| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Volver | - | - | - | $12,899,867 | 689 | $202,000 | - | 5 | Nov 3 | May 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | true |
| 2 | The Polar Express 2006 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $2,940,722 | 37 | $108,656 | 3.7% | 19 | Nov 17 | Jan 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The History Boys | - | - | - | $2,706,659 | 165 | $100,803 | 3.7% | 7 | Nov 21 | Feb 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 4 | Dhoom 2 | - | - | - | $2,643,586 | 63 | $979,001 | 37% | 63 | Nov 23 | Jan 11 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 5 | After Dark's Horror Fest: 8 Films to Die For | - | - | - | $2,575,000 | 488 | $2,482,000 | - | 488 | Nov 17 | - | Freestyle Releasing | true |
| 6 | The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided | - | - | - | $1,325,092 | 44 | $200,347 | 15.1% | 44 | Nov 22 | May 3 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 7 | Garam Masala | - | - | - | $1,007,943 | 42 | $395,708 | 39.3% | 42 | Nov 3 | Nov 30 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 8 | Fast Food Nation | - | - | - | $1,005,539 | 321 | $410,804 | 40.9% | 321 | Nov 17 | Feb 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 9 | Umrao Jaan | - | - | - | $485,000 | 65 | $485,000 | 100% | 65 | Nov 3 | Nov 5 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 10 | Copying Beethoven | - | - | - | $384,029 | 29 | $70,460 | 18.3% | 26 | Nov 10 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Night of the Living Dead 3D | - | - | - | $271,000 | 145 | $215,300 | - | 145 | Nov 10 | Nov 16 | Midnight Movies | true |
| 12 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | - | - | - | $223,202 | 39 | $28,815 | 12.9% | 4 | Nov 10 | Dec 21 | Picturehouse | false |
| 13 | Iraq in Fragments | - | - | - | $204,462 | 12 | $24,435 | 12% | 7 | Nov 8 | Oct 14 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
| 14 | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | - | - | - | $141,803 | 11 | $5,229 | 3.7% | 1 | Nov 10 | Apr 8 | Tartan | false |
| 15 | Flannel Pajamas | - | - | - | $123,301 | 4 | $11,069 | 9% | 1 | Nov 15 | Apr 22 | Gigantic Pictures | false |
| 16 | Come Early Morning | - | - | - | $119,452 | 22 | $50,160 | 42% | 22 | Nov 10 | Dec 7 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 17 | 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her | - | - | - | $104,038 | 2 | $11,214 | 10.8% | 1 | Nov 17 | May 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 18 | Samoan Wedding | - | - | - | $72,244 | 3 | $15,704 | 21.7% | 2 | Nov 10 | Feb 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Aura | - | - | - | $58,804 | 4 | $4,601 | 7.8% | 1 | Nov 15 | Mar 8 | IFC Films | false |
| 20 | Candy | - | - | - | $45,128 | 12 | $3,646 | 8.1% | 1 | Nov 17 | Feb 8 | THINKFilm | false |
| 21 | Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds | - | - | - | $37,072 | 5 | $4,394 | 11.9% | 1 | Nov 24 | Jan 11 | Ariztical Entertainment | false |
| 22 | Romántico | - | - | - | $29,460 | 5 | $2,808 | 9.5% | 1 | Nov 1 | Feb 11 | Kino International | false |
| 23 | The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes | - | - | - | $29,121 | 3 | $944 | 3.2% | 1 | Nov 17 | Apr 19 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 24 | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story | - | - | - | $26,859 | 1 | $5,034 | 18.7% | 1 | Nov 24 | Feb 11 | Sagewood Cinema Ventures | false |
| 25 | Unknown | - | - | - | $26,403 | 6 | $3,746 | 14.2% | 2 | Nov 3 | Dec 21 | IFC Films | false |
| 26 | Fuck | - | - | - | $22,359 | 5 | $5,299 | 23.7% | 2 | Nov 10 | Dec 14 | THINKFilm | false |
| 27 | Captive | - | - | - | $16,259 | 2 | $2,220 | 13.7% | 1 | Nov 10 | Dec 14 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | false |
| 28 | Hannari: Geisha Modern | - | - | - | $14,974 | 1 | $9,930 | 66.3% | 1 | Nov 17 | Nov 23 | Sakura Productions USA | false |
| 29 | Opal Dream | - | - | - | $14,443 | 4 | $2,716 | 18.8% | 4 | Nov 22 | May 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 30 | Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? | - | - | - | $13,710 | 2 | $5,526 | 40.3% | 2 | Nov 15 | Nov 30 | Picturehouse | false |
| 31 | Backstage | - | - | - | $12,663 | 2 | $1,010 | 8% | 1 | Nov 22 | Feb 8 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 32 | Coffee Date | - | - | - | $4,412 | 1 | $4,412 | 100% | 1 | Nov 10 | Nov 12 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 33 | A Soap | - | - | - | $4,164 | 2 | $1,445 | 34.7% | 2 | Nov 3 | Jan 11 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 34 | A New Day in Old Sana'a | - | - | - | $737 | 1 | $401 | 54.4% | 1 | Nov 10 | Nov 16 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
