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1957 in film

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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.)

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The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1957
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia $15,000,000[1]
2 Peyton Place 20th Century Fox $11,000,000[1]
3 Sayonara Warner Bros. $10,500,000[1]
4 Search for Paradise Cinerama Releasing $6,500,000[1]
5 Old Yeller Buena Vista $5,900,000[1]
6 Raintree County MGM $5,830,000[2]
7 Island in the Sun
A Farewell to Arms		 20th Century Fox $5,000,000[3]
8 Pal Joey Columbia $4,700,000[3]
9 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Paramount $4,300,000[3]
10 Don't Go Near the Water MGM $4,265,000[2]

Top-grossing films by country

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The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.

CountryTitleDirectorStudioRevenueAdmissions
France The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean Columbia Pictures N/a 13,481,750[4]
West Germany The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean Columbia Pictures N/a 14,500,000[5]
India Mother India Mehboob Khan Mehboob Productions ₹80,000,000[6] ($17,000,000)[7] 100,000,000[8]
Italy The Ten Commandments Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures N/a 16,800,000[9]
Japan Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War Kunio Watanabe Shintoho ¥800,000,000[10] ($2,220,000)[7] 20,000,000[11]
Soviet Union The Sisters Grigori Roshal Mosfilm 10,625,000 Rbls ($2,656,000)[n 1] 42,500,000[12]
United Kingdom The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean Columbia Pictures N/a 12,600,000[15]
United States and Canada The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean Columbia Pictures $27,200,000[16] 54,400,000[16]

Events

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Awards

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1957 film releases

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Notable films released in 1957

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United States unless stated

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Notes

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  1. ↑ 42.5 million Soviet tickets sold,[12] average ticket price of 25 kopecks,[13] 4 Rbls per US$ in 1957[14]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. 1 2 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. 1 2 3 "All-Time Top Grosses". Variety. January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Bilan Annuel France – 1957". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1957". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Box Office 1957, Box Office India, archived 22 September 2012
  7. 1 2 "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 1957. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Bahubali 2 Is The Biggest Hindi Blockbuster This Century Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Box Office India, 8 June 2017
  9. ↑ "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1957". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "天皇と映画～映画における、時代ごとの天皇観～". Cinema Today (in Japanese). April 28, 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "About". Okura Pictures. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Лидеры проката". KinoKultura (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  13. ↑ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48 Archived 2018-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, Cornell University Press, 2011
  14. ↑ "Archive". Central Bank of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  15. ↑ "The Bridge on the River Kwai". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  16. 1 2 "The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars: The 50 Greatest American Screen Legends". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  18. ↑ Richard B. Jewell; Vernon Harbin (1982). The RKO Story. Arlington House/Crown. pp. 245, 290. ISBN 0-517-54656-6
  19. ↑ "10-Day London Fest Films Preems Oct. 16". Variety. 9 October 1957. p. 14 – via Archive.org.
  20. ↑ Simon, John (2005-04-25). "Kanal". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  21. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (1957-04-05). "The Screen: Lizzie; One Woman's Story Is New Mayfair Film". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  22. ↑ James Monaco; James Pallot (1991). The encyclopedia of film. Perigee Books. p. 92. ISBN 9780399516047.
  23. ↑ D. P. Mishra (2006). Great Masters of Indian Cinema: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 59. ISBN 9788123013619.
  24. ↑ "No Down Payment". Cineaste Magazine. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  25. ↑ French, Philip (2013-09-14). "The Tarnished Angels". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  26. ↑ "Humphrey Bogart, 57, Dies of Cancer". The New York Times. January 15, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  27. ↑ Keene, Michael (2019). New York City's Hart Island : A Cemetery of Strangers. Charleston, SC: History Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4671-4404-9.
  28. ↑ "Swedish Actress Marta Toren Dies of Rare Disease". newspapers.com. The Escanaba Daily Press / AP. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  29. ↑ James Monaco; James Pallot (1991). The encyclopedia of film. Perigee Books. p. 12. ISBN 9780399516047.
  30. ↑ "Helen Haye, British Actress, Dies at 83; Performer 59 Years Taught Top Players". New York Times. 3 September 1957.
  31. ↑ Spicer, Andrew H: "Buchanan, Walter John (1890–1957)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2008 (subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required)
  32. ↑ Gary D. Keller (1997). A biographical handbook of Hispanics and United States film. Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe. p. 17. ISBN 9780927534659.
  33. ↑ Golden, Eve (2001). Golden Images: 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars. McFarland. p. 174. ISBN 0-7864-0834-0.
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