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The following is an overview of 1956 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1956 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

• February 5 – First showing of documentary films by the Free Cinema movement, at the National Film Theatre, London.
• February 16 – Carousel is the first film released that was shot in CinemaScope 55.
• February 23 – Arthur B. Krim and Robert Benjamin acquire Mary Pickford's interest in United Artists for $3 million giving them full ownership of UA.
• February – Warner Bros. sells much of its pre-1950 library to Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.); after a series of mergers the films return to WB 40 years later.
• February – Darryl F. Zanuck announces his resignation as head of production of 20th Century Fox after 20 years as the studio head. He is later replaced by Buddy Adler.^[4]
• April 18 – Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III and becomes Princess consort of Monaco. She stops acting. Her last feature film, High Society, is released in July.
• May 30 – United Artists release Trapeze which becomes their highest-grosser until surpassed by Around the World in 80 Days the following year.
• July – Harry and Albert Warner sell their stock in Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner retains his and becomes president.
• July 25 – The comedy partnership between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ends. Their last film together, Hollywood or Bust, is released later in the year.
• August 4 – The last film serial, Blazing the Overland Trail from Columbia Pictures, is released.
• October 5 – The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas. It was the most expensive film of all time with a cost of $13 million and becomes one of the most successful and popular films of all time, currently ranking 6th on the list of all time moneymakers (when adjusted for inflation). It was director Cecil B. DeMille's last film.
• October 17 – Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days is released and goes on to become United Artists' highest-grossing film.
• October 18 – Joseph Vogel becomes president of MGM.
• November 1 – The film Oklahoma!, released in 1955 to select cities in Todd-AO, now receives a U.S. national release in CinemaScope, since not all theatres are yet equipped for Todd-AO. To accomplish this, the film has actually been shot twice, rather than printing one version in two different film processes, as is later done.
• November 15 – Elvis Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, opens.
• November 28
  • And God Created Woman opens in France making Brigitte Bardot an international star.
  • It is announced that production head Dore Schary will leave MGM at the end of the year.^[5]
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