Ben-Hur (1959 film) the box office), generating approximately $74.7 million in box office sales. Outside of North America, it earned $32.5 million in rentals (about $72.2 million at the box office) for a worldwide total of $66.1 million in rental earnings, roughly equivalent to $146.9 million in box office receipts. It was the fastest-grossing film as well as the highest-grossing film of 1959, in the process becoming the second-highest-grossing film of all-time (at that time) behind "Gone with the Wind". "Ben-Hur" saved MGM from financial disaster, making a profit of $20,409,000 on its initial release, and another $10.1 million in profits when re-released
Box Office Entertainment Award for Phenomenal Box Office Star Box Office Entertainment Award for Phenomenal Box Office Star The following are the Phenomenal Box Office Star Awards given by the Box Office Entertainment Awards. The Box Office Entertainment Award for Phenomenal Box Office Star is the highest-acclaimed award presented annually by the Memorial Scholarship Foundation, led by Corazon Samaniego. It was first awarded at the 43rd Box Office Entertainment Awards ceremony, held in 2012; Vice Ganda first received the award for his work "The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin" which grossed PHP 332,000,000.00 and was the highest grossing Filipino film of year 2011. The first title holder of this award, Vice