10 Highest Grossing Movies by Year (1950-1959)

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Source: Wikipedia - 1950 in Film, 1951 in Film, 1952 in Film, 1953 in Film, 1954 in Film, 1955 in Film, 1956 in Film, 1957 in Film, 1958 in Film, 1959 in Film
Grosses are NOT adjusted for inflation
Only nine films were listed under 'highest grossing' in 1958
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1950
King Solomon's Mines
$10 Million
All About Eve
$8.4 Million
Walt Disney's Cinderella
$8.0 Million
Annie Get Your Gun
$7.8 Million
Father of the Bride
$6.1 Million
Sunset Boulevard
$5.0 Million
Born Yesterday
$4.2 Million
Wabash Avenue
$4.1 Million
At War with the Army
$3.1 Million
My Blue Heaven
$3.0 Million
 
 
1951
Quo Vadis
$12 Million
Alice in Wonderland
$7.2 Million
Show Boat
$5.6 Million
A Streetcar Named Desire
$4.8 Million
David and Bathsheba
$4.7 Million
An American in Paris
$4.5 Million
The African Queen
$4.3 Million
A Place in the Sun
$4.2 Million
Strangers on a Train
$3.8 Million
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
$3.5 Million
 
 
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
$14 Million
The Bad and the Beautiful
$8.5 Million
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
$6.7 Million
Ivanhoe
$6.3 Million
Singin' in the Rain
$6.0 Million
Sailor Beware
$4.3 Million
Moulin Rouge
$4.3 Million
Hans Christian Anderson
$4.1 Million
Affair in Trinidad
$4.0 Million
Monkey Business
$3.8 Million
 
 
1953
The Robe
$18 Million
From Here to Eternity
$13 Million
Shane
$8.0 Million
How to Marry a Millionaire
$7.5 Million
Peter Pan
$7.0 Million
Hans Christian Anderson
$6.0 Million
House of Wax
$5.5 Million
Mogambo
$5.2 Million
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
$5.1 Million
Roman Holiday
$5.0 Million
 
 
1954
Rear Window
$37 Million
White Christmas
$30 Million
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
$28 Million
Demetrius and the Gladiators
$26 Million
The Caine Mutiny
$22 Million
Vera Cruz
$11 Million
Carmen Jones
$9.8 Million
The Country Girl
$8.0 Million
The Barefoot Contessa
$7.3 Million
A Star Is Born / The High and the Mighty
$6.9 Million
1955
Cinerama Holiday
$10 Million
Mister Roberts
$8.5 Million
Battle Cry
$8.0 Million
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
$8.0 Million
Not as a Stranger
$7.1 Million
Oklahoma!
$7.1 Million
Guys and Dolls
$6.9 Million
The Country Girl
$6.9 Million
Lady and the Tramp
$6.5 Million
Strategic Air Command / To Hell and Back / The Sea Chase / The Tall Men
$6.0 Million
 
 
1956
The Ten Commandments
$19 Million
Around the World in 80 Days
$16 Million
Giant
$12 Million
The King and I
$8.5 Million
I'll Cry Tomorrow
$7.7 Million
Trapeze
$7.5 Million
High Society
$6.5 Million
Picnic
$6.3 Million
The Girl Can't Help It
$6.3 Million
War and Peace
$6.3 Million
 
 
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
$17 Million
Peyton Place
$16 Million
Sayonara
$11 Million
Old Yeller
$10 Million
The Curse of Frankenstein
$7.0 Million
Raintree County
$6.0 Million
Island in the Sun
$5.6 Million
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
$4.9 Million
A Farewell to Arms
$4.9 Million
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
$4.7 Million
 
 
1958
South Pacific
$16 Million
Auntie Mame
$9.1 Million
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
$7.8 Million
No Time for Sergeants
$7.5 Million
Gigi
$6.7 Million
The Vikings
$6.0 Million
The Young Lions
$4.5 Million
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
$4.4 Million
Some Came Running
$4.2 Million
 
 
1959
Ben-Hur
$37 Million
Sleeping Beauty
$22 Million
North by Northwest
$13 Million
Some Like It Hot
$10 Million
Pillow Talk
$9.7 Million
Imitation of Life
$9.6 Million
Suddenly, Last Summer
$6.4 Million
The Nun's Story
$5.8 Million
Rio Bravo
$5.7 Million
Anatomy of a Murder
$5.5 Million
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