In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, A.S.C.). DeMille won the Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for his role as Moses. Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role as Rameses and his other roles in "Anastasia" and "The King and I". It is also one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing approximately $122.7 million (equivalent to $ billion in ) at the box office during its initial release; it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second-highest-grossing film of the decade. According to "Guinness World Records", in terms of theatrical exhibition it is the eighth most successful film of all-time when the box office gross is adjusted for inflation.