Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Departed	Drama	R	$120,359,613	18,375,513	$126,423,529
2	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$98,411,670	15,024,682	$103,369,812
3	World Trade Center	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	10,729,602	$73,819,662
4	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$69,169,010	10,560,154	$72,653,860
5	Step Up	Drama	PG-13	$65,328,121	9,973,759	$68,619,462
6	Invincible	Drama	PG	$57,806,952	8,825,489	$60,719,364
7	Charlotte's Web	Drama	G	$52,532,601	8,020,244	$55,179,279
8	The Lake House	Drama	PG	$52,330,111	7,989,330	$54,966,590
9	Rocky Balboa	Drama	PG	$47,940,632	7,319,180	$50,355,958
10	Glory Road	Drama	PG	$42,647,449	6,511,061	$44,796,100
11	Lady in the Water	Drama	PG-13	$42,285,169	6,455,751	$44,415,567
12	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$41,773,922
13	Gridiron Gang	Drama	PG-13	$38,432,823	5,867,607	$40,369,136
14	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$38,104,247
15	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$35,066,495	5,353,663	$36,833,201
16	Take the Lead	Drama	PG-13	$34,742,066	5,304,132	$36,492,428
17	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$35,295,322
18	Munich	Drama	R	$33,108,545	5,054,740	$34,776,611
19	United 93	Drama	R	$31,567,134	4,819,410	$33,157,541
20	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,846,946	4,404,114	$30,300,304
21	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,196,606	4,304,825	$29,617,196
22	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$27,776,963	4,240,758	$29,176,415
23	We Are... Marshall	Drama	PG	$25,128,312	3,836,384	$26,394,322
24	Jet Li's Fearless	Drama	PG-13	$24,633,730	3,760,875	$25,874,820
25	Waist Deep	Drama	R	$21,344,312	3,258,674	$22,419,677
26	Flicka	Drama	PG	$20,888,606	3,189,100	$21,941,008
27	Babel	Drama	R	$19,825,138	3,026,739	$20,823,964
28	Akeelah and the Bee	Drama	PG	$18,848,430	2,877,623	$19,798,046
29	Annapolis	Drama	PG-13	$17,127,992	2,614,961	$17,990,932
30	Capote	Drama	R	$16,827,017	2,569,010	$17,674,789
31	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$16,766,684
32	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,734,633	2,249,562	$15,476,987
33	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$15,153,069
34	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,070,873
35	Flyboys	Drama	PG-13	$13,090,630	1,998,569	$13,750,155
36	How to Eat Fried Worms	Drama	PG	$13,040,527	1,990,920	$13,697,530
37	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$13,143,304
38	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,748,661	1,793,689	$12,340,580
39	Something New	Drama	PG-13	$11,468,568	1,750,926	$12,046,371
40	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$11,590,936
41	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,412,589	1,589,708	$10,937,191
42	Facing the Giants	Drama	PG	$10,072,889	1,537,846	$10,580,380
43	The Fountain	Drama	PG-13	$9,930,941	1,516,174	$10,431,277
44	Transamerica	Drama	R	$8,746,116	1,335,285	$9,186,761
45	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$7,924,184	1,209,799	$8,323,417
46	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$8,231,204
47	A Good Year	Drama	PG-13	$7,430,241	1,134,388	$7,804,589
48	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,585,289
49	Crossover	Drama	PG-13	$7,009,668	1,070,178	$7,362,825
50	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$5,807,711
51	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	782,920	$5,386,490
52	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,996,040	762,754	$5,247,748
53	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,807,261	733,933	$5,049,459
54	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,590,002	700,764	$4,821,256
55	Goal! The Dream Begins	Drama	PG	$4,283,255	653,932	$4,499,052
56	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,619,600	552,611	$3,801,964
57	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,443,354	525,703	$3,616,837
58	Harsh Times	Drama	R	$3,337,931	509,608	$3,506,103
59	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Drama	Not Rated	$3,275,443	500,068	$3,440,468
60	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,059,350
61	La mujer de mi hermano	Drama	R	$2,808,241	428,739	$2,949,724
62	Half Nelson	Drama	R	$2,697,938	411,899	$2,833,865
63	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,609,343
64	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,599,746
65	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,235,957	341,367	$2,348,605
66	Fanaa	Drama	Not Rated	$2,105,351	321,428	$2,211,425
67	Brick	Drama	R	$2,075,743	316,907	$2,180,320
68	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$1,999,335
69	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,777,971
70	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$1,646,650	251,397	$1,729,611
71	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,490,394	227,541	$1,565,482
72	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,415,082	216,043	$1,486,376
73	Omkara	Drama	Not Rated	$1,244,576	190,012	$1,307,283
74	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,232,807
75	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,209,339
76	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,055,654	161,169	$1,108,843
77	Merry Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,107,480
78	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,140	150,250	$1,033,720
79	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$965,973
80	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$943,551
81	Guadalupe	Drama	PG	$848,139	129,487	$890,871
82	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$848,944
83	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$780,027
84	Sophie Scholl	Drama	Not Rated	$680,331	103,867	$714,605
85	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$687,573
86	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$684,787
87	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$622,015	94,964	$653,352
88	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$613,344	93,640	$644,243
89	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$566,458
90	Death of a President	Drama	R	$519,086	79,250	$545,240
91	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$542,144
92	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$522,502
93	Umrao Jaan	Drama		$485,000	74,046	$509,436
94	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$481,758
95	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$456,787	69,738	$479,797
96	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$463,003
97	The Second Chance	Drama	PG-13	$432,253	65,993	$454,032
98	Conversations with God	Drama	PG	$425,045	64,892	$446,457
99	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$420,200	64,153	$441,373
100	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$400,636
101	Shadowboxer	Drama	R	$370,627	56,584	$389,298
102	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$355,968	54,346	$373,900
103	Gabrielle	Drama		$332,829	50,814	$349,600
104	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$343,346
105	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$332,311
106	The Wedding Curse	Drama		$300,454	45,871	$315,592
107	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$295,274	45,080	$310,150
108	Taxi Number 9211	Drama		$292,794	44,701	$307,543
109	The Aryan Couple	Drama	PG-13	$290,211	44,307	$304,832
110	The King	Drama	R	$282,183	43,081	$296,397
111	Broken Bridges	Drama	PG-13	$251,775	38,439	$264,460
112	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Drama		$250,083	38,181	$262,685
113	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$259,720
114	Drawing Restraint 9	Drama		$234,743	35,839	$246,572
115	Unidentified	Drama	PG	$224,099	34,214	$235,392
116	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$234,450
117	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$234,388
118	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$209,209	31,940	$219,747
119	Sherrybaby	Drama	R	$199,176	30,409	$209,214
120	Fateless	Drama	R	$196,857	30,055	$206,778
121	Jarhead	Drama	R	$192,755	29,428	$202,465
122	On a Clear Day	Drama	PG-13	$186,912	28,536	$196,328
123	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$176,610	26,963	$185,505
124	Three Times	Drama		$151,922	23,194	$159,575
125	The Great New Wonderful	Drama	R	$150,142	22,922	$157,703
126	Bubble	Drama	R	$145,382	22,196	$152,708
127	Mountain Patrol: Kekexili	Drama	PG-13	$143,383	21,891	$150,610
128	Haven	Drama	R	$142,483	21,753	$149,661
129	Clean	Drama	R	$138,711	21,177	$145,698
130	Lower City	Drama		$130,794	19,969	$137,387
131	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$120,479	18,394	$126,551
132	Come Early Morning	Drama	R	$119,452	18,237	$125,471
133	Time to Leave	Drama		$117,686	17,967	$123,613
134	Le petit lieutenant	Drama		$113,916	17,392	$119,657
135	Venus	Drama	R	$113,518	17,331	$119,237
136	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$107,786	16,456	$113,217
137	Winter Passing	Drama	R	$107,492	16,411	$112,908
138	Look Both Ways	Drama	PG-13	$105,067	16,041	$110,362
139	Inland Empire	Drama	R	$100,056	15,276	$105,099
140	Red Doors	Drama		$97,848	14,939	$102,780
141	Twelve and Holding	Drama	R	$96,464	14,727	$101,322
142	Summer Storm	Drama	R	$93,671	14,301	$98,391
143	Somersault	Drama		$92,214	14,078	$96,857
144	Being Cyrus	Drama		$87,728	13,394	$92,151
145	Ten Items or Less	Drama	R	$83,291	12,716	$87,486
146	Lemming	Drama		$81,698	12,473	$85,814
147	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Drama	R	$80,301	12,260	$84,349
148	Manderlay	Drama		$74,205	11,329	$77,944
149	Before the Fall	Drama	Not Rated	$73,600	11,237	$77,311
150	Battle in Heaven	Drama		$70,899	10,824	$74,469
151	Two Or Three Things I Know About Her	Drama		$66,770	10,194	$70,135
152	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$69,798
153	Poster Boy	Drama	R	$62,062	9,475	$65,188
154	North Country	Drama	R	$62,041	9,472	$65,167
155	Flannel Pajamas	Drama	R	$61,003	9,313	$64,073
156	Aurora Borealis	Drama	R	$60,729	9,272	$63,791
157	D'Lucky Ones	Drama		$59,680	9,111	$62,684
158	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$60,338
159	10th & Wolf	Drama		$54,702	8,351	$57,455
160	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$53,844	8,220	$56,554
161	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$53,665	8,193	$56,368
162	Little Jerusalem	Drama		$53,580	8,180	$56,278
163	The Motel	Drama		$51,540	7,869	$54,139
164	Climates	Drama		$49,530	7,562	$52,027
165	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$48,877	7,462	$51,339
166	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$48,342	7,380	$50,774
167	Candy	Drama	R	$39,322	6,003	$41,301
168	Stoned	Drama	R	$38,922	5,942	$40,881
169	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$40,069
170	Swimmers	Drama		$34,812	5,315	$36,567
171	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$34,358	5,245	$36,086
172	Loverboy	Drama		$33,223	5,072	$34,895
173	Free Zone	Drama		$32,381	4,944	$34,015
174	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$31,225	4,767	$32,797
175	Nathalie...	Drama		$31,008	4,734	$32,570
176	Standing Still	Drama	R	$30,142	4,602	$31,662
177	Princesas	Drama		$29,472	4,500	$30,960
178	The Intruder	Drama	Not Rated	$29,391	4,487	$30,871
179	Iron Island	Drama		$27,177	4,149	$28,545
180	Don't Tell	Drama		$27,105	4,138	$28,469
181	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$27,410
182	Take My Eyes	Drama		$25,578	3,905	$26,866
183	Two Drifters	Drama		$24,452	3,733	$25,683
184	A Year Without Love	Drama		$24,381	3,722	$25,607
185	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$24,223	3,698	$25,442
186	American Gun	Drama	R	$24,098	3,679	$25,312
187	Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories	Drama		$22,918	3,499	$24,073
188	Little Fish	Drama	R	$22,453	3,428	$23,585
189	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$21,660	3,307	$22,752
190	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Drama	PG	$20,866	3,186	$21,920
191	Killer Diller	Drama	PG-13	$20,795	3,175	$21,844
192	El Perro	Drama	Not Rated	$19,791	3,022	$20,791
193	4	Drama		$18,926	2,889	$19,876
194	Off the Black	Drama	R	$15,916	2,430	$16,718
195	Piano Tuner of Earthquakes	Drama		$15,852	2,420	$16,650
196	Evil	Drama		$15,530	2,371	$16,312
197	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$14,866	2,270	$15,618
198	Shem	Drama		$14,804	2,260	$15,549
199	The Architect	Drama	R	$13,737	2,097	$14,427
200	One Last Thing...	Drama	R	$13,334	2,036	$14,008
201	London	Drama	R	$12,667	1,934	$13,306
202	Autumn	Drama		$12,655	1,932	$13,292
203	Aguirre: The Wrath of God	Drama		$12,609	1,925	$13,244
204	Woman is the Future of Man	Drama		$11,807	1,803	$12,405
205	Waltzing Anna	Drama	PG-13	$11,455	1,749	$12,033
206	On the Outs	Drama	R	$11,388	1,739	$11,964
207	The Conrad Boys	Drama	Not Rated	$11,001	1,680	$11,558
208	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$10,656	1,627	$11,194
209	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$9,653	1,474	$10,141
210	Pure	Drama	R	$9,142	1,396	$9,604
211	Opal Dreams	Drama	PG	$8,537	1,303	$8,965
212	Christmas at Maxwell's	Drama	PG	$8,370	1,278	$8,793
213	Fall to Grace	Drama		$8,043	1,228	$8,449
214	Coastlines	Drama	R	$7,883	1,204	$8,284
215	The Whore's Son	Drama		$7,656	1,169	$8,043
216	Mendy - A Question of Faith	Drama		$7,123	1,087	$7,479
217	Beyond Honor	Drama		$6,437	983	$6,763
218	Sorry, Haters	Drama		$6,364	972	$6,687
219	Down to the Bone	Drama	Not Rated	$6,193	945	$6,502
220	Private	Drama		$6,188	945	$6,502
221	Backstage	Drama		$6,044	923	$6,350
222	The Secret Life of Words	Drama		$5,309	811	$5,580
223	Land of the Blind	Drama	R	$5,244	801	$5,511
224	Room	Drama		$5,228	798	$5,490
225	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$5,136	784	$5,394
226	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama		$4,800	733	$5,043
227	The Tollbooth	Drama		$4,526	691	$4,754
228	Looking for Kitty	Drama	R	$4,480	684	$4,706
229	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Drama	Not Rated	$4,304	657	$4,520
230	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$4,180	638	$4,389
231	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,217
232	Going Under	Drama		$3,917	598	$4,114
233	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$3,644	556	$3,825
234	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,646
235	George Bush Goes to Heaven	Drama		$3,056	467	$3,213
236	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$2,955	451	$3,103
237	Agnes and His Brothers	Drama		$2,731	417	$2,869
238	Mouth to Mouth	Drama		$2,150	328	$2,257
239	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,112
240	Masai: The Rain Warriors	Drama		$1,929	295	$2,030
241	Four Eyed Monsters	Drama		$1,886	288	$1,981
242	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$1,881	287	$1,975
243	Mirage	Drama		$1,511	231	$1,589
244	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,204	184	$1,266
245	The Trouble with Men and Women	Drama		$967	148	$1,018
246	A New Day In Old Sana'a	Drama		$737	113	$777
247	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$234	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,560,689,191
Total Tickets Sold					238,273,167
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,639,319,389

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.