1961 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

1961 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:

Highest-grossing films of 1961

Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	West Side Story	United Artists/The Mirisch Company	$19,500,000[1]
2	The Guns of Navarone	Columbia Pictures	$13,000,000[1]
3	El Cid	Allied Artists/Samuel Bronston Productions	$12,000,000[1]
4	The Parent Trap	Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution	$9,400,000[2]
5	The Absent-Minded Professor		$9,100,000[2]
6	Lover Come Back	Universal Pictures	$7,625,000[3]
7	King of Kings	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$6,520,000[3]
8	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution	$6,400,000[2]
9	La Dolce Vita	Cineriz/Pathé Consortium Cinéma	$6,000,000[4]
10	Come September	Universal Pictures	$5,772,000[3]

1) West Side Story

West Side Story
Theatrical release poster by Joe Caroff
Directed by	Robert Wise Jerome Robbins
Produced by	Robert Wise
Screenplay by	Ernest Lehman
Based on	West Side Story by Jerome Robbins Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Starring	Natalie Wood Richard Beymer Rita Moreno George Chakiris Russ Tamblyn
Music by	Leonard Bernstein lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Cinematography	Daniel L. Fapp
Edited by	Thomas Stanford
Production company	The Mirisch Company Seven Arts Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	October 18, 1961
Running time	152 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$44.1 million

2) The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone
Film poster by Howard Terpning
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Produced by	Carl Foreman
Screenplay by	Carl Foreman
Based on	The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
Starring	Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn Stanley Baker Anthony Quayle Irene Papas Gia Scala James Darren
Narrated by	James Robertson Justice
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Edited by	Alan Osbiston
Production company	Highroad Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	27 April 1961 (London) 22 June 1961
Running time	158 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$28,900,000

3) El Cid

El Cid
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Produced by	Samuel Bronston
Screenplay by	Philip Yordan Fredric M. Frank Ben Barzman
Story by	Fredric M. Frank
Starring	Charlton Heston Sophia Loren Raf Vallone Geneviève Page John Fraser Gary Raymond Herbert Lom Douglas Wilmer
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography	Robert Krasker
Edited by	Robert Lawrence
Production company	Samuel Bronston Productions Dear Film Produzione
Distributed by	Allied Artists (USA) Rank Organization (UK) Dear Film (Italy)
Release date	December 6, 1961
Running time	184 minutes
Country	Italy United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million[1]
Box office	$26.6 million[2]

4) The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	David Swift
Produced by	Walt Disney George Golitzen
Written by	David Swift
Based on	Lottie and Lisa 1949 novel by Erich Kästner
Starring	Hayley Mills Maureen O'Hara Brian Keith
Music by	Songs: Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Score: Paul Smith
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Philip W. Anderson
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	June 21, 1961
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$25.1 million

5) The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 theatrical poster
Directed by	Robert Stevenson
Produced by	Bill Walsh
Written by	Bill Walsh
Based on	"A Situation of Gravity" 1922 short story by Samuel W. Taylor
Starring	Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson
Music by	George Bruns
Cinematography	Edward Colman
Edited by	Cotton Warburton
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	March 16, 1961[1]
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$25.4 million

6) Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Produced by	Robert Arthur Martin Melcher Stanley Shapiro
Written by	Stanley Shapiro Paul Henning
Starring	Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall
Music by	Frank De Vol
Cinematography	Arthur E. Arling
Edited by	Marjorie Fowler
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 20, 1961 (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$7.6 million (rentals)[2]

7) King of Kings

King of Kings
DVD cover by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Nicholas Ray
Produced by	Samuel Bronston
Written by	Philip Yordan Ray Bradbury (uncredited)
Starring	Jeffrey Hunter Siobhán McKenna Robert Ryan Ron Randell
Narrated by	Orson Welles (uncredited)
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer Milton R. Krasner Franz Planer
Edited by	Harold F. Kress Renée Lichtig
Production company	Samuel Bronston Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 11, 1961
Running time	168 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million[1]
Box office	$13.4 million[1]

8) One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wolfgang Reitherman
Produced by	Walt Disney
Story by	Bill Peet
Based on	The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Starring	Rod Taylor Cate Bauer Betty Lou Gerson Ben Wright Bill Lee (singing voice) Lisa Davis Martha Wentworth
Music by	George Bruns
Edited by	Roy M. Brewer, Jr. Donald Halliday
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	January 25, 1961
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.6 million[1]
Box office	$303 million[2]

9) La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita
Italian theatrical release poster by Giorgio Olivetti
Directed by	Federico Fellini
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato Angelo Rizzoli
Screenplay by	Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi Uncredited: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Story by	Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni Anita Ekberg Anouk Aimée Yvonne Furneaux Alain Cuny Annibale Ninchi Magali Noël Lex Barker Jacques Sernas Nadia Gray
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Leo Catozzo
Production companies	Riama Film Pathé Consortium Cinéma Gray Films
Distributed by	Cineriz (Italy) Pathé Consortium Cinéma (France)
Release date	5 February 1960 (Italy) 11 May 1960 (France)[1] 19 April 1961 (United States)
Running time	174 minutes 180 minutes (United States)
Country	Italy France
Language	Italian English French German
Box office	$19.5 million (United States)[2] 13,617,148 admissions (Italy)[3] 2,956,094 admissions (France)[3]

10) Come September

Come September
1961 Theatrical poster
Directed by	Robert Mulligan
Produced by	Robert Arthur Henry Willson Raoul Walsh
Written by	Stanley Shapiro Maurice Richlin Stanley Roberts Robert Russell
Starring	Rock Hudson Gina Lollobrigida Sandra Dee Joel Grey Bobby Darin Walter Slezak
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 9, 1961 (USA)
Running time	112 min
Language	English Italian
Box office	$5.8 million (rentals)[1]

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