25 Things You Didn’t Know About Se7en
2. Se7en Is The Magic Number
Seven was the seventh-highest-grossing film of 1995, grossing over $327 million worldwide. The film is 127 minutes long, and comprised 7 reels of film.
7 crates of cockroaches were used during the filming of the 'gluttony' scene.
Variations on the word 'f*ck' are uttered in the movie over 70 times, most of them uttered by Brad Pitt, who reportedly earned $7million for playing the role of David Mills.
Mills receives a telephone call telling him about the first murder almost exactly 7 minutes into the film. Somerset has 7 days until he leaves the force. All the building numbers in the opening scene begin with the number 7. The courier delivery that kicks off the climax was scheduled for 7pm and arrives just after. Almost exactly 7 minutes from the end, Mills shoots Doe and creates the final two victims in his tableau of the 7 deadly sins.