1962 in film

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The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia the year's top-grossing film as well as winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Events

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

RankTitleStudioGross
1. Lawrence of Arabia* Columbia $44,824,144[1]
2. The Longest Day 20th Century Fox $39,100,000[2]
3. In Search of the Castaways Disney $21,745,500[3]
4. That Touch of Mink Universal International $17,648,927[4]
5. The Music Man Warner Bros. $14,953,846[5]
6. Mutiny on the Bounty MGM $13,680,000[6]
7. To Kill a Mockingbird Universal International $13,129,846[7]
8. Hatari! Paramount $12,923,077[8]
9. Gypsy Warner Bros. $11,076,923[9]
10. Bon Voyage! Disney $11,000,000[10]
11. The Manchurian Candidate* United Artists $10,474,179
12. Lolita MGM $9,250,000[11]
13. The Interns Columbia $9,230,769[12]
14. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Warner Bros. $9,000,000[13]
15. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm MGM $8,920,615[14]
16. Days of Wine and Roses Warner Bros. $8,123,077[15]
17. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Paramount $8,000,000[16]
18. State Fair 20th Century Fox $7,000,000[17]
19. Taras Bulba United Artists $6,800,000[18]
20. The Miracle Worker United Artists $5,000,000[19]
21. Girls! Girls! Girls! Paramount $4,775,000
22. David and Lisa Continental $4,600,000[18]

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia – Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley – Sweet Bird of Youth
Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke – The Miracle Worker
Best Foreign Language Film: Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), directed by Serge Bourguignon, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture (tie): That Touch of Mink
Best Picture (tie): The Music Man
Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce Italian Style
Best Actress: Rosalind Russell – Gypsy
Other
Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas), directed by Anselmo Duarte, Brazil

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Family Diary (Cronaca familiare, Journal intime), directed by Valerio Zurlini, France / Italy
My Name is Ivan (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

A Kind of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger, United Kingdom

Notable films released in 1962

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Short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. ↑ Box Office Information for Lawrence of Arabia. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Box Office Information for The Longest Day. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ Box Office Information for In Search of the Castaways. Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Box Office Information for That Touch of Mink. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Box Office Information for The Music Man. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Box Office Information for Mutiny on the Bounty. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Box Office Information for To Kill a Mockingbird. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Box Office Information for Hatari! The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ Box Office Information for Gypsy. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964, pg 69.
  11. ↑ Box Office Information for Lolita. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ Box Office Information for The Interns. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ Box Office Information for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? IMDb. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ Box Office Information for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  15. ↑ Box Office Information for Days of Wine and Roses. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ Box Office Information for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  17. ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p228
  18. 1 2 "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964, pg 71.
  19. ↑ Box Office Information for The Miracle Worker. IMDb. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
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