List of American films of 1968

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This is a list of American films released in 1968.

Box office

The highest-grossing American films released in 1968, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by The Numbers , are as follows: [1]

Contents

Highest-grossing films of 1968
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1 Funny Girl Columbia Pictures $58,500,000
2 2001: A Space Odyssey MGM $56,715,371
3 The Odd Couple Paramount $44,527,234
4 Bullitt Warner Bros. $42,300,873
5 Rosemary's Baby Paramount$33,395,426
6 Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox$32,589,624
7 Yours, Mine and Ours MGM$25,912,624
8 The Lion in Winter Embassy Pictures $22,276,975
9 The Green Berets Warner Bros.$21,707,027
10 Blackbeard's Ghost Walt Disney $21,540,050

January–March

OpeningTitleProduction companyCast and crewRef.
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Y		3 The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz Hall Bartlett Productions George Marshall (director); Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer
8 Wild 90 Supreme Mix Productions Norman Mailer (director); Norman Mailer, Buzz Farber, Mickey Knox
12 Nobody's Perfect NPD Films Alan Rafkin (director); Doug McClure, Nancy Kwan, James Whitmore
17 The Biggest Bundle of Them All Filmways Ken Annakin (director); Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch, Edward G. Robinson
18 Spider Baby Lasky-Monka Productions Jack Hill (director); Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker
24 Firecreek Warner Bros. Vincent McEveety (director); James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens
Maryjane American International Pictures Maury Dexter (director); Fabian Forte, Diane McBain, Kevin Coughlin
29 How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life Columbia Pictures Fielder Cook (director); Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Eli Wallach
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Y		7 Sol Madrid MGM Brian G. Hutton (director); David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas
8 Blackbeard's Ghost Walt Disney Productions Robert Stevenson (director); Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette
Sweet November Warner Bros. Robert Ellis Miller (director); Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel
18 The Money Jungle Universal Pictures Francis D. Lyon (director); John Ericson, Lola Albright, Leslie Parrish
21 Bye Bye Braverman Warner Bros. Sidney Lumet (director); George Segal, Jack Warden, Joseph Wiseman
The Power George Pal Productions Byron Haskin (director); George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson
29 The Secret War of Harry Frigg Universal Pictures Jack Smight (director); Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan
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H		1 Day of the Evil Gun MGM Jerry Thorpe (director); Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger
6 P.J. Universal Pictures John Guillermin (director); George Peppard, Raymond Burr, Gayle Hunnicutt
Psych-Out Dick Clark Productions Richard Rush (director); Susan Strasberg, Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell
8 A Man Called Gannon Universal Pictures James Goldstone (director); Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Judi West
Stay Away, Joe MGM Peter Tewksbury (director); Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell
13 Counterpoint Universal Pictures Ralph Nelson (director); Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays
18 The Producers Embassy Pictures Mel Brooks (director); Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars
20 No Way to Treat a Lady Paramount Pictures Jack Smight (director); Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal
21 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band Walt Disney Productions Michael O'Herlihy (director); Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren
27 Arizona Bushwhackers Paramount Pictures Lesley Selander (director); Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland
29 Madigan Universal Pictures Don Siegel (director); Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens

April–June

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L		2 The Scalphunters Norlan Productions Sydney Pollack (director); Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas
3 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick Productions Stanley Kubrick (director); Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Planet of the Apes APJAC Productions Franklin J. Schaffner (director); Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
4 The Party The Mirisch Company Blake Edwards (director); Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion
10 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows Columbia Pictures James Neilson (director); Stella Stevens, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes
Will Penny Paramount Pictures Tom Gries (director); Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence
17 The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell Gibraltar Productions Frank Tashlin (director); Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter
24 Blue Paramount Pictures Silvio Narizzano (director); Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden
Yours, Mine and Ours Desilu Productions Melville Shavelson (director); Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson
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Y		1 Don't Just Stand There! Universal Pictures Ron Winston (director); Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore, Glynis Johns
The Mini-Skirt Mob American International Pictures Maury Dexter (director); Jeremy Slate, Diane McBain, Ross Hagen
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy Banner Productions Robert Gordon (director); Mike Henry, Rafer Johnson, Aliza Gur
2 The Odd Couple Paramount Pictures Gene Saks (director); Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler
10 Project X Maron Films William Castle (director); Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones
15 The Devil's Brigade United Artists Andrew V. McLaglen (director); William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
The Swimmer Horizon Pictures Frank Perry (director); Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule
17 Journey to Shiloh Universal Pictures William Hale (director); James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Brenda Scott
23 Kona Coast Allied Artists Lamont Johnson (director); Richard Boone, Vera Miles, Joan Blondell
24 The Savage Seven American International Pictures Richard Rush (director); Robert Walker Jr., Joanna Frank, Larry Bishop
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? Universal Pictures George Seaton (director); George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Don Stroud
28 The Detective Cinemobile System Gordon Douglas (director); Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker
Madigan's Millions Primex Pictures Stanley Prager (director); Dustin Hoffman, Elsa Martinelli, Cesar Romero
Villa Rides Paramount Pictures Buzz Kulik (director); Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Maria Grazia Buccella
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E		5 Bandolero! 20th Century Fox Andrew V. McLaglen (director); James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch
Angels from Hell Fanfare Films Bruce Kessler (director); Tom Stern, Arlene Martel, Ted Markland
Chubasco Warner Bros. Allen H. Miner (director); Richard Egan, Christopher Jones, Susan Strasberg
For Singles Only Columbia Pictures Arthur Dreifuss (director); John Saxon, Mary Ann Mobley, Charlie Brill
Jigsaw Cherokee Productions James Goldstone (director); Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Hope Lange
10 Petulia Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Richard Lester (director); Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain
12 Rosemary's Baby William Castle Productions Roman Polanski (director); Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Speedway Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Norman Taurog (director); Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby
The Sweet Ride 20th Century Fox Harvey Hart (director); Tony Franciosa, Jacqueline Bisset, Michael Sarrazin
19 The Green Berets Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Ray Kellogg (director); John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton
The Thomas Crown Affair The Mirisch Company Norman Jewison (director); Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Filmways Hy Averback (director); Doris Day, Robert Morse, Terry-Thomas
25 The Secret Life of an American Wife Burt Brinckerhoff Productions George Axelrod (director); Walter Matthau, Anne Jackson, Patrick O'Neal
26 Never a Dull Moment Walt Disney Productions Jerry Paris (director); Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine

July–September

OpeningTitleProduction companyCast and crewRef.
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Y		3 Eve Marinos Productions Jeremy Summers (director); Robert Walker Jr., Fred Clark, Herbert Lom
12 A Lovely Way to Die Universal Pictures David Lowell Rich (director); Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach
14 Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? Universal Pictures Don Weis (director); Phyllis Diller, Bob Denver, Joe Flynn
17 For Love of Ivy ABC Pictures Daniel Mann (director); Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges
24 Anzio Columbia Pictures Edward Dmytryk (director); Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy
29 In Enemy Country Universal Pictures Harry Keller (director); Anthony Franciosa, Anjanette Comer, Guy Stockwell
31 5 Card Stud Paramount Pictures Henry Hathaway (director); Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens
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T		3 Hang 'Em High United Artists Ted Post (director); Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley
3 With Six You Get Eggroll Naho Productions Howard Morris (director); Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll
15 Targets Saticoy Productions Peter Bogdanovich (director); Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Nancy Hsueh
15 A Time to Sing Allied Artists Arthur Dreifuss (director); Hank Williams Jr., Shelley Fabares, Ed Begley
20 How Sweet It Is! Productions P.A.C. Jerry Paris (director); Debbie Reynolds, James Garner, Maurice Ronet
26 Rachel, Rachel Kayos Productions Paul Newman (director); Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons, James Olson
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R		11 The Young Runaways Universal Pictures Arthur Dreifuss (director); Brooke Bundy, Kevin Coughlin, Lloyd Bochner
18 Funny Girl Columbia Pictures William Wyler (director); Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
18 Pretty Poison Twentieth Century Fox Noel Black (director); Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland
22 The Split Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Gordon Flemyng (director); Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine
23 Charly Selmur Productions Ralph Nelson (director); Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala

October–December

OpeningTitleProduction companyCast and crewRef.
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R		1 Night of the Living Dead Image Ten George A. Romero (director); Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman
2 Coogan's Bluff The Malpaso Company Don Siegel (director); Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark
7 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas The Mirisch Company Hy Averback (director); Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young
9 Finian's Rainbow Warner Bros. Francis Ford Coppola (director); Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele
9 If He Hollers, Let Him Go! Globe Films International Charles Martin (director); Raymond St. Jacques, Barbara McNair, Kevin McCarthy
13 The Subject Was Roses Frankovitch Productions Ulu Grosbard (director); Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
14 Paper Lion Eldorado Productions Alex March (director); Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, David Doyle
16 The Boston Strangler Twentieth Century Fox Richard Fleischer (director); Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
17 Bullitt Solar Productions Peter Yates (director); Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
19 A Flea in Her Ear Elgin International Films Jacques Charon (director); Rex Harrison, Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan
22 Star! Twentieth Century Fox Robert Wise (director); Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig
22 Vixen! Entertainment Ventures Inc. Russ Meyer (director); Erica Gavin, Harrison Page, Garth Pillsbury
22 Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women American International Pictures Peter Bogdanovich (director); Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee
23 Live a Little, Love a Little Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Norman Taurog (director); Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter
24 Ice Station Zebra Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John Sturges (director); Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
30 The Lion in Winter Avco Embassy Pictures Anthony Harvey (director); Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins
31 They Came to Rob Las Vegas Warner Bros. Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi (director); Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb
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R		6 Head Raybert Productions Bob Rafelson (director); The Monkees, Annette Funicello, Timothy Carey
13 Killers Three American International Pictures Bruce Kessler (director); Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi, Dick Clark
13 Yellow Submarine King Features Syndicate George Dunning (director); The Beatles (voices), Paul Angelis, John Clive
15 The Shoes of the Fisherman Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Michael Anderson (director); Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner
16 The Legend of Lylah Clare Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Robert Aldrich (director); Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine
18 House of Cards Les Productions Fox Europa John Guillermin (director); George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles
20 Lady in Cement Arcola Pictures Gordon Douglas (director); Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker
24 Faces Cassar Productions John Cassavetes (director); John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin
27 Hellfighters Universal Pictures Andrew V. McLaglen (director); John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton
30 The Shakiest Gun in the West Universal Pictures Alan Rafkin (director); Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan
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R		1 The Green Slime Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Kinji Fukasaku (director); Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel
4 Where Eagles Dare Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Brian G. Hutton (director); Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure
10 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell Jerome Hellman Productions Melvin Frank (director); Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers
12 The Killing of Sister George Cinemation Industries Robert Aldrich (director); Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne
13 Shalako Michael Carreras Productions Edward Dmytryk (director); Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd
15 Greetings West End Films Brian De Palma (director); Robert De Niro, Jonathan Warden, Gerrit Graham
17 Candy Francis Productions Christian Marquand (director); Ewa Aulin, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton
18 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Warfield Productions Ken Hughes (director); Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries
18 Hell in the Pacific Selmur Productions John Boorman (director); Lee Marvin, Toshirō Mifune
18 The Night They Raided Minsky's Amsterdam Film Company William Friedkin (director); Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Burt Lahr
18 Uptight Twentieth Century Fox Jules Dassin (director); Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield
19 Skidoo Paramount Pictures Otto Preminger (director); Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon
20 The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit Walt Disney Productions Norman Tokar (director); Dean Jones, Diane Baker, Lloyd Bochner
20 Three in the Attic American International Pictures Richard Wilson (director); Christopher Jones, Yvette Mimieux, Judy Pace
21 Once Upon a Time in the West Rafran Cinematografica Sergio Leone (director); Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale
22 The Sea Gull Commonwealth United Entertainment Sidney Lumet (director); Vanessa Redgrave, David Warner, Simone Signoret
24 The Love Bug Walt Disney Productions Robert Stevenson (director); Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett
25 Assignment to Kill Les Productions Fox EuropaSheldon Reynolds (director); Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud
25 The Brotherhood Theatrical Film Enterprises Martin Ritt (director); Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas
25 The Sergeant Warner Bros. John Flynn (director); Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikaël
25 The Stalking Moon National General Pictures Robert Mulligan (director); Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster
26 Monterey Pop Leacock-Pennebaker D. A. Pennebaker (director); Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding
26 Krakatoa, East of Java Cinerama Releasing Corporation Bernard L. Kowalski (director); Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith

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References

  1. ↑ "North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1968". The Numbers . Retrieved August 16, 2024.
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