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The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.
See also: List of 1950 box office number-one films in the United States |
The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | Samson and Delilah | Paramount | $9,000,000[1] |
2 | King Solomon's Mines | MGM | $5,047,000[2] |
3 | Annie Get Your Gun | $4,708,000[2] | |
4 | Cheaper by the Dozen | 20th Century Fox | $4,425,000[3] |
5 | Cinderella | RKO/Walt Disney | $4,275,000[4] |
6 | Born Yesterday | Columbia | $4,100,000[5] |
7 | Father of the Bride | MGM | $4,036,000[2] |
8 | Broken Arrow | 20th Century Fox | $3,600,000[6] |
9 | All About Eve | $3,100,000[6] | |
10 | Three Little Words | MGM | $3,019,000[2] |
Category/Organization | 8th Golden Globe Awards February 28, 1951 |
23rd Academy Awards March 29, 1951 | |
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Drama | Comedy or Musical | ||
Best Film | Sunset Boulevard | All About Eve | |
Best Director | Billy Wilder Sunset Boulevard |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve | |
Best Actor | José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac |
Fred Astaire Three Little Words |
José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac |
Best Actress | Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard |
Judy Holliday Born Yesterday |
Judy Holliday Born Yesterday |
Best Supporting Actor | Edmund Gwenn Mister 880 |
George Sanders All About Eve | |
Best Supporting Actress | Josephine Hull Harvey | ||
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve | |
Best Screenplay, Original | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman Jr. Sunset Boulevard |
Rank | Actor/Actress |
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1. | John Wayne |
2. | Bob Hope |
3. | Bing Crosby |
4. | Betty Grable |
5. | James Stewart |
6. (tie) | Bud Abbott Lou Costello |
7. | Clifton Webb |
8. | Esther Williams |
9. | Spencer Tracy |
10. | Randolph Scott |
US unless stated