Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Da Vinci Code	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$217,536,138	33,211,624	$228,495,973
2	The Devil Wears Prada	Comedy	PG-13	$124,740,460	19,044,345	$131,025,094
3	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$121,632,700	18,569,878	$127,760,761
4	Night at the Museum	Comedy	PG	$115,822,154	17,682,772	$121,657,471
5	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$74,033,080	11,302,760	$77,762,989
6	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$69,169,010	10,560,154	$72,653,860
7	Curious George	Comedy	G	$58,640,119	8,952,690	$61,594,507
8	Eragon	Adventure	PG	$56,420,434	8,613,807	$59,262,992
9	Charlotte's Web	Drama	G	$52,532,601	8,020,244	$55,179,279
10	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$55,118,301
11	Nanny McPhee	Comedy	PG	$47,279,279	7,218,211	$49,661,292
12	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$41,773,922
13	The Sentinel	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$36,280,697	5,539,038	$38,108,581
14	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$38,104,247
15	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$35,295,322
16	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,846,946	4,404,114	$30,300,304
17	The Ant Bully	Adventure	PG	$28,142,535	4,296,570	$29,560,402
18	Thank You For Smoking	Black Comedy	R	$24,793,509	3,785,269	$26,042,651
19	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,672,813	3,461,498	$23,815,106
20	Flicka	Drama	PG	$20,888,606	3,189,100	$21,941,008
21	Aquamarine	Comedy	PG	$18,597,342	2,839,289	$19,534,308
22	Capote	Drama	R	$16,827,017	2,569,010	$17,674,789
23	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$17,119,167
24	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$16,766,684
25	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$14,880,404	2,271,817	$15,630,101
26	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,070,873
27	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,099,616	1,999,941	$13,759,594
28	How to Eat Fried Worms	Drama	PG	$13,040,527	1,990,920	$13,697,530
29	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$13,143,304
30	Hoot	Comedy	PG	$8,117,637	1,239,334	$8,526,618
31	A Good Year	Drama	PG-13	$7,430,241	1,134,388	$7,804,589
32	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,585,289
33	Running With Scissors	Comedy	R	$6,775,659	1,034,452	$7,117,030
34	A Scanner Darkly	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,501,616	839,941	$5,778,794
35	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,590,002	700,764	$4,821,256
36	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,619,600	552,611	$3,801,964
37	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,059,350
38	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,599,746
39	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$1,646,650	251,397	$1,729,611
40	Night Watch	Action	Not Rated	$1,502,188	229,342	$1,577,873
41	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story	Comedy	R	$1,253,413	191,361	$1,316,564
42	The Celestine Prophecy	Adventure	PG	$1,214,661	185,444	$1,275,855
43	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,209,339
44	Children of Men	Adventure	R	$1,082,804	165,314	$1,137,360
45	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,055,654	161,169	$1,108,843
46	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,140	150,250	$1,033,720
47	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$965,973
48	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$943,551
49	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$848,944
50	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$780,027
51	Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker	Action	PG	$659,210	100,643	$692,424
52	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$687,573
53	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$613,344	93,640	$644,243
54	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$522,502
55	Umrao Jaan	Drama		$485,000	74,046	$509,436
56	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$481,758
57	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$456,787	69,738	$479,797
58	Conversations with God	Drama	PG	$425,045	64,892	$446,457
59	Derailed	Action	R	$340,086	51,922	$357,223
60	Gabrielle	Drama		$332,829	50,814	$349,600
61	La Moustache	Comedy	Not Rated	$244,771	37,370	$257,106
62	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$234,450
63	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$209,209	31,940	$219,747
64	Jarhead	Drama	R	$192,755	29,428	$202,465
65	The Bridesmaid	Thriller/Suspense		$107,485	16,410	$112,901
66	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$69,798
67	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense		$58,128	8,875	$61,060
68	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$60,338
69	The Motel	Drama		$51,540	7,869	$54,139
70	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$48,342	7,380	$50,774
71	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$45,148	6,893	$47,424
72	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$40,069
73	Loverboy	Drama		$33,223	5,072	$34,895
74	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$31,225	4,767	$32,797
75	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$27,410
76	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$25,479	3,890	$26,763
77	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$24,223	3,698	$25,442
78	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror		$24,216	3,697	$25,435
79	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,679	3,310	$22,773
80	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$21,660	3,307	$22,752
81	Killer Diller	Drama	PG-13	$20,795	3,175	$21,844
82	Evil	Drama		$15,530	2,371	$16,312
83	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$10,656	1,627	$11,194
84	Opal Dreams	Drama	PG	$8,537	1,303	$8,965
85	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$7,661	1,170	$8,050
86	The Whore's Son	Drama		$7,656	1,169	$8,043
87	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama		$4,800	733	$5,043
88	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,217
89	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,646
90	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,112
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,464,631,088
Total Tickets Sold					223,607,803
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,538,421,685

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2006. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2006. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2005 will most likely earn money in 2005 and 2006. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.