Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$98,411,670	15,024,682	$103,369,812
2	World Trade Center	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	10,729,602	$73,819,662
3	Invincible	Drama	PG	$57,806,952	8,825,489	$60,719,364
4	Glory Road	Drama	PG	$42,647,449	6,511,061	$44,796,100
5	Gridiron Gang	Drama	PG-13	$38,432,823	5,867,607	$40,369,136
6	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$38,104,247
7	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$35,066,495	5,353,663	$36,833,201
8	Take the Lead	Drama	PG-13	$34,742,066	5,304,132	$36,492,428
9	Munich	Drama	R	$33,108,545	5,054,740	$34,776,611
10	United 93	Drama	R	$31,567,134	4,819,410	$33,157,541
11	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,196,606	4,304,825	$29,617,196
12	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$27,776,963	4,240,758	$29,176,415
13	We Are... Marshall	Drama	PG	$25,128,312	3,836,384	$26,394,322
14	Jet Li's Fearless	Drama	PG-13	$24,633,730	3,760,875	$25,874,820
15	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$16,766,684
16	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$15,153,069
17	Flyboys	Drama	PG-13	$13,090,630	1,998,569	$13,750,155
18	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$11,590,936
19	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,633,999	1,623,511	$11,169,756
20	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$7,924,184	1,209,799	$8,323,417
21	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$8,231,204
22	Running With Scissors	Comedy	R	$6,775,659	1,034,452	$7,117,030
23	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	782,920	$5,386,490
24	Catch a Fire	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,299,773	656,454	$4,516,404
25	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$4,029,778	615,233	$4,232,803
26	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,619,600	552,611	$3,801,964
27	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,235,957	341,367	$2,348,605
28	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,415,082	216,043	$1,486,376
29	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,232,807
30	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,209,339
31	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,055,654	161,169	$1,108,843
32	Merry Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,107,480
33	Sophie Scholl	Drama	Not Rated	$680,331	103,867	$714,605
34	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$355,968	54,346	$373,900
35	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$343,346
36	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$234,450
37	Jarhead	Drama	R	$192,755	29,428	$202,465
38	Mountain Patrol: Kekexili	Drama	PG-13	$143,383	21,891	$150,610
39	North Country	Drama	R	$62,041	9,472	$65,167
40	10th & Wolf	Drama		$54,702	8,351	$57,455
41	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$34,358	5,245	$36,086
42	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$9,653	1,474	$10,141
43	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$2,955	451	$3,103
44	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,204	184	$1,266
Total Gross of All Movies				$699,009,529
Total Tickets Sold					106,719,013
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$734,226,809

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.