Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Pink Panther	Comedy	PG	$82,226,474	12,553,660	$86,369,181
2	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$69,169,010	10,560,154	$72,653,860
3	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$55,118,301
4	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$44,803,227
5	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$41,773,922
6	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$39,517,763	6,033,246	$41,508,732
7	Dreamgirls	Musical	PG-13	$37,064,395	5,658,686	$38,931,760
8	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$37,526,499
9	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$35,295,322
10	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,846,946	4,404,114	$30,300,304
11	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,672,813	3,461,498	$23,815,106
12	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$17,119,167
13	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$16,766,684
14	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,734,633	2,249,562	$15,476,987
15	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,070,873
16	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,669,914	1,934,338	$13,308,245
17	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,555,622	1,916,889	$13,188,196
18	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,748,661	1,793,689	$12,340,580
19	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,614,272	1,620,500	$11,149,040
20	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,412,589	1,589,708	$10,937,191
21	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$8,770,435	1,338,998	$9,212,306
22	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,585,289
23	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$5,807,711
24	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,996,040	762,754	$5,247,748
25	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,807,261	733,933	$5,049,459
26	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,590,002	700,764	$4,821,256
27	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,609,343
28	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$1,999,335
29	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,596,889
30	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,490,394	227,541	$1,565,482
31	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$965,973
32	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$943,551
33	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$780,027
34	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$687,573
35	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$685,021
36	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$622,015	94,964	$653,352
37	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$597,597
38	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$597,287
39	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$566,458
40	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$542,144
41	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$522,502
42	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$481,758
43	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$456,787	69,738	$479,797
44	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$332,311
45	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$259,720
46	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$234,388
47	Three Times	Drama		$151,922	23,194	$159,575
48	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,664	19,796	$136,196
49	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$107,786	16,456	$113,217
50	Captain Sabertooth	Adventure		$105,152	16,054	$110,452
51	Manderlay	Drama		$74,205	11,329	$77,944
52	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$72,288
53	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$60,338
54	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$45,148	6,893	$47,424
55	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$40,069
56	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror		$24,216	3,697	$25,435
57	The Whore's Son	Drama		$7,656	1,169	$8,043
58	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama		$4,800	733	$5,043
59	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,646
60	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$1,881	287	$1,975
61	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$807	123	$846
Total Gross of All Movies				$655,133,231
Total Tickets Sold					100,020,341
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$688,139,946

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.