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 PicturesPixar Animation Studios Step Up 3D  August 6, 2010  First live-action film to use Dolby Surround 7.1  Touchstone PicturesSummit EntertainmentOffspring EntertainmentLegend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen  September 23, 2010  First Hong Kong film to use Dolby Surround 7.1  Media Asia Entertainment GroupBasic Pictures Julia's Eyes  October 20, 2010  First Spanish film to use Dolby Surround 7.1  DeAPlaneta Megamind  November 5, 2010   Dreamworks AnimationParamount Pictures Tangled  November 24, 2010   Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Animation Studios The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader  December 10, 2010   20th Century FoxWalden MediaDune Entertainment Tron: Legacy  December 17, 2010   Walt Disney PicturesLivePlanet Gulliver's Travels  December 22, 2010   20th Century FoxDavis EntertainmentDune Entertainment

2011
 Title  Release date  Notes  Studios Gnomeo & Juliet  February 11, 2011   Touchstone PicturesRocket PicturesArc Productions Mars Needs Moms  March 11, 2011   Walt Disney PicturesImageMovers 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 PicturesFox Star StudiosRamesh Sippy Entertainment The Lost Bladesman  April 28, 2011   Shanghai Film Group Corporation Thor  May 6, 2011   Paramount PicturesMarvel Studios Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides  March 11, 2011   Walt Disney PicturesJerry Bruckheimer Films Kung Fu Panda 2  May 26, 2011   Dreamworks AnimationParamount Pictures Super 8  June 10, 2011   Paramount PicturesBad Robot ProductionsAmblin Entertainment Cars 2  June 24, 2011   Walt Disney PicturesPixar Animation Studios Transformers: Dark of the Moon  June 29, 2011   Paramount PicturesHasbro 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 PicturesMarvel Studios Fright Night  August 19, 2011   Touchstone PicturesDreamWorks 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 PicturesWalt Disney Animation Studios Lee's Adventure  2011    Real Steel  October 7, 2011   Touchstone PicturesDreamWorks Ra.One  October 24, 2011  Bollywood film  Eros International Ltd. Puss in Boots  September 16, 2011   Dreamworks AnimationParamount Pictures Immortals  November 11, 2011   Relativity MediaUniversal 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. PicturesVillage Roadshow Pictures The Muppets  November 23, 2011   Walt Disney PicturesThe 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 PicturesNickelodeon Movies Don 2  December 21, 2011  Bollywood film  Reliance Entertainment War Horse  December 21, 2011   Touchstone PicturesDreamWorks

2012
 Title  Release date  Notes  Studios Beauty and the Beast  January 13, 2012  3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1  Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Animation Studios The Viral Factor  January 17, 2012   Emperor Motion Pictures Underworld: Awakening  January 13, 2012   Screen GemsLakeshore 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 EntertainmentIlluminati Films Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen || April 5, 2012 || || Eros International
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| Tezz || April 27, 2012 || || Eros International
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| The Avengers || May 4, 2012 || || Marvel Studios
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| Jannat 2 || May 4, 2012  || Bollywood film || Fox Star Studios
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| Dangerous Ishhq || May 11, 2012 || Bollywood film || Reliance Entertainment
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| Department  || May 18, 2012 || Bollywood film || Viacom 18 Motion PicturesOberoi Line Productions
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| Rowdy Rathore || June 1, 2012 || || UTV Motion Pictures
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| Snow White and the Huntsman || June 1, 2012 || || Universal PicturesRoth Films
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| Prometheus || June 8, 2012 || || 20th Century Fox
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| Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted || June 8, 2012 || || Dreamworks AnimationParamount Pictures
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| Brave || June 22, 2012 || First film to use Dolby Atmos || Walt Disney PicturesPixar Animation Studios
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| Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter || June 22, 2012 || || 20th Century Fox
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| Teri Meri Kahaani || June 22, 2012 || || Eros International
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| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 || June 22, 2012 || || Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
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| Maximum || June 29, 2012 || || 
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| Bol Bachchan || July 6, 2012 || Bollywood film || Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
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| Ice Age: Continental Drift || July 13, 2012 || || 20th Century FoxBlue Sky Studios
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| 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 PicturesPixar 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 FoxWalden Media Wreck-It Ralph  November 2, 2012  Also used Dolby Atmos  Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Animation Studios Ah Boys to Men  November 6, 2012   Golden Village Pictures Lincoln  November 9, 2012   Touchstone PicturesDreamWorks StudiosAmblin Entertainment Son of Sardaar  November 13, 2012  Bollywood  Viacom 18 Motion PicturesEros 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 AnimationParamount Pictures Khiladi 786  December 7, 2012  Bollywood film  Eros International The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  December 14, 2012   Also used Dolby Atmos  Warner Bros. PicturesNew Line CinemaMetro-Goldwyn-MayerWingNut Films Monsters, Inc.  December 19, 2012  3D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1  Walt Disney PicturesPixar 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
TitleRelease dateNotesStudiosInkarrJanuary 18, 2013Viacom 18 Motion PicturesRace 2January 25, 2013Bollywood filmUTV Motion PicturesAkaash VaniJanuary 25, 2013Wide Frame PicturesDavidFebruary 1, 2013Reliance EntertainmentABCD: Any Body Can DanceFebruary 8, 2013UTV Motion PicturesA Good Day to Die HardFebruary 13, 2013Also used Dolby Atmos20th Century FoxMurder 3February 15, 2013Fox Star StudiosOz: The Great and PowerfulMarch 8, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWalt Disney Pictures
Roth FilmsAatmaMarch 22, 2013First Bollywood movie released in Dolby AtmosWide Frame PicturesThe CroodsMarch 22, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosDreamworks Animation
20th Century FoxG.I. Joe: RetaliationApril 5, 2012Paramount Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
HasbroTranceMarch 27, 2013Fox Searchlight PicturesHimmatwalaMarch 29, 2013UTV Motion PicturesChashme BaddoorApril 5, 2013Bollywood filmShowMaker PicturesJurassic ParkApril 5, 20133D release to use Dolby Surround 7.1Universal Pictures
Amblin EntertainmentCommandoApril 12, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosReliance EntertainmentOblivionApril 18, 2012Also used Dolby AtmosUniversal PicturesIron Man 3May 3, 2012Also used Dolby AtmosMarvel StudiosStar Trek Into DarknessMay 17, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosParamount PicturesEpicMay 24, 201320th Century Fox
Blue Sky StudiosMan of SteelJune 14, 2013Also useed Dolby AtmosWarner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures
DC EntertainmentMonsters UniversityJune 21, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWalt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation StudiosThe Lone RangerJuly 3, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWalt Disney PicturesPacific RimJuly 12, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWarner Bros. Pictures
Legendary PicturesTurbo (film)July 17, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosDreamworks Animation
20th Century FoxThe WolverineJuly 26, 2013Also used Dolby Atmos20th Century FoxTop Cat: The MovieAugust 2, 2013USA release to used Dolby Surround 7.1Warner Bros. PicturesPlanesAugust 9, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWalt Disney Pictures
DisneyToon StudiosPercy Jackson: Sea of MonstersAugust 16, 2013Also used Dolby Atmos20th Century FoxCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2September 27, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosColumbia Pictures
Sony Pictures AnimationFree BirdsNovember 1, 2013Relativity Media
Reel FX Creative StudiosThor: The Dark WorldNovember 8, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosMarvel StudiosFrozenNovember 27, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWalt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation StudiosThe Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugDecember 13, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosWarner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema
Metro-Goldway-Mayer
WingNut FilmsWalking with DinosaursDecember 20, 2013Also used Dolby Atmos20th Century Fox
Fox Animation Studios
BBC EarthDhoom 3December 25, 2013Also used Dolby AtmosYash Raj Films
 References 

Other websites
 Dolby 7.1 webpage 
 Movies Released Presented in 7.1 

Category:Audio technology