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
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

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  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

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  3
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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

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  4
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Domestic BO:
$46,300,000
International BO:
$13,700,000

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  5
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
Director: Tony Richardson
Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1963 (Wide)
Domestic BO:
$37,600,000

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  6
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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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