The Bridge on the River Kwai

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

Rollout

International ()
Worldwide
$27,200,000
Domestic
MarketRelease DateOpeningGross
DomesticDec 18, 1957$27,200,000