Barbra Streisand Movies-Best to Worst-With Box Office Grosses 1968-2010
84Streisand in her number one film 1968's Funny Girl.
This Barbra Streisand hub comes from an e-mail request from KellyE1967 that I do more actress hubs. I can also say that Myrna Loy, Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn are coming soon. Before Lady Gaga, Madonna and Oprah, Streisand had to be the most influential woman in the world(even if they did not have such titles back then). As a singer, Streisand has sold over 140 million albums and won 8 Grammy awards. This hub will look at her equally successfully movie career.
Streisand's movie career started off with a bang. Her feature debut was in 1968's Funny Girl. Funny Girl would be her second biggest box office hit of her career and win her the Oscar for Best Actress. The peak of her movie career was from 1968 to 1979. She would appear in the blockbusters What's Up Doc?, A Star Is Born, Funny Girl and The Way We Were. In 1983 she started to direct her own movies and had great success with Yentl and The Prince of Tides. After nearly a ten year break from movies, she appeared as Ben Stiller's mom in the 2004's Meet the Fockers and 2010's Little Fockers. She is currently working on The Mother's Curse, where she will play Seth Rogen's mother in a road trip comedy.
Streisand and Redford in 1973's The Way We Were...her 5th biggest box office hit with 221.80 million in 2011 dollars.
Barbra Streisand's Top Ten Box Office Hits in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Rank Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office Gross
| Tickets Sold
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|---|
#1 Meet the Fockers (2004)
| 357.80 million
| 45.0 million
| Robert DeNiro/Ben Stiller
|
#2 Funny Girl (1968)
| 351.40 million
| 44.2 million
| Omar Sharif
|
#3 A Star Is Born (1976)
| 304.50 million
| 38.3 million
| Kris Kristopherson
|
#4 What's Up Doc? (1972)
| 287.80 million
| 36.2 million
| Ryan O'Neal
|
#5 The Way We Were (1973)
| 221.80 million
| 27.9 million
| Robert Redford
|
#6 Hello Dolly! (1969)
| 186.80 million
| 23.5 million
| Walter Matthau
|
#7 The Main Event (1979)
| 183.60 million
| 23.1 million
| Ryan O'Neal
|
#8 Funny Lady (1975)
| 164.60 million
| 20.7 million
| James Caan
|
#9 Little Fockers (2010)
| 147.10 million
| 18.5 million
| Dustin Hoffman/Robert DeNiro
|
#10 The Prince of Tides (1991)
| 141.50 million
| 17.80 million
| Nick Nolte
|
Streisand in her in directorial debut 1983's Yentl....her 6th highest rated movie according to critics and audiences.
Barbra Streisand's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Rank Movie Year
| Critic Audience Score
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 What's Up Doc? (1972)
| 84%
| Ryan O'Neal
|
#2 Funny Girl (1968)
| 83%
| Omar Sharif
|
#3 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
| 75%
| Jack Nicholson
|
#4 The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
| 73%
| George Segal
|
#5 The Prince of Tides (1991)
| 69%
| Nick Nolte
|
#6 Yentl (1983)
| 68%
| Amy Irving
|
#7 The Way We Were (1973)
| 66%
| Robert Redford
|
#8 Hello Dolly! (1969)
| 61%
| Walter Matthau
|
#9 For Pete's Sake (1974)
| 61%
| Michael Sarrazin
|
#10 The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
| 58%
| Jeff Bridges
|
My favorite Streisand movie 1972's What's Up Doc! Finishes as her 3rd best movie according to Movie Score.
Barbra's 18 movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Nom / Win
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Funny Girl (1968)
| 351.40
| 44.20
| 90.75
| 83%
| 08 / 01
|
2nd
| The Way We Were (1973)
| 221.80
| 27.89
| 76.71
| 66%
| 06 / 02
|
3rd
| What's Up Doc? (1972)
| 287.80
| 36.20
| 69.22
| 84%
| 00 / 00
|
4th
| Hello Dolly! (1969)
| 186.80
| 23.50
| 68.46
| 61%
| 07 / 03
|
5th
| A Star Is Born (1976)
| 304.50
| 38.29
| 64.44
| 53%
| 04 / 01
|
6th
| Meet The Fockers (2004)
| 357.80
| 45.00
| 56.10
| 51%
| 00 / 00
|
7th
| The Prince of Tides (1991)
| 141.50
| 17.79
| 56.06
| 69%
| 07 / 00
|
8th
| Yentl (1983)
| 108.90
| 13.69
| 54.88
| 68%
| 05 / 01
|
9th
| Funny Lady (1975)
| 164.60
| 20.70
| 54.16
| 45%
| 05 / 00
|
10th
| The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
| 131.20
| 16.50
| 53.67
| 73%
| 00 / 00
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Nom / Win
|
11th
| The Main Event (1979)
| 183.60
| 23.10
| 52.81
| 46%
| 00 / 00
|
12th
| Little Fockers (2010)
| 147.10
| 18.50
| 42.52
| 31%
| 00 / 00
|
13th
| For Pete's Sake (1974)
| 99.40
| 12.50
| 41.04
| 61%
| 00 / 00
|
14th
| The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
| 73.90
| 9.30
| 38.22
| 58%
| 02 / 00
|
15th
| On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
| 60.40
| 7.59
| 38.15
| 75%
| 00 / 00
|
16th
| Nuts (1987)
| 62.80
| 7.90
| 33.19
| 52%
| 00 / 00
|
17th
| Up the Sandbox (1972)
| 35.80
| 4.50
| 24.47
| 50%
| 00 / 00
|
18th
| All Night Long (1981)
| 12.70
| 1.60
| 17.59
| 43%
| 00 / 00
|
Barbra Streisand winning her Oscar for Funny Girl.
Things I Found Interesting When Researching This Hub on Barbra Streisand.
1. Streisand has only made 18 movies in her movie career.
2. Her movies have averaged 162.90 million in 2011 box office dollars, which is the highest of any actress I have done, 7th overall of both actors and actresses.
3. She is one of the few people to win an Oscar, a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy award.
4. She has received two Oscar nominations for Best Actress(Funny Girl & The Way We Were), two Oscar nominations for Best Song(A Star is Born & The Mirror Has Two Faces) and one Oscar nomination for Best Picture(The Prince of Tides).
5. She won Oscars for Funny Girl and A Star Is Born.
6. 50% of her acting performances have been nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actress. Of her 9 nominations she won for Funny Girl and A Star Is Born.
7. She has been nominated for 2 Best Director Golden Globe awards. She won for 1983's Yentl.
8. Although she has appeared in only 18 movies, those 18 movies have been nominated for 44 Oscars....or 2.44 nominations per movie.
9. 2.44 Oscar nominations per movie is the highest average that I have found for any movie star. It barely beats out Clark Gable's average of 2.42 nominations per movie.
10. Roles she turned down....Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Cabaret, Chicago, Cinderella Liberty, The Exorcist, Julia, King Kong(1976), Misery, Oceans Twelve, Thelma and Louise and Titanic.
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Wow a man that listens, thank you for doing one of my favorites, and giving me new information. I did not even know I had a new Barbra movie to look forward to. My favorites are Funny Girl and Funny Lady. The Way We Were is one of the greatest romantic movies ever, although I did not like the ending. For her comedies I will go with What's Up Doc! and For Pete's Sake. I could go on and on but this is your hub. Thank you thank you.
I love BS! Ha! Really I do, and she is so interesting. One of the stars that hasn't made herself so available to the press. She can act, sing - and she's beautiful!
I have seen most of her movies but you've given me a few to look forward to. I didn't see Little Fockers - I wonder if the kids can watch it?
Hey Fay, thanks for visiting. She throw your guy back into the ocean by the end of The Way We Where. As for her singing my mom used to listen to her all the time when I was growing up. As for some of the movies she turned down....I think The Exorcist would have been very different if she had played the mom.....as always thanks for stopping by and reading the hub.
Thanks for the suggestion Kelly1967, I was surprised how successful her movie career was from 1968 to 1979....now I am trying to figure why she pretty much stopped making movies after 1979. I am glad you like your hub, and as I wrote in the hub....more women are coming to hub pages....probably Elizabeth Taylor first.....as I am still working on Loy, Davis and A. Hepburn.
Hey RealHouseWife....I agree that she is very interesting.....I know the latest most influential poll....put Lady Gaga over Oprah....but I bet Barbara has been in the Top 5 for 40 years now. Little Fockers might not be the best movie for smaller kids, lots of adult humor and a pretty gruesome Thanksgiving turkey scene.....as always I appreciate you reading and commenting on my hubs.
Ok - well I will just watch it with Dave then! Lol thanks!
You are welcome as always....I do believe Little Fockers will be the last of that series for a very long time....it scored a 11% on rotten tomatoes and people seemed to really dislike it.
Not much of a Barbra fan, but I do respect the numbers she put up, I had know idea that she had been in so many monster hits, thanks for sharing. Voted up and useful.
A wonderful woman with a pulse, this is a nice surprise! BS is one of my favs! Her singing, acting and that good looking hubby of hers....Barbra has it all! Great tribute cogerson!!! I really enjoyed Fay's comment too! lol Up/Tweet/Rock Star :)
She's not one of my favorites but there's no denying she's a force in the entertainment media. My parents were big fans of her singing. I remember being dragged to see "Funny Girl" with my family when I was a kid and I hated it at the time, but in retrospect, she did do a very good performance.
Rob
Hey, guy who listens...My favorite BS movie is Funny Girl...The Mirror has two faces is another favorite...I believe that she has a fabulous voice - I like to listen her sing on CD's. THANKS FOR THE HUB COGERSON.
I LOVE these hubs because I am a bit of a movie buff myself...looking forward to Myrna Loy and the other oldies too! Up and awesome!
I agree Yankees Rule, the amount of money some of her earlier movies made is really surprising.....What's Up Doc! was huge.....its numbers are even better than the first Hangover movie...I always wondered why it was ABC's movie of the week so many times back in the 1970s....thanks for the comments
I am glad you like this woman with a pulse hub, Sunshine 625.....the Oprah of the 1970s and 1980s has had a great career in all aspects of entertainment....thanks for stopping by and reading.
I am right there with you Robwrite, my mom was and is a huge fan of her, I remember having to suffer through Funny Girl on tv, because she would claim the tv, and back then a kid had limited entertainment choices back then...which years later I was determined to watch all the Oscar winning acting performances so I watched Funny Girl of my own choice.....thanks for the comments
Somehow BERN1960 I know that you liked Barbra Streisand....as for Funny Girl it is a classic, but not many people seem to talk about The Mirror Has Two Faces....although I remember hoping Lauren Bacall would win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for that movie...thanks for stopping by
Thanks for the compliment That Mary Ann....hopefully these hubs can give some information to fellow movie buffs as well as lots of information for non-movie buffs......Myrna Loy is coming soon.....I am still trying to find information on about 9 of her movies, but I have all her other movies form 1932-1984.....thanks for reading the hub.
I must admit she's not my favorite actress/film maker in Hollywood, but this is an amazing Hub. Voted up and Useful.
YOU ARE WELCOME COGERSON...
LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE HUBS...
Hey Carl....she is not my favorite either, but she has had an awesome movie career, which seems to be fading away as time marches on....thanks for the compliment.
And you will have more hubs Bern1960...thanks for stopping by.
And I look forward to reading your upcoming hubs on Taylor and Hepburn especially, once again thanks for doing B.S.
I am a huge Barbra fan, I will be sending this page to my friends who are also huge Barbra fans, I love everything she sings and all her movies. I even can forgive you for saying that there might be a worst Barbra Streisand movie. Ok I agree All Night Long is not a classic movie, but she is very good in that movie. Thank you very much for giving Barbra her due as an actress.
I have not seen any of her movies that I am aware of, but I will say that I found her interesting facts, indeed interesting. I had know idea her movies were so popular, 3 movies over 300 million, half of her performances getting Golden Globe nominations, and Oscar love as well 44 nominations in 18 movies is pretty impressive. I can see why the Barbara band wagon is so full, although I will remain off that band wagon. Voted up and interesting.
Ok so you are listening to e-mailers, well I have been asking for a Gene Hackman hub for awhile, I have been one of longest tenure followers, what about me, lol. Bring Gene some credit.
Gene Hackman is an excellent idea! The Poseidon Adventure...classic movie, now I have to watch it for the 50th time!!! :)
Hey KellyE....I have a list of about 10 people via requests and the women you mention are coming soon.
Well thanks for the great compliment Barbara with the extra A.....and thanks for sending my hub to other Barbra fans...it is greatly appreciated...thanks for reading my hub
hey hinton1966, she does in fact have some great stats when it comes to her movies....much better than I thought they would be......as for Hackman he will probably be the next hub I do......I am so sorry for the delay.....lol.
Hey Sunshine625, Poseidon Adventure is a great disaster movie, actually one of the first ones....I wonder if it will even crack Hackman's top ten when I finish that hub....as always thanks for your comments
I love this woman so, so much! Voted up. This hub makes me want to watch everything all over again.
I love barbara. Love all of her movies. She is funny, she can act, and what a voice.
Thanks for stopping by my hub Meisjunk....and your comments are greatly appreciated.
Hey SusanJK, I agree she is a one of a kind talent....since doing this hub I have started to view her in a different light, as I had no idea her movie career had been so awesome...thanks for reading my hub
Excellent movie hubs! None better!
Thank you for the compliment Radioguy and thanks for reading my hub.
I learn something ever time I read one of your movie hubs. I liked the facts that you put at the end of the hub. Streisand is not somebody I watch very often, but she probably is my mom's Oprah. Voted up and useful.
Thanks for checking out the Streisand hub.....it was a request but it turned out much better than I thought it would...thanks for reading the hub.
I see my suggestion has gotten a decent amount of comments, you are welcome.
Steisand in Funny Girl, was my all time favorite movie of hers. Great hub voted up from me!
I agree KellyE....Barbra has had a good deal of feedback....thanks for the compliment.
Hey lilibees....thanks for the vote up....Funny Girl is a classic.....she deserved the Oscar she won. Thanks for stopping by and reading my hub.
Amazing, I was really only aware of her singing, sure I knew she had made some movies, but I was not aware of how big she was in the 1970s at the box office. Another reason why she is such a great lady. She looks so pretty in the What's Up Doc! photo you attached. I have some movies I need to go and watch. Thanks for writing this awesome hub.
Thanks AlabamaGirl86, I am glad my hub was able to shine some more light on her movie career, I was equally impressed when I realized just how successful her 1968 to 1979 movie run was...as always thanks for stopping by
Another great hub! By the way, you've made it on the Hubpages Facebook page again. You are kicking butt! Congratulations! Voted up on here and voted "like" on Facebook. :-)
Thank you Jeannieinabottle....and thanks for voting up both places...it is greatly appreciated.
Hi, Cogerson.
I don't think you'll find many surprises with my love of music and older films. One thing: I will say that though the theme song is beautiful, I cannot stand her version of A Star Is Born. It is over the top. And notice how my preferences are not necessarily at the top of either of the three ranking lists.
Here are my 5 favourite Barbra Streisand films in alphabetical order:
Hello Dolly (although I prefer the live version starring the great Carol Channing I saw in Vancouver. I think I enjoy this film specifically for louis Armstrong)
Funny Girl
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Way We Were
Yentl
I guess the most surprising thing is What's Up Doc did not make your Top 5. Howard Hawks helped Bognavoich the director with the film....as it is sort of a remake of the classic Bringing Up Baby. Hello Dolly got some love when Wall-E used the music and clips as Wall-E's favorite movie. I like Matthau's character in Hello Dolly. I have yet to see On a Clear Day You Can See Forever....which is probably one of the few Nicholson movies I have not seen.
A Star is Born was very successful at the box office....but it was not well liked by the public after they spent their money to see it....it has not aged well. I will have to give Ms. Streisand some props her movie career from Funny Girl to Main Event is pretty impressive with some monster hits to boot. Thanks for checking out my Barbra hub.
I think that's my problem with What's Up Doc?-I prefer Bringing Up Baby
I think it has been almost 40 years since What's Up Doc was released it is a classic...just not as classic as Grant and Hepburn's version. I am currently watching Spencer Tracy's Jekyll and Hyde....I am always amazed that Donald Crisp seems to show up in many movies in the golden era.
great! Let us know what you think
Hey Flora, I put my comments on Jekyll and Hyde on the Spencer Tracy hub.
I've already read them. Thanks!
Loved this hub. I'm a big BS fan (though I know some of her co-stars didn't, Walter Matthau is supposed to have said "I have more talent in my smallest fart than she has in her entire body.". I think there are few actresses in film with her comic timing and flair. Watch her in Owl and The Pussycat and For Pete's Sake to see her at her best in this respect. She is a real 'star' in every sense of the world and I think her only being in 18 movies shows that she is very selective in what she chooses to do and gosh, she has chosen very well!
Hey Jools99....I agree with you about her....I was shocked when I realized that she had only made 18 movies....and her run from the late 1960s to 1979 was one of the best runs ever. She is awesome in For Pete's Sake....I have not seen The Owl and The Pussycat yet....but it is on my list of movies to watch. Thanks for the Walter Matthau quote...I had not heard of that one before....I like Walter but I do not think he was correct in his quote. Thanks for stopping and for the comment.
streisand's movie career is awful and her singing is suspect because when she sang live for her audition for a record deal, the executives at columbia turned her down it wasn't until her manager got a recording that enhanced her voice, that they decided to give her a chance. Also i'v seen her in concert and the truth is she can't match the quality live that she masters in recordings ( please no stage-fright excuses ) if you want to hear a singer who is really gifted and can sing better live and actually surpass her recordings take a listen to linda ronstadt.she has a much better and powerful voice than barbra. don't let 20 some years of listening to recorded streisand fool you into thinking that her voice is better ( like i did ). here's an example i heard the song evergeen 0n recordings and was amazed by the way streisand held her last note. When she sang it in her one voice concert. she didn't hold that note. and to me holding notes and such is what made her special. so if she can't do the special things live. she really is not that great after all.,but linda ronstadt can do all her great singing live. LIsten to her version of "love has no pride" on you tube. (the one wear she's wearing the short light blue dress) unlike streisand who has big productions , ronstadt sings on a simple stage and blows me away more than streisand ever did live. and that's how i know linda ronstadt is a much better singer and if you listen to ronstadt's other songs you'll find that you'll like them right away ( unlike barbra's)
Hey rich....thanks for such a detailed response to my Streisand hub. I can not say I am a huge Streisand fan....but it looks like her movie career was very successful from Funny Girl to the Main Event. That is almost 12 years of box office gold.
As for Streisand the singer...you make good solid points about her currently singing skills....although I am sure that will offend the very loyal and protective fans of her. As for Linda Ronstandt she has always been one of my favorites from when I first started listening to music....thanks for the visit and the review of her concert work.
Barbra is turning 70 this year and TCM is honoring her with a night of her films on Tuesday, April 24th.
Hey Flora....thanks for the information about TCM and how she is turning 70....wow....70 I does not seem possible...but then again she has been famous for almost 50 years.
Barbra is an original talent that will never be duplicated nor surpassed. She's the greatest female recording artist of all time. She has made some amazing movies and is contiuing to make great films. The Guilt Trip is coming out in Fall 2012 and Gypsy is getting ready to be filmed. She is a legend, icon, superstar and artistic genius.
Fay Paxton 11 months ago
Oh Cogerson, this is girl! Of course, I fell out with her for a while when she did "The Way we Were", cause she was trying to steal my guy. But I forgave her. All she has to do is sing. She's one of the best to me, so it was a bonus to discover that her acting is not all bad either...and she's funny! She turned down some great movies.
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