1961 in film

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The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1961
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 West Side Story United Artists $19,645,000
2 The Guns of Navarone Columbia $13,000,000
3 El Cid Allied Artists $12,000,000
4 The Parent Trap Buena Vista $9,300,000
5 The Absent-Minded Professor $9,000,000
6 King of Kings MGM $8,000,000
7 Lover Come Back Universal $7,625,000
8 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Buena Vista $6,200,000
9 La Dolce Vita Cineriz / Pathé $6,000,000
10 Come September Universal $5,772,000

Top-grossing films by country

The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America.

Country Title Studio Gross
India Gunga Jumna Mehboob Studio $14,610,000
Soviet Union Striped Trip Lenfilm $12,720,000

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 19th Golden Globe Awards
March 5, 1962
34th Academy Awards
April 9, 1962
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

1961 film releases

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