June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters.April 30 – François Truffaut's The 400 Blows opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave.However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. January 29 – Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70.January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, Plunderers of Painted Flats.The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: See also: List of 1959 box office number-one films in the United States
