1963 · 5h 20m · Biography, Drama, History

Cleopatra

IMDb

7.0

41.9K votes

Metacritic

critics

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

critics

Box office

$57.8M

1.3x its $44M budget

Released Jun 12, 1963 by 20th Century Studios

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Critics (Metacritic)60

Audience (IMDb x 10)70

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Top billed

9 nominations, 4 wins

Best Actor · Academy Awards 1964
Rex Harrison
Nominated
Best Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1964
Emil Kosa, Jr.
Won
Best Picture · Academy Awards 1964
Walter Wanger, Producer
Nominated
Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 1964
Dorothy Spencer
Nominated
Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1964
Alex North
Nominated
Best Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1964
Leon Shamroy
Won
Best Production Design (Color) · Academy Awards 1964
Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
Won
Best Costume Design (Color) · Academy Awards 1964
Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie
Won
Best Sound · Academy Awards 1964
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Nominated