Most Popular Movies 1966
This chart shows the 1966 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 1966 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1966 - Top 1966 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1967 → |
1
| Seconds |
| Director: John Frankenheimer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 5, 1966 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
2
| The Bible |
| Director: John Huston |
| Lead Roles: Michael Parks as Adam, Franco Nero as Abel, John Huston as Noah/God/The Serpent/Narrator, Stephen Boyd as Nimrod, Peter O'Toole as The Three Angels, Ava Gardner as Sarah, Richard Harris as Cain, George C. Scott as Abraham |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 28, 1966 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Faith-Based Drama, Bible Epic |
| Classification: Based on Religious Text, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
|
Domestic BO: $34,900,023 |
|
International BO: $3,507 |
3
| Grand Prix |
| Director: John Frankenheimer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 21, 1966 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Sports Drama, Auto Racing, Professional Rivalry, Sports Injury, Set in Italy, Infidelity, Relationships Gone Wrong, Accidental Death, Death of a Teammate |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $20,845,016 |
4
| Batman: The Movie |
| Lead Roles: Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 6, 1966 (), released as Batman - The Movie |
| Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero |
5
| Sedmikrásky |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 30, 1966 (Wide) (Czech/Slovakia) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $13,692 |
6
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? |
| Director: Mike Nichols |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 22, 1966 (Wide) |
| Keywords: 1967 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Based on Play, Black Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $33,736,689 |
7
| A Man for All Seasons |
| Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| Lead Roles: Wendy Hiller as Alice More, Leo McKern as Thomas Cromwell, Robert Shaw as King Henry VIII, Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey, Susannah York as Margaret More, Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 12, 1966 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
| Keywords: Religious, Biographical Drama, 1500s, Royalty, Political, Political Prisoner, Epilogue, Voiceover/Narration, 1967 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Oscars Best Picture Winner |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
|
Domestic BO: $28,350,000 |
8
| Caccia alla volpe |
| Director: Vittorio de Sica |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 8, 1966 (Limited) (Italy) |
| Classification: Based on Play, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
9
| Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. |
| Director: Byron Paul |
| Lead Roles: Dick Van Dyke as Lt. Robin Crusoe, Nancy Kwan as Wednesday |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 29, 1966 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Family Adventure, In a Plane, Plane Crash, Marooned, Living on a Small Island, Animal Lead, Modern Adaptation, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Dysfunctional Family |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $22,565,634 |
10
| Modesty Blaise |
| Director: Joseph Losey |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 1, 1966 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $170 |
11
| Spinout |
| Director: Norman Taurog |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 14, 1966 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
12
| Alfie |
| Director: Lewis Gilbert |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 24, 1966 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
| Keywords: Breaking the Fourth Wall, Remade, Comedy Drama, Relationships Gone Wrong, Step-Family, Medical and Hospitals, Delayed Adulthood, Infidelity, Abortion, One Night Stand, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, 1967 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Based on Play, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $18,871,300 |
13
| The Blue Max |
| Director: John Guillermin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 21, 1966 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Live Action |
|
Domestic BO: $16,151,612 |
14
| Torn Curtain |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Lead Roles: Paul Newman as Professor Michael Armstrong, Julie Andrews as Sarah Sherman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 16, 1966 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Political Thriller, Defecting, Double Agent, Surprise Twist, Romance |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $13,000,000 |
|
International BO: $615 |
15
| Fantastic Voyage |
| Director: Richard Fleischer |
| Lead Roles: Stephen Boyd as Grant, Proteus Communications Officer, Raquel Welch as Cora Peterson, Dr. Duval's Technician, Edmond O’Brien as General Carter, Commander of CMDF, Donald Pleasance as Dr. Michaels, CMDF Chief of Medical Section |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 24, 1966 (Wide) |
| Classification: Science Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $12,000,000 |
16
| Harper |
| Director: Jack Smight |
| Lead Roles: Paul Newman as Lew Harper, Lauren Bacall as Elaine Sampson, Julie Harris as Betty Fraley, Arthur Hill as Albert Graves, Janet Leigh as Susan Harper |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 23, 1966 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Film Noir, Crime Drama, Private Investigator, Missing Person, Relationships Gone Wrong, Kidnap, Ransom |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $12,000,000 |