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* March 6 – [[Elvis Presley]]'s 14th motion picture, ''[[Kissin' Cousins]]'', is released to theaters.
* March 6 – [[Elvis Presley]]'s 14th motion picture, ''[[Kissin' Cousins]]'', is released to theaters.
* March 15 - [[Elizabeth Taylor]] marries [[Richard Burton]].
* March 15 - [[Elizabeth Taylor]] marries [[Richard Burton]].
* June 3 - The animated film ''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]'' is released. Not only it is the first theatrical feature produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] but also the first full-length theatrical animated film based on the animated television program.
* June 3 – The animated film ''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]'' is released. Not only it is the first theatrical feature produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] but also the first full-length theatrical animated film based on the [[The Yogi Bear Show|animated television program]].
* July 6 – ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', the first [[The Beatles|Beatles]] film, premieres.
* July 6 – ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', the first [[The Beatles|Beatles]] film, premieres.
* August 27 – The film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' is released. Not only is it a massive hit with both critics and audiences, but it also becomes [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s highest-grossing film of all time. It goes on to win five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for [[Julie Andrews]].
* August 27 – The film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' is released. Not only is it a massive hit with both critics and audiences, but it also becomes [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s highest-grossing film of all time. It goes on to win five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for [[Julie Andrews]].

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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.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1964 box office number-one films in the United States

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 $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

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady – Warner Bros.
Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov – Topkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova – Zorba 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'Toole – Becket
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Other
Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead – Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Best Director: George Cukor – My 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

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References

  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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