Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1961
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1961 | |||
| January 13 | The Dead One (Limited) | ||
| January 22 | Cimarron (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| January 24 | The Flesh and the Fiends (Limited) | Valiant Films | |
| January 25 | 101 Dalmatians (Wide) | Walt Disney | $144,880,014 |
| February 1961 | |||
| February 1 | The Misfits (Wide) | United Artists | $8,200,000 |
| February 7 | Breathless (Limited) | Films Around the World | $425,941 |
| February 18 | Gold of the Seven Saints (Wide) | Warner Bros. | |
| March 1961 | |||
| March 10 | Gone with the Wind (Wide, re-release) | MGM | $198,680,470 |
| March 16 | The Absent Minded Professor (Wide) | Walt Disney | $25,381,407 |
| March 20 | Blast of Silence (Limited) | Universal | |
| March 30 | One-Eyed Jacks (Limited) | ||
| April 1961 | |||
| April 2 | The Sins of Rachel Cade (Wide) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 19 | La Dolce Vita (Wide) | $19,500,000 | |
| April 30 | The Secret Ways (Limited) | Universal | |
| May 1961 | |||
| May 3 | Atlantis, The Lost Continent (Limited) | ||
| May 5 | Return to Peyton Place (Wide) | $9,996,178 | |
| May 24 | The Young Savages (Limited) | ||
| May 29 | A Raisin in the Sun (Limited) | Columbia | |
| June 1961 | |||
| June 7 | The Curse of the Werewolf (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 8 | The Last Sunset (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 10 | Elevator to the Gallows (Limited) | Rialto Pictures | $373,597 |
| June 19 | The Ballad of Narayama (Limited) | ||
| June 21 | The Parent Trap (Wide) | $25,150,385 | |
| June 22 | The Guns of Naverone (Wide) | $28,900,000 | |
| June 26 | The Truth (Limited) | ||
| June 28 | Fanny (Wide) | $9,996,178 | |
| Two Rode Together (Limited) | Columbia | ||
| June TBD | The Revolt of the Slaves (Limited) | United Artists | |
| July 1961 | |||
| July 12 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Limited) | ||
| July 13 | The Exiles (Limited) | Pathe Contemporary Films | $26,516 |
| July TBD | You Have to Run Fast (Limited) | ||
| August 1961 | |||
| August 9 | Come September (Wide) | Universal | $12,710,696 |
| August 23 | The Pit and the Pendulum (Limited) | ||
| August 25 | Splendor in the Grass (Limited) | ||
| August 31 | Purple Noon (Exclusive) | Miramax | $618,090 |
| September 1961 | |||
| September 13 | Yojimbo the Bodyguard (Wide) | Seneca International | |
| September 25 | The Hustler (Wide) | $7,600,000 | |
| September 26 | A Thunder of Drums (Limited) | MGM | |
| October 1961 | |||
| October 5 | Breakfast at Tiffany's (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $9,551,904 |
| October 12 | Back Street (Limited) | Universal | |
| October 18 | West Side Story (Wide) | $43,700,000 | |
| October 30 | King of Kings (Wide) | MGM | $14,483,352 |
| November 1961 | |||
| November 1 | Bachelor in Paradise (Limited) | MGM | |
| November 9 | Flower Drum Song (Wide) | Universal | $10,738,117 |
| November 22 | Blue Hawaii (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $10,440,453 |
| December 1961 | |||
| December 13 | The Colossus of Rhodes (Limited) | MGM | |
| The Wonders of Aladdin (Limited) | MGM | ||
| December 14 | Babes in Toyland (Wide) | Walt Disney | $10,218,316 |
| El Cid (Wide) | $26,600,000 | ||
| December 15 | One, Two, Three (Limited) | ||
| December 19 | Judgment at Nuremberg (Wide) | $10,000,000 | |
| Pocketful of Miracles (Wide) | United Artists | $5,000,000 | |
| December 20 | Lover Come Back (Wide) | Universal | $16,937,969 |
| Aquamania (Limited) | |||
| Something Wild (Limited) | |||
| December 25 | The Innocents (Limited) | ||