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1963 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies


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Highest-grossing films of 1963
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1Cleopatra20th Century Fox$26,000,000[1]
2How the West Was WonMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$22,000,000[2]
3It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldUnited Artists$20,800,000[1]
4Tom Jones$17,200,000[1]
5Irma la DouceUnited Artists/The Mirisch Company$12,100,000[1]
6Son of FlubberWalt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution$7,100,000[2]
7CharadeUniversal Pictures$6,363,000[3]
8Bye Bye BirdieColumbia Pictures$6,200,000[3]
9Come Blow Your Horn
Move Over, Darling
Paramount Pictures
20th Century Fox
$6,000,000[3]
10The Great EscapeUnited Artists/The Mirisch Company$5,546,000[3]

1) Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Cleopatra poster.jpg
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Produced byWalter Wanger
Screenplay by
Based onThe Life and Times of Cleopatra
by C. M. Franzero
Histories
by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian
Starring
Music byAlex North
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 12, 1963 (United States)
Running time
243 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$31.1 million[3]
Box office$57.8 million (US)
$40.3 million (worldwide theatrical rental)
2) How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Poster - How the West Was Won.jpg
Original film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byJohn Ford
Henry Hathaway
George Marshall
Produced byBernard Smith
Written byJames R. Webb
StarringCarroll Baker
Walter Brennan
Lee J. Cobb
Andy Devine
Henry Fonda
Carolyn Jones
Karl Malden
Agnes Moorehead
Harry Morgan
Gregory Peck
George Peppard
Robert Preston
Debbie Reynolds
Thelma Ritter
James Stewart
Eli Wallach
John Wayne
Richard Widmark
Music byAlfred Newman
CinematographyWilliam Daniels
Milton Krasner
Charles Lang
Joseph LaShelle
Edited byHarold F. Kress
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 1, 1962 (London, premiere
    )
  • February 20, 1963 (United States)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14,483,000[1][2][3]
Box office$50 Million[3]
3) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) theatrical poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster by Jack Davis
Directed byStanley Kramer
Produced byStanley Kramer
Screenplay byWilliam Rose
Tania Rose
Story byTania Rose
Starring
Music byErnest Gold
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
Edited byFrederic Knudtson
Robert C. Jones
Gene Fowler Jr.
Production
company
Casey Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • November 7, 1963
Running time
210 minutes (original cut)
192 minutes (premiere cut)
161 minutes (theatrical cut)
197 minutes (restored cut)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.4 million[1]
Box office$60 million[2]
4) Tom Jones
Tom Jones
Poster - Tom Jones 01.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byTony Richardson
Produced byTony Richardson
Michael Holden
Oscar Lewenstein
Michael Balcon (uncredited)
Screenplay byJohn Osborne
Based onThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Henry Fielding
Starring
Narrated byMicheál Mac Liammóir
Music byJohn Addison
CinematographyWalter Lassally
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 29 September 1963 (Venice)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million (£467,000)[1][2]
Box office$37.6 million
5) Irma la Douce
Irma la Douce
Irma la Douce 1963 film poster.jpg
Italian release poster
Directed byBilly Wilder
Produced byBilly Wilder
I. A. L. Diamond
Edward L. Alperson
Doane Harrison
Alexandre Trauner
Written byBilly Wilder
I. A. L. Diamond
Alexandre Breffort (play)
StarringJack Lemmon
Shirley MacLaine
Narrated byLouis Jourdan
Music byAndré Previn
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byDaniel Mandell
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • June 5, 1963
Running time
147 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$25,246,588[2]
6) Son of Flubber
Son of Flubber
Son of Flubber - 1963 - Poster.png
1963 theatrical poster
Directed byRobert Stevenson
Produced byWalt Disney
Bill Walsh
Written byDon DaGradi
Bill Walsh
StarringFred MacMurray
Nancy Olson
Keenan Wynn
Ed Wynn
Music byGeorge Bruns
CinematographyEdward Colman
Edited byCotton Warburton
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • January 16, 1963
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$22.1 million[1]
7) Charade
Charade
Charade movieposter.jpg
Original film poster
Directed byStanley Donen
Produced byStanley Donen
Screenplay byPeter Stone
Based onThe Unsuspecting Wife
1961 short story[1]
by Peter Stone
Marc Behm
StarringCary Grant
Audrey Hepburn
Walter Matthau
James Coburn
Music byHenry Mancini
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byJim Clark
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[2]
Box office$13.4 million[3]
8) Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie Film Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Sidney
Produced byFred Kohlmar
Screenplay byIrving Brecher
Based onBye Bye Birdie
by Michael Stewart
StarringJanet Leigh
Dick Van Dyke
Ann-Margret
Maureen Stapleton
Bobby Rydell
Paul Lynde
Jesse Pearson
Ed Sullivan
Music byJohnny Green
CinematographyJoseph Biroc
Edited byCharles Nelson
Production
company
The Kohlmar-Sidney Company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 4, 1963
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$13.1 million[1]
9) Come Blow Your Horn
Move Over, Darling

Come Blow Your Horn
Come Blow Your Horn VideoCover.jpeg
Video cover
Directed byBud Yorkin
Produced byNorman Lear
Bud Yorkin
Screenplay byNorman Lear
Based onCome Blow Your Horn
by Neil Simon
StarringFrank Sinatra
Music byNelson Riddle
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byFrank P. Keller
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 5, 1963
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$12.7 million[1]
Move Over, Darling
Move Over Darling - Poster.jpg
1963 Theatrical poster
Directed byMichael Gordon
Produced byMartin Melcher
Aaron Rosenberg
Written byBella Spewack
Sam Spewack

Leo McCarey
Hal Kanter
Jack Sher
StarringDoris Day
James Garner
Polly Bergen
Thelma Ritter
Don Knotts
Chuck Connors
Edgar Buchanan
Music byLionel Newman
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Production
company
Melcher-Arcola Productions
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 25, 1963
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,350,000[1]
Box office$12,705,882[2]
10)  The Great Escape

The Great Escape
The Great Escape (film) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed byJohn Sturges
Produced byJohn Sturges
Screenplay by
Based onThe Great Escape
by Paul Brickhill
Starring
Music byElmer Bernstein
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byFerris Webster
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • June 20, 1963 (premiere, London)
  • July 4, 1963 (US)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language
  • English
  • German
  • French
Budget$3.8 million[1]
Box office$11.7 million
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