Top Grossing Movies of 1955

James Dean in 1955’s Rebel Without A Cause

This movie page looks at The Top Grossing Movies of 1955.   Currently when you type in the search words….”Top Grossing Movies of 1955″ you do not get much information.   So in an effort to get more information out there…we have decided to unlock our 1955 movie database vault and share the information we have collected over the years.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1955 (as listed on IMDB.com).  Obviously many movies made in 1954 earned box office dollars in 1955.  On the other side many movies made in 1955 made money in 1956 and later.  This page will looks at 154 Top Grossing Movies of 1955.  The movies are listed in a massive table that shows who starred in the movie, had much the movie grossed when it was released and how that gross means in today’s money.

Obviously this is not all of the 1955 movies…..but since our website is dynamic, ever time we add a 1955 movie….it will automatically be added to this page.

Lemmon, Cagney, Fonda and Powell in 1955’s Mister Roberts

Our UMR Top 50 of 1955

Top Grossing Movies of 1955 Can Be Sorted 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1955 by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1955 by domestic actual box office grosses (in millions)
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1955 by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1955 by critic and audience rating
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1955 by Oscar wins and Oscar nominations
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1955 by it’s Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in 1955’s To Catch A Thief

1955 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide

The top 25 earners in World Wide Box Office for 1955

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38 thoughts on “Top Grossing Movies of 1955”

  1. 22 A Man Called Peter (1955)
    Oscar Nominee: Best Cinematography, Color

    FYI, I have a plan for much more accurate “audit” of Oscar data that I’ll give you feedback over the next 12-18 month time frame if possible. Until then, it will be fairly hit or miss based on less organized observations. Pardon the “nickel and diming” these observations until then.

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    1. Hey Sidney. A Man Called Peter now has credit for it’s Oscar nomination. Good catch and thanks for the headsup. I look forward to the results of the “Oscar audit”. That is probably one of our weakest points on UMR…..many times…I forget to notice that “one nomination” when putting movies into the database. That is exactly what happened with A Man Called Peter. Thanks for your efforts.

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  2. Hi Mr. Cogerson,

    Please review films for typos and additions to the year 1955.

    typo
    1955 The Day The World Ended (1955)
    1955 Day the World Ended 

    1955 Frances in The Navy (1955)
    1955 Francis in the Navy

    1955 Man with a Gun (1955)
    1955 Man with the Gun

    1955 The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
    B.O.$400,000,
    Wikipedia-source-Mark McGee, Faster
    and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of
    American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996
    p42-49

    1955 Galapagos B.O. 11-17 million SOURCE-THE
    NUMBERS and STATS-A-MANIA

    Thx

    Mike

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  4. Favorite films from 1955: Night of the Hunter, Mister Roberts, Rebel Without a Cause, Picnic, Marty, Bad Day at Black Rock, Blackboard Jungle, Diabolique and the original Ladykillers (which seems to have done did relatively well in the US for a British film!)

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  5. Hi

    There’s a lot of movies on the list I haven’t seen. Of the ones I have, I particularly enjoyed Rebel Without A Cause and Bad Day At Black Rock. Arguably one of Tracey’s best films. I’ve seen Mr. Roberts several times and I thought it was an okay movie but I’m surprised it did so well at the box office.
    I particularly like Love me or Leave me. Cagney and Day had great chemistry. One film I didn’t enjoy is Love Is a Many Splendid Thing. I got pretty bored half way through.
    Oklahoma was okay but I noticed there were no real big MGM musicals in ’55. But my favourite 55 movie without doubt is Lady and the Tramp. In fact it’s probably my favourite Disney movie.

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    1. Hey Chris. Thanks for checking out our 1955 page. Of your favorites I liked Lady and the Tramp and Bad Day at Black Rock. I have always felt Rebel Without A Cause was somewhat overrated. Watching a mid 20s actor playing a teenager never rang true to me. Granted I know I alone in that thinking. As for Mister Roberts….that is one of my favorites. So many great performances in that one. Good feedback.

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