Most Popular Movies 1960
This chart shows the 1960 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1960 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1960 - Top 1960 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1961 → |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| Director: Charles Walters |
| Lead Roles: Doris Day as Kate Robinson Mackay, David Niven as Lawrence Larry Mackay |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 31, 1960 (Wide) by MGM, released as Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| Keywords: Family Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, College Professor, Critic, Theater |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $11,100,000 |
| Park Sa-bang |
| Director: Dae-jin Kang |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 5, 1960 (Wide) (South Korea) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |
|
International BO: $13,670 |
| Pollyanna |
| Director: David Swift |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 19, 1960 (Limited) |
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| Jazz on a Summer’s Day |
| Director: Bert Stern |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 28, 1960 (Limited) by Galaxy International Releasing |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
|
International BO: $105,953 |
Synopsis
Jazz on a Summer’s Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O’Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition or The Lord’s Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
| Circus of Horrors |
| Director: Sidney Hayers |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 31, 1960 (Limited) by American International Pictures |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
| Macumba Love |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June, 1960 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $3,000,000 |
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| Un Rayo De Luz |
| Director: Luis Lucia |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 9, 1960 (Wide) (Spain) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $6,539 |
| The Apartment |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Lead Roles: Jack Lemmon as Calvin Clifford Baxter, Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik, Fred MacMurray as Jeff D. Sheldrake |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 15, 1960 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Romance, Voiceover/Narration, Corporate Life, Infidelity, Suicide, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, Christmas |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action |
|
Domestic BO: $18,600,000 |
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International BO: $5,999,998 |
Synopsis
C.C. Baxter knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake, he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik, elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must make the most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl...or his job.
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| The Criminal |
| Director: Joseph Losey |
| Lead Roles: Stanley Baker as Johnny Bannion, Margit Saad as Suzanne, Sam Wanamaker as Mike Carter, Gregoire Aslan as Frank Saffron |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 27, 1960 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $866 |
Synopsis
Johnny Bannion is sprung from prison by his best friend Mike Carter to mastermind a daring racetrack heist. But when Johnny is betrayed and sent back to prison shortly after hiding the stolen loot, he must survive an ordeal of brutality at the hands of his fellow convicts and former accomplices.
| The Gallant Hours |
| Director: Robert Montgomery |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 22, 1960 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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| El esqueleto de la señora Morales |
| Director: Rogelio A. González |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 26, 1960 (Wide) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| Hadaka no shima |
| Director: Kaneto Shindo |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 23, 1960 (Limited) (Japan) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| Le testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! |
| Director: Jean Cocteau |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 18, 1960 (Wide) (France) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
|
International BO: $1,849 |
| Exodus |
| Lead Roles: Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 1960 (Limited) |
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Domestic BO: $21,750,000 |
| Jungfrukällan |
| Director: Ingmar Bergman |
| Lead Roles: Max von Sydow |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 14, 1960 (Limited) by Janus Films, released as The Virgin Spring |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
International BO: $4,533 |
| Spartacus |
| Director: Stanley Kubrick |
| Lead Roles: Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, Laurence Olivier as Marcus Licinius Crassus, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, Peter Ustinov as Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Tony Curtis as Antonius |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1960 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Inspired by a True Story, Historical Drama, Slavery, Revolution, Ancient Rome, Romance, Political, Government Corruption |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $30,000,000 |
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International BO: $30,000,000 |
| Sommarnattens leende |
| Director: Ingmar Bergman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 18, 1960 (Wide), released as Sorrisos de Uma Noite de Verão (Portugal) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $9,848 |
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| Psycho |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Lead Roles: Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Janet Leigh as Marion Crane |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 8, 1960 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Surprise Twist, Mental Illness, Hallucinations, Serial Killer, White Collar Crime, Fugitive / On the Run, Cross-Dressing, Psychological Horror |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $32,000,000 |
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International BO: $2,177 |
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| Le Trou |
| Director: Jacques Becker |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 18, 1960 (Limited) (France) |
| Keywords: Prison, Prison Break, Film Noir, Non Professional Actor, Limited Dialogue |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $30,973 |
| Tormented |
| Director: Bert I. Gordon |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 22, 1960 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| Visit to a Small Planet |
| Director: Norman Taurog |
| Lead Roles: Jerry Lewis as Kreton |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 4, 1960 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Humans as Aliens, Talking Animals, Friendly Alien on Earth, Alien Encounters, Nightclub |
| Classification: Science Fiction |
| Late Autumn (秋日和) |
| Director: Yasujirō Ozu |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 13, 1960 (Wide) (Japan) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |
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International BO: $17,756 |