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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.
The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic rentals |
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1 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Columbia Pictures | $15,000,000[1] |
2 | Peyton Place | 20th Century Fox | $11,000,000[1] |
3 | Sayonara | Warner Bros. Pictures | $10,500,000[1] |
4 | Search for Paradise | Cinerama Releasing Corporation | $6,500,000[1] |
5 | Old Yeller | Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution | $5,900,000[1] |
6 | Raintree County | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $5,830,000[2] |
7 | Island in the Sun A Farewell to Arms |
20th Century Fox | $5,000,000[3] |
8 | Pal Joey | Columbia Pictures | $4,700,000[3] |
9 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Paramount Pictures | $4,300,000[3] |
10 | Don't Go Near the Water | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $4,265,000[2] |
The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.
Country | Title | Director | Studio | Revenue | Admissions |
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France | The Bridge on the River Kwai | David Lean | Columbia Pictures | — | 13,481,750[4] |
Germany | The Bridge on the River Kwai | David Lean | Columbia Pictures | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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] |
Category/Organization | 15th Golden Globe Awards February 22, 1958 |
30th Academy Awards March 26, 1958 | |
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Drama | 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 |
Rank | Actor/Actress |
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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 |
10. | Jerry Lewis |
United States unless stated
Ending this year
Month | Day | Name | Profession | Year of death |
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January | 12 | John Lasseter | American animator, director, producer, writer | |
15 | Mario Van Peebles | American actor and director | ||
16 | Ricardo Darin | Argentine actor | ||
17 | Steve Harvey | American actor, comedian, author | ||
Keith Chegwin | English television presenter and actor | 2017 | ||
24 | Adrian Edmondson | English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter | ||
25 | Jenifer Lewis | American actress, comedian, singer and activist | ||
February | 6 | Kathy Najimy | American actress | |
Robert Townsend | American actor, director and writer | |||
16 | LeVar Burton | American actor, director, producer, and author | ||
19 | Ray Winstone | English actor | ||
26 | C. J. Graham | American actor | ||
27 | Timothy Spall | English actor | ||
28 | John Turturro | American actor, writer and director | ||
March | 4 | Mykelti Williamson | American actor | |
6 | Eddie Deezen | American actor and comedian | ||
20 | Chris Wedge | American director, producer, and voice actor | ||
Spike Lee | American director, producer, writer and actor | |||
Theresa Russell | American actress | |||
Vanessa Bell Calloway | ||||
23 | Teresa Ganzel | |||
Paul Eiding | American actor, voice actor, and voice instructor | |||
Amanda Plummer | American actress | |||
29 | Christopher Lambert | French actor | ||
30 | Paul Reiser | American actor and comedian | ||
31 | Marc McClure | American actor | ||
April | 4 | Aki Kaurismäki | Finnish director | |
14 | Richard Jeni | American actor and comedian | 2007 | |
23 | Jan Hooks | American actress and comedienne | 2014 | |
25 | Esther Scott | American actress | ||
29 | Daniel Day-Lewis | English actor | ||
May | 5 | Richard E. Grant | ||
21 | Judge Reinhold | American actor | ||
29 | Ted Levine | American actor | ||
30 | Aire Koop | Estonian actress | ||
June | 17 | Jon Gries | American actor | |
1 | Dorota Kędzierzawska | Polish director and screenwriter | ||
23 | Frances McDormand | American actress | ||
29 | María Conchita Alonso | Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress | ||
July | 9 | Kelly McGillis | American actress | |
13 | Cameron Crowe | American director and screenwriter | ||
21 | Sulev Keedus | Estonian director and screenwriter | ||
21 | Jon Lovitz | American actor, comedian and singer | ||
26 | Nana Visitor | American actress | ||
28 | Lisa Freeman | American author and actress | ||
August | 1 | Taylor Negron | American actor, playwright and painter | 2015 |
9 | Melanie Griffith | American actress | ||
15 | Željko Ivanek | Slovenian-American actor | ||
18 | Denis Leary | American actor, comedian and writer | ||
Carole Bouquet | French actress | |||
24 | Stephen Fry | English comedian, author and actor | ||
28 | Daniel Stern | American actor | ||
Rick Rossovich | ||||
September | 12 | Hans Zimmer | German composer | |
Rachel Ward | English actress | |||
21 | Ethan Coen | American director, producer, screenwriter and editor | ||
24 | Brad Bird | American animator, director, writer, actor | ||
25 | Michael Madsen | American actor, producer, writer and director | ||
30 | Fran Drescher | American actress | ||
October | 4 | Bill Fagerbakke | American actor and voice actor | |
5 | Bernie Mac | American actor and comedian | 2008 | |
11 | Dawn French | English actress, comedian and writer | ||
12 | John Kassir | American actor, voice actor, and comedian | ||
12 | Camilla and Carey More | English twin actresses | ||
25 | Nancy Cartwright | American voice actress | ||
29 | Dan Castellaneta | American actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter | ||
30 | Kevin Pollak | American actor | ||
November | 5 | Dolph Lundgren | Swedish actor and director | |
6 | Cam Clarke | American voice actor and singer | ||
6 | Lori Singer | American actress, cellist | ||
19 | Tom Virtue | American actor | ||
24 | Denise Crosby | American actress | ||
December | 10 | Michael Clarke Duncan | American actor | 2012 |
13 | Steve Buscemi | |||
21 | Ray Romano | American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor |