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Top 20 Films of 1961 by Domestic Revenue


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1962>

Film (distributor)

Release

Revenue

1

101 Dalmatians (Disney)*

Jan 61

$68.648 m

2

West Side Story (UA)

Oct 61

$19.646 m

3

The Guns of Navarone (Colu.)

Jun 61

$13.000 m

4

El Cid (AA)

Dec 61

$12.000 m

5

The Absent-Minded Professor (Disney)*

Mar 61

$11.426 m

6

The Parent Trap (Disney)*

Jun 61

$11.322 m

7

La Dolce Vita (Astor/AIP)*

Apr 61

$8.000 m

8

Lover Come Back (Univ.)

Dec 61

$7.625 m

9

King of Kings (MGM)

Oct 61

$6.520 m

10

Poor White Trash (CDA/UA)***

N/A

$6.000 m

11

Come September (Univ.)

Aug 61

$5.722 m

12

Flower Drum Song (Univ.)

Nov 61

$4.833 m

13

Blue Hawaii (Para.)

Nov 61

$4.700 m

14

Babes in Toyland (Disney)

Dec 61

$4.600 m

15

Fanny (WB)

Jun 61

$4.500 m

15

Return to Peyton Place (Fox)

May 61

$4.500 m

17

One-Eyed Jacks (Para.)

Mar 61

$4.300 m

18

Splendor in the Grass (WB)

Oct 61

$4.250 m

19

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Para.)

Oct 61

$4.200 m

19

Parrish (WB)

May 61

$4.200 m

* - Figure includes revenue from at least 1 major reissue.
*** - Was originally released as Bayou by UA in 1957, then re-cut and re-released in 1961 as Poor White Trash by Cinema Distributors of America. Because the film earned the vast majority of its gross in its re-cut form, it is listed under 1961 instead of 1957.

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