Domestic 2006 Week 40
October 6-12, 2006
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Departed | $37,950,891 | - | 3,017 | - | $12,579 | $37,950,891 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | $22,707,121 | - | 2,820 | - | $8,052 | $22,707,121 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | 1 | Open Season | $20,025,530 | -28.8% | 3,833 | - | $5,224 | $48,154,270 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | - | Employee of the Month | $14,310,416 | - | 2,579 | - | $5,548 | $14,310,416 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 5 | 2 | The Guardian | $12,514,207 | -45% | 3,241 | - | $3,861 | $35,265,924 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Jackass Number Two | $8,755,224 | -53.5% | 3,007 | -56 | $2,911 | $65,048,595 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | School for Scoundrels | $4,510,899 | -57.3% | 3,007 | +3 | $1,500 | $15,065,677 | 2 | - |
| 8 | 6 | Gridiron Gang | $2,880,600 | -49% | 2,228 | -805 | $1,292 | $37,201,246 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 7 | The Illusionist | $2,626,003 | -27% | 1,149 | -170 | $2,285 | $34,868,015 | 8 | Yari Film Group Releasing |
| 10 | - | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | $1,975,885 | - | 181 | - | $10,916 | $1,793,000 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 11 | 10 | Little Miss Sunshine | $1,759,184 | -32.1% | 824 | -241 | $2,134 | $55,490,483 | 12 | - |
| 12 | 8 | Flyboys | $1,497,076 | -53.2% | 1,471 | -562 | $1,017 | $12,291,650 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 13 | 12 | Facing the Giants | $1,471,097 | -15.6% | 418 | -23 | $3,519 | $3,214,385 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 14 | 15 | The Science of Sleep | $959,961 | -36.9% | 221 | - | $4,343 | $2,983,753 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 15 | 9 | The Black Dahlia | $799,395 | -72.1% | 930 | -1,079 | $859 | $22,274,765 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | 35 | The Queen | $606,129 | +160.4% | 11 | +8 | $55,102 | $838,939 | 2 | Miramax |
| 17 | 13 | The Covenant | $548,028 | -68% | 691 | -1,009 | $793 | $23,201,872 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | 17 | Invincible | $529,896 | -60.9% | 551 | -806 | $961 | $57,149,123 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 14 | The Last Kiss | $519,684 | -68.6% | 403 | -713 | $1,289 | $11,365,101 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 20 | 30 | Monster House | $515,042 | +88.9% | 331 | +79 | $1,556 | $73,153,877 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 24 | Barnyard | $491,689 | +4.8% | 523 | -293 | $940 | $71,847,412 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | $464,285 | -17.9% | 476 | -193 | $975 | $147,982,566 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | 36 | The Last King of Scotland | $418,575 | +97.6% | 30 | +26 | $13,952 | $659,582 | 3 | - |
| 24 | 21 | Superman Returns | $418,445 | -26% | 388 | -22 | $1,078 | $199,516,475 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 11 | All the King's Men | $410,132 | -80.3% | 680 | -840 | $603 | $7,176,329 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 19 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $402,888 | -33.3% | 323 | -162 | $1,247 | $420,873,022 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 16 | Everyone's Hero | $377,364 | -74.2% | 595 | -1,606 | $634 | $13,966,861 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 5 | Fearless | $305,859 | -95.2% | 1,617 | -193 | $189 | $22,057,186 | 3 | Rogue Pictures |
| 29 | 29 | Keeping Mum | $289,043 | -0.6% | 75 | +26 | $3,853 | $643,480 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 30 | 33 | Deep Sea | $265,851 | +3.5% | 35 | - | $7,595 | $19,717,500 | 32 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 18 | Hollywoodland | $239,531 | -66.4% | 283 | -246 | $846 | $14,341,029 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 32 | 32 | The Devil Wears Prada | $234,356 | -12.5% | 196 | -32 | $1,195 | $124,188,004 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 31 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $188,931 | -30.4% | 58 | +1 | $3,257 | $611,602 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 34 | 23 | Accepted | $188,380 | -60% | 253 | -262 | $744 | $36,236,095 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | - | Love's Abiding Joy | $187,101 | - | 207 | - | $903 | $187,101 | 1 | The Bigger Picture |
| 36 | - | Stormbreaker | $184,906 | - | 120 | - | $1,540 | $184,906 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 37 | 34 | Cars | $182,914 | -27.2% | 233 | -61 | $785 | $243,969,546 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 38 | 70 | Shortbus | $177,367 | +735.8% | 6 | - | $29,561 | $198,589 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 39 | 27 | Half Nelson | $174,671 | -44.3% | 99 | -7 | $1,764 | $2,431,214 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 40 | 39 | Jesus Camp | $172,688 | +28% | 44 | +25 | $3,924 | $390,451 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 41 | 25 | The Wicker Man | $158,508 | -65.4% | 238 | -284 | $666 | $23,385,233 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 20 | Crank | $156,286 | -73.1% | 164 | -256 | $952 | $27,808,926 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 43 | - | Cheech | $149,816 | - | 42 | - | $3,567 | $149,816 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 44 | - | Little Children | $145,946 | - | 5 | - | $29,189 | $145,946 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 45 | 46 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $123,176 | +46.2% | 12 | +1 | $10,264 | $15,086,622 | 55 | IMAX |
| 46 | 28 | Step Up | $118,472 | -59.5% | 138 | -174 | $858 | $65,119,155 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 47 | 26 | The Protector | $103,977 | -70.8% | 145 | -258 | $717 | $11,695,499 | 5 | Dragon Dynasty |
| 48 | 37 | World Trade Center | $90,166 | -57.3% | 117 | -125 | $770 | $70,143,905 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 49 | 41 | Boynton Beach Club | $85,896 | -20.6% | 55 | +5 | $1,561 | $2,858,450 | 30 | - |
| 50 | - | 49 Up | $83,842 | - | 20 | - | $4,192 | $83,843 | 1 | First Run |
| 51 | 40 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | $83,096 | -35.9% | 10 | +2 | $8,309 | $212,743 | 2 | First Look International |
| 52 | 38 | How to Eat Fried Worms | $70,761 | -53.7% | 156 | -188 | $453 | $13,040,527 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 53 | 45 | Snakes on a Plane | $70,679 | -25.1% | 116 | -29 | $609 | $33,906,342 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 54 | 42 | The Descent | $61,110 | -42.1% | 89 | -67 | $686 | $26,024,456 | 10 | Lionsgate Films |
| 55 | 53 | An Inconvenient Truth | $58,110 | +10.8% | 86 | +38 | $675 | $23,751,449 | 21 | Paramount Classics |
| 56 | 59 | Roving Mars | $52,236 | +34.5% | 20 | +1 | $2,611 | $4,785,594 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | 55 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $45,333 | -0.8% | 9 | - | $5,037 | $11,396,764 | 79 | - |
| 58 | 47 | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | $39,077 | -50.6% | 60 | - | $651 | $2,217,562 | 6 | Eros Worldwide |
| 59 | 50 | Viva Pedro! Film Festival | $36,126 | -46.4% | 21 | -3 | $1,720 | $508,971 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 52 | Quinceañera | $35,575 | -36.4% | 44 | -11 | $808 | $1,658,027 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 48 | John Tucker Must Die | $34,776 | -54.2% | 40 | -50 | $869 | $40,975,165 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 62 | - | Mannat | $33,911 | - | 10 | - | $3,391 | $33,911 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 63 | 68 | Aliens of the Deep | $32,865 | +43.9% | 3 | +1 | $10,955 | $8,586,607 | 89 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 54 | The Ant Bully | $31,537 | -35.9% | 53 | -25 | $595 | $27,626,526 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 64 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $27,807 | -0.9% | 17 | +2 | $1,635 | $1,591,454 | 46 | Cineville |
| 66 | 49 | Beerfest | $24,756 | -63.6% | 40 | -24 | $618 | $19,080,825 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | - | Bugs! | $23,208 | - | 5 | - | $4,641 | $18,123,158 | 188 | SK Films |
| 68 | 57 | House of Sand | $22,405 | -46.4% | 27 | +3 | $829 | $461,037 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 51 | Pulse | $20,296 | -66.7% | 39 | -65 | $520 | $20,264,436 | 9 | - |
| 70 | 63 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $17,143 | -40% | 13 | -11 | $1,318 | $1,624,953 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | 72 | Renaissance | $16,644 | -17.8% | 13 | +6 | $1,280 | $53,445 | 3 | Miramax |
| 72 | 65 | Factotum | $16,196 | -41.2% | 26 | -9 | $622 | $773,825 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 73 | 81 | Al Franken: God Spoke | $16,025 | +11.6% | 10 | +5 | $1,602 | $69,178 | 5 | Balcony Releasing |
| 74 | 91 | Heading South | $15,620 | +61.8% | 18 | +8 | $867 | $855,300 | 36 | Shadow Distribution |
| 75 | 78 | Changing Times | $15,440 | -12% | 4 | - | $3,860 | $480,462 | 13 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 76 | 60 | Material Girls | $14,469 | -62.6% | 30 | -27 | $482 | $11,404,025 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 77 | 92 | Water 2006 Re-release | $13,778 | +43.2% | 8 | +2 | $1,722 | $3,277,513 | 24 | - |
| 78 | 75 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | $13,552 | -27.4% | 7 | -1 | $1,936 | $162,737 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 61 | American Hardcore | $13,467 | -64.6% | 5 | +2 | $2,693 | $77,174 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 58 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | $13,340 | -66.2% | 15 | -3 | $889 | $254,512 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 81 | 74 | Old Joy | $12,599 | -34.6% | 4 | +2 | $3,149 | $75,283 | 7 | Kino International |
| 82 | - | Black Gold | $11,772 | - | 3 | - | $3,924 | $11,772 | 1 | California Newsreel |
| 83 | 73 | My Super Ex-Girlfriend | $11,433 | -43.2% | 18 | -16 | $635 | $22,530,295 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 84 | 83 | Aurora Borealis | $11,146 | -16.2% | 4 | +1 | $2,786 | $42,717 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 85 | 77 | Captain Sabertooth 2006 Re-release | $11,127 | -36.6% | 3 | - | $3,709 | $57,181 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 86 | 62 | A Prairie Home Companion | $10,898 | -63.1% | 20 | -24 | $544 | $20,342,852 | 18 | Picturehouse |
| 87 | 138 | Galapagos | $10,343 | +27,854.1% | 1 | - | $10,343 | $16,483,064 | 363 | IMAX |
| 88 | 88 | Queens | $10,324 | -8.5% | 3 | -2 | $3,441 | $131,886 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 89 | - | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | $10,161 | - | 1 | - | $10,161 | $10,161 | 2 | Balcony Releasing |
| 90 | 84 | Gabrielle | $9,101 | -27.1% | 5 | -1 | $1,820 | $318,138 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 91 | - | Zindaggi Rocks | $8,330 | - | 10 | - | $833 | $8,330 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 92 | 82 | Conversations with Other Women | $7,505 | -43.8% | 6 | -2 | $1,250 | $372,623 | 9 | Fabrication Films |
| 93 | 99 | Vajra Sky Over Tibet | $6,974 | +13.6% | 2 | - | $3,487 | $56,368 | 8 | Truly Indie |
| 94 | - | Kettle of Fish | $6,725 | - | 3 | - | $2,241 | $6,725 | 1 | - |
| 95 | 80 | Wordplay | $6,722 | -53.6% | 17 | +1 | $395 | $3,111,315 | 17 | IFC Films |
| 96 | 87 | A Scanner Darkly | $6,504 | -45.3% | 10 | -2 | $650 | $5,501,616 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 97 | 69 | Sherrybaby | $6,504 | -70.7% | 4 | -3 | $1,626 | $194,601 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 98 | 103 | Haunted Castle | $6,210 | +18.3% | 4 | - | $1,552 | $12,716,923 | 294 | - |
| 99 | 66 | Confetti | $5,745 | -78.4% | 10 | -27 | $574 | $222,687 | 4 | - |
| 100 | 104 | The War Tapes | $5,636 | +18.2% | 4 | -1 | $1,409 | $246,282 | 19 | - |
| 101 | 134 | ...So Goes the Nation | $5,632 | +679% | 4 | +3 | $1,408 | $6,355 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 102 | 86 | Mutual Appreciation | $5,582 | -53.7% | 2 | -1 | $2,791 | $70,726 | 6 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing |
| 103 | 85 | The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros | $5,279 | -56.2% | 2 | - | $2,639 | $26,664 | 3 | Unico Entertainment |
| 104 | 96 | Broken Sky | $4,438 | -42.4% | 1 | - | $4,438 | $12,143 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | 107 | Space Station 3D | $4,134 | +0.3% | 2 | - | $2,067 | $64,930,180 | 234 | IMAX |
| 106 | 118 | Only Human 2006 Re-release | $3,661 | +81.7% | 4 | +1 | $915 | $284,961 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 107 | 129 | Stolen | $3,334 | +272.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,667 | $126,052 | 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 108 | 101 | Paper Dolls | $3,313 | -42.3% | 2 | +1 | $1,656 | $33,607 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 109 | 94 | Khosla Ka Ghosla! | $3,258 | -63.9% | 6 | -3 | $543 | $26,472 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 110 | 109 | The Oh in Ohio | $3,013 | -23.7% | 3 | +1 | $1,004 | $418,689 | 13 | Cyan Pictures |
| 111 | 102 | Moonlight | $2,874 | -49.7% | 1 | -1 | $2,874 | $37,532 | 21 | Indican Pictures |
| 112 | 133 | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | $2,802 | +287% | 1 | - | $2,802 | $15,393 | 5 | - |
| 113 | 106 | The Young Lieutenant | $2,620 | -38.1% | 2 | - | $1,310 | $67,283 | 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 114 | 122 | Darshan | $2,615 | +73.4% | 2 | - | $1,307 | $59,511 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 115 | 95 | The Moustache | $2,602 | -70% | 2 | - | $1,301 | $226,824 | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| 116 | 93 | 13 Tzameti | $2,369 | -74.1% | 2 | -2 | $1,184 | $110,514 | 11 | Palm Pictures |
| 117 | 119 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,241 | +18.6% | 3 | -1 | $747 | $52,873,923 | 416 | IMAX |
| 118 | 126 | Azumi 2006 Re-release | $2,143 | +88.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,071 | $41,563 | 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 119 | 89 | Red Doors | $1,952 | -81.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,952 | $97,848 | 5 | Emerging Pictures |
| 120 | 115 | Poster Boy | $1,905 | -25.3% | 2 | +1 | $952 | $60,162 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 121 | 108 | My Country, My Country | $1,850 | -55% | 3 | - | $616 | $31,048 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 122 | 121 | Our Brand Is Crisis | $1,470 | -3.9% | 1 | - | $1,470 | $156,968 | 33 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 123 | - | Calvaire | $1,272 | - | 1 | - | $1,272 | $3,260 | 9 | Palm Pictures |
| 124 | - | Princesses | $1,174 | - | 2 | - | $587 | $27,294 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 125 | 120 | Wondrous Oblivion 2006 Re-release | $1,129 | -33.1% | 2 | - | $564 | $66,727 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 126 | 132 | Lunacy | $1,124 | +38.1% | 2 | - | $562 | $27,368 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 127 | 117 | The Beauty Academy of Kabul | $957 | -54.4% | 3 | - | $319 | $223,699 | 49 | Shadow Distribution |
| 128 | 130 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $910 | +6.4% | 1 | - | $910 | $7,186,626 | 398 | - |
| 129 | 79 | Army of Shadows | $850 | -94.2% | 1 | -6 | $850 | $613,711 | 24 | Rialto Pictures |
| 130 | 100 | Trust the Man | $848 | -85.4% | 4 | -12 | $212 | $1,530,535 | 8 | - |
| 131 | 131 | Alien Adventure | $830 | -2.4% | 1 | - | $830 | $5,009,302 | 373 | - |
| 132 | 98 | The Bridesmaid | $790 | -89.3% | 1 | -3 | $790 | $86,652 | 10 | First Run |
| 133 | - | Issues | $783 | - | 1 | - | $783 | $783 | 1 | Bullz Eye Productions |
| 134 | - | Rolling Family 2006 Re-release | $770 | - | 1 | - | $770 | $4,693 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 135 | 128 | Brothers of the Head | $769 | -19.6% | 3 | - | $256 | $44,474 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 136 | 113 | Unidentified | $647 | -79.6% | 4 | -1 | $161 | $166,787 | 24 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 137 | - | Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said | $641 | - | 1 | - | $641 | $641 | 1 | - |
| 138 | 105 | Edmond | $582 | -87.1% | 1 | -4 | $582 | $131,412 | 13 | First Independent Pictures |
| 139 | 124 | Screen Door Jesus | $212 | -83.9% | 1 | - | $212 | $40,454 | 54 | Indican Pictures |
| 140 | - | The Motel | $166 | - | 1 | - | $166 | $46,772 | 16 | Palm Pictures |
| 141 | - | Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Modelworks | $30 | - | 1 | - | $30 | $18,096 | 36 | Shadow Distribution |
