Domestic Box Office For Fall 2006
Fall 2006 is September 5-November 2.
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Departed | $132,384,315 | 3,017 | $26,887,467 | 20.3% | 3,017 | Oct 6 | Mar 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Open Season | $85,105,259 | 3,833 | $23,624,548 | 27.8% | 3,833 | Sep 29 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | Saw III | $80,238,724 | 3,167 | $33,610,391 | 41.9% | 3,167 | Oct 27 | Dec 14 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | Jackass Number Two | $72,778,712 | 3,063 | $29,002,002 | 39.8% | 3,059 | Sep 22 | Nov 30 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | The Queen | $56,441,711 | 1,850 | $122,014 | 0.2% | 3 | Sep 30 | May 17 | Miramax |
| 6 | The Guardian | $55,011,732 | 3,241 | $18,006,064 | 32.7% | 3,241 | Sep 29 | Jan 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | The Prestige | $53,089,891 | 2,305 | $14,801,808 | 27.9% | 2,281 | Oct 20 | Feb 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | $39,517,763 | 2,820 | $19,150,000 | - | 2,820 | Oct 6 | Jan 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 9 | The Grudge 2 | $39,143,839 | 3,214 | $20,825,300 | 53.2% | 3,211 | Oct 13 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | Gridiron Gang | $38,432,823 | 3,510 | $14,414,630 | 37.5% | 3,504 | Sep 15 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Man of the Year | $37,327,390 | 2,626 | $12,299,380 | 33% | 2,515 | Oct 13 | Nov 30 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Babel | $34,302,837 | 1,251 | $389,351 | 1.1% | 7 | Oct 27 | Mar 29 | Paramount Vantage |
| 13 | Flags of Our Fathers | $33,602,376 | 2,375 | $10,245,190 | 30.5% | 1,876 | Oct 20 | Dec 14 | DreamWorks |
| 14 | Employee of the Month | $28,444,855 | 2,579 | $11,407,751 | 40.1% | 2,579 | Oct 6 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | Fearless | $24,633,730 | 1,810 | $10,564,000 | - | 1,806 | Sep 22 | Nov 16 | Rogue Pictures |
| 16 | The Covenant | $23,380,495 | 2,681 | $8,852,458 | 37.9% | 2,681 | Sep 8 | Oct 15 | Screen Gems |
| 17 | The Black Dahlia | $22,545,080 | 2,236 | $10,005,895 | 44.4% | 2,226 | Sep 15 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | Flicka | $21,000,147 | 2,877 | $7,703,551 | 36.7% | 2,877 | Oct 20 | Feb 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | The Marine | $18,844,784 | 2,545 | $7,138,774 | 37.9% | 2,545 | Oct 13 | Jan 25 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | School for Scoundrels | $17,807,569 | 3,007 | $8,602,333 | 48.3% | 3,004 | Sep 29 | Dec 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 21 | The Last King of Scotland | $17,606,684 | 540 | $142,899 | 0.8% | 4 | Sep 27 | May 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 22 | Marie Antoinette | $15,962,471 | 870 | $5,361,050 | 33.6% | 859 | Oct 20 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | Everyone's Hero | $14,523,101 | 2,898 | $6,061,762 | 41.7% | 2,896 | Sep 15 | Dec 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | Hollywoodland | $14,426,251 | 1,551 | $6,008,000 | - | 1,548 | Sep 8 | Oct 26 | Focus Features |
| 25 | One Night with the King | $13,395,961 | 909 | $4,326,000 | - | 909 | Oct 13 | Dec 7 | 8x Entertainment |
| 26 | Flyboys | $13,090,630 | 2,033 | $6,004,219 | 45.9% | 2,033 | Sep 22 | Dec 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 27 | The Protector | $12,044,087 | 1,541 | $5,034,180 | 41.8% | 1,541 | Sep 8 | Nov 9 | Dragon Dynasty |
| 28 | The Last Kiss | $11,614,790 | 1,359 | $4,627,989 | 39.8% | 1,357 | Sep 15 | Oct 26 | DreamWorks |
| 29 | Facing the Giants | $10,178,331 | 441 | $1,389,000 | - | 441 | Sep 29 | Jan 25 | IDP Distribution |
| 30 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2006 3D Release | $8,700,869 | 168 | $3,277,004 | 37.7% | 168 | Oct 20 | Jan 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | All the King's Men | $7,221,458 | 1,520 | $3,672,366 | 50.9% | 1,514 | Sep 22 | Oct 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | Running with Scissors | $7,022,827 | 586 | $226,108 | 3.2% | 8 | Oct 20 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | Little Children | $5,463,019 | 115 | $97,953 | 1.8% | 5 | Oct 6 | Apr 12 | New Line Cinema |
| 34 | The Science of Sleep | $4,670,644 | 243 | $347,925 | 7.4% | 14 | Sep 22 | Dec 21 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 35 | Catch a Fire | $4,299,773 | 1,306 | $2,012,000 | - | 1,305 | Oct 27 | Nov 23 | Focus Features |
| 36 | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | $3,860,678 | 203 | $1,200,000 | - | 181 | Oct 6 | Jan 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 37 | Don | $2,223,961 | 113 | $804,388 | - | 113 | Oct 20 | Nov 26 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 38 | Shortbus | $1,985,292 | 70 | $107,907 | 5.4% | 6 | Oct 4 | Feb 8 | THINKFilm |
| 39 | Sweet Land | $1,706,325 | 47 | $41,860 | 2.5% | 2 | Oct 13 | Jul 8 | Libero |
| 40 | Keeping Mum | $1,619,466 | 79 | $27,112 | 1.7% | 2 | Sep 15 | Jan 25 | THINKFilm |
| 41 | The Wedding Weekend | $1,232,961 | 84 | $50,103 | 4.1% | 4 | Oct 27 | Jan 25 | The Weinstein Company |
| 42 | Infamous | $1,151,330 | 179 | $452,966 | 39.3% | 179 | Oct 13 | Dec 21 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 43 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $1,109,146 | 65 | $69,143 | 6.2% | 6 | Sep 15 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate |
| 44 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2006 Re-release | $928,275 | 29 | $2,470 | 0.3% | 2 | Oct 30 | Jan 15 | IMAX |
| 45 | Jesus Camp | $902,544 | 52 | $17,659 | 2% | 13 | Sep 15 | Feb 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 46 | Stormbreaker | $677,646 | 221 | - | - | - | Oct 6 | Dec 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 47 | Jaan-E-Mann: Lets Fall in Love Again | $650,000 | 73 | $210,000 | 32.3% | 66 | Oct 20 | Nov 5 | Adlabs Films |
| 48 | Death of a President | $519,086 | 143 | $281,778 | 54.3% | 143 | Oct 27 | Nov 9 | Newmarket Films |
| 49 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | $517,809 | 60 | $94,784 | 18.3% | 8 | Sep 29 | Nov 23 | First Look International |
| 50 | Beer League | $472,185 | 164 | $302,908 | 64.2% | 164 | Sep 15 | Sep 28 | Echo Bridge Entertainment |
| 51 | Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss | $463,002 | 27 | $80,938 | 17.5% | 26 | Oct 27 | Jul 19 | Indican Pictures |
| 52 | Conversations with God | $425,045 | 64 | $150,355 | 35.4% | 64 | Oct 27 | Dec 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 53 | Cheech | $329,972 | 43 | - | - | 42 | Oct 6 | Nov 12 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 54 | American Hardcore | $279,665 | 19 | $18,102 | 6.5% | 1 | Sep 22 | Jan 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | The Rules of the Game | $273,641 | 5 | - | - | - | Oct 27 | Jul 26 | Janus Films |
| 56 | Love's Abiding Joy | $252,726 | 207 | $145,895 | - | 207 | Oct 6 | Oct 22 | The Bigger Picture |
| 57 | Broken Bridges | $252,539 | 84 | $133,784 | 53% | 84 | Sep 8 | Oct 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 58 | 49 Up | $241,772 | 21 | $53,277 | 22% | 21 | Oct 6 | Feb 8 | First Run |
| 59 | Driving Lessons | $239,962 | 21 | $22,603 | 9.4% | 8 | Oct 13 | Feb 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | Confetti | $228,498 | 151 | $20,560 | 9% | 12 | Sep 15 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 61 | The Young Lieutenant | $216,724 | 3 | $16,871 | 7.8% | 2 | Sep 8 | Apr 8 | The Cinema Guild |
| 62 | The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | $209,478 | 46 | $50,823 | 24.3% | 46 | Sep 29 | - | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 63 | Deliver Us from Evil | $201,275 | 24 | $15,656 | 7.8% | 4 | Oct 13 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate |
| 64 | Sherrybaby | $199,176 | 13 | $34,774 | 17.5% | 5 | Sep 8 | Oct 26 | IFC Films |
| 65 | The Bridge | $179,780 | 19 | $49,313 | 27.4% | 19 | Oct 27 | Mar 11 | First Stripe Productions |
| 66 | Cocaine Cowboys | $150,056 | 14 | $36,295 | 24.2% | 12 | Oct 27 | Dec 28 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 67 | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | $148,292 | 5 | $7,482 | 5% | 1 | Oct 20 | Feb 4 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 68 | Haven | $136,823 | 57 | $38,356 | 28% | 24 | Sep 15 | Oct 5 | Yari Film Group Releasing |
| 69 | Climates | $119,958 | 7 | $9,665 | 8.1% | 1 | Oct 27 | May 27 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 70 | Captain Sabertooth 2006 Re-release | $105,152 | 5 | $20,526 | 19.5% | 3 | Sep 22 | Dec 17 | Indican Pictures |
| 71 | Al Franken: God Spoke | $102,990 | 10 | $10,533 | 10.2% | 2 | Sep 13 | - | Balcony Releasing |
| 72 | Red Doors | $97,848 | 5 | $35,050 | 35.8% | 2 | Sep 8 | Oct 8 | Emerging Pictures |
| 73 | Black Gold | $93,477 | 6 | $6,764 | 7.2% | 3 | Oct 6 | Mar 11 | California Newsreel |
| 74 | Color of the Cross | $85,802 | 29 | $25,868 | 30.1% | 29 | Oct 27 | Nov 23 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 75 | 51 Birch Street | $84,689 | 6 | $10,827 | 12.8% | 2 | Oct 18 | Dec 10 | Truly Indie |
| 76 | Renaissance | $70,644 | 13 | $10,800 | 15.3% | 2 | Sep 22 | Oct 19 | Miramax |
| 77 | Tideland | $66,453 | 9 | $7,276 | 10.9% | 1 | Oct 13 | Nov 9 | THINKFilm |
| 78 | Absolute Wilson | $66,217 | 3 | $6,879 | 10.4% | 2 | Oct 27 | Mar 22 | New Yorker Films |
| 79 | Aurora Borealis | $60,729 | 8 | $4,321 | 7.1% | 4 | Sep 15 | Dec 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 80 | Feast | $56,131 | 146 | $54,556 | 97.2% | 146 | Sep 22 | Sep 25 | Dimension Films |
| 81 | Mannat | $53,589 | 10 | $33,911 | 63.3% | 10 | Oct 6 | Oct 15 | Eros Worldwide |
| 82 | Man Push Cart | $36,608 | 1 | $13,694 | 37.4% | 1 | Sep 8 | Sep 21 | Films Philos |
| 83 | Bubot Niyar | $36,577 | 3 | $7,870 | 21.5% | 3 | Sep 6 | Dec 21 | Strand Releasing |
| 84 | Pyaar Ke Side Effects | $30,230 | 5 | $22,800 | 75.4% | 5 | Sep 15 | Sep 21 | Eros Worldwide |
| 85 | Romántico | $29,460 | 5 | $2,808 | 9.5% | 1 | Nov 1 | Feb 11 | Kino International |
| 86 | Broken Sky | $29,185 | 2 | $4,956 | 17% | 1 | Sep 29 | Jan 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 87 | The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros | $28,041 | 2 | $6,690 | 23.9% | 1 | Sep 22 | Oct 15 | Unico Entertainment |
| 88 | Khosla Ka Ghosla! | $26,472 | 10 | $12,091 | 45.7% | 10 | Sep 22 | Oct 8 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 89 | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | $24,729 | 4 | $5,944 | 24% | 1 | Oct 4 | Dec 10 | Balcony Releasing |
| 90 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | $24,216 | 30 | $19,111 | 78.9% | 30 | Sep 29 | Oct 5 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 91 | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | $22,918 | 1 | $4,402 | 19.2% | 1 | Sep 14 | Nov 5 | - |
| 92 | So Much So Fast | $21,525 | 3 | $1,015 | 4.7% | 1 | Oct 11 | Dec 10 | Balcony Releasing |
| 93 | The Ground Truth | $20,013 | 8 | $12,207 | 61% | 8 | Sep 15 | Sep 21 | Focus Features |
| 94 | Cruel World | $17,986 | 5 | $11,160 | 62% | 5 | Oct 27 | Nov 26 | Indican Pictures |
| 95 | Sleeping Dogs Lie | $15,745 | 6 | $10,890 | 69.2% | 6 | Oct 20 | Oct 26 | IDP Distribution |
| 96 | I Trust You to Kill Me | $12,854 | 1 | $5,888 | 45.8% | 1 | Sep 8 | Oct 5 | First Independent Pictures |
| 97 | ...So Goes the Nation | $10,337 | 4 | $2,622 | 25.4% | 4 | Oct 4 | Nov 16 | IFC Films |
| 98 | Zindaggi Rocks | $10,172 | 10 | $8,330 | 81.9% | 10 | Oct 6 | Oct 15 | Eros Worldwide |
| 99 | Love in the Time of Hysteria | $9,915 | 1 | $3,921 | 39.5% | 1 | Sep 20 | Oct 5 | IFC Films |
| 100 | Original Release Re-release | $9,600 | 2 | $3,309 | 34.5% | 2 | Oct 18 | Nov 30 | IFC Films |
| 101 | Rolling Family 2006 Re-release | $9,291 | 1 | $849 | 9.1% | 1 | Sep 8 | Nov 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 102 | Zerophilia | $7,763 | 2 | $2,616 | 33.7% | 1 | Oct 13 | Nov 9 | Microangelo Entertainment |
| 103 | Masai: The Rain Warriors 2006 Re-release | $7,650 | 1 | $788 | 10.3% | 1 | Oct 20 | Apr 29 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 104 | loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies | $7,506 | 3 | $3,792 | 50.5% | 3 | Sep 29 | Oct 5 | Roxie Releasing |
| 105 | Kettle of Fish | $7,196 | 3 | $5,594 | 77.7% | 3 | Oct 6 | Oct 15 | Aloha Releasing Inc. |
| 106 | Saint of 9/11 | $7,137 | 1 | $3,680 | 51.6% | 1 | Sep 6 | Sep 14 | IFC Films |
| 107 | 20 Centimeters 2006 Re-release | $6,635 | 2 | $2,177 | 32.8% | 1 | Oct 27 | Nov 16 | TLA Releasing |
| 108 | We Go Way Back | $6,529 | 1 | $4,514 | 69.1% | 1 | Sep 15 | Sep 24 | Cyan Pictures |
| 109 | The Dogwalker 2006 Re-release | $4,604 | 12 | $2,850 | 61.9% | 2 | Sep 8 | Sep 24 | Truly Indie |
| 110 | Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said | $2,547 | 1 | $1,906 | 74.8% | 1 | Oct 11 | Oct 15 | - |
| 111 | Be with Me | $1,365 | 1 | $1,200 | 87.9% | 1 | Sep 29 | Oct 5 | Film Movement |
| 112 | Issues | $783 | 1 | $783 | 100% | 1 | Oct 6 | Oct 8 | Bullz Eye Productions |
| 113 | Serum | $440 | 1 | - | - | - | Oct 30 | Nov 2 | Arrival Pictures |
