Major Events:
- The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art
- 52nd Venice Biennale June 10 – November 21 (Art Exhibition held in Italy on odd years
Top Ten Movies:
- Spider-Man 3: $336,530,303
- Shrek the Third: $322,719,944
- Transformers: $319,246,193
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: $309,420,425
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: $292,004,738
- I Am Legend: $256,393,010
- The Bourne Ultimatum: $227,471,070
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets: $219,964,115
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: $217,326,974
- 300: $210,614,939