Most Popular Movies 1963
This chart shows the 1963 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 1963 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1963 - Top 1963 Worldwide
Most Popular Overall | 1964 → |
1
The Great Escape |
Director: John Sturges |
Lead Roles: Steve McQueen as Captain Virgil Hilts, James Garner as Flight Lt. Bob Anthony 'The Scrounger' Hendley, Richard Attenborough as Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett 'Big X' |
Initial Theatrical Release: August 8, 1963 (Wide) by MGM |
Keywords: World War II, War, Escape, Inspired by a True Story, Intertitle, Prison Break, Nazis, Ensemble, War Crimes, War Drama |
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Domestic BO: $11,744,471 |
International BO: $228,926 |
2
Tarzan’s Three Challenges |
Director: Robert Day |
Lead Roles: Jock Mahoney as Tarzan |
Initial Theatrical Release: June, 1963 (Limited) by MGM |
Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
3
Cleopatra |
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Initial Theatrical Release: June 12, 1963 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
Keywords: Historical Drama, Ancient Egypt, Set in Egypt, Set in Cairo, Egypt |
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
Domestic BO: $57,000,000 |
International BO: $14,000,000 |
4
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
Director: Stanley Kramer |
Initial Theatrical Release: November 7, 1963 (Wide) |
Keywords: Gratuitous Cameos, Chase Adventure, In a Plane, Car Accident, Accidental Death, Life on the Outside, Treasure Hunters, Dysfunctional Family, Corrupt Cops |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Domestic BO: $46,300,000 |
International BO: $13,700,000 |
5
Tom Jones |
Director: Tony Richardson |
Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1963 (Wide) |
Domestic BO: $37,600,000 |
6
The Birds |
Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
Lead Roles: Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels, Rod Taylor as Mitch Brenner |
Initial Theatrical Release: March 28, 1963 (Wide) by Universal |
Keywords: Animal Lead, Animals Gone Bad, Directing Yourself, Disaster, Nature Horror |
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
Domestic BO: $11,403,529 |
International BO: $33,400 |
7
La baie des anges |
Initial Theatrical Release: November 23, 1963 (Wide) by Pathe Contemporary Films, released as Bay of Angels |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Domestic BO: $85,840 |
8
Blood Feast |
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis |
Lead Roles: Thomas Wood as Detective Pete Thornton, Mal Arnold as Fuad Ramses, Connie Mason as Suzette Fremont |
Initial Theatrical Release: July 6, 1963 (Wide) |
Keywords: Gorn or Splatter Horror, Remade, Cult Movie, Cannibalism, Food, Gods and Goddesses, Occult, Serial Killer |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Domestic BO: $4,000,000 |
9
55 Days at Peking |
Director: Nicholas Ray |
Initial Theatrical Release: May 29, 1963 (Wide) |
Keywords: War Drama, Set in China, 1900s, Rebellion, Colonialism |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |
Domestic BO: $10,000,000 |