Domestic Release Schedule for 1956

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1956.

See also: Top 1956 Worldwide - Most Popular 1956

Current Release Schedule 1957 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
January, 1956
January 1 High Society (Wide) $6,500,000  
 
January 4 Day the World Ended (Limited)    
 
January 8 There’s Always Tomorrow (Limited) Universal    
 
January 12 Diane (Wide) MGM    
 
January 26 Helen of Troy (Limited)    
 
January 27 The Court Jester (Limited)    
February, 1956
February 5 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Limited)    
 
February 16 Carousel (Wide) 20th Century Fox    
 
February 20 The Ladykillers (Limited) Continental Distributing $23,213  
 
February 21 The Conqueror (Wide) $9,000,000  
March, 1956
March 13 The Searchers (Wide)    
 
March 15 Forbidden Planet (Wide) $3,000,000  
 
March 25 Ikiru (Limited) $55,240  
April, 1956
April 9 Sawdust and Tinsel (Limited) Self Distributed    
 
April 11 Backlash (Limited) Universal    
 
April 12 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Wide) $10,875,000  
 
April 25 The White Sheik (Limited) Janus Films $50,850  
 
April 27 Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Wide)    
 
April 30 The Last Hunt (Limited) MGM    
May, 1956
May 12 Good-bye, My Lady (Limited)    
 
May 16 Great Day in the Morning (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
 
May 30 Trapeze (Wide) $14,400,000  
While the City Sleeps (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
June, 1956
June 1 The Man Who Knew Too Much (Wide) Universal $11,333,333  
The Black Sheep (Limited)    
 
June 5 Du rififi chez les hommes (Limited) $529,179  
 
June 6 The Killing (Limited) United Artists    
 
June 12 A Kiss Before Dying (Limited)    
 
June 27 Moby Dick (Wide) $10,400,000  
The Quatermass Xperiment (Limited)    
 
June 29 The King and I (Wide) $21,300,000  
July, 1956
July 6 The Fastest Gun Alive (Limited)    
August, 1956
August 9 Huk! (Limited)    
 
August 21 War and Peace (Wide) $12,500,000  
 
August 31 Bus Stop (Wide) 20th Century Fox $4,500,000  
September, 1956
September 13 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
October, 1956
October 5 The Ten Commandments (Wide) $85,400,591  
Daniel Boone: Trail Blazer (Limited)    
 
October 17 Around the World in 80 Days (Wide) United Artists $42,000,000  
Attack! (Limited) United Artists    
 
October 30 Friendly Persuasion (Limited) Allied Artists    
November, 1956
November 2 Hot Cars (Limited)    
 
November 11 Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (Limited)    
 
November 15 Love Me Tender (Wide) $9,000,000  
The Opposite Sex (Limited) MGM    
 
November 16 A Woman’s Devotion (Limited) Republic Pictures    
 
November 19 The Seven Samurai (Wide) Cowboy Pictures $271,736  
 
November 21 The Mole People (Limited) Universal    
 
November 24 Giant (Wide) $30,178,619  
 
November 29 The Teahouse of the August Moon (Limited) MGM    
December, 1956
December 12 Bundle of Joy (Limited)    
 
December 23 The Wrong Man (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,000,000  
 
December 25 Written on the Wind (Limited) Universal    
 
December 29 Baby Doll (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
 
During 1956 The Violent Years (Limited)