Top Grossing Movies of 1958

Leslie Caron in 1958’s Gigi

This movie page looks at The Top Grossing Movies of 1958.   Currently when you type in the search words….”Top Grossing Movies of 1958″ you do not get much information.   So in an effort to get more information out there…we have decided to unlock our 1958 movie database vault and share the information we have collected over the years.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1958 (as listed on IMDB.com).  Obviously many movies made in 1957 earned box office dollars in 1958.  On the other side many movies made in 1958 made money in 1959 and later.  This page will looks at 137 Top Grossing Movies of 1958.  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 1958 movies…..but since our website is dynamic, ever time we add a 1958 movie….it will automatically be added to this page.

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Our UMR Top 50 of 1958

Top Grossing Movies of 1958 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.

  • Column One gives title of movie and in some cases a link to the trailer
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1958 by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1958 by domestic actual box office grosses (in millions)
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1958 by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1958 by critic and audience rating
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1958 by Oscar wins and Oscar nominations
  • Sort Top Grossing Movies of 1958 by it’s Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score

1958 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide

My favorite movie of 1958 is The Big Country

 

The top 25 earners in World Wide Box Office for 1958

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39 thoughts on “Top Grossing Movies of 1958”

  1. I must admit 1958 does not do it for me as much as 1957. I mean the page is great, but I can only list Vertigo, The Defiant Ones and The Big Country among my favorite films, and I never saw the top grossing film, South Pacific. I recognize there were of course many other good films: Touch of Evil, the flop that became the classic, Separate Tables, Auntie Mame, Run Silent Run Deep, The Horror of Dracula, among others. It was a important year for Paul Newman, who became a major star with The Long Hot Summer and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sidney Poitier, who received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination in The Defiant Ones, and James Garner, who had his first starring role in Darby’s Rangers just as he was becoming a top TV star with Maverick. Meanwhile, Steve McQueen also had his first starring role in The Blob, a fun B-movie that ended up making quite a bit of money in outdoor theaters. Still for me, Poitier and Tony Curtis battling it out in The Defiant Ones get my top votes.
    One film I noticed was missed from the database: In Love and War, which is found on the Robert Wagner page. Very average war and romance fare, but it did it well at the box office.

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    1. Hey Phil….I think every year can produce an excellent Top 10. Which in this case…..you can get those 10 movies….I think a great year has 30 or 40 movies that are that highly rated…..1939 obviously is the first year to come to my mind.

      Newman exploded onto the scene in 1958….and he never looked back. Glad you mentioned The Blob…..that was one of the first classic movies that I watched as a kid…..so it brings back lots of fond memories.

      I think The Defiant Ones….is an excellent choice. In Love and War? I will have to go back and see what is going on with that movie….thanks for the headsup. And thanks for sharing your thoughts on this movie year.

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  2. I have seen 52 movies, again a bit shy of Steve’s total.

    The highest rated film I have seen is Gigi.

    The highest rated film I have not seen is The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.

    The lowest rated film I have seen is The Queen of Outer Space.

    My top ten 1958 movies are:

    Some Came Running
    The Big Country
    Touch of Evil
    Gigi
    Vertigo
    Run Silent, Run Deep
    Separate Tables
    Imitation General
    The Law and Jake Wade
    Torpedo Run

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    1. Hi Flora, to be honest with you I used my own 1958 chart alongside Bruce’s chart to find the films I’ve seen and my movie chart has a few films that are not on his chart, e.g. The Hidden Fortress, The H Man, Revenge of Frankenstein and I Married a Monster from Outer Space. I did this with the 1957 chart too, so you’ve more likely seen more films than I from Bruce’s charts.

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    2. Hey Flora…..52 for you…..57 for Steve…..132 for Dan….and 32 for me. I think our counts are more valid….as Steve and Dan are giving their complete 1958 totals. I am willing to bet that your total would be pretty close to Dan’s total if you looked at a complete list of movies made in 1958.

      Steve is shocked that you have not seen The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad….lol. Once again I have seen 8 of your Top 10….with Torpedo Run and Some Came Running being my missing movies. I really liked The Law and Jake Wade…possible one of my favorite Widmark roles. Thanks for sharing this information.

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  3. These are the 132 1958 films I have seen between December 1992 when I hit film 8000 and December 2016. Gigi was seen before 1992. Key – film, studio, stars if listed by me ate seen and source (DVD, tape, TV channel).

    ALL AT SEA (U.K.) 1958 MGM ALEC GUINNESS 6/12 1999 TCM
    AMBUSH AT CIMARRON PASS 1958 FOX SCOTT BRADY 3/4 2000 WEST
    ANDY HARDY COMES HOME 1958 MGM MICKEY ROONEY 8/13 1998 TCM
    ANNA LUCASTA 1958 UA EARTHA KITT SAMMY DAVIS JR. 8/5 1993 AMC
    APACHE TERRITORY 1958 COL RORY CALHOUN 6/14 2000 WEST
    ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE 1958 AIP JOHN AGAR JOHN HOYT 3/16 2008 TCM
    BEHIND THE MASK (U.K.) 1958 BRITISH LION MICHAEL REDGRAVE CARL MOHNER 10/10 2010 TCM
    BRAIN EATERS 1958 AIP EDWIN NELSON ALAN FROST 12/28 2008 AMC
    CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE (U.K.) 1958 LOPERT VIRGINIA MCKENNA JACK WARNER 3/14 2012 TCM
    CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN 1958 COL DARREN MCGAVIN MAGGIE HAYES 5/14 2010 TCM
    CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW (U.K.) 1958 WB RICHARD TODD ANNE BAXTER 3/29 2000 MYST
    CHINA DOLL 1958 UA 4/30 2015 TAPE
    COLE YOUNGER, GUNFIGHTER 1958 AA FRANK LOVEJOY 6/12 1994 TNT
    COP HATER 1958 UA 7/1 1997 TMC
    CRY TERROR 1958 MGM JAMES MASON ROD STEIGER 12/13 1992 TNT
    CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN 1958 UA XXX XXX 4/24 1995 TNT
    DAVY (U.K.) 1958 MGM HARRY SECOMBE RON RANDELL 12/14 2002 TCM
    DAY OF THE BAD MAN 1958 UNI FRED MACMURRAY 4/26 1995 AMC
    DAY THE EARTH FROZE (FOR.) 1958 AIP-TV XXX XXX 5/25 1994 COM
    DEEP SIX 1958 WB ALAN LADD WILLIAM BENDIX 3/4 2001 ACTN
    DOCTOR’S DILEMMA (U.K.) 1958 MGM LESLIE CARON DIRK BOGARDE 7/1 2003 TCM
    DUNKIRK (U.K.) 1958 MGM JOHN MILLS ROBERT URQUHART 4/17 1993 TNT
    EARTH VS. THE SPIDER 1958 AIP XXX XXX 4/24 1994 SCI
    ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (FR.) 1958 TIMES FILM JEANNE MOREAU 2/4 1997 BRAVO
    FEMALE ANIMAL 1958 UNI HEDY LAMARR JANE POWELL 8/7 1995 AMC
    FIEND WHO WALKED THE WEST 1958 FOX HUGH O’BRIEN 11/25 1999 MMAX
    FLAME BARRIER 1958 UA ARTHUR FRANZ 6/22 1995 TNT
    FLOOD TIDE 1958 UNI GEORGE NADER 6/29 1995 AMC
    FORT BOWIE 1958 UA BEN JOHNSON 12/14 1992 TNT
    FORT DOBBS 1958 WB CLINT WALKER BRIAN KEITH 10/6 2001 WEST
    FORT MASSACRE 1958 UA JOEL MCCREA FORREST TUCKER 5/11 1993 7
    FRANKENSTEIN’S DAUGHTER 1958 ASTOR XXX XXX 6/9 1996 55
    FRAULEIN 1958 FOX DANA WYNTER MEL FERRER 5/27 2000 FXM
    GANG WAR 1958 FOX CHARLES BRONSON KENT TAYLOR 1/27 2001 FXM
    GIFT FOR HEIDI 1958 RKO SANDY DESCHER DOUGLAS FOWLEY 4/15 2004 TCM
    GIRLS AT SEA (U.K.) 1958 WB GUY ROLFE 8/23 1994 55
    GOING STEADY 1958 COL MOLLIE BEE ALAN REED JR. 9/13 2007 TCM
    GUN FEVER 1958 UA MARK STEVENS 7/12 1995 TNT
    GUN RUNNERS 1958 UA AUDIE MURPHY EDDIE ALBERT 4/23 1994 TNT
    GUNSMOKE IN TUCSON 1958 AA MARK STEVENS FORREST TUCKER 11/6 1994 TNT
    GYPSY AND THE GENTLEMAN (U.K.) 1958 RANK MELINA MERCOURI KEITH MITCHELL 5/3 2004 TCM
    HANDLE WITH CARE 1958 MGM DEAN JONES 1/25 1994 TNT
    HARRY BLACK AND THE TIGER (U.K.) 1958 FOX STEWART GRANGER BARBARA RUSH 5/12 2001 AMC
    HELL SQUAD 1958 AIP XXX XXX 1/1 2000 AMC
    HIGH COST OF LOVING 1958 MGM JOSE FERRER GENA ROWLANDS 11/8 2000 TCM
    HIGH JUMP (U.K.) 1958 UA XXX XXX 3/24 1996 TMC
    HIGH SCHOOL HELLCATS 1958 AIP XXX XXX 11/15 1998 AMC
    HOME BEFORE DARK 1958 WB JEAN SIMMONS DAN O’HERLIHY 5/29 2013 TCM
    HORROR OF DRACULA (U.K.) 1958 UNI PETER CUSHING CHRISTOPHER LEE 6/28 1997 AMC
    HORSE’S MOUTH (U.K.) 1958 UA ALEC GUINNESS KAY WALSH 9/25 1994 TMC
    HOT ROD GANG 1958 AIP XXX XXX 11/22 1998 AMC
    HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER 1958 AIP XXX XXX 9/8 1997 SCI
    HUNTERS, THE 1958 FOX ROBERT MITCHUM ROBERT WAGNER 6/14 2012 FXM
    I BURY THE LIVING 1958 UA RICHARD BOONE 6/25 1995 TNT
    INNOCENT SINNERS (U.K.) 1958 RANK FLORA ROBSON DAVID KOSSOFF 4/18 2013 TCM
    IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE 1958 UA MARSHALL THOMPSON 9/26 1993 TNT
    JET ATTACK 1958 AIP JOHN AGAR AUDREY TOTTER 1/22 2010 AMC
    KATHY O 1958 UNI DAN DURYEA 8/9 1995 AMC
    LADY TAKES A FLYER 1958 UNI LANA TURNER JEFF CHANDLER 8/3 1995 AMC
    LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE 1958 WB TAB HUNTER ETCHIKA CHOUREAU 3/13 2012 TCM
    LAW AND JAKE WADE 1958 MGM ROBERT TAYLOR RICHARD WIDMARK 3/3 1993 TNT
    LEFT HANDED GUN 1958 WB PAUL NEWMAN 7/30 1997 TNT
    LET’S ROCK 1958 COL XXX XXX 11/26 2000 AMC
    LIFE BEGINS AT 17 1958 COL MARK DAMON DOROTHY JOHNSON 10/15 2009 TCM
    LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG 1958 UNI MARY MURPHY 8/27 1994 AMC
    LONELYHEARTS 1958 UA MONTGOMERY CLIFT ROBERT RYAN 6/18 1994 TMC
    LOOK BACK IN ANGER (U.K.) 1958 WB RICHARD BURTON MARY URE 11/13 2009 TCM
    LOST LAGOON 1958 UA JEFFREY LYNN PETER DONAT 5/1 2009 TCM
    LOST MISSILE 1958 UA ROBERT LOGGIA LARRY KERR 4/1 2009 TCM
    MACABRE 1958 AA XXX XXX 3/10 1993 TNT
    MAN INSIDE (U.K.) 1958 COL JACK PALANCE ANITA EKBERG 11/7 2011 TCM
    MAN OR GUN 1958 REP MACDONALD CAREY AUDREY TOTTER 10/14 2000 WEST
    MARDI GRAS 1958 FOX PAT BOONE 6/12 2000 FXM
    MARK OF THE HAWK 1958 UNI SIDNEY POITIER JUANO HERNANDEZ 10/22 2012 DVD
    MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS 1958 VARWICK XXX XXX 8/24 1996 AMC
    MURDER BY CONTRACT 1958 COL VINCE EDWARDS 3/15 1993 TNT
    NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST 1958 AIP MICHAEL EMMET ANGELA GREENE 10/9 2012 DVD
    NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS 1958 WB ANDY GRIFFITH 5/16 1993 TBS
    NOWHERE TO GO (U.K.) 1958 MGM GEORGE NADER MAGGIE SMITH 12/27 2002 TCM
    OLD MAN AND THE SEA 1958 WB SPENCER TRACY 1/12 1998 AMC
    ONIONHEAD 1958 WB ANDY GRIFFITH FELICIA FARR 12/7 1992 COM
    ORDERS TO KILL (U.K.) 1958 UPMD PAUL MASSIE EDDIE ALBERT 8/16 2012 TCM
    POWER OF THE RESURRECTION 1958 MODERN SOUND XXX XXX 9/10 2006 DVD
    RAW WIND IN EDEN 1958 UNI ESTHER WILLIAMS JEFF CHANDLER 8/5 1995 AMC
    RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE 1958 MGM REX HARRISON KAY KENDALL 3/7 1993 TNT
    RESTLESS YEARS 1958 UNI JOHN SAXON SANDRA DEE 2/18 1995 AMC
    RETURN OF DRACULA 1958 UA FRANCIS LEDERER NORMA EBERHARDT 10/6 2007 TCM
    RETURN TO WARBOW 1958 COL PHIL CAREY CATHERINE MCLEAD 9/9 2003 WEST
    REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (U.K.) 1958 COL PETER CUSHING 9/21 1994 TNT
    RIDE A CROOKED TRAIL 1958 UNI AUDIE MURPHY 3/12 1995 AMC
    ROBOT VS. AZTEC MUMMY 1958 F. GORDON MURRAY RAMON GAY ROSALITA ARENAS 11/21 2009 TCM
    ROOTS OF HEAVEN 1958 FOX TREVOR HOWARD JULIETTE GRECO 8/19 2000 FXM
    SADDLE THE WIND 1958 MGM ROBERT TAYLOR JULIE LONDON 2/27 1993 TNT
    SAGA OF HEMP BROWN 1958 UNI RORY CALHOUN BEVERLY GARLAND 1/4 1996 AMC
    SCREAMING SKULL 1958 AIP JOHN HUDSON PEGGY WEBBER 11/1 2011 DVD
    SENIOR PROM 1958 COL JILL COREY PAUL HAMPTON 10/15 2009 TCM
    SEVEN HILLS OF ROME 1958 MGM MARIO LANZA 11/11 2002 TCM
    SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF 1958 AIP XXX XXX 12/30 2009 DVD
    SNOWFIRE 1958 AA XXX XXX 7/30 2011 TCM
    SPACE CHILDREN 1958 PAR JACKIE COOGAN 7/21 1996 SCI
    SPACE MASTER X-7 1958 FOX BILL WILLIAMS 3/2 2010 FXM
    STORM OVER JAMAICA (U.K.) 1958 RANK 6/7 2012 TCM
    STRANGE WORLD OF PLANET X (U.K.) 1958 DCA 1/28 2012 TCM
    SUICIDE BATTALION 1958 AIP MICHAEL CONNORS 12/27 1999 AMC
    TALE OF TWO CITIES (U.K.) 1958 RANK DIRK BOGARDE 7/17 2008 TCM
    TANK BATTALION 1958 AIP XXX XXX 5/30 2002 AMC
    TANK FORCE (U.K.) 1958 COL VICTOR MATURE LEO GENN 6/1 1993 TNT
    TARZAN’S FIGHT FOR LIFE 1958 MGM GORDON SCOTT 6/8 1997 AMC
    TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000 1958 AIP XXX XXX 2/26 1996 SCI
    THE BADLANDERS 1958 MGM ALAN LADD ERNEST BORGNINE 1/24 1994 TNT
    THE FEARMAKERS 1958 UA DANA ANDREWS DICK FORAN 5/6 2003 TCM
    THE GODDESS 1958 COL LLOYD BRIDGES 4/3 1993 TNT
    THE LINEUP 1958 COL ELI WALLACH 2/4 2003 MYST
    THE SAFECRACKER (U.K.) 1958 MGM RAY MILLAND 1/3 1994 TNT
    THING THAT COULDN’T DIE 1958 UNI XXX XXX 3/1 1997 SCI
    THUNDER ROAD 1958 UA ROBERT MITCHUM GENE BARRY 3/5 1995 TMC
    TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE 1958 UNI JOHN GAVIN 5/30 1995 AMC
    TOO MUCH TOO SOON 1958 WB DOROTHY MALONE ERROL FLYNN 2/3 2001 TRUE
    TOUGHEST GUN IN TOMBSTONE 1958 UA GEORGE MONTGOMERY JIM DAVIS 3/26 2007 TCM
    TRUE STORY OF LYNN STUART 1958 COL 4/15 2016 TCM
    TUNNEL OF LOVE 1958 MGM DORIS DAY RICHARD WIDMARK 5/10 2004 TCM
    TWO HEADED SPY (U.K.) 1958 COL JACK HAWKINS 8/1 2008 TCM
    UNDERWATER WARRIOR 1958 MGM DAN DAILEY 10/25 2004 TCM
    VIOLENT PLAYGROUND (U.K.) 1958 RANK STANLEY BAKER ANNE HEYWOOD 4/28 2008 TCM
    VIRGIN ISLAND (U.K.) 1958 FILMS AROUND THE WORLD JOHN CASSAVETES 1/7 1998 STZ
    VOICE IN THE MIRROR 1958 UNI RICHARD EGAN JULIE LONDON 9/29 1994 AMC
    WEDDINGS AND BABIES 1958 FOX VIVECA LINDFORS 4/9 2009 TCM
    WHITE WILDERNESS (DOC.) 1958 BV XXX XXX 4/23 1995 DIS
    WHOLE TRUTH 1958 COL STEWART GRANGER DONNA REED 5/20 2010 TCM
    WILD HERITAGE 1958 UNI MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN 11/3 1995 AMC
    WINDJAMMER (DOC.) 1958 NATIONAL THEATERS 12/26 2011 DVD
    WORLD WAS HIS JURY 1958 COL 9/10 2012 TCM

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    1. Hey Dan….132 movies watched for 1958…..that is almost 5 times my amount. Once again…..awesome to see your movie watching on lists like this…..thanks for posting the information.

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  4. 1958. An important year for Hitchcock fans and Hammer Horror fans too. Vertigo was voted in first place in Sight & Sound’s 2012 poll of the greatest films of all time, knocking Citizen Kane of it’s pedestal. And the first in the Hammer Dracula series starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing was released, it stands as the highest rated movie from the Hammer studios.

    A great year for Ray Harryhausen fans too, The 7th Voyage of SInbad is one of the best loved movies from the celebrated special effects master.

    I’ve seen 57 films from 1958. Favorites include – Vertigo, Dracula (aka Horror of Dracula), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The Big Country, Touch of Evil, The Fly, Gigi, I Married a Monster from Outer Space, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, King Creole, The Law and Jake Wade, Revenge of Frankenstein, Torpedo Run, The Vikings, The H Man and The Hidden Fortress.

    There are 84 films from 1958 in my collection, I haven’t seen them all or I can’t remember which I’ve seen. I have the memory of a gnat.

    High rated films I haven’t seen – Separate Tables, I Want to Live, The Last Hurrah and Auntie Mame.

    South Pacific was unusually huge at the box office in the US, was it really that popular? Probably more than any musical before it! I saw it a couple of times, not a favorite of mine but it looked great. The use of color filters was disastrous though, I thought there was something wrong with my telly the first time I saw it. 🙂

    Good to see Vertigo, The Big Country, Touch of Evil and Dracula topping the critics chart.

    Impressive work Bruce. Keep em coming. Vote Up!

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    1. Hey Steve
      1. Thank for checking out the last 1950s page.
      2. 57 movies?…I am at 32 movies…..so only 25 movies behind you….lol.
      3. I was sure to include the trailer for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad….as well as The Big Country…..figured you would enjoy both of those.
      4. 84 1958 movies in your collection…..pretty impressive…looking at the list….I have only one in my collection….The Vikings…and it is on loan from my parent’s…but I have had it so long…I might as well say it is mine….lol.
      5. As for South Pacific….Variety has it listed as the 9th biggest hit of the entire decade….and three of the movies ahead of it are Disney ones that got released countless times after 1958.
      6. Yep…the top of the critics chart was made to order for you….two Heston flicks, a Hitch flick and a Hammer classic.
      Good feedback….as always.

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  5. 1 HI BRUCE Snap! As the saying goes as this is my response to the 1958 review. That Survey faithfully records (1) the big movies that were doing the rounds in 1958 like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, No Time for Sergeants, Sought Pacific and The Big Country (2) those films that it was probably anticipated or at least hoped might draw A movie type revenues but ended up with B movie levels of grosses such as the musical The Girl Most Likely and two from Jeff Chandler, Raw Wind in Eden and The Lady Takes a Flyer, though I can recall queues here in Belfast for the latter simply because this city’s ever-popular Jeff was in it (3) minor programmers are also well covered such as The Safecracker, The Gun Runners, Cry Terror and Victor Matures two action movies Timbuktu and Escort West.

    2 Accordingly the Annual Review is once again very comprehensive and as you say completes [well before Xmas!] all the 1950s surveys and gives an uninterrupted more than two decade run of Annual Reviews from 1936-1959. At one stage the only year without ACTUAL grosses was I think 1939 but I see you have now brought that page into line – so the circle is squared! Super stuff.

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    1. Hey Bob.
      1. Hey Bob….glad you found your early Christmas present….a couple of months ago when I was going in the other direction….1938, 1937, 1936….you asked for us to go the 1950s….well….they are now done.
      2. Sadly this only represents about 30% of the movies released in 1958…..but it is the biggest list on the internet.
      3. Big budget, modest budget and low budget all get mentioned…as long as they were in the database.
      4. The only place you will find actual grosses…(at least educated actual grosses) is on these yearly reviews.
      Thanks for the kind words.

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