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Friday, August 29, 2008

Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2006

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Da Vinci Code Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $217,536,138 33,211,624 $228,495,973
2 Inside Man Thriller/Suspense R $88,634,237 13,531,945 $93,099,782
3 Déjà Vu Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $61,574,479 9,400,684 $64,676,706
4 The Prestige Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $52,474,548 8,011,381 $55,118,301
5 Firewall Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $48,751,189 7,442,930 $51,207,358
6 The Sentinel Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $36,280,697 5,539,038 $38,108,581
7 Snakes on a Plane Thriller/Suspense R $34,020,814 5,194,017 $35,734,837
8 The Descent Thriller/Suspense R $26,024,456 3,973,199 $27,335,609
9 The Wicker Man Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $24,413,467 3,727,247 $25,643,459
10 The Covenant Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $23,364,784 3,567,143 $24,541,944
11 The Black Dahlia Thriller/Suspense R $22,672,813 3,461,498 $23,815,106
12 Lucky Number Slevin Thriller/Suspense R $22,495,466 3,434,422 $23,628,823
13 Match Point Thriller/Suspense R $22,489,384 3,433,494 $23,622,439
14 Syriana Thriller/Suspense R $13,099,616 1,999,941 $13,759,594
15 The Matador Thriller/Suspense R $12,509,437 1,909,838 $13,139,685
16 The Return Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $7,744,785 1,182,410 $8,134,981
17 Turistas Thriller/Suspense R $6,947,433 1,060,677 $7,297,458
18 Basic Instinct 2 Thriller/Suspense R $5,946,136 907,807 $6,245,712
19 A Scanner Darkly Thriller/Suspense R $5,501,616 839,941 $5,778,794
20 The Science of Sleep Thriller/Suspense R $4,670,644 713,075 $4,905,956
21 Catch a Fire Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $4,299,773 656,454 $4,516,404
22 Flightplan Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $574,725 87,744 $603,679
23 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Thriller/Suspense   $211,667 32,316 $222,334
24 13 Tzameti Thriller/Suspense   $121,390 18,533 $127,507
25 The Bridesmaid Thriller/Suspense   $107,485 16,410 $112,901
26 Cavite Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $70,071 10,698 $73,602
27 Classe Tous Risques Thriller/Suspense   $58,128 8,875 $61,060
28 Moonlight Thriller/Suspense   $48,890 7,464 $51,352
29 The Zodiac Thriller/Suspense R $45,148 6,893 $47,424
30 The Aura Thriller/Suspense   $41,392 6,319 $43,475
31 Hate Crime Thriller/Suspense R $40,981 6,257 $43,048
32 Unknown Thriller/Suspense   $26,403 4,031 $27,733
33 Zyzzyx Rd. Thriller/Suspense   $20 3 $21
Total Gross of All Movies$742,798,212
Total Tickets Sold113,404,308
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$780,221,639

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.