English box office 1957

100 English films of 1957 ranked by box office. #1: The Bridge on the River Kwai ($30.6 million).

#FilmLeadDirectorBudgetBox officeMultiple
1The Bridge on the River KwaiDavid Lean$3 million$30.6 million10.20x
2Peyton PlaceMark Robson$1.8 million$25.6 million14.22x
3A Farewell to ArmsJohn Huston$4.1 million$20 million4.88x
4Gunfight at the O.K. CorralJohn Sturges$2 million$10.7 million5.35x
5BayouHarold Daniels$10 million
6Raintree CountyEdward Dmytryk$5.5 million$9.1 million1.66x
7Witness for the ProsecutionBilly Wilder$2 million$9 million4.50x
8The Curse of FrankensteinTerence Fisher£65,000$8 million
9Pal JoeyGeorge Sidney$3 million$7 million2.33x
10Search for ParadiseOtto Lang$6.5 million
11Old YellerRobert Stevenson$21.9 million$6.2 million0.29x
12Don't Go Near the WaterCharles Walters$2.5 million$6.1 million2.46x
13Boy on a DolphinJean Negulesco$2.8 million$6 million2.14x
14Island in the SunRobert Rossen$2.2 million$5 million2.22x
15Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Frank Tashlin$1 million$4.9 million4.90x
16The Prince and the ShowgirlLaurence Olivier$4.3 million
17Heaven Knows, Mr. AllisonJohn Huston$2.9 million$4.2 million1.45x
18Jailhouse RockRichard Thorpe$1 million$4 million4.00x
19Les GirlsGeorge Cukor$3.4 million$3.9 million1.15x
19Battle HymnDouglas Sirk$1.4 million$3.9 million2.79x
21An Affair to RememberLeo McCarey$2.1 million$3.9 million1.83x
22The Sun Also RisesHenry King$3.5 million$3.8 million1.09x
23BernardineHenry Levin$1.2 million$3.8 million3.05x
24Loving YouHal Kanter$3.7 million
24Designing WomanVincente Minnelli$1.8 million$3.7 million2.06x
24April LoveHenry Levin$1.4 million$3.7 million2.60x
27The Wings of EaglesJohn Ford$2.6 million$3.6 million1.38x
28The Little HutMark Robson$1.7 million$3.6 million2.12x
28Something of ValueRichard Brooks$2.6 million$3.6 million1.41x
30The Pride and the PassionStanley Kramer$3.7 million$3.5 million0.95x
30The Sad SackGeorge Marshall$1.1 million$3.5 million3.18x
32The Delicate DelinquentDon McGuire$500,000$3.4 million6.80x
33Jeanne EagelsGeorge Sidney$3.1 million
34The Joker Is WildCharles Vidor$2.4 million$3 million1.25x
34Tammy and the BachelorJoseph Pevney$1 million$3 million3.00x
36The Way to the GoldRobert D. Webb$920,000$2.9 million3.15x
37Silk StockingsRouben Mamoulian$2.6 million$2.8 million1.08x
38Night PassageJames Neilson$2.6 million
38The Spirit of St. LouisBilly Wilder$7 million$2.6 million0.37x
40Gun GloryRoy Rowland$1.7 million$2.5 million1.49x
41Funny FaceStanley Donen$3 million$2.5 million0.83x
41The Pajama GameStanley Donen$2.5 million
41Band of AngelsRaoul Walsh$2.5 million
41The D.I.Jack Webb$500,000$2.5 million5.00x
45Man of a Thousand FacesJoseph Pevney$2.4 million
46Sweet Smell of SuccessAlexander Mackendrick$3.4 million$2.2 million0.66x
46Tokyo 1960Ishirō Honda$900,000$2.2 million2.50x
48Legend of the LostHenry Hathaway$1.5 million$2.2 million1.47x
49Arrivederci RomaRoy Rowland$908,000$2.2 million2.37x
50Fire Down BelowRobert Parrish$2.3 million$2 million0.89x
5112 Angry MenSidney Lumet$340,000$2 million5.88x
51Love in the AfternoonBilly Wilder$2.1 million$2 million0.95x
51I Was a Teenage WerewolfGene Fowler Jr.$82,000$2 million24.39x
51The DeerslayerKurt Neumann$200,000$2 million10.00x
51Blood of DraculaHerbert L. Strock$82,000$2 million24.39x
563:10 to YumaDelmer Daves$1.9 million
56Operation Mad BallRichard Quine$1.9 million
58Kiss Them for MeStanley Donen$1.9 million$1.8 million0.93x
59The Wayward BusVictor Vicas$1.4 million$1.8 million1.25x
59Beau JamesMelville Shavelson$1.8 million
59PerriRalph Wright$1.8 million
62Ten Thousand BedroomsRichard Thorpe$1.8 million$1.7 million0.95x
63Desk SetWalter Lang$1.9 million$1.7 million0.91x
64Action of the TigerTerence Young$863,000$1.6 million1.90x
65Man in the ShadowJack Arnold$600,000$1.5 million2.55x
66This Could Be the NightRobert Wise$1.6 million$1.5 million0.97x
67The Bachelor PartyDelbert Mann$960,000$1.5 million1.56x
67Men in WarAnthony Mann$1.5 million
67The True Story of Jesse JamesNicholas Ray$1.6 million$1.5 million0.95x
67A Hatful of RainFred Zinnemann$1.8 million$1.5 million0.82x
67Wild Is the WindGeorge Cukor$1.5 million
67The Tarnished AngelsDouglas Sirk$1.5 million
73The Tattered DressJack Arnold$1.4 million
74Until They SailRobert Wise$1.8 million$1.4 million0.77x
75Man on FireRanald MacDougall$1.2 million$1.4 million1.20x
76The Three Faces of EveNunnally Johnson$965,000$1.4 million1.45x
76The Tin StarAnthony Mann$1.4 million
76InterludeDouglas Sirk$1.4 million
79Joe ButterflyJesse Hibbs$1.3 million
80The VintageJeffrey Hayden$1.7 million$1.3 million0.77x
81Time LimitKarl Malden$1.2 million
81Baby Face NelsonDon Siegel$250,000$1.2 million5.00x
83Paths of GloryStanley Kubrick$935,000$1.2 million1.28x
83Omar KhayyamWilliam Dieterle$1.2 million
83My Man GodfreyHenry Koster$1.2 million
83No Down PaymentMartin Ritt$995,000$1.2 million1.21x
87The Barretts of Wimpole StreetSidney Franklin$2.2 million$1.1 million0.50x
87House of NumbersRussell Rouse$1 million$1.1 million1.09x
89The Guns of Fort PetticoatGeorge Marshall$1.1 million
90The Story of Esther CostelloDavid Miller$1.1 million
91Tip on a Dead JockeyRichard Thorpe$1.5 million$1.1 million0.72x
92The Deadly MantisNathan Juran$350,000$1 million2.86x
92Not of This EarthRoger Corman$100,000$1 million10.00x
92Mister CoryBlake Edwards$1 million
92The DelinquentsRobert Altman$63,000$1 million15.87x
92Gun for a CowardAbner Biberman$1 million
92Four Girls in TownJack Sher$1 million
92The Devil's HairpinCornel Wilde$1 million
92The Kettles on Old MacDonald's FarmVirgil W. Vogel$1 million
100Barnacle BillCharles Frend$659,000$950,0001.44x

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