English box office 1959

100 English films of 1959 ranked by box office. #1: Ben-Hur ($146.9 million).

#FilmLeadDirectorBudgetBox officeMultiple
1Ben-HurWilliam Wyler$15 million$146.9 million9.79x
2The 400 BlowsFrançois Truffaut$30.7 million
3Some Like It HotBilly Wilder$2.9 million$25 million8.67x
4The Nun's StoryFred Zinnemann$3.5 million$12.8 million3.66x
5The Shaggy DogCharles Barton$1.2 million$12.3 million9.84x
6Solomon and ShebaKing Vidor$5 million$12.2 million2.44x
7Journey to the Center of the EarthHenry Levin$3.4 million$10 million2.91x
8North by NorthwestAlfred Hitchcock$4.3 million$9.8 million2.28x
9Operation PetticoatBlake Edwards$9.3 million
10Suddenly, Last SummerJoseph L. Mankiewicz$2.5 million$9 million3.60x
11Anatomy of a MurderOtto Preminger$2 million$8 million4.00x
12Pillow TalkMichael Gordon$1.6 million$7.6 million4.75x
13Imitation of LifeDouglas Sirk$1.2 million$6.4 million5.33x
14Rio BravoHoward Hawks$1.2 million$5.8 million4.73x
15Never So FewJohn Sturges$3.5 million$5.3 million1.51x
16A Hole in the HeadFrank Capra$1.9 million$5.2 million2.75x
17It Started with a KissGeorge Marshall$1.8 million$4.7 million2.60x
18The Mating GameGeorge Marshall$867,000$3.9 million4.53x
19Say One for MeFrank Tashlin$2 million$3.9 million1.96x
20The Horse SoldiersJohn Ford$3.8 million
21Porgy and BessOtto Preminger$7 million$3.5 million0.50x
21The FBI StoryMervyn LeRoy$3.5 million
21Don't Give Up the ShipNorman Taurog$3.5 million
24Ask Any GirlCharles Walters$1.1 million$3.5 million3.05x
25The JourneyAnatole Litvak$2.3 million$3.5 million1.51x
26This Earth Is MineHenry King$3.5 million$3.4 million0.97x
27The GazeboGeorge Marshall$1.2 million$3.3 million2.72x
28Li'l AbnerMelvin Frank$3.2 million
29The Big FishermanFrank Borzage$4 million$3 million0.75x
29A Dog of FlandersJames B. Clark$600,000$3 million5.00x
29Al CaponeRichard Wilson$550,000$3 million5.45x
29The Five PenniesMelville Shavelson$3 million
29CareerJoseph Anthony$3 million
34The Wreck of the Mary DeareMichael Anderson$2.6 million$2.8 million1.08x
35Carry On NurseGerald Thomas£71,000$2.8 million
35The Young PhiladelphiansVincent Sherman$2.8 million
37The Big CircusJoseph M. Newman$2 million$2.7 million1.35x
38Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleRobert Stevenson$2.6 million
39Last Train from Gun HillJohn Sturges$2.5 million
39They Came to CorduraRobert Rossen$4.5 million$2.5 million0.56x
39But Not for MeWalter Lang$2.5 million
39Have Rocket, Will TravelDavid Lowell Rich$380,000$2.5 million6.58x
43Room at the TopJack Clayton£280,000$2.4 million
44Green MansionsMel Ferrer$3.3 million$2.4 million0.73x
45The Diary of Anne FrankGeorge Stevens$3.8 million$2.3 million0.61x
46The Hanging TreeKarl Malden$2.2 million
46On the BeachStanley Kramer$2.9 million$2.2 million0.76x
48The Fugitive KindSidney Lumet$2.3 million$2.1 million0.91x
48Pork Chop HillLewis Milestone$3 million$2.1 million0.70x
50Our Man in HavanaCarol Reed$2 million
51Alias Jesse JamesNorman Z. McLeod$1.9 million
52CompulsionRichard Fleischer$1.3 million$1.8 million1.34x
52The Devil's DiscipleGuy Hamilton$1.5 million$1.8 million1.20x
52Thunder in the SunRussell Rouse$1.8 million
52Happy AnniversaryDavid Miller$1 million$1.8 million1.80x
56Count Your BlessingsJean Negulesco$2.3 million$1.7 million0.74x
56Tarzan, the Ape ManJoseph M. Newman$689,000$1.7 million2.48x
58Yellowstone KellyGordon Douglas$1.7 million
58It Happened to JaneRichard Quine$1.7 million
58WarlockEdward Dmytryk$2.4 million$1.7 million0.71x
58The Sound and the FuryMartin Ritt$1.7 million$1.7 million0.99x
58Third Man on the MountainKen Annakin$2 million$1.7 million0.85x
63For the First TimeRudolph Maté$500,000$1.7 million3.37x
64The Last Angry ManDaniel Mann$1.7 million
65Goliath and the BarbariansCarlo Campogalliani$1.6 million
66WatusiKurt Neumann$485,000$1.5 million3.19x
67The Immoral Mr. TeasRuss Meyer$24,000$1.5 million62.50x
67Middle of the NightDelbert Mann$1 million$1.5 million1.50x
67A Private's AffairRaoul Walsh$1.2 million$1.5 million1.25x
67Up PeriscopeGordon Douglas$2 million$1.5 million0.75x
71The Blue AngelEdward Dmytryk$1.7 million$1.4 million0.82x
72Woman ObsessedHenry Hathaway$1.7 million$1.3 million0.76x
72The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerHenry Levin$1.5 million$1.3 million0.88x
74The Angry HillsRobert Aldrich$1.2 million$1.3 million1.08x
75The ScapegoatRobert Hamer$943,000$1.2 million1.27x
76LibelAnthony Asquith$615,000$1.2 million1.90x
77Look Back in AngerTony Richardson£250,000$1.1 million
77The TrapNorman Panama$1.1 million
77Jack the RipperRobert S. Baker£50,000$1.1 million
77Holiday for LoversHenry Levin$2 million$1.1 million0.56x
81The World, the Flesh and the DevilRanald MacDougall$1.7 million$1.1 million0.65x
82The House of the Seven HawksRichard Thorpe$535,000$1.1 million1.99x
83The Black OrchidMartin Ritt$1 million
83The Killer ShrewsRay Kellogg$123,000$1 million8.13x
83Tarzan's Greatest AdventureJohn Guillermin$750,000$1 million1.33x
83That Kind of WomanSidney Lumet$2.5 million$1 million0.40x
83The Wonderful CountryRobert Parrish$1 million
83John Paul JonesJohn Farrow$4 million$1 million0.25x
83SapphireBasil Dearden£140,000$1 million
83The HangmanMichael Curtiz$1 million
83The Jayhawkers!Melvin Frank$1 million
92Night of the Quarter MoonHugo Haas$538,000$940,0001.75x
93Girls TownCharles F. Haas$457,000$875,0001.91x
94The Beat GenerationCharles F. Haas$439,000$750,0001.71x
95The Big OperatorCharles F. Haas$527,000$680,0001.29x
96Frontier RangersJacques Tourneur$74,000$650,0008.78x
97First Man into SpaceRobert Day$131,000$635,0004.85x
98The Mouse That RoaredJack Arnold$300,000$200,0000.67x
99A Bucket of BloodRoger Corman$50,000$180,0003.60x
Horrors of the Black MuseumArthur Crabtree£164,000£1 million6.10x

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