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The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia the year's top-grossing film as well as winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Events[]
- May – The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government.
- August 5 – Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe is found dead of a drug overdose.
- September 7 – Filming of Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace begins and will continue for another 5 years.
- October 5 – Dr. No launches the James Bond series, the second longest-running film franchise of all time (next to Godzilla), still running more than 50 years later (Spectre, 2015). It also launches the career of Sean Connery.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)[]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lawrence of Arabia* | Columbia | Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer, Alec Guinness | $44,824,144[1] |
| 2. | The Longest Day | 20th Century Fox | John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Richard Burton, Peter Lawford | $39,100,000[2] |
| 3. | In Search of the Castaways | Disney | Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier | $21,745,500[3] |
| 4. | That Touch of Mink | Universal International | Cary Grant, Doris Day | $17,648,927[4] |
| 5. | The Music Man | Warner Bros. | Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Ron Howard, Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford | $14,953,846[5] |
| 6. | Mutiny on the Bounty | MGM | Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris | $13,680,000[6] |
| 7. | To Kill a Mockingbird | Universal International | Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall | $13,129,846[7] |
| 8. | Hatari! | Paramount | John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons | $12,923,077[8] |
| 9. | Gypsy | Warner Bros. | Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden | $11,076,923[9] |
| 10. | Bon Voyage! | Disney | Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley | $11,000,000[10] |
| 11. | The Manchurian Candidate* | United Artists | Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury | $10,474,179[11][12] |
| 12. | Lolita | MGM | James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers | $9,250,000[13] |
| 13. | The Interns | Columbia | Michael Callan, Cliff Robertson, Suzy Parker | $9,230,769[14] |
| 14. | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Warner Bros. | Bette Davis, Joan Crawford | $9,000,000[15] |
| 15. | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | MGM | Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karl Böhm | $8,920,615[16] |
| 16. | Days of Wine and Roses | Warner Bros. | Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford | $8,123,077[17] |
| 17. | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Paramount | John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles | $8,000,000[18] |
| 18. | State Fair | 20th Century Fox | Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret | $7,000,000[19] |
| 19. | Taras Bulba | United Artists | Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis | $6,800,000[20] |
| 20. | The Miracle Worker | United Artists | Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke | $5,000,000[21] |
| 21. | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Paramount | Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens | $4,775,000 |
| 22. | David and Lisa | Continental | Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin | $4,600,000[20] |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
Awards[]
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia – Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
- Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
- Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
- Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
- Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley – Sweet Bird of Youth
- Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke – The Miracle Worker
- Best Foreign Language Film: Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), directed by Serge Bourguignon, France
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
- Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
- Best Actress: Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture (tie): That Touch of Mink
- Best Picture (tie): The Music Man
- Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce Italian Style
- Best Actress: Rosalind Russell – Gypsy
- Other
- Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas), directed by Anselmo Duarte, Brazil
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Family Diary (Cronaca familiare, Journal intime), directed by Valerio Zurlini, France / Italy
- My Name is Ivan (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- A Kind of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger, United Kingdom
Notable films released in 1962[]
Action movies released in 1962[]
- Sanjuro
- Dr. No
- The Tale of Zatoichi
- The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- The Pirates of Blood River
- Destiny's Son
- Shinobi no Mono
- Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro
- Santo Contra los Zombis
- Hero's Island
- Commando
The Classic Movies of 1962[]
Short film series[]
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1964)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Births[]
- January 5 – Suzy Amis, actress
- January 17 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
Deaths[]
Film debuts[]
- Bernardo Bertolucci(director) – The Grim Reaper
- Jackie Chan – Big and Little Wong Tin Bar
- Julie Christie – Crooks Anonymous
- Robert Duvall – To Kill a Mockingbird
- Sally Field – Moon Pilot
- John Hurt – Young and Willing
- Ian McShane – Young and Willing
- Sarah Miles – Term of Trial
- Sydney Pollack(actor) – War Hunt
- Robert Redford – War Hunt
- George A. Romero(director) – Expostulations
- Tom Skerritt – War Hunt
- Terence Stamp – Term of Trial
- Lesley Ann Warren – The Chapman Report
References[]
- ↑ Box Office Information for Lawrence of Arabia. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Longest Day. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for In Search of the Castaways. Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for That Touch of Mink. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Music Man. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for Mutiny on the Bounty. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for To Kill a Mockingbird. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for Hatari! The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for Gypsy. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964, pg 69.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Manchurian Candidate. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Manchurian Candidate. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for Lolita. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Interns. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? IMDb. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for Days of Wine and Roses. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p228
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964, pg 71.
- ↑ Box Office Information for The Miracle Worker. IMDb. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
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