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The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey , as well as two highly successful musical films, Funny Girl and Oliver! , the former earning Barbra Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress (an honour she shared with Katharine Hepburn for her role in The Lion in Winter ) and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards.
The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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| 1 | Funny Girl | Columbia | $24,900,000 [1] |
| 2 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | MGM | $21,500,000 [1] |
| 3 | The Odd Couple | Paramount | $20,000,000 [1] |
| 4 | Bullitt | Warner Bros. | $19,000,000 [1] |
| 5 | Oliver! | Columbia | $16,800,000 [1] |
| 6 | Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | $15,000,000 [1] |
| 7 | Rosemary's Baby | Paramount | $15,000,000 [1] |
| 8 | Romeo and Juliet | Paramount | $14,500,000 [1] |
| 9 | Yours, Mine and Ours | United Artists | $11,500,000 [1] |
| 10 | The Lion in Winter | AVCO Embassy | $10,006,000 [2] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
US unless stated
The significant events of the year 1973 in film are covered in this page.
The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Jungle Book and You Only Live Twice.
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. A Man for All Seasons won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office and winning five Academy Awards.
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.
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.
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
The following is an overview of 1956 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, including the release of the decade's highest-grossing film, The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Academy Awards.