1960 in film

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1960
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Spartacus Universal $14,000,000[1]
2 Psycho Paramount[nb 1] $9,100,000[1]
3 Exodus United Artists $8,500,000[1]
4 Swiss Family Robinson Buena Vista $8,100,000[3]
5 The Alamo United Artists $7,900,000[1]
6 The World of Suzie Wong Paramount $7,500,000[4]
7 BUtterfield 8 MGM $6,800,000[5]
8 The Apartment United Artists $6,700,000[1]
9 Ocean's 11 Warner Bros. $5,500,000[1]
10 From the Terrace 20th Century Fox $5,200,000[1]
  1. ^ After Psycho was released, Paramount transferred the film rights to Hitchcock, who later sold the distribution rights to Universal Pictures in 1962.[2]

Top-grossing films by country

The highest-grossing 1960 films in countries outside of North America.

Country Title Director Revenue Admissions Source(s)
France Ben-Hur William Wyler N/a 13,826,124 [6]
West Germany Ben-Hur William Wyler N/a 13,525,000 [7]
India Mughal-e-Azam K. Asif $23,110,000 100,000,000 [n 1][10]
Italy Ben-Hur William Wyler N/a 15,400,000 [11]
Soviet Union Far from the Motherland Aleksei Shvachko $2,625,000 42,000,000 [n 3]
Spain Ben-Hur William Wyler N/a 4,653,194 [15]
United Kingdom Ben-Hur William Wyler N/a 13,200,000 [16]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 18th Golden Globe Awards
March 16, 1961		 33rd Academy Awards
April 17, 1961
Drama Comedy or Musical
Best Film Spartacus The Apartment (Comedy)
Song Without End (Musical)		 The Apartment
Best Director Jack Cardiff
Sons and Lovers		 Billy Wilder
The Apartment
Best Actor Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry		 Jack Lemmon
The Apartment		 Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Best Actress Greer Garson
Sunrise at Campobello		 Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment		 Elizabeth Taylor
BUtterfield 8
Best Supporting Actor Sal Mineo
Exodus		 Peter Ustinov
Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress Janet Leigh
Psycho		 Shirley Jones
Elmer Gantry
Best Foreign Language Film La Vérité
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Virgin Spring		 The Virgin Spring

1960 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

  • January 1960
    • 5 January
    • 12 January
      • Mrs. Warren's Profession (West Germany)
    • 20 January
      • The Immoral Mr. Teas
    • 21 January
      • Toby Tyler
    • 26 January
      • Two Way Stretch (U.K.)
    • 27 January
      • Cash McCall
      • Take Aim at the Police Van (Japan)
    • 28 January
      • The Lady with the Dog (U.S.S.R.)
  • February 1960
  • March 1960

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1960

United States unless stated

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F

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I

J

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M

N

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Q

  • The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya dama) – (U.S.S.R.)

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S

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U

V

W

Y

  • The Yellow Gloves (Ta kitrina gantia) – (Greece)
  • The Young One (La Joven), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico/United States)

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Short film series

Births

  • January 1 - Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor
  • January 4 – April Winchell, American actress, voice actress, writer, talk radio host and commentator
  • January 9
    • Peter Hastings, American writer, director and producer
    • Terje Pennie, Estonian actress
  • January 10 – Gurinder Chadha, British director
  • January 11 - Annie Corley, American actress
  • January 12
  • January 13 – Kevin Anderson, American actor
  • January 15 – Kelly Asbury, American director, writer and voice actor (died 2020)
  • January 18 – Mark Rylance, English actor
  • January 25
    • Kerry Noonan, American actress
    • Audrey Wells, American screenwriter, director and producer (died 2018)
  • February 4 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
  • February 7
  • February 8 - Suzanna Hamilton, English actress
  • February 9 – David Bateson, British actor and comedian
  • February 13 – Matt Salinger, American actor and producer
  • February 14 – Meg Tilly, Canadian-American actress
  • February 18
  • February 20 – Wendee Lee, American voice actress
  • February 21 – Joel McKinnon Miller, American actor
  • February 22 - Brian Anthony Wilson, American actor
  • February 25 – Douglas Hodge, English actor, director and musician
  • February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (died 1980)
  • March 11 - Simon Curtis, English director and producer
  • March 12
  • March 13 – Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator and voice actor (died 2005)
  • March 17
    • Arye Gross, American actor
    • Vicki Lewis, American singer and actress
    • Cameron Thor, American actor, filmmaker and acting coach
  • March 18 - Steve Kloves, American screenwriter, director and producer
  • March 22 – Nicole Holofcener, American film director and screenwriter
  • March 25 – Brenda Strong, American actress and director
  • March 26 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
  • March 29
  • March 31 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (died 2010)
  • April 1 – Jennifer Runyon, American actress (died 2026)
  • April 4
  • April 5 - Timothy V. Murphy, Irish actor
  • April 7
    • Pete Lee-Wilson, British actor
    • Elaine Miles, American actress
  • April 10 - Olivia Brown, American actress
  • April 14 – Brad Garrett, American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian and professional poker-player
  • April 23
  • April 27 - John Philbin, American actor
  • April 29 - Steve Blum, American voice actor
  • April 30 - Beata Poźniak, Polish-American actress and director
  • May 1 - Matilda Thorpe, British actress
  • May 2
    • Robert Bockstael, Canadian actor, director and writer
    • Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
  • May 3 - Amy Steel, American actress
  • May 4 - Paul Bhattacharjee, British actor (died 2013)
  • May 6 - Frank Wood, American actor
  • May 9 - Lisa Henson, American actress and producer actress
  • May 10 - Richard Graham, English actor
  • May 15 - Rob Bowman, American director
  • May 16 - Rosario Fiorello, Italian actor, comedian and singer
  • May 20
  • May 21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor
  • May 22 - Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, filmmaker, and actor
  • May 24
  • May 26 - Doug Hutchison, American character actor
  • May 31
    • Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian
    • Don Harvey, American actor and voice actor
  • June 2 - Pip Torrens, English actor
  • June 5 - James Isaac, American director and visual effects supervisor (died 2012)
  • June 8 - Gary Trousdale, American animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
  • June 9 – Winston Chao, Taiwanese actor, film director, and voice artist
  • June 16 - James M. Connor, American actor
  • June 17 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
  • June 18 - Barbara Broccoli, American-British producer
  • June 25 - Eve Gordon, American actress
  • June 27 - Jeremy Swift, English actor
  • July 5
  • July 10 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist
  • July 11 – Jafar Panahi, Iranian director
  • July 14
  • July 19 – Elizabeth Kaitan, Hungarian-American actress and model
  • July 21 – Adrienne King, American actress and voice actress
  • July 22 – John Leguizamo, American actor, comedian and producer
  • July 23
    • Jon Landau, American film producer (died 2024)
    • Gabrielle Reidy, Irish actress (died 2014)
  • July 29 - Delia Sheppard, Danish actress
  • July 30
  • August 5
    • Steve Bannos, American actor
    • Vivian Kubrick, American former composer and director
    • John Mariano, American actor
  • August 6 – Leland Orser, American actor
  • August 7
  • August 10 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
  • August 16 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
  • August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor
  • August 18 – Richard McCabe, Scottish actor
  • August 19 - Paul Satterfield, American actor
  • August 22 - Regina Taylor, American actress
  • August 24 - Takashi Miike, Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter
  • August 25 - Ashley Crow, American actress
  • August 26 - Ola Ray, American actress
  • August 28 – Emma Samms, English actress
  • August 29 – Viire Valdma, Estonian actress
  • September 1 – Tahmineh Milani, Iranian filmmaker
  • September 4 - Damon Wayans, American actor, comedian, producer and writer
  • September 5 - Denis Forest, Canadian character actor (died 2002)
  • September 9
  • September 10
    • Nancy Bernstein, American producer (died 2015)
    • Colin Firth, English actor
  • September 11 - Anne Ramsay, American actress
  • September 12
  • September 13 - Greg Baldwin, American actor and voice actor
  • September 14
  • September 16 - Danny John-Jules, British actor and singer
  • September 17
    • Kevin Clash, American puppeteer, director and producer
    • Frédéric Pierrot, French actor
  • September 21
    • Denis Conway, Irish actor
    • Mary Mara, American actress (died 2022)
  • September 25 - Sam Whipple, American actor (died 2002)
  • September 27
  • October 1 - Elizabeth Dennehy, American actress
  • October 5 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director and producer
  • October 9
  • October 12 - Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor
  • October 13 - Richard Sammel, German actor
  • October 15 - Lobo Chan, British actor
  • October 17
  • October 18 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
  • October 24 - BD Wong, American actor
  • October 25 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director
  • October 26 - Patrick Breen, American actor, screenwriter and director
  • November 4 - Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
  • November 5
  • November 6
  • November 8
  • November 9 - Toni Hudson, American actress
  • November 11 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director
  • November 13 – Neil Flynn, American actor and comedian
  • November 15 - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012)
  • November 17 - RuPaul, American drag queen, television personality, actor, singer, producer and writer
  • November 18
  • November 20 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
  • November 22 - Stéphane Freiss, French actor
  • November 26 – Greg Berg, American voice actor
  • November 27 - Michael Rispoli, American character actor
  • November 29 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress and singer
  • November 30
    • Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director
    • Ron Simons, American actor and producer (died 2024)
  • December 2 – Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
  • December 3
  • December 9 – Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, writer, director, producer and voice actor
  • December 10
  • December 12 - Stella Gonet, Scottish actress
  • December 22 - David Pasquesi, American actor and comedian
  • December 24 - Eva Tamargo, American actress
  • December 26 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
  • December 27
    • Maryam d'Abo, British actress
    • Traci Wolfe, American actress and model
  • December 28 - Chad McQueen, American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver (died 2024)

Deaths

Film debuts

Notes

  1. ^ Mughal-e-Azam in India: ₹11 crore,[8] 4.76 Indian rupees per US dollar[9]
  2. ^ 4 Rbls per US dollar from 1950 to 1960[14]
  3. ^ 10.5 million Rbls (42 million Soviet tickets sold,[12] average ticket price of 25 kopecks),[13] 4 SUR per USD[n 2]

References

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  2. ^ "Psycho (1960): Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. 6 January 1965. p. 39. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. 6 January 1965. p. 39. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  6. ^ "Bilan Annuel France − 1960". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne − 1960". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Box Office 1960". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  9. ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. 1960. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. ^ Bahubali 2 Is The Biggest Hindi Blockbuster This Century Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Box Office India, 8 June 2017
  11. ^ "Bilan Annuel Italie − 1960". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  13. ^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
  14. ^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
  15. ^ "Bilan Annuel Espagne − 1960". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Ben Hur". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  17. ^ "Actress Dies at 48". Reading Eagle. January 2, 1960. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  18. ^ kommun, Årjängs. "Victor Sjöström - Årjängs kommun". www.arjang.se. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Dudley Nichols of Films is Dead". The New York Times. January 6, 1960. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  20. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (1 May 2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7864-5019-0.
  21. ^ Nissen, Axel (2016). Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood. McFarland. pp. 31–37. ISBN 9780786497324.
  22. ^ Golden, Eve (December 1, 2000). Golden Images: 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars. McFarland. ISBN 9780786408344.
  23. ^ "Mack Sennett, 76, Film Pioneer Who Developed Slapstick, Dies. Keystone Kops, Custard Pies, and Bathing Beauties Were Symbols of His Movies". Vol. 110, no. 37542. November 6, 1960. pp. 1 (columns 3 & 4, bottom), 88 (columns 1–3, top).
  24. ^ "Clark Gable | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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