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Top Grossing Movies in 1956

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	The Ten Commandments	EN	History Drama	$65,500,000	$65,501,273
2	Around the World in 80 Days	EN	Adventure Comedy Romance	$42,000,000	$42,009,549
3	Giant	EN	Drama Western	$32,855,818	$32,857,066
4	The King and I		Biography Drama Romance	$21,300,000	$21,321,141
5	Seventh Heaven	SE	Comedy Romance	-	$71,713
6	The Ladykillers	EN	Comedy Crime	$23,213	$50,276
7	The Red Balloon	FR	Comedy Family Drama	$34,570	$48,980
8	On the Bowery	EN	Documentary Drama	$41,802	$41,802
9	The Burmese Harp	JP	War Drama	$20,015	$33,763
10	War and Peace	EN	Romance Drama History	-	$24,874
11	Bob le Flambeur	FR	Action Drama Crime	$15,586	$16,152
12	The Conqueror	EN	Romance War History	-	$15,415
13	Written on the Wind	EN	Drama	-	$14,163
14	High Society		Comedy Romance Musical	-	$13,358
15	The Man Who Knew Too Much		Drama Thriller	-	$10,190
16	Somebody Up There Likes Me	EN	Drama Crime	-	$9,528
17	The Mountain	EN	Drama Adventure	-	$9,268
18	While the City Sleeps	EN	Thriller Drama	-	$7,652
19	Street of Shame	JP	Drama	-	$7,549
20	Elena and Her Men	FR	Comedy Romance Drama	-	$5,568
21	Sound in the Mist	JP	Romance Drama	-	$5,358
22	The Last Hunt	EN	Western	-	$4,236
23	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	EN	Sci-Fi Drama Horror	-	$3,717
24	Bhowani Junction	EN	Romance Drama Adventure	-	$3,657
25	D-Day the Sixth of June	EN	Drama Romance War	-	$1,487
26	Carousel	EN	Music Romance	-	$1,104
27	The Searchers	EN	Adventure Drama Western	-	$1,071
28	Gunslinger	EN	Western Romance	-	$798
29	Death in the Garden	FR	Adventure Drama	-	$384
30	The Killing	EN	Drama Thriller Crime	-	$380
31	Rock Around the Clock	EN	Music Comedy Romance	-	$365
32	Moby Dick	EN	Drama Adventure	-	$353
33	Baby Doll	EN	Drama Comedy	-	$51
34	Forbidden Planet	EN	Adventure Sci-Fi	-	-
35	Alexander the Great	EN	Drama War History	-	-
36	The Rainmaker	EN	Romance Western	-	-
37	Hollywood or Bust	EN	Comedy	-	-
38	The Teahouse of the August Moon	EN	Comedy	-	-
39	Gun the Man Down	EN	Western Action Crime	-	-
40	The Iron Petticoat	EN	Comedy	-	-
41	Pardners	EN	Comedy Western	-	-
42	Miracle in the Rain	EN	Drama Romance	-	-
43	Helen of Troy	EN	Adventure War Romance	-	-
44	There’s Always Tomorrow	EN	Drama Romance	-	-

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