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.
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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