Most Popular Movies 1957
This chart shows the 1957 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1957 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1957 - Top 1957 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1958 → |
1
| A Farewell To Arms |
| Director: John Huston |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 14, 1957 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $11,000,000 |
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International BO: $18,289 |
2
| Les Girls |
| Director: George Cukor |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 4, 1957 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $2,750,000 |
3
| Island in the Sun |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 12, 1957 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $8,000,000 |
4
| 12 Angry Men |
| Director: Sidney Lumet |
| Lead Roles: Henry Fonda as Juror #8, Lee J. Cobb as Juror #3, Ed Begley as Juror #10, Jack Warden as Juror #7, Martin Balsam as Juror #1, John Fiedler as Juror #2, E.G. Marshall as Juror #4, Jack Klugman as Juror #5, Ed Binns as Juror #6, Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9, George Voskovec as Juror #11, Robert Webber as Juror #12 |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 13, 1957 (Wide) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Courtroom / Legal Drama |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $379 |
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| The Incredible Shrinking Man |
| Director: Jack Arnold |
| Lead Roles: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 3, 1957 (Limited) (Australia) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
6
| Legend of the Lost |
| Director: Henry Hathaway |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 17, 1957 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| Det Sjunde Inseglet |
| Director: Ingmar Bergman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 16, 1957 (Wide) (Sweden) |
| Keywords: 1300s, Death as a Character |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Fantasy |
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International BO: $13,657 |
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| Operation Mad Ball |
| Director: Richard Quine |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 17, 1957 (Limited) by Columbia |
| Classification: Based on Play, Comedy, Live Action |
9
| Boy on a Dolphin |
| Director: Jean Negulesco |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 19, 1957 (Limited) (Germany) |
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| Battle Hymn |
| Director: Douglas Sirk |
| Lead Roles: Rock Hudson as Col. Dean Hess, Martha Hyer as Mary Hess, Dan Duryea as Sgt. Herman, Don DeFore as Capt. Dan Skidmore, Anna Kashfi as En Soon Yang, Jock Mahoney as Major Moore, Carl Benton Reid as Deacon Edwards |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 14, 1957 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
11
| The Nights of Cabiria |
| Director: Federico Fellini |
| Lead Roles: Giulietta Masina as Cabiria |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 3, 1957 (Limited), released as Le notti di Cabiria (Italy) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $773,193 |
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International BO: $497 |
Synopsis
A tough Roman streetwalker who, after a near-drowning by her pimp boyfriend, is swept off her feet by a square, but sympathetic, accountant…until a final disillusionment.
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| The Green Man |
| Director: Robert Day |
| Lead Roles: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry Thomas |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 22, 1957 (Limited) by Distributors Corporation of America |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
13
| Le ballon rouge |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 11, 1957 (Wide) by Janus Films, released as Red Balloon |
| Keywords: Short Film |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $230,807 |
14
| Le mystère Picasso |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1957 (Limited) by Goldwyn Entertainment, released as The Mystery of Picasso |
| Keywords: Artists |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
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Domestic BO: $50,253 |
15
| The Cyclops |
| Director: Bert I. Gordon |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 28, 1957 (Limited) by Allied Artists |
| Classification: Live Action, Science Fiction |
16
| El Vampiro |
| Director: Fernando Méndez |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 4, 1957 (Limited) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| The Wide Blue Road |
| Director: Gillo Pontecorvo |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 22, 1957 (Wide), released as La grande strada azzurra (Italy) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $6,741 |
18
| The Deadly Mantis |
| Director: Nathan Juran |
| Lead Roles: Craig Stevens as Colonel Joe Parkman, Alix Talton as Marge Blaine |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 1, 1957 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
19
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1957 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $11,750,000 |
20
| Band of Angels |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 3, 1957 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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International BO: $6,786 |
21
| The Tarnished Angels |
| Director: Douglas Sirk |
| Lead Roles: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 25, 1957 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
22
| The Monolith Monsters |
| Director: John Sherwood |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 8, 1957 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Animation/Live Action, Science Fiction |
23
| The Pride and the Passion |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1957 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $8,750,000 |
24
| On the Bowery |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 18, 1957 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
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Domestic BO: $41,802 |
25
| Bigger Than Life |
| Director: Ray Nicholas |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 5, 1957 (Wide), released as Atrás do Espelho (Portugal) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $200 |