| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Night at the Museum | $28,558,997 | $23,743,960 | 83.1% | $4,815,037 | 16.9% | 3,730 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $16,220,394 | $12,880,926 | 79.4% | $3,339,468 | 20.6% | 3,027 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Children of Men | $13,358,770 | $10,197,775 | 76.3% | $3,160,995 | 23.7% | 1,209 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Freedom Writers | $11,323,827 | $9,405,582 | 83.1% | $1,918,245 | 16.9% | 1,360 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Dreamgirls | $11,182,402 | $8,663,380 | 77.5% | $2,519,022 | 22.5% | 852 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 6 | The Good Shepherd | $8,460,430 | $6,446,345 | 76.2% | $2,014,085 | 23.8% | 2,250 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Charlotte's Web | $8,017,497 | $6,598,179 | 82.3% | $1,419,318 | 17.7% | 3,303 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Rocky Balboa | $7,639,030 | $6,017,649 | 78.8% | $1,621,381 | 21.2% | 3,018 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Happily N'Ever After | $7,587,844 | $6,608,244 | 87.1% | $979,600 | 12.9% | 2,381 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 10 | We Are Marshall | $6,040,373 | $4,875,400 | 80.7% | $1,164,973 | 19.3% | 2,502 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Eragon | $5,934,445 | $4,810,405 | 81.1% | $1,124,040 | 18.9% | 2,625 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Blood Diamond | $5,252,576 | $3,822,423 | 72.8% | $1,430,153 | 27.2% | 1,510 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Holiday | $5,069,857 | $3,845,411 | 75.8% | $1,224,446 | 24.2% | 2,320 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Code Name: The Cleaner | $5,035,663 | $4,300,000 | - | - | - | 1,736 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 15 | Happy Feet | $4,776,130 | $4,004,462 | 83.8% | $771,668 | 16.2% | 2,212 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Casino Royale | $3,915,056 | $3,002,507 | 76.7% | $912,549 | 23.3% | 1,266 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Apocalypto | $2,450,937 | $1,762,525 | 71.9% | $688,412 | 28.1% | 903 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Black Christmas | $2,245,995 | $1,798,578 | 80.1% | $447,417 | 19.9% | 1,504 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 19 | Notes on a Scandal | $1,560,395 | $1,125,281 | 72.1% | $435,114 | 27.9% | 93 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Queen | $1,525,567 | $1,029,000 | - | - | - | 323 | 15 | Miramax | - | true |
| 21 | Pan's Labyrinth | $1,132,942 | $763,795 | 67.4% | $369,147 | 32.6% | 44 | 2 | Picturehouse | - | false |
| 22 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | $860,959 | $592,488 | 68.8% | $268,471 | 31.2% | 280 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 23 | Thr3e | $845,017 | $740,000 | - | - | - | 458 | 1 | The Bigger Picture | - | true |
| 24 | Volver | $842,932 | $596,869 | 70.8% | $246,063 | 29.2% | 109 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | The Painted Veil | $676,166 | $486,699 | 72% | $189,467 | 28% | 72 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 26 | Borat | $648,093 | $467,034 | 72.1% | $181,059 | 27.9% | 353 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 27 | Babel | $636,697 | $454,022 | 71.3% | $182,675 | 28.7% | 190 | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 28 | Little Children | $540,719 | $385,217 | 71.2% | $155,502 | 28.8% | 103 | 14 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 29 | Curse of the Golden Flower | $465,544 | $335,759 | 72.1% | $129,785 | 27.9% | 55 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | Deja Vu | $445,179 | $335,518 | 75.4% | $109,661 | 24.6% | 315 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | The Departed | $406,536 | $296,547 | 72.9% | $109,989 | 27.1% | 128 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | $320,598 | $259,218 | 80.8% | $61,380 | 19.2% | 377 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | The Nativity Story | $314,377 | $237,904 | 75.7% | $76,473 | 24.3% | 438 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 34 | The History Boys | $275,884 | $197,119 | 71.4% | $78,765 | 28.6% | 115 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Unaccompanied Minors | $228,858 | $202,821 | 88.6% | $26,037 | 11.4% | 355 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | The Prestige | $208,067 | $151,816 | 73% | $56,251 | 27% | 226 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Miss Potter | $168,883 | $121,230 | 71.8% | $47,653 | 28.2% | 26 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 38 | Deep Sea | $151,198 | $114,964 | 76% | $36,234 | 24% | 20 | 45 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | The Good German | $124,905 | $86,958 | 69.6% | $37,947 | 30.4% | 20 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $115,886 | $79,297 | 68.4% | $36,589 | 31.6% | 5 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Deck the Halls | $102,821 | $85,551 | 83.2% | $17,270 | 16.8% | 228 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 42 | Roving Mars | $91,658 | $68,104 | 74.3% | $23,554 | 25.7% | 16 | 50 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | Sweet Land | $91,477 | $71,796 | 78.5% | $19,681 | 21.5% | 28 | 13 | Libero | - | false |
| 44 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $83,097 | $40,252 | 48.4% | $42,845 | 51.6% | 11 | 68 | IMAX | - | false |
| 45 | Snow Cake | $71,917 | - | - | - | - | - | - | IFC Films | - | false |
| 46 | The Polar Express 2006 IMAX Release | $61,542 | $51,306 | 83.4% | $10,236 | 16.6% | 25 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | Bhagam Bhag | $53,600 | $53,600 | 100% | $0 | - | 26 | 3 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | For Your Consideration | $49,570 | $34,073 | 68.7% | $15,497 | 31.3% | 53 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 49 | Bobby | $47,855 | $31,198 | 65.2% | $16,657 | 34.8% | 54 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 50 | Facing the Giants | $45,955 | $35,009 | 76.2% | $10,946 | 23.8% | 56 | 15 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 51 | The Last King of Scotland | $42,902 | $26,461 | 61.7% | $16,441 | 38.3% | 8 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Venus | $41,632 | $27,195 | 65.3% | $14,437 | 34.7% | 3 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 53 | Little Miss Sunshine | $39,304 | $27,865 | 70.9% | $11,439 | 29.1% | 39 | 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Flicka | $36,774 | $30,840 | 83.9% | $5,934 | 16.1% | 69 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 55 | The Wedding Weekend | $36,199 | $23,719 | 65.5% | $12,480 | 34.5% | 32 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 56 | The Illusionist | $31,056 | $20,610 | 66.4% | $10,446 | 33.6% | 33 | 21 | Yari Film Group Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Turistas | $30,513 | $22,573 | 74% | $7,940 | 26% | 25 | 6 | Fox Atomic | - | false |
| 58 | Army of Shadows | $29,695 | $15,593 | 52.5% | $14,102 | 47.5% | 6 | 37 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | The Fountain | $27,197 | $18,498 | 68% | $8,699 | 32% | 16 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 60 | The Marine | $23,599 | $18,906 | 80.1% | $4,693 | 19.9% | 31 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 61 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $21,371 | $14,959 | 70% | $6,412 | 30% | 6 | 92 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2006 Re-release | $19,995 | $19,110 | 95.6% | $885 | 4.4% | 15 | 11 | IMAX | - | false |
| 63 | The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided | $16,318 | $11,260 | 69% | $5,058 | 31% | 12 | 8 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 64 | Comedy of Power | $15,424 | $10,061 | 65.2% | $5,363 | 34.8% | 1 | 1 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 65 | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | $13,942 | $9,579 | 68.7% | $4,363 | 31.3% | 8 | 9 | Tartan | - | false |
| 66 | Old Joy | $13,466 | $9,297 | 69% | $4,169 | 31% | 10 | 20 | Kino International | - | false |
| 67 | Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds | $12,336 | $8,295 | 67.2% | $4,041 | 32.8% | 3 | 7 | Ariztical Entertainment | - | false |
| 68 | Kabul Express | $11,524 | $5,652 | 49% | $5,872 | 51% | 7 | 4 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 69 | Aliens of the Deep | $11,444 | $6,503 | 56.8% | $4,941 | 43.2% | 3 | 102 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | Shortbus | $10,773 | $7,326 | 68% | $3,447 | 32% | 9 | 15 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 71 | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | $9,500 | $9,500 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 12 | Seventh Art Releasing | - | false |
| 72 | A Good Year | $7,886 | $5,541 | 70.3% | $2,345 | 29.7% | 13 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 73 | Dhoom 2 | $7,808 | $6,512 | 83.4% | $1,296 | 16.6% | 9 | 8 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 74 | The Dead Girl | $7,353 | $4,789 | 65.1% | $2,564 | 34.9% | 2 | 2 | First Look International | - | false |
| 75 | Fast Food Nation | $6,786 | $4,511 | 66.5% | $2,275 | 33.5% | 10 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Keeping Mum | $6,479 | $4,594 | 70.9% | $1,885 | 29.1% | 8 | 17 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 77 | Jesus Camp | $6,423 | $4,255 | 66.2% | $2,168 | 33.8% | 8 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | The Young Lieutenant | $5,725 | $4,306 | 75.2% | $1,419 | 24.8% | 1 | 18 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 79 | Driving Lessons | $5,668 | $3,321 | 58.6% | $2,347 | 41.4% | 6 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 80 | Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj | $5,378 | $3,619 | 67.3% | $1,759 | 32.7% | 6 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 81 | Iraq in Fragments | $4,908 | $946 | 19.3% | $3,962 | 80.7% | 2 | 10 | Arab Film Distribution | - | false |
| 82 | American Hardcore | $4,643 | $1,408 | 30.3% | $3,235 | 69.7% | 5 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 83 | Absolute Wilson | $4,430 | $2,336 | 52.7% | $2,094 | 47.3% | 1 | 11 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 84 | Climates | $3,728 | $2,154 | 57.8% | $1,574 | 42.2% | 2 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 85 | The Tiger and the Snow | $3,319 | $2,199 | 66.2% | $1,120 | 33.8% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 86 | Backstage | $2,984 | $1,925 | 64.5% | $1,059 | 35.5% | 2 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | $2,943 | $1,628 | 55.3% | $1,315 | 44.7% | 3 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 88 | Mutual Appreciation | $2,828 | $2,078 | 73.5% | $750 | 26.5% | 3 | 19 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $2,228 | $2,228 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 59 | Cineville | - | false |
| 90 | The Aura | $2,148 | $1,359 | 63.3% | $789 | 36.7% | 2 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 91 | Off the Black | $2,134 | $558 | 26.2% | $1,576 | 73.8% | 3 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 92 | El Topo | $1,819 | $1,819 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 5 | ABKCO Films | - | false |
| 93 | The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes | $1,676 | $620 | 37% | $1,056 | 63% | 1 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 94 | The Bridesmaid | $1,436 | $391 | 27.2% | $1,045 | 72.8% | 2 | 23 | First Run | - | false |
| 95 | Words of My Perfect Teacher | $1,221 | $677 | 55.4% | $544 | 44.6% | 2 | 3 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 96 | Broken Sky | $1,203 | $701 | 58.3% | $502 | 41.7% | 2 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | Samoan Wedding | $1,022 | $823 | 80.5% | $199 | 19.5% | 1 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | Candy | $893 | $549 | 61.5% | $344 | 38.5% | 2 | 8 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 99 | Romántico | $884 | $578 | 65.4% | $306 | 34.6% | 1 | 11 | Kino International | - | false |
| 100 | Lunacy | $868 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 101 | Flannel Pajamas | $802 | $457 | 57% | $345 | 43% | 1 | 9 | Gigantic Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Matthew Barney: No Restraint | $517 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 103 | Family Law | $295 | $170 | 57.6% | $125 | 42.4% | 2 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 104 | A Soap | $266 | $120 | 45.1% | $146 | 54.9% | 1 | 10 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Romeo and Juliet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| - | Black Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | California Newsreel | - | false |
| - | The Bridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | First Stripe Productions | - | false |
| - | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | - | - | - | 247 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Opal Dream | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Flushed Away | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| - | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Sagewood Cinema Ventures | - | false |
| - | Copying Beethoven | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The World According to Shorts Short Film Program | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
