<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $13.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan . The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize - winning novel of the same name . It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout . To Kill a Mockingbird marked the film debuts of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley . </P> <P> The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and was a box - office success, earning more than six times its budget . The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture . </P> <P> In 1995, the film was listed in the National Film Registry . In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century . In 2007 the film ranked twenty - fifth on the AFI's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time . In 2005, the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14 . The film was restored and released on Blu - ray and DVD in 2012 as part of the 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures . </P>

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