Film dalam tahun 1956

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Film dalam tahun 1956 melibatkan beberapa peristiwa yang signifikan.

Peristiwa

• 4 Agustus - serial film terakhir, Blazing the Overland Trail dari Columbia Pictures, ditayangkan.
• 15 November - film pertama Elvis Presley, Love Me Tender, ditayangkan.

Film dengan keuntungan tertinggi (A.S.)

Peringkat	Judul	Bintang Utama	Studio	Keuntungan
1.	The Ten Commandments	Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek	Paramount	$43,000,000
2.	Around the World in 80 Days	David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine	United Artists	$23,120,000
3.	Giant	Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean	Warner Bros.	$14,000,000
4.	War and Peace	Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda	Paramount	$12,500,000
5.	The King and I	Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner	20th Century Fox	$9,000,000
6.	The Searchers	John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter	Warner Bros.	$8,500,000
7.	Bus Stop	Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray	20th Century Fox	$7,269,000
8.	The Girl Can't Help It	Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell	20th Century Fox	$6,250,000
9.	High Society	Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm	MGM	$5,878,000
10.	Written on the Wind	Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone	Universal	$5,712,000
11.	Julie	Doris Day	MGM	$4,500,000
12.	The Eddy Duchin Story	Tyrone Power, Kim Novak	Columbia	$4,396,000
13.	The Lieutenant Wore Skirts	Tom Ewell, Sheree North	20th Century Fox	$4,390,000
14.	Baby Doll	Carroll Baker, Karl Malden	Warner Bros.	$4,285,000
15.	Zarak	Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Ekberg	Columbia	$4,252,000
16.	Love Me Tender	Elvis Presley, Debra Paget	20th Century Fox	$4,225,000
17.	Between Heaven and Hell	Robert Wagner, Buddy Ebsen, Broderick Crawford, Terry Moore	20th Century Fox	$4,200,000
18.	The Man Who Knew Too Much	James Stewart, Doris Day	Paramount	$4,153,000
19.	The Best Things in Life Are Free	Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North	20th Century Fox	$4,129,000
20.	Star in the Dust	John Agar, Richard Boone, Mamie Van Doren	Universal	$4,122,000

Debut Film

• Jean-Paul Belmondo - Molière
• Michael Caine - Panic in the Parlor
• James Garner - Toward the Unknown
• Robert Loggia - Somebody Up There Likes Me
• Robert Morse - The Proud and Profane
• Leslie Nielsen - Forbidden Planet
• Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
• John Schlesinger - Sunday in the Park
• Maggie Smith - Child in the House
• Rip Torn - Baby Doll
• Christopher Walken - The Boy Who Saw Through