Dolby Surround 7.1

**Dolby Surround 7.1** is a sound system by Dolby Laboratories. It produces theatrical 7.1 surround sound in cinemas. It adds two new channels to current Dolby Digital 5.1. The first movie to feature Dolby Surround 7.1 was _Toy Story 3_ (2010) by Disney and Pixar. There are 4,500 locations worldwide as of March 2013.

## 2010

|Title|Release date|Notes|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Toy Story 3_|June 18, 2010|First film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios|
|_Step Up 3D_|August 6, 2010|First live-action film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Touchstone Pictures Summit Entertainment Offspring Entertainment|
|_Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen_|September 23, 2010|First Hong Kong film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Media Asia Entertainment Group Basic Pictures|
|_Julia's Eyes_|October 20, 2010|First Spanish film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|DeAPlaneta|
|_Megamind_|November 5, 2010||Dreamworks Animation Paramount Pictures|
|_Tangled_|November 24, 2010||Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios|
|_The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_|December 10, 2010||20th Century Fox Walden Media Dune Entertainment|
|_Tron: Legacy_|December 17, 2010||Walt Disney Pictures LivePlanet|
|_Gulliver's Travels_|December 22, 2010||20th Century Fox Davis Entertainment Dune Entertainment|

## 2011

|Title|Release date|Notes|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Gnomeo & Juliet_|February 11, 2011||Touchstone Pictures Rocket Pictures Arc Productions|
|_Mars Needs Moms_|March 11, 2011||Walt Disney Pictures ImageMovers Digital|
|_Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis_|June 18, 2011||Warner Bros. Spain|
|_Lord of the Dance_|2011||Entertainment One|
|_Dum Maro Dum_|April 22, 2011|First Bollywood film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Star Studios Ramesh Sippy Entertainment|
|_The Lost Bladesman_|April 28, 2011||Shanghai Film Group Corporation|
|_Thor_|May 6, 2011||Paramount Pictures Marvel Studios|
|_Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides_|March 11, 2011||Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films|
|_Kung Fu Panda 2_|May 26, 2011||Dreamworks Animation Paramount Pictures|
|_Super 8_|June 10, 2011||Paramount Pictures Bad Robot Productions Amblin Entertainment|
|_Cars 2_|June 24, 2011||Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios|
|_Transformers: Dark of the Moon_|June 29, 2011||Paramount Pictures Hasbro|
|_Derrière les murs_|July 6, 2011|First French film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Europa Corp.|
|_Captain America: The First Avenger_|July 22, 2011||Paramount Pictures Marvel Studios|
|_Fright Night_|August 19, 2011||Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks|
|_Bodyguard_|August 31, 2011|Bollywood film|Reliance Entertainment|
|_The Art of Flight_|September 8, 2011|||
|_Warrior (2011 film)_|September 9, 2011||Lionsgate Entertainment|
|_Samsara_|September 11, 2011||Oscilloscope Laboratories|
|_The Lion King_|September 16, 2011|3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios|
|_Lee's Adventure_|2011|||
|_Real Steel_|October 7, 2011||Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks|
|_Ra.One_|October 24, 2011|Bollywood film|Eros International Ltd.|
|_Puss in Boots_|September 16, 2011||Dreamworks Animation Paramount Pictures|
|_Immortals_|November 11, 2011||Relativity Media Universal Studios|
|_Rockstar_|November 11, 2011||Eros International|
|_The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1_|November 18, 2011||Summit Entertainment|
|_Happy Feet Two_|November 18, 2011||Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures|
|_The Muppets_|November 23, 2011||Walt Disney Pictures The Muppets Studio|
|_Hugo_|November 23, 2011||Paramount Pictures|
|_The Flowers of War_|December 16, 2011|First Chinese film to use Dolby Surround 7.1|EDKO Film|
|_Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol_|December 16, 2011, 2011||Paramount Pictures|
|_The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn_|December 21, 2011||Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies|
|_Don 2_|December 21, 2011|Bollywood film|Reliance Entertainment|
|_War Horse_|December 21, 2011||Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks|

## 2012

|Title|Release date|Notes|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Beauty and the Beast_|January 13, 2012|3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios|
|_The Viral Factor_|January 17, 2012||Emperor Motion Pictures|
|_Underworld: Awakening_|January 13, 2012||Screen Gems Lakeshore Entertainment|
|_The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think_|2012|||
|_Satchurated: Live in Montreal_|2012|||
|_John Carter_|March 9, 2012||Walt Disney Pictures|
|_Kahaani_|March 9, 2012||Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|
|_Nightfall_|March 15, 2012||Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd.|
|_The Hunger Games_|March 23, 2012||Lionsgate Entertainment|
|_Agent Vinod_|March 23, 2012||Eros Entertainment Illuminati Films|
|_Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen|April 5, 2012||Eros International|
|_Tezz_|April 27, 2012||Eros International|
|_The Avengers_|May 4, 2012||Marvel Studios|
|_Jannat 2_|May 4, 2012|Bollywood film|Fox Star Studios|
|_Dangerous Ishhq_|May 11, 2012|Bollywood film|Reliance Entertainment|
|_Department_|May 18, 2012|Bollywood film|Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Oberoi Line Productions|
|_Rowdy Rathore_|June 1, 2012||UTV Motion Pictures|
|_Snow White and the Huntsman_|June 1, 2012||Universal Pictures Roth Films|
|_Prometheus_|June 8, 2012||20th Century Fox|
|_Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted_|June 8, 2012||Dreamworks Animation Paramount Pictures|
|_Brave_|June 22, 2012|First film to use Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios|
|_Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter_|June 22, 2012||20th Century Fox|
|_Teri Meri Kahaani_|June 22, 2012||Eros International|
|_Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1_|June 22, 2012||Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|
|_Maximum_|June 29, 2012|||
|_Bol Bachchan_|July 6, 2012|Bollywood film|Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd|
|_Ice Age: Continental Drift_|July 13, 2012||20th Century Fox Blue Sky Studios|
|_Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum|July 27, 2012|Bollywood film|Eros International|
|_Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2_|August 8, 2012||Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|
|_The Bourne Legacy_|August 10, 2012||Universal Pictures|
|_Ek Tha Tiger_|August 15, 2012||Yash Raj Films|
|_Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal_|September 14, 2012|Bollywood film|Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|
|_Finding Nemo_|September 14, 2012|3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios|
|_Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project_|2012|||
|_OMG – Oh My God!_|September 28, 2012|Bollywood film|Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|
|_Frankenweenie_|October 5, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures|
|_Bhoot Returns_|October 12, 2012|Bollywood film|Eros International|
|_Chakravyuh_|October 24, 2012||Base Industries Groups|
|_Chasing Mavericks_|October 26, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|20th Century Fox Walden Media|
|_Wreck-It Ralph_|November 2, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios|
|_Ah Boys to Men_|November 6, 2012||Golden Village Pictures|
|_Lincoln_|November 9, 2012||Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks Studios Amblin Entertainment|
|_Son of Sardaar_|November 13, 2012|Bollywood|Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Eros International|
|_The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2_|November 16, 2012||Lionsgate Entertainment|
|_Life of Pi_|November 21, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|20th Century Fox|
|_Rise of the Guardians_|November 21, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|Dreamworks Animation Paramount Pictures|
|_Khiladi 786_|December 7, 2012|Bollywood film|Eros International|
|_The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey_|December 14, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer WingNut Films|
|_Monsters, Inc._|December 19, 2012|3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios|
|_The Guillotines_|December 20, 2012||Stellar Megamedia Group We Pictures|
|_Dabangg 2_|December 21, 2012|Bollywood film|Arbaaz Khan Productions|
|_Jack Reacher_|December 21, 2012|Bollywood film|Paramount Pictures|
|_The Last Tycoon_|December 7, 2012|Bollywood film|Distribution Workshop|
|_Les Misérables_|December 25, 2012|Bollywood film|Universal Pictures|

## 2013

|Title|Release date|Notes|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Inkarr_|January 18, 2013||Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|
|_Race 2_|January 25, 2013|Bollywood film|UTV Motion Pictures|
|_Akaash Vani_|January 25, 2013||Wide Frame Pictures|
|_David_|February 1, 2013||Reliance Entertainment|
|_ABCD: Any Body Can Dance_|February 8, 2013||UTV Motion Pictures|
|_A Good Day to Die Hard_|February 13, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|20th Century Fox|
|_Murder 3_|February 15, 2013||Fox Star Studios|
|_Oz: The Great and Powerful_|March 8, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures Roth Films|
|_Aatma_|March 22, 2013|First Bollywood movie released in Dolby Atmos|Wide Frame Pictures|
|_The Croods_|March 22, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Dreamworks Animation 20th Century Fox|
|_G.I. Joe: Retaliation_|April 5, 2012||Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hasbro|
|_Trance_|March 27, 2013||Fox Searchlight Pictures|
|_Himmatwala_|March 29, 2013||UTV Motion Pictures|
|_Chashme Baddoor_|April 5, 2013|Bollywood film|ShowMaker Pictures|
|_Jurassic Park_|April 5, 2013|3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1|Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment|
|_Commando_|April 12, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Reliance Entertainment|
|_Oblivion_|April 18, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|Universal Pictures|
|_Iron Man 3_|May 3, 2012|Also used Dolby Atmos|Marvel Studios|
|_Star Trek Into Darkness_|May 17, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Paramount Pictures|
|_Epic_|May 24, 2013||20th Century Fox Blue Sky Studios|
|_Man of Steel_|June 14, 2013|Also useed Dolby Atmos|Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures DC Entertainment|
|_Monsters University_|June 21, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios|
|_The Lone Ranger_|July 3, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures|
|_Pacific Rim_|July 12, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures|
|_Turbo (film)_|July 17, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Dreamworks Animation 20th Century Fox|
|_The Wolverine_|July 26, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|20th Century Fox|
|_Top Cat: The Movie_|August 2, 2013|USA release to used Dolby Surround 7.1|Warner Bros. Pictures|
|_Planes_|August 9, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures DisneyToon Studios|
|_Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters_|August 16, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|20th Century Fox|
|_Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2_|September 27, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation|
|_Free Birds_|November 1, 2013||Relativity Media Reel FX Creative Studios|
|_Thor: The Dark World_|November 8, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Marvel Studios|
|_Frozen_|November 27, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios|
|_The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug_|December 13, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema Metro-Goldway-Mayer WingNut Films|
|_Walking with Dinosaurs_|December 20, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|20th Century Fox Fox Animation Studios BBC Earth|
|_Dhoom 3_|December 25, 2013|Also used Dolby Atmos|Yash Raj Films|

## Other websites

- Dolby 7.1 webpage
- Movies Released Presented in 7.1