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The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World .

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1963
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox $26,000,000 [1]
2 How the West Was Won MGM $20,932,883 [2]
3 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World United Artists $20,800,000 [1]
4 Tom Jones $17,070,000 [3]
5 Irma la Douce $11,921,784 [3]
6 Son of Flubber Buena Vista $9,100,000 [1]
7 Charade Universal $6,363,000 [4]
8 Bye Bye Birdie Columbia $6,200,000 [4]
9 Come Blow Your Horn
Move Over, Darling
Paramount
20th Century Fox
$6,000,000 [4]
10 The Great Escape United Artists$5,546,000 [4]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Tom Jones Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)
Best Director: Tony Richardson Tom Jones
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier Lilies of the Field
Best Actress: Patricia Neal Hud
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas Hud
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford The V.I.P.s
Best Foreign Language Film: (Otto e mezzo), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: The Cardinal
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
Best Actress: Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture: Tom Jones
Best Actor: Alberto Sordi - To Bed or Not to Bed
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce
Other
Best Supporting Actor: John Huston - The Cardinal
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford The V.I.P.s
Best Director: Elia Kazan - America America

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Il diavolo (To Bed... or Not to Bed), directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro, Italy

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