Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1959
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1959 | |||
| January 1 | Bob le flambeur (Wide) | Triumph Releasing | $56,596 |
| Pillow Talk (Wide) | $18,750,000 | ||
| Solomon and Sheba (Wide) | $11,000,000 | ||
| January 14 | Anna Lucasta (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | |
| House on Haunted Hill (Limited) | Allied Artists | ||
| January 29 | Sleeping Beauty (Wide) | Walt Disney | $9,464,608 |
| February 1959 | |||
| February 11 | Never Steal Anything Small (Limited) | Universal | |
| February TBD | No Name On The Bullet (Limited) | Universal | |
| March 1959 | |||
| March 3 | The Giant Behemoth (Limited) | Allied Artists | |
| March 18 | Rio Bravo (Wide) | $5,800,000 | |
| March 19 | The Shaggy Dog (Wide) | $29,000,000 | |
| March 20 | Alias Jesse James (Limited) | United Artists | |
| March 29 | Some Like it Hot (Wide) | $25,000,000 | |
| April 1959 | |||
| April 1 | Compulsion (Limited) | ||
| April 25 | Westbound (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 30 | Imitation of Life (Wide) | $14,000,000 | |
| May 1959 | |||
| May 20 | The World, The Flesh and the Devil (Limited) | MGM | |
| May 21 | Godzilla Raids Again (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| May 27 | The Wild and the Innocent (Limited) | Universal | |
| May 29 | Pork Chop Hill (Wide) | $3,690,000 | |
| May TBD | Curse of the Undead (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 1959 | |||
| June 24 | Porgy and Bess (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | |
| June 26 | Darby O’Gill and the Little People (Limited) | ||
| July 1959 | |||
| July 3 | Don’t Give up the Ship (Limited) | ||
| North by Northwest (Exclusive) | United Artists | $13,426,019 | |
| July 8 | Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| July 9 | Last Train From Gun Hill (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| July 15 | A Hole in the Head (Wide) | $11,000,000 | |
| July 16 | The Alligator People (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| July 18 | The Nun's Story (Wide) | $12,800,000 | |
| July 22 | Day of the Outlaw (Limited) | United Artists | |
| Plan 9 from Outer Space (Limited) | |||
| July 29 | The Tingler (Limited) | Columbia | |
| August 1959 | |||
| August 19 | It Started With a Kiss (Limited) | MGM | |
| October 1959 | |||
| October 13 | Odds Against Tomorrow (Limited) | ||
| October 30 | The Wasp Woman (Limited) | The Filmgroup | |
| November 1959 | |||
| November 12 | The Miracle (Limited) | ||
| November 18 | Ben-Hur (Wide) | MGM | $73,000,000 |
| December 1959 | |||
| December 5 | Operation Petticoat (Wide) | $23,300,000 | |
| December 7 | Never so Few (Limited) | MGM | |
| December 16 | Journey to the Center of the Earth (Wide) | $10,000,000 | |
| December 17 | On the Beach (Wide) | $11,000,000 | |
| December 18 | The Gazebo (Limited) | ||
| December 22 | Suddenly, Last Summer (Limited) | ||
| December TBD | The Mummy (Limited) | ||
| During 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder (Limited) | Columbia | |