1964 in film

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1964
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1 Mary Poppins Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution $31,000,000[1]
2 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. $30,000,000[2]
3 Goldfinger United Artists/Eon Productions $22,500,000[1]
4 The Carpetbaggers Paramount Pictures $15,500,000[1]
5 From Russia With Love United Artists/Eon Productions $9,200,000[1]
6 A Shot in the Dark United Artists/The Mirisch Company $6,748,000[3]
7 A Hard Day's Night United Artists $6,165,000[3]
8 What a Way to Go! 20th Century Fox $6,100,000[4]
9 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Metro-Goldwyn Mayer $6,040,000[3]
10 The Pink Panther United Artists/The Mirisch Company $5,935,000[3]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady – Warner Bros.
Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov – Topkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek
Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Becket
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole – Becket
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Other
Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead – Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

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References
  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. Tzioumakis, Yannis; Krämer, Peter (2018). The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era. ISBN 978-1-5013-3787-1. Indeed, by the time of Variety's next annual review in January 1967, My Fair Lady was at number six in the all-time chart (with domestic rentals (that is the share of ticket sales which the distributor receives in the United States of $30 million; all rental figures in this chapter relate only to the domestic market), Mary Poppins at number five ($31 million), and The Sound of Music at number one, having overtaken Gone With the Wind, a record sum to which, Variety predicted, millions would be added in 1967.
  3. Top 20 Films of 1964 by Domestic Revenue
  4. "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39.
  5. Overview for Swingers' Paradise (1965)", Turner Classic Movies page
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