Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Cars	Comedy	G	$244,082,982	37,264,577	$256,380,290
2	Happy Feet	Adventure	PG	$175,967,627	26,865,287	$184,833,175
3	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Comedy	PG-13	$148,213,377	22,627,996	$155,680,612
4	Click	Comedy	PG-13	$137,355,633	20,970,326	$144,275,843
5	The Break Up	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$118,806,699	18,138,427	$124,792,378
6	Failure to Launch	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,715,192	13,544,304	$93,184,812
7	Inside Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$88,634,237	13,531,945	$93,099,782
8	Open Season	Adventure	PG	$84,303,558	12,870,772	$88,550,911
9	Nacho Libre	Comedy	PG	$80,197,993	12,243,968	$84,238,500
10	You, Me and Dupree	Comedy	PG-13	$75,802,010	11,572,826	$79,621,043
11	Monster House	Adventure	PG	$73,661,010	11,245,956	$77,372,177
12	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Comedy	PG	$72,779,000	11,111,298	$76,445,730
13	R.V.	Comedy	PG	$71,724,497	10,950,305	$75,338,098
14	Step Up	Drama	PG-13	$65,328,121	9,973,759	$68,619,462
15	Flushed Away	Comedy	PG	$61,607,497	9,405,725	$64,711,388
16	Déjà Vu	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$61,574,479	9,400,684	$64,676,706
17	The Benchwarmers	Comedy	PG-13	$59,843,754	9,136,451	$62,858,783
18	Little Miss Sunshine	Comedy	R	$59,489,083	9,082,303	$62,486,245
19	Little Man	Comedy	PG-13	$58,636,047	8,952,068	$61,590,228
20	The Guardian	Action	PG-13	$55,011,732	8,398,738	$57,783,317
21	The Holiday	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,029,085	7,638,028	$52,549,633
22	Firewall	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$48,751,189	7,442,930	$51,207,358
23	Date Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$48,548,426	7,411,973	$50,994,374
24	Hostel	Horror	R	$47,326,473	7,225,416	$49,710,862
25	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$44,803,227
26	Lady in the Water	Drama	PG-13	$42,285,169	6,455,751	$44,415,567
27	John Tucker Must Die	Comedy	PG-13	$41,011,711	6,261,330	$43,077,950
28	Stranger Than Fiction	Comedy	PG-13	$40,435,190	6,173,311	$42,472,380
29	Man of the Year	Comedy	PG-13	$37,442,180	5,716,363	$39,328,577
30	The Wild	Comedy	G	$37,384,046	5,707,488	$39,267,517
31	16 Blocks	Action	PG-13	$36,895,141	5,632,846	$38,753,980
32	Accepted	Comedy	PG-13	$36,580,083	5,584,745	$38,423,046
33	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$37,526,499
34	Deck the Halls	Comedy	PG	$34,753,961	5,305,948	$36,504,922
35	Snakes on a Plane	Thriller/Suspense	R	$34,020,814	5,194,017	$35,734,837
36	Employee of the Month	Comedy	PG-13	$28,444,855	4,342,726	$29,877,955
37	Crank	Action	R	$27,838,408	4,250,139	$29,240,956
38	Stick It	Comedy	PG-13	$26,910,736	4,108,509	$28,266,542
39	The Descent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,024,456	3,973,199	$27,335,609
40	Stay Alive	Horror	PG-13	$23,086,480	3,524,653	$24,249,613
41	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	Comedy	PG-13	$22,530,295	3,439,740	$23,665,411
42	Lucky Number Slevin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,495,466	3,434,422	$23,628,823
43	Match Point	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,489,384	3,433,494	$23,622,439
44	Waist Deep	Drama	R	$21,344,312	3,258,674	$22,419,677
45	ATL	Comedy	PG-13	$21,170,563	3,232,147	$22,237,171
46	A Prairie Home Companion	Comedy	PG-13	$20,342,852	3,105,779	$21,367,760
47	Babel	Drama	R	$19,825,138	3,026,739	$20,823,964
48	Beerfest	Comedy	R	$19,185,184	2,929,036	$20,151,768
49	Akeelah and the Bee	Drama	PG	$18,848,430	2,877,623	$19,798,046
50	The Marine	Action	PG-13	$18,782,953	2,867,626	$19,729,267
51	Rumor Has It	Comedy	PG-13	$18,556,105	2,832,993	$19,490,992
52	Ultraviolet	Action	PG-13	$18,522,064	2,827,796	$19,455,236
53	Just My Luck	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,326,650	2,645,290	$18,199,595
54	Annapolis	Drama	PG-13	$17,127,992	2,614,961	$17,990,932
55	The Family Stone	Comedy	PG-13	$15,893,227	2,426,447	$16,693,955
56	Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector	Comedy	PG-13	$15,680,099	2,393,908	$16,470,087
57	The Ringer	Comedy	PG-13	$15,646,622	2,388,797	$16,434,923
58	See No Evil	Horror	R	$15,032,800	2,295,084	$15,790,178
59	Unaccompanied Minors	Comedy	PG	$14,993,733	2,289,120	$15,749,146
60	Everyone's Hero	Adventure	G	$14,523,101	2,217,267	$15,254,797
61	Friends with Money	Comedy	R	$13,368,437	2,040,983	$14,041,963
62	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Comedy	Not Rated	$12,671,300	1,934,550	$13,309,704
63	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,669,914	1,934,338	$13,308,245
64	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,555,622	1,916,889	$13,188,196
65	The Matador	Thriller/Suspense	R	$12,509,437	1,909,838	$13,139,685
66	The Protector	Action	R	$12,044,087	1,838,792	$12,650,889
67	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,748,661	1,793,689	$12,340,580
68	Something New	Drama	PG-13	$11,468,568	1,750,926	$12,046,371
69	Material Girls	Comedy	PG	$11,449,638	1,748,036	$12,026,488
70	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,614,272	1,620,500	$11,149,040
71	Scoop	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,525,717	1,606,980	$11,056,022
72	Facing the Giants	Drama	PG	$10,072,889	1,537,846	$10,580,380
73	The Fountain	Drama	PG-13	$9,930,941	1,516,174	$10,431,277
74	Transamerica	Drama	R	$8,746,116	1,335,285	$9,186,761
75	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Musical	PG	$8,687,496	1,326,335	$9,125,185
76	Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	Comedy	R	$8,334,575	1,272,454	$8,754,484
77	Slither	Horror	R	$7,802,450	1,191,214	$8,195,552
78	The Return	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,744,785	1,182,410	$8,134,981
79	American Dreamz	Black Comedy	PG-13	$7,314,027	1,116,645	$7,682,518
80	Phat Girlz	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$7,061,128	1,078,035	$7,416,881
81	Crossover	Drama	PG-13	$7,009,668	1,070,178	$7,362,825
82	Turistas	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,947,433	1,060,677	$7,297,458
83	Running Scared	Action	R	$6,855,137	1,046,586	$7,200,512
84	Grandma's Boy	Comedy	R	$6,090,172	929,797	$6,397,003
85	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$5,807,711
86	Let's Go to Prison	Comedy	R	$5,525,320	843,560	$5,803,693
87	For Your Consideration	Comedy	PG-13	$5,414,596	826,656	$5,687,393
88	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,996,040	762,754	$5,247,748
89	Volver	Comedy	R	$4,753,067	725,659	$4,992,534
90	The Science of Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,670,644	713,075	$4,905,956
91	Keeping Up with the Steins	Comedy	PG-13	$4,339,241	662,480	$4,557,862
92	Goal! The Dream Begins	Drama	PG	$4,283,255	653,932	$4,499,052
93	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,443,354	525,703	$3,616,837
94	Chicken Little	Adventure	G	$3,442,012	525,498	$3,615,426
95	Harsh Times	Drama	R	$3,337,931	509,608	$3,506,103
96	Art School Confidential	Comedy	R	$3,297,137	503,380	$3,463,254
97	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Drama	Not Rated	$3,275,443	500,068	$3,440,468
98	Boynton Beach Club	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,127,472	477,477	$3,285,042
99	La mujer de mi hermano	Drama	R	$2,808,241	428,739	$2,949,724
100	Half Nelson	Drama	R	$2,697,938	411,899	$2,833,865
101	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,609,343
102	Le Secret de ma Mere	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,399,232	366,295	$2,520,110
103	Lage Raho Munnabhai	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,217,561	338,559	$2,329,286
104	Rang De Basanti	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,197,694	335,526	$2,308,419
105	Fanaa	Drama	Not Rated	$2,105,351	321,428	$2,211,425
106	Brick	Drama	R	$2,075,743	316,907	$2,180,320
107	Shortbus	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,930,689	294,762	$2,027,963
108	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$1,999,335
109	Kinky Boots	Comedy	PG-13	$1,822,428	278,233	$1,914,243
110	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,777,971
111	Keeping Mum	Comedy	R	$1,603,973	244,881	$1,684,781
112	Trust the Man	Comedy	R	$1,530,535	233,669	$1,607,643
113	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,490,394	227,541	$1,565,482
114	District 13	Action	R	$1,200,216	183,239	$1,260,684
115	Just Friends	Comedy	PG-13	$1,102,979	168,394	$1,158,551
116	Hard Candy	Horror	R	$1,024,640	156,434	$1,076,266
117	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World	Comedy	PG-13	$887,416	135,483	$932,123
118	Guadalupe	Drama	PG	$848,139	129,487	$890,871
119	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$769,288	117,449	$808,049
120	Imagine Me & You	Romantic Comedy	R	$672,243	102,633	$706,115
121	The Promise	Action	PG-13	$669,625	102,233	$703,363
122	Another Gay Movie	Comedy	Not Rated	$654,132	99,867	$687,085
123	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$684,787
124	Jaan-E-Maan	Musical	Not Rated	$650,000	99,237	$682,751
125	Flightplan	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$574,725	87,744	$603,679
126	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$597,597
127	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$597,287
128	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$540,386	82,502	$567,614
129	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$566,458
130	Death of a President	Drama	R	$519,086	79,250	$545,240
131	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$542,144
132	Artie Lange's Beer League	Comedy	R	$475,000	72,519	$498,931
133	Church Ball	Comedy	PG	$464,991	70,991	$488,418
134	Idiocracy	Comedy	R	$444,093	67,800	$466,464
135	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$463,003
136	The Second Chance	Drama	PG-13	$432,253	65,993	$454,032
137	When Do We Eat?	Comedy	R	$431,513	65,880	$453,254
138	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$420,200	64,153	$441,373
139	The Oh in Ohio	Romantic Comedy	R	$418,689	63,922	$439,783
140	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$400,636
141	Conversations with Other Women	Comedy	R	$379,418	57,926	$398,531
142	Shadowboxer	Drama	R	$370,627	56,584	$389,298
143	Preaching to the Choir	Comedy	PG-13	$343,522	52,446	$360,828
144	Chup Chup Ke	Comedy		$334,618	51,087	$351,479
145	Adam & Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$309,404	47,237	$324,991
146	Taxi Number 9211	Drama		$292,794	44,701	$307,543
147	The Aryan Couple	Drama	PG-13	$290,211	44,307	$304,832
148	Only Human	Comedy	R	$284,961	43,505	$299,314
149	The King	Drama	R	$282,183	43,081	$296,397
150	Kabul Express	Comedy		$274,202	41,863	$288,017
151	Broken Bridges	Drama	PG-13	$251,775	38,439	$264,460
152	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Drama		$250,083	38,181	$262,685
153	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$259,720
154	Drawing Restraint 9	Drama		$234,743	35,839	$246,572
155	Confetti	Romantic Comedy	R	$228,498	34,885	$240,009
156	Unidentified	Drama	PG	$224,099	34,214	$235,392
157	Wassup Rockers	Comedy	R	$221,574	33,828	$232,737
158	Tamara	Horror	R	$206,871	31,583	$217,291
159	Sherrybaby	Drama	R	$199,176	30,409	$209,214
160	On a Clear Day	Drama	PG-13	$186,912	28,536	$196,328
161	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$176,610	26,963	$185,505
162	Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$174,914	26,704	$183,724
163	Lonesome Jim	Comedy	R	$154,187	23,540	$161,955
164	Three Times	Drama		$151,922	23,194	$159,575
165	The Great New Wonderful	Drama	R	$150,142	22,922	$157,703
166	Duck Season	Comedy	R	$147,551	22,527	$154,986
167	Bubble	Drama	R	$145,382	22,196	$152,708
168	Haven	Drama	R	$142,483	21,753	$149,661
169	Bluff Master	Comedy	Not Rated	$140,224	21,408	$147,287
170	Typhoon	Action		$139,059	21,230	$146,062
171	Clean	Drama	R	$138,711	21,177	$145,698
172	Lower City	Drama		$130,794	19,969	$137,387
173	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,664	19,796	$136,196
174	The Groomsmen	Comedy		$128,585	19,631	$135,061
175	13 Tzameti	Thriller/Suspense		$121,390	18,533	$127,507
176	Come Early Morning	Drama	R	$119,452	18,237	$125,471
177	Time to Leave	Drama		$117,686	17,967	$123,613
178	I Am a Sex Addict	Comedy		$115,694	17,663	$121,521
179	Le petit lieutenant	Drama		$113,916	17,392	$119,657
180	Venus	Drama	R	$113,518	17,331	$119,237
181	Winter Passing	Drama	R	$107,492	16,411	$112,908
182	Captain Sabertooth	Adventure		$105,152	16,054	$110,452
183	Look Both Ways	Drama	PG-13	$105,067	16,041	$110,362
184	Mutual Appreciation	Comedy		$103,509	15,803	$108,725
185	Inland Empire	Drama	R	$100,056	15,276	$105,099
186	Red Doors	Drama		$97,848	14,939	$102,780
187	Twelve and Holding	Drama	R	$96,464	14,727	$101,322
188	Summer Storm	Drama	R	$93,671	14,301	$98,391
189	Somersault	Drama		$92,214	14,078	$96,857
190	Ten Items or Less	Drama	R	$83,291	12,716	$87,486
191	Lemming	Drama		$81,698	12,473	$85,814
192	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Drama	R	$80,301	12,260	$84,349
193	Suits on the Loose	Comedy	PG	$79,470	12,133	$83,475
194	Mongolian Ping Pong	Comedy		$70,939	10,830	$74,510
195	Battle in Heaven	Drama		$70,899	10,824	$74,469
196	Renaissance	Action	R	$70,644	10,785	$74,201
197	Cavite	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$70,071	10,698	$73,602
198	Two Or Three Things I Know About Her	Drama		$66,770	10,194	$70,135
199	Poster Boy	Drama	R	$62,062	9,475	$65,188
200	Flannel Pajamas	Drama	R	$61,003	9,313	$64,073
201	Aurora Borealis	Drama	R	$60,729	9,272	$63,791
202	Feast	Horror	R	$56,131	8,570	$58,962
203	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$53,844	8,220	$56,554
204	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$53,665	8,193	$56,368
205	Kalamazoo?	Comedy		$53,609	8,185	$56,313
206	Little Jerusalem	Drama		$53,580	8,180	$56,278
207	Climates	Drama		$49,530	7,562	$52,027
208	Mini's First Time	Black Comedy	R	$49,034	7,486	$51,504
209	Moonlight	Thriller/Suspense		$48,890	7,464	$51,352
210	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$48,202	7,359	$50,630
211	The Aura	Thriller/Suspense		$41,392	6,319	$43,475
212	Candy	Drama	R	$39,322	6,003	$41,301
213	Swimmers	Drama		$34,812	5,315	$36,567
214	Free Zone	Drama		$32,381	4,944	$34,015
215	Nathalie...	Drama		$31,008	4,734	$32,570
216	Standing Still	Drama	R	$30,142	4,602	$31,662
217	Princesas	Drama		$29,472	4,500	$30,960
218	Guys and Balls	Comedy	R	$28,324	4,324	$29,749
219	Iron Island	Drama		$27,177	4,149	$28,545
220	Mozart and the Whale	Comedy		$27,000	4,122	$28,359
221	Unknown	Thriller/Suspense		$26,403	4,031	$27,733
222	Take My Eyes	Drama		$25,578	3,905	$26,866
223	Two Drifters	Drama		$24,452	3,733	$25,683
224	A Year Without Love	Drama		$24,381	3,722	$25,607
225	American Gun	Drama	R	$24,098	3,679	$25,312
226	When the Sea Rises	Romantic Comedy		$24,038	3,670	$25,250
227	Little Fish	Drama	R	$22,453	3,428	$23,585
228	El Perro	Drama	Not Rated	$19,791	3,022	$20,791
229	4	Drama		$18,926	2,889	$19,876
230	Cruel World	Horror	R	$17,986	2,746	$18,892
231	Film Geek	Comedy		$17,341	2,647	$18,211
232	April's Shower	Romantic Comedy	R	$16,255	2,482	$17,076
233	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,091	2,457	$16,904
234	Off the Black	Drama	R	$15,916	2,430	$16,718
235	Piano Tuner of Earthquakes	Drama		$15,852	2,420	$16,650
236	Stay	Comedy	R	$15,745	2,404	$16,540
237	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$15,190	2,319	$15,955
238	My First Wedding	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,982	2,287	$15,735
239	Shem	Drama		$14,804	2,260	$15,549
240	The Architect	Drama	R	$13,737	2,097	$14,427
241	One Last Thing...	Drama	R	$13,334	2,036	$14,008
242	London	Drama	R	$12,667	1,934	$13,306
243	Autumn	Drama		$12,655	1,932	$13,292
244	Waltzing Anna	Drama	PG-13	$11,455	1,749	$12,033
245	The Conrad Boys	Drama	Not Rated	$11,001	1,680	$11,558
246	Dorian Blues	Comedy	Not Rated	$10,660	1,627	$11,194
247	Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story	Comedy		$9,528	1,455	$10,010
248	Crazy Like a Fox	Comedy	PG-13	$9,376	1,431	$9,845
249	Rolling Family	Comedy		$9,291	1,418	$9,756
250	A Wake in Providence	Comedy	R	$9,234	1,410	$9,701
251	Pure	Drama	R	$9,142	1,396	$9,604
252	Christmas at Maxwell's	Drama	PG	$8,370	1,278	$8,793
253	Fall to Grace	Drama		$8,043	1,228	$8,449
254	Hellbent	Horror	R	$8,039	1,227	$8,442
255	Coastlines	Drama	R	$7,883	1,204	$8,284
256	Zerophilia	Romantic Comedy		$7,763	1,185	$8,153
257	Ellie Parker	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,648	1,015	$6,983
258	20 Centimeters	Comedy		$6,635	1,013	$6,969
259	Beyond Honor	Drama		$6,437	983	$6,763
260	Dead Man's Shoes	Horror		$6,408	978	$6,729
261	Sorry, Haters	Drama		$6,364	972	$6,687
262	Private	Drama		$6,188	945	$6,502
263	Backstage	Drama		$6,044	923	$6,350
264	Say Uncle	Comedy	R	$5,361	818	$5,628
265	Hair High	Horror		$5,342	816	$5,614
266	The Secret Life of Words	Drama		$5,309	811	$5,580
267	Land of the Blind	Drama	R	$5,244	801	$5,511
268	Looking for Kitty	Drama	R	$4,480	684	$4,706
269	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Drama	Not Rated	$4,304	657	$4,520
270	Slow Jam King	Comedy		$4,270	652	$4,486
271	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$4,180	638	$4,389
272	Simon	Comedy		$4,055	619	$4,259
273	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$3,644	556	$3,825
274	Blackmail Boy	Black Comedy		$3,166	483	$3,323
275	A Dog Lover's Symphony	Comedy		$2,968	453	$3,117
276	Agnes and His Brothers	Drama		$2,731	417	$2,869
277	The Ordeal	Horror		$2,623	400	$2,752
278	Mouth to Mouth	Drama		$2,150	328	$2,257
279	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$1,881	287	$1,975
280	Grip: A Criminal's Story	Action		$1,336	204	$1,404
281	The Long Weekend	Comedy		$1,286	196	$1,348
282	The Trouble with Men and Women	Drama		$967	148	$1,018
283	In Her Line of Fire	Action	R	$884	135	$929
284	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$807	123	$846
285	Uncut	Comedy		$762	116	$798
286	A New Day In Old Sana'a	Drama		$737	113	$777
287	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$234	36	$248
288	Zyzzyx Rd.	Thriller/Suspense		$20	3	$21
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,351,052,263
Total Tickets Sold					511,611,032
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,519,883,900

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.