Highest Grossing Movies of 1959
Ranked by lifetime worldwide gross. ← Back to leaderboards
Films from 1959 tracked
34
Top 100 1959 revenue
$382.5M
Top film
Ben-Hur
$164M
- 1
$164M$15M10.9×Ben-Hur
$164M · $15M
- 2
$51.6M$6M8.60×Sleeping Beauty
$51.6M · $6M
- 3
$25M$2.9M8.62×Some Like It Hot
$25M · $2.9M
- 4
$18.8M$1.6M11.7×Pillow Talk
$18.8M · $1.6M
- 5
$17.7M$1.3M14.1×The Shaggy Dog
$17.7M · $1.3M
- 6
$13.3M$4M3.32×North by Northwest
$13.3M · $4M
- 7
$12.8M$3.5M3.66×The Nun's Story
$12.8M · $3.5M
- 8
$12.2M$5M2.44×Solomon and Sheba
$12.2M · $5M
- 9
$10M$3.4M2.91×Journey to the Center of the Earth
$10M · $3.4M
- 10
$9M$3M3.00×Suddenly, Last Summer
$9M · $3M
- 11
$8M$2M4.00×Anatomy of a Murder
$8M · $2M
- 12
$6.8M——Operation Petticoat
$6.8M
- 13
$5.8M$1.2M4.79×Rio Bravo
$5.8M · $1.2M
- 14
$3.7M$1.1M3.29×Ask Any Girl
$3.7M · $1.1M
- 15
$3.5M$7M0.50×Porgy and Bess
$3.5M · $7M
- 16
$3M——The Three Treasures
$3M
- 17
$2.5M$1M2.50×Al Capone
$2.5M · $1M
- 18
$2.5M——Last Train from Gun Hill
$2.5M
- 19
$2.2M$2.9M0.76×On the Beach
$2.2M · $2.9M
- 20
$1.8M$1.3M1.34×Compulsion
$1.8M · $1.3M
- 21
$1.7M$2.4M0.71×Warlock
$1.7M · $2.4M
- 22
$1.5M$485K3.19×Watusi
$1.5M · $485K
- 23
$1.5M——Gidget
$1.5M
- 24
$1M$123K8.13×The Killer Shrews
$1M · $123K
- 25
$1M——The Hangman
$1M
- 26
$750K$439K1.71×The Beat Generation
$750K · $439K
- 27
$458K$145K3.16×My Wife's Suitor
$458K · $145K
- 28
$180K$50K—A Bucket of Blood
$180K · $50K
- 29
$134K——The World of Apu
$134K
- 30
$100K$55K—The Broken Disk
$100K · $55K
- 31
$20K——The Journey
$20K
- 32
$5K——The Tiger of Eschnapur
$5K
- 33
$3K——Hiroshima Mon Amour
$3K
- 34
$2K——The Little Apartment
$2K