Film dalam tahun 1960 melibatkan beberapa peristiwa yang signifikan.
Film dengan keuntungan teratas (US)
| Peringkat | Judul | Studio | Aktor | Keuntungan |
| 1. |
Spartacus |
Universal |
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin |
$14,000,000[1] |
| 2. |
Psycho |
Paramount |
Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Janet Leigh |
$9,100,000[1] |
| 3. |
Exodus |
United Artists |
Paul Newman, Ralph Richardson, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Jill Haworth, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, John Derek |
$8,500,000[1] |
| 4. |
Swiss Family Robinson |
Walt Disney Productions |
John Mills, Dorothy McGuire |
$7,900,000[1] |
| 5. |
The Alamo |
United Artists |
John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills |
$7,900,000[1] |
| 6. |
The Apartment |
United Artists |
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Edie Adams |
$6,700,000[1] |
| 7. |
BUtterfield 8 |
MGM |
Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey |
$6,000,000[1] |
| 8. |
Ocean's 11 |
Warner Bros. |
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop |
$5,500,000[1] |
| 9. |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
MGM |
Doris Day, David Niven |
$5,300,000[1] |
| 10. |
From the Terrace |
20th Century Fox |
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ina Balin, Myrna Loy, George Grizzard |
$5,200,000[1] |
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