List of American films of 1968: Difference between revisions

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:

Highest-grossing films of 1968

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic 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

Opening		Title	Production company	Cast and crew	Ref.
J A N U A R 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
F E B R U A R 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
M A R C 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

Opening		Title	Production company	Cast and crew	Ref.
A P R I 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
M A 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
J U N 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
		Make Mine Music (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Pictures	Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi (directors); Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, Nelson Eddy, Andrews Sisters
		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

Opening		Title	Production company	Cast and crew	Ref.
J U L 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	Melody Time (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Pictures	Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske (directors); Roy Rogers, Frances Langford, Buddy Clark
		5 Card Stud	Paramount Pictures	Henry Hathaway (director); Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens
A U G U S T	3	Hang 'Em High	United Artists	Ted Post (director); Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley
		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
		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
S E P T E M B E 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
		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

Opening		Title	Production company	Cast and crew	Ref.
O C T O B E 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
		The Parent Trap (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions	David Swift (director); Hayley Mills, Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara
	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
		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
		Vixen!	Entertainment Ventures Inc.	Russ Meyer (director); Erica Gavin, Harrison Page, Garth Pillsbury
		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
N O V E M B E 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
		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
D E C E M B E 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
		Hell in the Pacific	Selmur Productions	John Boorman (director); Lee Marvin, Toshirō Mifune
		The Night They Raided Minsky's	Amsterdam Film Company	William Friedkin (director); Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Burt Lahr
		Uptight	20th 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
		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 Europa	Sheldon Reynolds (director); Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud
		The Brotherhood	Theatrical Film Enterprises	Martin Ritt (director); Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas
		The Sergeant	Warner Bros.	John Flynn (director); Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikaël
		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
		Krakatoa, East of Java	Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Bernard L. Kowalski (director); Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith

See also

• 1968 in the United States

External links

• 1968 films at the Internet Movie Database