Domestic Box Office For 2006

Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.

Key:Estimated

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
1Deep Sea$46,412,75747$700,2131.5%43Mar 3-Warner Bros.
2Pan's Labyrinth$37,634,6151,143$568,6411.5%17Dec 29Jun 14Picturehouse
3Children of Men$35,552,3831,524$501,0031.4%16Dec 25Mar 15Universal Pictures
4An Inconvenient Truth$24,146,161587$281,3301.2%4May 24Nov 2Paramount Classics
5The Last King of Scotland$17,606,684540$142,8990.8%4Sep 27May 24Fox Searchlight Pictures
6Notes on a Scandal$17,510,118682$414,4872.4%22Dec 25May 24Fox Searchlight Pictures
7Arthur and the Invisibles$15,132,7632,248---Dec 29May 10Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
8Letters from Iwo Jima$13,756,082781$89,0970.6%5Dec 20Apr 26Warner Bros.
9Volver$12,899,867689$202,000-5Nov 3May 24Sony Pictures Classics
10Bon Cop Bad Cop$12,665,721260$1,433,25911.3%133Aug 4Dec 17Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
11Scoop$10,525,717541$3,003,000-538Jul 28Sep 28Focus Features
12Roving Mars$10,407,97827$412,3374%27Jan 27Jun 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
13Facing the Giants$10,178,331441$1,389,000-441Sep 29Jan 25IDP Distribution
14The Nightmare Before Christmas
2006 3D Release
$8,700,869168$3,277,00437.7%168Oct 20Jan 4Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
15The Painted Veil$8,060,487287$51,0860.6%4Dec 20Apr 26Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
16Running with Scissors$7,022,827586$226,1083.2%8Oct 20-Sony Pictures Releasing
17Curse of the Golden Flower$6,566,7731,234$184,0002.8%60Dec 21Mar 29Sony Pictures Classics
18A Scanner Darkly$5,501,616263$391,6727.1%17Jul 7Oct 12Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
19Little Children$5,463,019115$97,9531.8%5Oct 6Apr 12New Line Cinema
20The Science of Sleep$4,670,644243$347,9257.4%14Sep 22Dec 21Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
21Keeping Up with the Steins$4,339,241163$621,000-138May 12Aug 3Miramax
22Trailer Park Boys: The Movie$3,860,678203$1,200,000-181Oct 6Jan 1Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
23Venus$3,347,411168$35,6041.1%3Dec 21Apr 12Miramax
24Water
2006 Re-release
$3,278,81591$56,2801.7%5Apr 28Oct 15Fox Searchlight Pictures
25Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna$3,275,44464$1,351,78641.3%64Aug 11Sep 24Yash Raj Films
26Boynton Beach Club$3,127,47265$63,4222%11Mar 17Dec 14-
27Wordplay$3,121,270154$32,8471.1%2Jun 16Nov 9IFC Films
28Miss Potter$3,005,605102$9,6530.3%2Dec 29-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
29The Polar Express
2006 IMAX Release
$2,940,72237$108,6563.7%19Nov 17Jan 18Warner Bros.
30Tsotsi$2,912,606122$76,3242.6%6Feb 24Jul 13Miramax
31My Brother's Wife$2,808,241217$1,018,75036.3%206Apr 14May 25Lionsgate
32The History Boys$2,706,659165$100,8033.7%7Nov 21Feb 25Fox Searchlight Pictures
33Half Nelson$2,697,938106$53,9832%2Aug 11Dec 14THINKFilm
34Dhoom 2$2,643,58663$979,00137%63Nov 23Jan 11Yash Raj Films
35After Dark's Horror Fest: 8 Films to Die For$2,575,000488$2,482,000-488Nov 17-Freestyle Releasing
36The Lost City$2,484,18656$180,000-18Apr 28Aug 24Magnolia Pictures
37Don$2,223,961113$804,388-113Oct 20Nov 26UTV Motion Pictures
38Perfume: The Story of a Murderer$2,223,293280$37,0791.7%3Dec 27Mar 1DreamWorks
39Lage Raho Munna Bhai$2,217,56272$863,07338.9%65Sep 1Oct 12Eros Worldwide
40Rang De Basanti$2,197,69466$701,66631.9%61Jan 27Apr 6UTV Motion Pictures
41Fanaa$2,105,35272$753,06735.8%72May 26Jul 27Yash Raj Films
42Brick$2,075,74345$83,5744%2Mar 31Jul 13Focus Features
43Strangers with Candy$2,072,645109$43,1412.1%2Jun 28Sep 21THINKFilm
44Shortbus$1,985,29270$107,9075.4%6Oct 4Feb 8THINKFilm
45Neil Young: Heart of Gold$1,904,60665$53,9082.8%4Feb 10Jul 20Paramount Classics
46The Proposition$1,903,434200$32,6811.7%3May 5Sep 14First Look International
47Kinky Boots$1,822,428127$77,5294.3%9Apr 14Aug 3Miramax
48Sweet Land$1,706,32547$41,8602.5%2Oct 13Jul 8Libero
49Quinceañera$1,692,69396$95,4005.6%8Aug 4Nov 9Sony Pictures Classics
50Who Killed the Electric Car?$1,678,87474$45,1382.7%8Jun 28Nov 16Sony Pictures Classics
51Factory Girl$1,675,241336---Dec 29-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
52Keeping Mum$1,619,46679$27,1121.7%2Sep 15Jan 25THINKFilm
53Trust the Man$1,530,535260$180,27111.8%38Aug 18Oct 8Fox Searchlight Pictures
54Night Watch
2005 Re-release
$1,502,188158$86,9855.8%3Feb 17Jun 15Fox Searchlight Pictures
55Why We Fight$1,439,97264$53,5713.7%6Jan 20May 18Sony Pictures Classics
56Krrish$1,430,72159$370,26625.9%58Jun 30-Adlabs Films
57The Notorious Bettie Page$1,415,08273$143,13110.1%20Apr 14Jun 29Picturehouse
58Romeo and Juliet$1,386,58273$356,90725.7%73Dec 15-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
59The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided$1,325,09244$200,34715.1%44Nov 22May 3Excel Entertainment
60The Good German$1,308,69666$76,8175.9%5Dec 15Apr 12Warner Bros.
61Tristram Shandy$1,253,41351$60,8864.9%3Jan 27May 4Picturehouse
62Omkara$1,244,57647$427,40034.3%47Jul 28Aug 31Eros Worldwide
63The Wedding Weekend$1,232,96184$50,1034.1%4Oct 27Jan 25The Weinstein Company
64District B13$1,200,216151$410,000-151Jun 2Aug 31Magnolia Pictures
65Find Me Guilty$1,173,643439$628,000-439Mar 17May 4Yari Film Group Releasing
66Infamous$1,151,330179$452,96639.3%179Oct 13Dec 21Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
67The U.S. vs. John Lennon$1,109,14665$69,1436.2%6Sep 15Nov 30Lionsgate
68Peaceful Warrior
Limited Domestic Release
$1,066,74842$80,6027.6%10Jun 2Aug 24Lionsgate
69Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man$1,044,25455$17,1301.6%1Jun 21Sep 14Lionsgate
70Hard Candy$1,024,640152$58,0495.7%2Apr 14Jun 8Lionsgate
71Garam Masala$1,007,94342$395,70839.3%42Nov 3Nov 30Rainbow Releasing
72Fast Food Nation$1,005,539321$410,80440.9%321Nov 17Feb 1Fox Searchlight Pictures
73Breaking and Entering$930,46995---Dec 15Apr 26The Weinstein Company
74Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2006 Re-release
$928,27529$2,4700.3%2Oct 30Jan 15IMAX
75Jesus Camp$902,54452$17,6592%13Sep 15Feb 15Magnolia Pictures
76Heading South$898,46826$1,2000.1%1Feb 3Dec 7Shadow Distribution
77Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World$888,975161$429,22348.3%161Jan 20Mar 9Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
78Inland Empire$861,35515$27,508-2Dec 6May 20518 Media
79Guadalupe: El Milagro Y El Mensaje$848,139225$301,333-225Dec 8Jan 1Slowhand Cinema Releasing
80Factotum$808,22155$59,2127.3%6Aug 18Dec 10IFC Films
81Bhagam Bhag$789,96351$252,98832%51Dec 22Jan 7Rainbow Releasing
82Ask the Dust$743,847111$68,7799.2%7Mar 10May 18Paramount Classics
83Army of Shadows$741,7668$12,6201.7%1Apr 28Apr 26Rialto Pictures
84Sophie Scholl: The Final Days$680,33128$17,3102.5%1Feb 17Aug 24Zeitgeist Films
85Stormbreaker$677,646221---Oct 6Dec 10The Weinstein Company
86Imagine Me & You$672,243106$51,9077.7%8Jan 27Mar 23Fox Searchlight Pictures
87The Promise$669,625213$272,83840.7%213May 5Jun 15Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
88Another Gay Movie$654,13220$33,3165.1%2Jul 28Nov 5TLA Releasing
89Lassie$652,163169$254,420-169Sep 1Oct 5IDP Distribution
90The Child$651,94140$44,5376.8%7Mar 24Aug 3Sony Pictures Classics
91Jaan-E-Mann: Lets Fall in Love Again$650,00073$210,00032.3%66Oct 20Nov 5Adlabs Films
92The Celestine Prophecy$617,23619$25,2974.1%2Apr 19Sep 28RAM Entertainment
93Viva Pedro!
Film Festival
$579,53924$13,3992.3%1Aug 11Nov 16Sony Pictures Classics
94Down in the Valley$568,93228$22,8064%3May 5Aug 10THINKFilm
95Changing Times$545,2557$31,7025.8%1Jul 14Nov 30Koch Lorber Films
96House of Sand$539,28532$31,4055.8%5Aug 11Nov 9Sony Pictures Classics
97Death of a President$519,086143$281,77854.3%143Oct 27Nov 9Newmarket Films
98A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints$517,80960$94,78418.3%8Sep 29Nov 23First Look International
99Umrao Jaan$485,00065$485,000100%65Nov 3Nov 5Adlabs Films
100Beer League$472,185164$302,90864.2%164Sep 15Sep 28Echo Bridge Entertainment
101Church Ball$464,99140$144,37631%40Mar 17Jun 22Halestone Distribution
102The Second Chance$463,54287$200,55443.3%87Feb 17Mar 5Triumph Releasing Corporation
103Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss$463,00227$80,93817.5%26Oct 27Jul 19Indican Pictures
104The Heart of the Game$445,37421$11,2512.5%3Jun 9Sep 7Miramax
105Idiocracy$444,093130$124,36728%130Sep 1Oct 5Twentieth Century Fox
106Don't Come Knocking$440,79332$30,6306.9%6Mar 17Aug 3Sony Pictures Classics
107American Masters: Sketches of Frank Gehry$439,30921$17,2393.9%2May 12Sep 7Sony Pictures Classics
108When Do We Eat?$431,51348$134,00631.1%48Apr 7May 25THINKFilm
109Conversations with God$425,04564$150,35535.4%64Oct 27Dec 7IDP Distribution
110The Oh in Ohio$418,68920$61,04314.6%14Jul 14Oct 12Cyan Pictures
111Preaching to the Choir$405,191143$221,000-143Apr 14May 4Freestyle Releasing
112Copying Beethoven$384,02929$70,46018.3%26Nov 10-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
113The Quiet$381,420366$27,5467.2%7Aug 25Sep 21Sony Pictures Classics
114Conversations with Other Women$379,41814$66,15717.4%13Aug 11Nov 12Fabrication Films
115Shadowboxer$370,62743$103,23827.9%22Jul 21Aug 20Freestyle Releasing
116Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School$349,13246$92,66826.5%38Mar 31Jun 15IDP Distribution
117Chup Chup Ke$334,61831$110,21832.9%31Jun 9Jul 9UTV Motion Pictures
118The Devil and Daniel Johnston$334,45017$23,1926.9%5Mar 31Aug 17Sony Pictures Classics
119Gabrielle$332,82912$30,6769.2%2Jul 14Dec 3IFC Films
120Zinda$332,49138$167,24650.3%38Jan 13Jan 29Eros Worldwide
121Cheech$329,97243--42Oct 6Nov 12Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
122The Road to Guantanamo$326,87625$61,13818.7%15Jun 23Aug 3IDP Distribution
123Russian Dolls$326,09511$16,5125.1%3May 10Sep 28IFC Films
124Days of Glory$320,70029$10,9963.4%2Dec 6Apr 26The Weinstein Company
125Steve Harvey: Don't Trip... He Ain't Through with Me Yet$319,02156$164,92651.7%54Mar 17May 4Freestyle Releasing
126Adam & Steve$309,40417$66,42921.5%17Mar 31Jul 20TLA Releasing
127This Film Is Not Yet Rated$306,84518$30,66410%2Sep 1Dec 21IFC Films
128Kabul Express$302,45850$142,59147.1%50Dec 15Jan 11Yash Raj Films
129The Wedding Curse$300,4548$31,62610.5%3Aug 4Aug 24ABS-CBN Film Productions
130Taxi No. 9 2 11: Nau Do Gyarah$292,79436$102,46635%36Feb 24Apr 6UTV Motion Pictures
131Only Human
2006 Re-release
$284,96113$9,5903.4%2Jun 16Oct 12Magnolia Pictures
132The King$282,18316$8,9273.2%1May 19Aug 24THINKFilm
133American Hardcore$279,66519$18,1026.5%1Sep 22Jan 18Sony Pictures Classics
134Dirty$274,24535$95,52134.8%35Jan 20Mar 9Silver Nitrate
135The Rules of the Game$273,6415---Oct 27Jul 26Janus Films
136Night of the Living Dead 3D$271,000145$215,300-145Nov 10Nov 16Midnight Movies
137Old Joy$255,92312$3,3101.3%1Aug 25May 10Kino International
138The War Tapes$254,1909$12,2684.8%1Jun 2Oct 22Scranton/Lacy Films
139Love's Abiding Joy$252,726207$145,895-207Oct 6Oct 22The Bigger Picture
140Broken Bridges$252,53984$133,78453%84Sep 8Oct 5Paramount Pictures
141Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles$252,32513$28,22311.2%5Sep 1Jan 18Sony Pictures Classics
142Humko Deewana Kar Gaye$250,08339$108,63043.4%39Apr 14May 14UTV Motion Pictures
143The Moustache$244,7716$9,1483.7%1May 24Dec 14The Cinema Guild
14449 Up$241,77221$53,27722%21Oct 6Feb 8First Run
145Driving Lessons$239,96221$22,6039.4%8Oct 13Feb 1Sony Pictures Classics
146A Good Woman$238,60935$97,06040.7%35Feb 3Feb 23Lionsgate
147Wah-Wah$234,75026$55,30423.6%26May 12Jun 29IDP Distribution
148Drawing Restraint 9$234,7435$18,0117.7%1Mar 29Jul 6IFC Films
149Confetti$228,498151$20,5609%12Sep 15Oct 19Fox Searchlight Pictures
150Unidentified$224,09924$15,9157.1%6Apr 28Nov 19Five & Two Pictures
151Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus$223,20239$28,81512.9%4Nov 10Dec 21Picturehouse
152Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar$223,13727$142,46263.8%27Aug 4Aug 27Eros Worldwide
153Wassup Rockers$221,57456$29,40013.3%1Jun 23Aug 3First Look International
154The Young Lieutenant$216,7243$16,8717.8%2Sep 8Apr 8The Cinema Guild
155Lady Vengeance$211,66715$9,8504.7%2Apr 28Oct 1Tartan
156The Journals of Knud Rasmussen$209,47846$50,82324.3%46Sep 29-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
157Tamara$206,87132$29,15714.1%14Feb 3May 4City Lights Pictures
158Malamaal Weekly$204,61219$75,55636.9%17Mar 10Mar 26Rainbow Releasing
159Iraq in Fragments$204,46212$24,43512%7Nov 8Oct 14Arab Film Distribution
160Deliver Us from Evil$201,27524$15,6567.8%4Oct 13Nov 30Lionsgate
161Sherrybaby$199,17613$34,77417.5%5Sep 8Oct 26IFC Films
162Fateless$196,8579$12,6806.4%1Jan 6May 4THINKFilm
163The Puffy Chair$194,5237$26,02913.4%7Jun 2Sep 14IDP Distribution
164On a Clear Day$191,03333$17,3039.1%5Apr 7May 18Focus Features
165The Bridge$179,78019$49,31327.4%19Oct 27Mar 11First Stripe Productions
166Our Brand Is Crisis$166,7502$7,9704.8%1Mar 1Nov 30Koch Lorber Films
167Awesome; I Shot That!$162,538180$18,07411.1%18Mar 31May 4THINKFilm
1682005 Academy Award Nominated Short Films$157,41512$28,57118.2%6Feb 24Jun 4Magnolia Pictures
169Lonesome Jim$154,18716$13,7988.9%2Mar 24Jun 15IFC Films
170The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green$153,1227$11,0027.2%2Jun 16Sep 21Regent Releasing
171Three Times$151,9225$14,1979.3%3Apr 26Aug 10IFC Films
172Pyare Mohan$150,19827$78,46252.2%27Apr 21May 4Eros Worldwide
173The Great New Wonderful$150,1428$39,71226.4%8Jun 23Sep 28First Independent Pictures
174Cocaine Cowboys$150,05614$36,29524.2%12Oct 27Dec 28Magnolia Pictures
175Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple$148,2925$7,4825%1Oct 20Feb 4Seventh Art Releasing
176Duck Season
2005 Re-release
$147,55124$24,65816.7%6Mar 10May 4Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
177Bubble$145,62632$70,66448.5%32Jan 27Feb 23Magnolia Pictures
178Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos$144,60112$9,8056.8%1Jul 7Sep 7Miramax
179Mountain Patrol
2006 Re-release
$143,38311$16,91511.8%4Apr 14Jun 15IDP Distribution
180The Cave of the Yellow Dog$141,80311$5,2293.7%1Nov 10Apr 8Tartan
181The Fallen Idol$141,5024$9,0306.4%1Feb 10Oct 22Rialto Pictures
182Queens$140,41710$16,49411.7%5Aug 25Nov 16Regent Releasing
183Typhoon$139,05924$59,40942.7%24Jun 2Jul 6Paramount Classics
184What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole$138,91310$24,19517.4%8Feb 3Mar 23IDP Distribution
185Clean$138,7118$14,95310.8%2Apr 28Jul 27Palm Pictures
186Haven$136,82357$38,35628%24Sep 15Oct 5Yari Film Group Releasing
187Stolen$132,5965$6,2504.7%1Apr 19Nov 9International Film Circuit
188Edmond$131,7195$19,25314.6%2Jul 14Oct 19First Independent Pictures
189Lower City$130,7948$8,1996.3%1Jun 16Sep 28Palm Pictures
190Game 6$129,66413$9,6107.4%4Mar 10May 25Kindred Media Group
191The Groomsmen$128,91126$26,04620.2%3Jul 14Sep 24Bauer Martinez Studios
192Unknown White Male$126,83611$24,59119.4%4Feb 24May 11Wellspring Media
193Flannel Pajamas$123,3014$11,0699%1Nov 15Apr 22Gigantic Pictures
19413 Tzameti$121,3906$10,8058.9%1Jul 28Nov 12Palm Pictures
195Climates$119,9587$9,6658.1%1Oct 27May 27Zeitgeist Films
196Come Early Morning$119,45222$50,16042%22Nov 10Dec 7IDP Distribution
197Time to Leave$117,6865$20,71717.6%5Jul 21Dec 21Strand Releasing
198Sir! No Sir!$116,9447$7,5476.5%2Apr 7Aug 17Balcony Releasing
199I Am a Sex Addict$115,6949$10,6919.2%2Apr 5Jun 29IFC Films
200The Bridesmaid$111,7286$9,0468.1%1Aug 4Feb 4First Run