The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1964
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Mary Poppins Buena Vista $31,000,000[1]
2 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. $30,000,000[2]
3 Goldfinger United Artists $22,500,000[1]
4 The Carpetbaggers Paramount $15,500,000[1]
5 From Russia With Love United Artists $9,200,000[1]
6 A Shot in the Dark $6,748,000[3]
7 What a Way to Go! 20th Century Fox $6,100,000[4]
8 The Unsinkable Molly Brown MGM $6,040,000[3]
9 The Pink Panther United Artists $5,935,000[3]
10 A Hard Day's Night $5,800,000[5]

Events

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Awards

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Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair LadyWarner Bros.
Best Director: George CukorMy Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex HarrisonMy Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie AndrewsMary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor: Peter UstinovTopkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila KedrovaZorba the Greek
Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Becket
Best Actor: Peter O'TooleBecket
Best Actress: Anne BancroftThe Pumpkin Eater
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex HarrisonMy Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie AndrewsMary Poppins
Other
Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'BrienSeven Days in May
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes MooreheadHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Best Director: George CukorMy Fair Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

1964 film releases

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United States unless stated

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Notable films released in 1964

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United States unless stated

Short film series

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Births

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Deaths

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Film debuts

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. ^ Tzioumakis, Yannis; Krämer, Peter (2018). The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era. ISBN 978-1-5013-3787-1. Indeed, by the time of Variety's next annual review in January 1967, My Fair Lady was at number six in the all-time chart (with domestic rentals (that is the share of ticket sales which the distributor receives in the United States of $30 million; all rental figures in this chapter relate only to the domestic market), Mary Poppins at number five ($31 million), and The Sound of Music at number one, having overtaken Gone With the Wind, a record sum to which, Variety predicted, millions would be added in 1967.
  3. ^ a b c Top 20 Films of 1964 by Domestic Revenue
  4. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39.
  5. ^ Tzioumakis, Yannis; Romanowski, William D. (2017). Risky Business: Rock in Film. ISBN 978-1-3514-9284-3. By October 1964, A Hard Day's Night has grossed $5.8 million in U.S. rentals.
  6. ^ Whit (November 18, 1964). "Film review: Those Calloways". Variety. 236 (13): 7, 22.
  7. ^ Overview for Swingers' Paradise (1965)", Turner Classic Movies page
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