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North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1956
Note: We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the
box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.
See Movie Index 1956 for an overview of all movies released in 1956.
Top Grossing Movies of 1956
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | 1956 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
The Ten Commandments |
Oct 5, 1956 |
|
Drama |
$85,400,591 |
170,801,182 |
| 2 |
Around the World in 80 Days |
Oct 17, 1956 |
United Artists |
Adventure |
$42,000,000 |
84,000,000 |
| 3 |
Giant |
Nov 24, 1956 |
|
Western |
$30,085,147 |
60,170,294 |
| 4 |
The King and I |
Jun 29, 1956 |
|
|
$21,300,000 |
42,600,000 |
| 5 |
Trapeze |
May 30, 1956 |
|
Drama |
$14,400,000 |
28,800,000 |
| 6 |
War and Peace |
Aug 21, 1956 |
|
|
$12,500,000 |
25,000,000 |
| 7 |
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
Jun 1, 1956 |
Universal |
Thriller/Suspense |
$11,333,333 |
22,666,666 |
| 8 |
The Man in the Gray Flannel… |
Apr 12, 1956 |
|
Drama |
$10,875,000 |
21,750,000 |
| 9 |
Moby Dick |
Jun 27, 1956 |
|
Adventure |
$10,400,000 |
20,800,000 |
| 10 |
The Conqueror |
Feb 21, 1956 |
|
Adventure |
$9,000,000 |
18,000,000 |
| 11 |
Love Me Tender |
Nov 15, 1956 |
|
Musical |
$9,000,000 |
18,000,000 |
| 12 |
High Society |
Jan 1, 1956 |
|
|
$6,500,000 |
13,000,000 |
| 13 |
Bus Stop |
Aug 31, 1956 |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$4,500,000 |
9,000,000 |
| 14 |
Forbidden Planet |
Mar 15, 1956 |
|
|
$3,000,000 |
6,000,000 |
| 15 |
The Wrong Man |
Dec 23, 1956 |
Warner Bros. |
Thriller/Suspense |
$2,000,000 |
4,000,000 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $272,294,071 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 544,588,142 |
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
