In Roustabout, Elvis plays Charlie Rogers who is down on his luck and finds a job with a traveling carnival and is (can you believe it?) discovered as a music talent.
Max Von Sydow played Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Jane Fonda played the title character in the comedy western, Cat Ballou.
John Wayne and Kirk Douglas starred in the World War II movie, In Harms Way.
WEEKLY LEADERS IN BOX OFFICE
RECEIPTS
Week
Title
Gross
6-Sep-64 Mary Poppins $2,722,935
13-Sep-64 Mary Poppins $2,482,944
20-Sep-64 Mary Poppins $2,389,722
27-Sep-64 Mary Poppins $2,285,573
4-Oct-64 Cheyenne Autumn $2,573,567
11-Oct-64 Fail-Safe $2,375,382
18-Oct-64 Send Me No Flowers $2,173,674
25-Oct-64 Mary Poppins $2,000,000
1-Nov-64 The Naked Kiss $1,943,743
8-Nov-64 Kitten with a Whip $2,472,843
15-Nov-64 Roustabout $2,834,783
22-Nov-64 Roustabout $2,462,732
29-Nov-64 Roustabout $1,743,678
6-Dec-64 Roustabout $1,378,035
13-Dec-64 Father Goose $2,735,284
20-Dec-64 Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte $2,174,273
27-Dec-64 My Fair Lady $2,578,822
3-Jan-65 My Fair Lady $3,209,409
10-Jan-65 My Fair Lady $3,674,486
17-Jan-65 My Fair Lady $3,247,388
24-Jan-65 My Fair Lady $2,674,356
31-Jan-65 36 Hours $2,765,684
7-Feb-65 My Fair Lady $2,583,583
14-Feb-65 My Fair Lady $2,375,284
21-Feb-65 The Greatest Story Ever Told $2,445,385
28-Feb-65 The Greatest Story Ever Told $2,173,700
7-Mar-65 The Sound of Music $3,899,574
14-Mar-65 The Sound of Music $3,875,893
21-Mar-65 The Sound of Music $3,648,893
28-Mar-65 The Sound of Music $3,472,844
4-Apr-65 The Sound of Music $3,395,385
11-Apr-65 Girl Happy $3,674,385
18-Apr-65 In Harm's Way $3,624,683
25-Apr-65 The Sound of Music $3,582,733
2-May-65 The Sound of Music $3,256,274
9-May-65 Brainstorm $2,875,486
16-May-65 The Sound of Music $3,000,000
23-May-65 The Sound of Music $2,864,933
30-May-65 The Sound of Music $2,793,564
6-Jun-65 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines $3,563,264
13-Jun-65 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines $3,452,722
20-Jun-65 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines $3,324,211
27-Jun-65 Von Ryan's Express $3,576,783
4-Jul-65 Tickle Me $3,157,932
11-Jul-65 Cat Ballou $3,385,283
18-Jul-65 The Sound of Music $2,948,000
25-Jul-65 The Sound of Music $2,584,822
1-Aug-65 Ship of Fools $2,845,385
8-Aug-65 Ship of Fools $2,573,299
15-Aug-65 A Very Special Favor $2,533,588
22-Aug-65 A Very Special Favor $2,154,288
In Von Ryan's Express, an American officer, Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) leads a group of British prisoners out of Italy. When Ryan is betrayed by the Italian commander of the prison and all of the sick prisoners are shot, Major Eric Fincham (Trevor Howard) blames Ryan, declaring, "You'll get your Iron Cross now, VON Ryan."
In Fail Safe, Henry Fonda plays the President who has to try and stop a nuclear war when US Air Force bombers are mistakenly sent to bomb Moscow. Larry Hagman (pre-I Dream of Jeannie and pre-Dallas) played an advisor to the President.
Terry Thomas and Eric Sykes played turn of the century aviators who compete in a race from London to Paris in the British comedy, The Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines.
Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte was conceived as a follow-up to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, but Joan Crawford (who did not get along with Bette Davis) avoided the movie and Olivia de Havilland was cast opposite Davis. Davis played a southern spinster who was suspected of killing her lover forty years ago and now appears on the verge of insanity. Cousin Miriam (de Havilland) comes to "help" Charlotte.