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The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
le class="wikitable"> | | Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
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| 1. | Swiss Family Robinson* | Disney | $20,178,000 | | 2. | Psycho* | Paramount/Universal | $11,200,000 | | 3. | Spartacus | Universal | $11,100,000 | | 4. | Exodus | United Artists | $8,332,000 | | 5. | The Alamo | United Artists | $7,919,000 | | 6. | BUtterfield 8 | MGM | $7,552,000 | | 7. | The World of Suzie Wong | Paramount | $7,500,000 | | 8. | The Apartment | United Artists | $6,680,000 | | 9. | Ocean's 11 | Warner Brothers | $5,650,000 | | 10. | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | MGM | $5,369,000 | |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
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The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|
| 1. | Swiss Family Robinson* | Disney | $20,178,000 | | 2. | Psycho* | Paramount/Universal | $11,200,000 | | 3. | Spartacus | Universal | $11,100,000 | | 4. | Exodus | United Artists | $8,332,000 | | 5. | The Alamo | United Artists | $7,919,000 | | 6. | BUtterfield 8 | MGM | $7,552,000 | | 7. | The World of Suzie Wong | Paramount | $7,500,000 | | 8. | The Apartment | United Artists | $6,680,000 | | 9. | Ocean's 11 | Warner Brothers | $5,650,000 | | 10. | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | MGM | $5,369,000 | |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1960.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists
- Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Apartment
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8
- Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov - Spartacus
- Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Spartacus
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- Best Actress: Greer Garson - Sunrise at Campobello
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture (tie): The Apartment
- Best Picture (tie): Song Without End
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
- Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment
- Other
- Best Director: Jack Cardiff - Sons and Lovers
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- La dolce vita, directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Le passage du Rhin (The Crossing of the Rhine), directed by André Cayatte, Italy / France / W.Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- El lazarillo de tormes, directed by César Fernández Ardavin, Spain / Italy
Films released in 1960
Ruth
Short Film Series
Births
- January 3 - Joan Chen, actress
- January 12 - Oliver Platt, actor
- January 13 - Kevin Anderson, actor
- February 28 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress (d. 1980)
- May 24 - Kristin Scott-Thomas, actress
- May 31 - Chris Elliott, actor
- August 16 - Timothy Hutton, actor
- August 17 - Sean Penn, actor
- September 9 - Hugh Grant, actor
- October 10 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- November 5 - Tilda Swinton, British actress
- November 11 - Stanley Tucci, actor and film director.
- December 3 - Daryl Hannah, actress
- December 3 - Julianne Moore, actress
Deaths
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