1957 in film explained

The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1957 box office number-one films in the United States. The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1957
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1The Bridge on the River KwaiColumbia$15,000,000[1]
2 Peyton Place20th Century Fox$11,000,000
3SayonaraWarner Bros.$10,500,000
4Search for ParadiseCinerama Releasing$6,500,000
5Old YellerBuena Vista$5,900,000
6Raintree CountyMGM$5,830,000[2]
7Island in the Sun
A Farewell to Arms
20th Century Fox$5,000,000[3]
8 Pal JoeyColumbia$4,700,000
9 Gunfight at the O.K. CorralParamount$4,300,000
10Don't Go Near the WaterMGM$4,265,000

Top-grossing films by country

The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.

Country Title Director Studio Revenue Admissions
FranceThe Bridge on the River KwaiDavid LeanColumbia Pictures13,481,750[4]
West GermanyThe Bridge on the River KwaiDavid LeanColumbia Pictures14,500,000[5]
IndiaMother IndiaMehboob KhanMehboob Productions[6] [7] 100,000,000[8]
ItalyThe Ten CommandmentsCecil B. DeMilleParamount Pictures16,800,000[9]
JapanEmperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese WarKunio WatanabeShintoho[10] 20,000,000[11]
Soviet UnionThe SistersGrigori RoshalMosfilm10,625,000 Rbls ($2,656,000)42,500,000
United KingdomThe Bridge on the River KwaiDavid LeanColumbia Pictures12,600,000[12]
United States and CanadaThe Bridge on the River KwaiDavid LeanColumbia Pictures$27,200,000[13] 54,400,000

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 15th Golden Globe Awards
February 22, 1958
30th Academy Awards
March 26, 1958
width=200Drama !Comedy or Musical
Best Film The Bridge on the River Kwai Les Girls The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Director David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Frank Sinatra
Pal Joey
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve
Kay Kendall
Les Girls
Taina Elg
Les Girls
Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor Red Buttons
Sayonara
Best Supporting Actress Elsa Lanchester
Witness for the Prosecution
Miyoshi Umeki
Sayonara
Best Foreign Language Film Confessions of Felix Krull
Tizoc
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Yellow Crow
Nights of Cabiria

Top ten money making stars

RankActor/Actress
1.Rock Hudson
2.John Wayne
3.Pat Boone
4.Elvis Presley
5.Frank Sinatra
6. Kim Novak
7.Gary Cooper
8.William Holden
9.James Stewart
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1957 film releases

Notable films released in 1957

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Short film series

Ending this year

Births

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Finler, Joel Waldo . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-66-6 . 358–359.
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  3. News: Variety. All-Time Top Grosses. January 4, 1961. 49. April 24, 2019.
  4. Web site: Bilan Annuel France – 1957 . JP's Box-Office . 12 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1957 . JP's Box-Office . 12 December 2018.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021949/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw%3D%3D Box Office 1957
  7. Web site: Pacific Exchange Rate Service. UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 1957. 8 February 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150512095429/http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf. 2015-05-12.
  8. https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2988 Bahubali 2 Is The Biggest Hindi Blockbuster This Century
  9. Web site: Bilan Annuel Italie – 1957 . JP's Box-Office . 12 December 2018.
  10. Web site: 天皇と映画~映画における、時代ごとの天皇観~ . Cinema Today . April 28, 2018 . 27 May 2020 . ja.
  11. Web site: About . . 25 January 2019.
  12. Web site: The Bridge on the River Kwai. 28 November 2004. British Film Institute. 24 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005900/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=33. 3 August 2012. dead.
  13. Web site: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) . . 12 December 2018.
  14. Variety. 9 October 1957. 14. 10-Day London Fest Films Preems Oct. 16. Archive.org.