2007 in film
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The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.
Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007. The top ten films of 2007, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| 2007 Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide Gross | U.S./Canada Gross | U.K. Gross | Australia Gross |
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| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Disney | $960,996,492 | $309,420,425 | $81,415,664 | $29,085,288 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Warner Bros. | $938,212,738 | $292,004,738 | $101,360,911 | $29,409,933 |
| 3 | Spider-Man 3 | Columbia | $890,871,626 | $336,530,303 | $67,049,819 | $19,667,403 |
| 4 | Shrek the Third | DreamWorks SKG | $798,958,162 | $322,719,944 | $78,167,259 | $28,594,698 |
| 5 | Transformers | DreamWorks / Paramount | $709,709,780 | $319,246,193 | $47,478,290 | $23,929,895 |
| 6 | Ratatouille | Disney / Pixar | $621,426,008 | $206,445,654 | $48,619,933 | $13,240,587 |
| 7 | I Am Legend | Warner Bros. | $585,349,010 | $256,393,010 | $51,672,734 | $21,160,195 |
| 8 | The Simpsons Movie | 20th Century Fox | $527,068,706 | $183,135,014 | $78,424,338 | $26,654,369 |
| 9 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Disney | $457,364,600 | $219,964,115 | $17,626,166 | $11,790,412 |
| 10 | 300 | Warner Bros. | $456,068,181 | $210,614,939 | $27,994,700 | $12,304,031 |
These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2007 Yearly Box Office Results.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have grossed more than $900 million, making them the sixth and seventh highest grossing films worldwide in history. In addition, the domestic box office grossed unprecedented numbers by becoming the highest grossing year to date.
Events
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| January | 9 | 33rd People's Choice Awards: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest wins Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Drama, and Favorite On Screen Matchup for Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley. Depp also wins Favorite Male Action Star and Favorite Male Movie Star. |
| January | 13 | 64th Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include Dreamgirls and Babel. |
| 20 | Little Miss Sunshine is chosen as best picture by the Producers Guild of America. | |
| 22 | The Golden Raspberry Awards picks for worst film achievement in 2007 had Little Man and Basic Instinct 2 leading with seven nominations. Other nominees included Lady in the Water, RV, The Shaggy Dog, and Date Movie. | |
| 23 | 79th Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are:
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| 28 | Screen Actors Guild Awards: Helen Mirren, for Best Female Actor, Forest Whitaker, for Best Male Actor, Eddie Murphy, for Best Male Supporting Actor, Jennifer Hudson, for Best Female Supporting Actor. | |
| February | 15 | BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Helen Mirren, Best Actress and Forest Whitaker, Best Actor |
| 24 | Basic Instinct 2 dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Sharon Stone). M. Night Shyamalan wins Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water. Other awards include Shawn and Marlon Wayans for Little Man and Carmen Electra for Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie. | |
| 25 | 79th Academy Awards: The Departed wins picture and director (Martin Scorsese) and two other awards. Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) win top acting awards for leading roles, while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) win top acting awards for supporting roles. | |
| April | 25 | The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up. |
| May | 6 | Spider-Man 3 finishes weekend with a total weekend gross of $151,116,516, breaking the previous record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. |
| 27 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. Paranoid Park, a film by Gus Van Sant wins the 60th Anniversary Prize. | |
| June | 20 | The American Film Institute holds a revised edition of 100 Years..100 Movies. Citizen Kane retains its place as the greatest movie of the past century. |
| September | 12 | Producer Gil Cates elects Jon Stewart as MC for the 80th Academy Awards. |
| November | 5 | 12,000 writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike affecting both motion picture and television production, including the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards in 2008. |
| December | 13 | Nomination for the 65th Golden Globe Awards are announced. Atonement earns the most entries with seven. Charlie Wilson's War follows with five. |
Awards
- Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
- Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
- Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody - Juno
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters, Austria
- Best Original Score: Atonement - Dario Marianelli
- Drama
- Best Picture: Atonement
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
- Best Actress: Julie Christie - Away From Her
- Musical or Comedy
- Best Picture: Sweeney Todd
- Best Actor: Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
- Other
- Best Director: Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
- Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, France
- Best Original Score: Atonement - Dario Marianelli
- Best Film: Atonement
- Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
- Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody - Juno
- Best British Film: This Is England
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others, Germany
- Best Original Score: La Vie en Rose - Christopher Gunning
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu, Romania
Grand Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival):
- Padre Nuestro, directed by Christopher Zalla, United States/Argentina
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Lust, Caution, directed by Ang Lee, USA/China/Taiwan
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Tuya's Marriage, directed by Wang Quan'an, China
Golden Seashell (San Sebastián Film Festival):
- A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, directed by Wayne Wang, United States
Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary Film Festival):
- Jar City, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Iceland
Wide-release films
Wide release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing nationally on 600 screens or more in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:
January - March
There were a total of 42 theatrically-released films between January and March 2007 and of these the top-grossing film is 300 which made a total of $456,068,181.
April - June
There were a total of 43 theatrically-released films between April and June 2007 and of these the top-grossing film is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End which made a total of $960,996,492.
July - September
There were a total of 53 theatrically-released films between July and September 2007 and of these the top-grossing film is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which made a total of $938,212,738.
October - December
There were a total of 50 theatrically-released films between October and December 2007 and of these the top-grossing film is I Am Legend which made a total of $585,349,010.
Notable deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Notability | |
| January | 1 | A.I. Bezzerides | 98 | Screenwriter |
| 2 | Sergio Jiménez | 69 | Actor | |
| 4 | Steve Krantz | 83 | Producer | |
| Ben Gannon | 54 | Producer | ||
| Helen Hill | 36 | Film-maker | ||
| 6 | Charmion King | 81 | Actress | |
| Pete Kleinow | 72 | Special effects artist | ||
| 8 | Yvonne De Carlo | 84 | Actress | |
| Bong Soo Han | 75 | Film fight choreographer | ||
| Iwao Takamoto | 81 | Director | ||
| 10 | Cho Tat Wah | 91 | Actor | |
| 11 | Solveig Dommartin | 48 | Actress | |
| 14 | Vassilis Fotopoulos | 72 | Art Director | |
| Barbara Kelly | 82 | Actress | ||
| 16 | Ron Carey | 71 | Actor | |
| 19 | Gerhard Bronner | 84 | Composer | |
| Denny Doherty | 66 | Actor | ||
| 20 | Alfredo Ripstein | 90 | Producer | |
| 24 | Krystyna Feldman | 86 | Actress | |
| 27 | Marcheline Bertrand | 56 | Actress | |
| February | 2 | Vijay Arora | 62 | Actor |
| 4 | Barbara McNair | 72 | Actress | |
| 8 | Anna Nicole Smith | 39 | Actress | |
| 9 | Ian Richardson | 72 | Actor | |
| 10 | Jung Da Bin | 26 | Actress | |
| 11 | Yunus Parvez | 75 | Actor | |
| 12 | Randy Stone | 48 | Casting Director | |
| 13 | Johanna Sällström | 32 | Actress | |
| 17 | John Patrick Griffin | 91 | Actor | |
| 19 | Janet Blair | 85 | Actress | |
| 22 | Fons Rademakers | 86 | Director | |
| 25 | P. Bhaskarfixan | 83 | Director | |
| March | 1 | Colette Brosset | 85 | Actress |
| 7 | Andy Sidaris | 76 | Director | |
| 8 | Viky Vanita | 59 | Director | |
| 9 | Rosy Afsari | 60 | Actress | |
| 13 | Nicole Stéphane | 83 | Actress | |
| 15 | Blanquita Amaro | 83 | Actress | |
| 19 | Calvert DeForest | 85 | Actor | |
| 26 | Mikhail Ulyanov | 79 | Actor | |
| April | 1 | Ladislav Rychman | 84 | Director |
| 3 | Burt Topper | 78 | Director | |
| 4 | Bob Clark | 67 | Director | |
| 6 | George Jenkins | 98 | Production Designer | |
| Luigi Comencini | 90 | Director | ||
| 7 | Barry Nelson | 89 | Actor | |
| 11 | Roscoe Lee Browne | 81 | Actor | |
| 12 | James Lyons | 46 | Editor | |
| 13 | Don Selwyn | 71 | Actor | |
| 15 | Justine Saunders | 54 | Actress | |
| 17 | Kitty Carlisle Hart | 96 | Actress | |
| Nair Bello | 75 | Actress | ||
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Cassel | 74 | Actor | |
| 20 | Jan Kociniak | 69 | Actor | |
| 24 | Roy Jenson | 80 | Actor | |
| 26 | Conchita Montenegro | 94 | Actress | |
| Jack Valenti | 85 | Executive | ||
| 28 | Dabbs Greer | 90 | Actor | |
| Luigi Filippo D'Amico | 83 | Director | ||
| 29 | Arve Opsahl | 85 | Actor | |
| 30 | Tom Poston | 85 | Actor | |
| Gordon Scott | 79 | Actor | ||
| May | 2 | Brad McGann | 43 | Director |
| 6 | Curtis Harrington | 80 | Director | |
| 11 | Bernard Gordon | 88 | Screenwriter | |
| 13 | Chen Xiaoxu | 41 | Actress | |
| 15 | Yolanda King | 51 | Actress | |
| 21 | Bruno Mattei | 75 | Director | |
| 23 | Kei Kumai | 76 | Director | |
| 25 | Charles Nelson Reilly | 76 | Actor | |
| 27 | G. Srinivasan | 48 | Producer | |
| 29 | Norman Kaye | 80 | Actor | |
| 30 | Jean-Claude Brialy | 74 | Actor | |
| June | 4 | Sotiris Moustakas | 67 | Actor |
| 9 | Ousmane Sembène | 84 | Director | |
| 11 | Mala Powers | 75 | Actress | |
| 24 | Chris Benoit | 40 | Pro Wrestler | |
| 27 | William Hutt | 87 | Stage and film actor | |
| 29 | Joel Siegel | 63 | Film Critic | |
| July | 9 | Charles Lane | 102 | Actor |
| Jerry Ito | 79 | Actor | ||
| 20 | Ivor Emmanuel | 79 | Actor | |
| Golde Flami | 89 | Actress | ||
| 23 | Joan O'Hara | 76 | Actress | |
| 27 | William Tuttle | 95 | Film Make-Up Artist | |
| 29 | Michel Serrault | 79 | Actor | |
| 30 | Ingmar Bergman | 89 | Director | |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | 94 | Director | ||
| August | 8 | Melville Shavelson | 90 | Screenwriter |
| 11 | Franz Antel | 94 | Director and Screenwriter | |
| 23 | Robert Symonds | 80 | Actor | |
| 28 | Miyoshi Umeki | 78 | Actress | |
| September | 2 | Marcia Mae Jones | 83 | Actress |
| 10 | Jane Wyman | 90 | Actress | |
| 21 | Alice Ghostley | 81 | Actress | |
| 28 | Charles B. Griffith | 77 | Screenwriter | |
| 29 | Lois Maxwell | 80 | Actress | |
| October | 2 | Elfi von Dassanowsky | 83 | Producer |
| 16 | Deborah Kerr | 86 | Actress | |
| 17 | Joey Bishop | 89 | Actor | |
| 28 | Evelyn Hamann | 65 | Actress | |
| Guido Nicheli | 73 | Actor | ||
| 30 | Robert Goulet | 73 | Actor and singer | |
| November | 1 | Sonny Bupp | 79 | Actor |
| 8 | George W. George | 87 | Screenwriter | |
| 10 | Laraine Day | 87 | Actress | |
| 11 | Delbert Mann | 87 | Director | |
| 13 | Monty Westmore | 84 | Make-Up Artist | |
| 14 | Michael Blodgett | 67 | Actor and Screenwriter | |
| 16 | Pierre Granier-Deferre | 80 | French-born director | |
| Grethe Kausland | 60 | Actress and singer | ||
| 21 | Fernando Fernán Gómez | 86 | Actor and director | |
| 28 | Jeanne Bates | 89 | Actress | |
| December | 1 | Anton Rogers | 74 | Actor |
| 2 | Eleonora Rossi Drago | 82 | Actress | |
| 8 | Ioan Fiscuteanu | 70 | Actor | |
| 13 | Floyd Red Crow Westerman | 71 | Actor | |
| 15 | Ace Vergel | 55 | Actor | |
| 19 | Frank Capra, Jr. | 73 | Producer | |
| 23 | Michael Kidd | 92 | Choreographer | |
| 25 | Pat Kirkwood | 86 | Actress | |
| 27 | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | 85 | Director and Screenwriter | |