| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Happy Feet | - | - | - | $17,545,418 | 3,804 | $198,000,317 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Casino Royale | - | - | - | $15,112,870 | 3,443 | $167,445,960 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Deja Vu | - | - | - | $10,947,752 | 3,108 | $64,038,616 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Nativity Story | - | - | - | $8,025,000 | 3,083 | $37,629,831 | Dec 1 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 5 | Deck the Halls | - | - | - | $6,676,139 | 3,205 | $35,093,569 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | - | - | - | $4,893,966 | 3,458 | $84,500,122 | Nov 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Borat | - | - | - | $4,746,746 | 2,611 | $128,505,958 | Nov 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Turistas | - | - | - | $3,582,554 | 1,572 | $7,027,762 | Dec 1 | Fox Atomic | false |
| 9 | Stranger Than Fiction | - | - | - | $3,356,324 | 2,270 | $40,660,952 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj | - | - | - | $2,313,372 | 1,979 | $4,300,645 | Dec 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Flushed Away | - | - | - | $2,205,862 | 3,707 | $64,665,672 | Nov 3 | DreamWorks | false |
| 12 | Bobby | - | - | - | $2,002,792 | 1,670 | $11,242,801 | Nov 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | The Fountain | - | - | - | $1,785,334 | 1,472 | $10,144,010 | Nov 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | The Queen | - | - | - | $1,350,000 | 1,850 | $56,441,711 | Sep 30 | Miramax | true |
| 15 | Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny | - | - | - | $1,350,000 | 1,919 | $8,334,575 | Nov 22 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 16 | Babel | - | - | - | $1,001,595 | 1,251 | $34,302,837 | Oct 27 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 17 | For Your Consideration | - | - | - | $846,953 | 625 | $5,549,923 | Nov 17 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 18 | The Departed | - | - | - | $825,361 | 3,017 | $132,384,315 | Oct 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Saw III | - | - | - | $812,459 | 3,167 | $80,238,724 | Oct 27 | Lionsgate | false |
| 20 | Dhoom 2 | - | - | - | $510,524 | 63 | $2,643,586 | Nov 23 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 21 | Volver | - | - | - | $380,261 | 689 | $12,899,867 | Nov 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 22 | The Prestige | - | - | - | $344,918 | 2,305 | $53,089,891 | Oct 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Polar Express 2006 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $215,043 | 37 | $2,940,722 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | - | - | - | $179,152 | 4,133 | $423,315,812 | Jul 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $150,397 | 3,241 | $55,011,732 | Sep 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Facing the Giants | - | - | - | $148,512 | 441 | $10,178,331 | Sep 29 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 27 | Let's Go to Prison | - | - | - | $130,680 | 1,495 | $4,630,045 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Flicka | - | - | - | $122,366 | 2,877 | $21,000,147 | Oct 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | Little Miss Sunshine | - | - | - | $105,727 | 1,602 | $59,891,098 | Jul 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 30 | Little Children | - | - | - | $104,377 | 115 | $5,463,019 | Oct 6 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 31 | The Wedding Weekend | - | - | - | $102,047 | 84 | $1,232,961 | Oct 27 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 32 | Flags of Our Fathers | - | - | - | $95,257 | 2,375 | $33,602,376 | Oct 20 | DreamWorks | false |
| 33 | The History Boys | - | - | - | $82,869 | 165 | $2,706,659 | Nov 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 34 | Open Season | - | - | - | $81,557 | 3,833 | $85,105,259 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | The Illusionist | - | - | - | $80,412 | 1,438 | $39,868,642 | Aug 18 | Yari Film Group Releasing | false |
| 36 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2006 Re-release | - | - | - | $73,166 | 29 | $928,275 | Oct 30 | IMAX | false |
| 37 | The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided | - | - | - | $70,625 | 44 | $1,325,092 | Nov 22 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 38 | Marie Antoinette | - | - | - | $70,373 | 870 | $15,962,471 | Oct 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 39 | A Good Year | - | - | - | $68,820 | 2,067 | $7,459,300 | Nov 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 40 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $67,217 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | The Marine | - | - | - | $65,097 | 2,545 | $18,844,784 | Oct 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | The Return | - | - | - | $59,111 | 1,986 | $7,749,851 | Nov 10 | Rogue Pictures | false |
| 43 | Fast Food Nation | - | - | - | $52,005 | 321 | $1,005,539 | Nov 17 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 44 | The Last King of Scotland | - | - | - | $48,869 | 540 | $17,606,684 | Sep 27 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 45 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $41,965 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 46 | School for Scoundrels | - | - | - | $40,584 | 3,007 | $17,807,569 | Sep 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 47 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2006 3D Release | - | - | - | $40,554 | 168 | $8,700,869 | Oct 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Sweet Land | - | - | - | $38,443 | 47 | $1,706,325 | Oct 13 | Libero | false |
| 49 | Roving Mars | - | - | - | $37,310 | 27 | $10,407,978 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 50 | One Night with the King | - | - | - | $36,917 | 909 | $13,395,961 | Oct 13 | 8x Entertainment | false |
| 51 | Shortbus | - | - | - | $35,977 | 70 | $1,985,292 | Oct 4 | THINKFilm | false |
| 52 | 10 Items or Less | - | - | - | $35,929 | 15 | $83,291 | Dec 1 | THINKFilm | false |
| 53 | Copying Beethoven | - | - | - | $33,305 | 29 | $384,029 | Nov 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 54 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | - | - | - | $23,586 | 39 | $223,202 | Nov 10 | Picturehouse | false |
| 55 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | - | - | - | $18,262 | 21 | $16,621,530 | Apr 8 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 56 | Keeping Mum | - | - | - | $16,198 | 79 | $1,619,466 | Sep 15 | THINKFilm | false |
| 57 | The Science of Sleep | - | - | - | $16,093 | 243 | $4,670,644 | Sep 22 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 58 | Jesus Camp | - | - | - | $13,884 | 52 | $902,544 | Sep 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 59 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | - | - | - | $12,600 | 2,820 | $39,517,763 | Oct 6 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 60 | Driving Lessons | - | - | - | $12,569 | 21 | $239,962 | Oct 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | - | - | - | $11,663 | 11 | $141,803 | Nov 10 | Tartan | false |
| 62 | Harsh Times | - | - | - | $10,165 | 956 | $3,337,931 | Nov 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 63 | Candy | - | - | - | $9,844 | 12 | $45,128 | Nov 17 | THINKFilm | false |
| 64 | Bon Cop Bad Cop | - | - | - | $9,781 | 260 | $12,665,721 | Aug 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 65 | Christmas at Maxwell's | - | - | - | $8,375 | 41 | $12,781 | Dec 1 | Aloha Releasing Inc. | false |
| 66 | The Devil Wears Prada | - | - | - | $8,175 | 2,882 | $124,740,460 | Jun 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 67 | 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her | - | - | - | $8,050 | 2 | $104,038 | Nov 17 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 68 | The Aura | - | - | - | $7,645 | 4 | $58,804 | Nov 15 | IFC Films | false |
| 69 | Flannel Pajamas | - | - | - | $7,432 | 4 | $123,301 | Nov 15 | Gigantic Pictures | false |
| 70 | Old Joy | - | - | - | $6,855 | 12 | $255,923 | Aug 25 | Kino International | false |
| 71 | Boynton Beach Club | - | - | - | $6,116 | 65 | $3,127,472 | Mar 17 | - | false |
| 72 | Everyone's Hero | - | - | - | $5,765 | 2,898 | $14,523,101 | Sep 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 73 | American Hardcore | - | - | - | $5,540 | 19 | $279,665 | Sep 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 74 | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | - | - | - | $5,498 | 5 | $148,292 | Oct 20 | Seventh Art Releasing | false |
| 75 | The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes | - | - | - | $5,027 | 3 | $29,121 | Nov 17 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 76 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $4,648 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 77 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | - | - | - | $4,533 | 22 | $1,720,953 | Nov 25 | Cineville | false |
| 78 | Dreamland | - | - | - | $4,350 | 5 | $6,383 | Dec 1 | Truly Indie | false |
| 79 | Samoan Wedding | - | - | - | $4,204 | 3 | $72,244 | Nov 10 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 80 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $4,136 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 81 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | - | - | - | $4,093 | 13 | $252,325 | Sep 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 82 | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | - | - | - | $3,847 | 4 | $24,729 | Oct 4 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 83 | Fuck | - | - | - | $3,830 | 5 | $22,359 | Nov 10 | THINKFilm | false |
| 84 | Unnatural & Accidental | - | - | - | $3,348 | 2 | $5,420 | Dec 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 85 | Infamous | - | - | - | $3,291 | 179 | $1,151,330 | Oct 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 86 | Come Early Morning | - | - | - | $3,199 | 22 | $119,452 | Nov 10 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 87 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $3,100 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 88 | The Bridge | - | - | - | $3,050 | 19 | $179,780 | Oct 27 | First Stripe Productions | false |
| 89 | Aliens of the Deep | - | - | - | $2,996 | 27 | $8,968,684 | Jan 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 90 | Captive | - | - | - | $2,981 | 2 | $16,259 | Nov 10 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | false |
| 91 | Cocaine Cowboys | - | - | - | $2,837 | 14 | $150,056 | Oct 27 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 92 | Lunacy | - | - | - | $2,518 | 5 | $48,324 | Aug 9 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 93 | Conversations with God | - | - | - | $2,134 | 64 | $425,045 | Oct 27 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 94 | Vajra Sky Over Tibet | - | - | - | $2,107 | 4 | $62,356 | Aug 18 | Truly Indie | false |
| 95 | The Architect | - | - | - | $2,032 | 8 | $13,737 | Dec 1 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 96 | Climates | - | - | - | $1,908 | 7 | $119,958 | Oct 27 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 97 | Four Eyed Monsters | - | - | - | $1,886 | 1 | $3,135 | Dec 1 | Four Eyed Monsters | false |
| 98 | Unknown | - | - | - | $1,780 | 6 | $26,403 | Nov 3 | IFC Films | false |
| 99 | Broken Sky | - | - | - | $1,749 | 2 | $29,185 | Sep 29 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 100 | Backstage | - | - | - | $1,717 | 2 | $12,663 | Nov 22 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 101 | 51 Birch Street | - | - | - | $1,614 | 6 | $84,689 | Oct 18 | Truly Indie | false |
| 102 | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story | - | - | - | $1,284 | 1 | $26,859 | Nov 24 | Sagewood Cinema Ventures | false |
| 103 | Absolute Wilson | - | - | - | $1,283 | 3 | $66,217 | Oct 27 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 104 | Heading South | - | - | - | $1,230 | 26 | $898,468 | Feb 3 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 105 | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | - | - | - | $1,208 | 203 | $3,860,678 | Oct 6 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 106 | Black Gold | - | - | - | $1,144 | 6 | $93,477 | Oct 6 | California Newsreel | false |
| 107 | Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds | - | - | - | $842 | 5 | $37,072 | Nov 24 | Ariztical Entertainment | false |
| 108 | Iraq in Fragments | - | - | - | $801 | 12 | $204,462 | Nov 8 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
| 109 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | - | - | - | $709 | 18 | $306,845 | Sep 1 | IFC Films | false |
| 110 | 49 Up | - | - | - | $622 | 21 | $241,772 | Oct 6 | First Run | false |
| 111 | Factotum | - | - | - | $572 | 55 | $808,221 | Aug 18 | IFC Films | false |
| 112 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $500 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 113 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $500 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 114 | Half Nelson | - | - | - | $489 | 106 | $2,697,938 | Aug 11 | THINKFilm | false |
| 115 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $488 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 116 | The Bridesmaid | - | - | - | $449 | 6 | $111,728 | Aug 4 | First Run | false |
| 117 | So Much So Fast | - | - | - | $399 | 3 | $21,525 | Oct 11 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 118 | Aurora Borealis | - | - | - | $289 | 8 | $60,729 | Sep 15 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 119 | Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul | - | - | - | $235 | 3 | $70,685 | Jun 9 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 120 | Mutual Appreciation | - | - | - | $195 | 5 | $103,509 | Sep 1 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing | false |
| 121 | Gabrielle | - | - | - | $152 | 12 | $332,829 | Jul 14 | IFC Films | false |
| 122 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $120 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 123 | Flyboys | - | - | - | $118 | 2,033 | $13,090,630 | Sep 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 124 | Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Modelworks | - | - | - | $48 | 2 | $21,244 | Feb 8 | Shadow Distribution | false |
