give me a facility that will allow me a 5 minutes go at some of Joel’s stuff!?
Hey Bob….glad you like the “edit” button. Finally a comment widget was compatible with my website provider. Maybe a “Joel Hirschhorn edit” will be the next comment widget I find and upload…lol.
HELLO AGAIN BRUCE AND WELCOME TO THE CORRECTION BUTTON!
1 For me 1960 was a marker of changes I noticed happening in the cinema – for example:
(1) Your 1960 table still records a few entries from my 1950s action heroes like Audie Murphy, Randy Scott and Laddie but these like others among their kindred spirits such as John Payne and Rory Calhoun were clearly starting to fade.
(2) Brando’s string of 1950s big hits came to a thudding halt with the flop The Fugitive Kind and I can vividly recall one critic lamenting “Wayne has never looked older.” Ageing did not affect the Duke’s box office popularity for some time and Brando would get a further lease of box office life in the 1970s but he was never really the Brando of the 1950s again.
(3) Moreover Bill Holden another of my 50s idols in A list pictures had a massive 1960 hit with The World of Suzie Wong but that film in effect brought to a close Bill’s continuous period as a top box office star and for a long time that was a sore point for me.***
(4) By 1960 movies alone were no longer sufficient to sustain our No 1 film magazine “Picturegoer” and I remember sitting is a café with a friend, both of us nearly in tears because our fave magazine had been amalgamated with a fashion magazine and the new publication called “Date” to attract more of the young lovers of the day.
2 In short I was a bit like resort proprietor Kellerman in the 1987 Dirty Dancing who sensed the once and for all passing of a cherished era. ***Indeed your charts today demonstrate that my woes regarding for example Golden Holden were justified. Your figures show that from Stalag 17 in 1953 until the 1960 Suzie Wong Bill made 16 films which earned a massive $3.2 billion [average approx. $200 million] in adjusted domestic revenues. However in the next dozen years following Suzie, Golden made 12 movies that earned just some $685 million in adjusted domestic grosses [average around $57 million].
3 Anyway your review of 1960 [my last year as a teenager] is a memento for me of a time of great change and is therefore most welcomed
Hey Bob…..great comment. Really enjoyed reading it. I like your breakdown of your favorites and their box office successes and the not to happy decreasing. I like the way you mentioned Kellerman and his sense of time passing. I am currently seeing it with “streaming”. Just tonight our family was out for dinner. BERN1960….asked SoC2 (Son of Cogerson 2) where he kept his DVDs….and SoC2 said..”Old people have dvds…all of my stuff is safely away on the cloud”. Anyway I came home and saw my two massive dvd shelves and realized the peak of DVD collecting is coming to an end.
Sorry got sidetracked. In your absence….we have gone down to 1935 and up to 1961….so our yearly reviews cover 1935 to 1961…..our goal is to have 1930 to 1969 done by the middle of the year. So I guess I am saying….here come your 20s….lol.
Thanks for the interesting take on 1960 and the last year teenage Bob year….it got me thinking…my last teenage year was 1986.
And again so many pages to catch up on!!!
Gold Medal, I think, goes to Greg, for I have “only” seen 55 movies listed. Many favorites like Psycho, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Sundowners- love the performances of all 4 principles here- Never on a Sunday, The World of Suzie Wong and some more, but I’m going to mention the “flawed” favorites, some for me stand out because of a single performance or one or two great scenes: Let’s make Love falls into the latter category, but Monroe’s delivery and dance to “My Heart belongs to Daddy” is one for the books. The Entertainer offers a great performance by Sir Laurence Olivier. From the Terrace, with wonderful support from Myrna Loy. A grade B sci fi from GB, Village of the Damned, that was just different in it’s treatment of children on screen and thus quite frightening. Girl of the Night, an obscurity giving Anne Francis the Star treatment and the cult favorite The Little Shop of Horrors plus Disney’s highly successfull kiddie asventure The Swiss Family Robinson. Audrey Hepburn and Lillian Gish in The Unforgiven…still not certain how to judge the depiction of native americans in this one, but a fascinating watch nevertheless. Thanks for getting out another yearly chart!
And WOW! An edit button!!!!!
Hey Lupino
1. Thanks for checking out our latest pages….I have been busy.
2. You can’t win the Gold every time…..lol……your total is still pretty impressive.
3. I have never seen Never on Sunday but I like the music.
4. Glad we agree on Psycho and The Sundowners…I love those too.
5. Of all the movies you mentioned….I have not seen The Entertainer or Girl of the Night…actually never even heard of the second movie.
6. Glad you noticed the “edit” button…it is already making things easier on me.
Good feedback as always.
Hey Bruce,
Girl Of The Night is not only notable as one of the few films for which Anne Francis received star billing but it also features the acting debut of actress Eileen Fulton who is an absolute American Soap Opera Legend. Shortly after appearing in Girl Of The Night and starting in May of 1960, Eileen Fulton started appearing on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Lisa Hughes and she continued to play that part up until September of 2010 when the show was cancelled.
Hey Greg….thanks for the information on Girl of the Night and Eileen Fulton. That was one awesome long run for Ms. Fulton. Good feedback.
Never on Sunday, Hell To Eternity and Where The Boys Are….are finally on the table!