Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Adventure	PG-13	$423,315,812	64,628,368	$444,643,172
2	Superman Returns	Adventure	PG-13	$200,120,000	30,552,672	$210,202,383
3	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Adventure	PG	$195,330,621	29,821,469	$205,171,707
4	Happy Feet	Adventure	PG	$175,967,627	26,865,287	$184,833,175
5	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$121,632,700	18,569,878	$127,760,761
6	Open Season	Adventure	PG	$84,303,558	12,870,772	$88,550,911
7	Eight Below	Adventure	PG	$81,612,565	12,459,934	$85,724,346
8	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$74,033,080	11,302,760	$77,762,989
9	Monster House	Adventure	PG	$73,661,010	11,245,956	$77,372,177
10	Poseidon	Adventure	PG-13	$60,674,817	9,263,331	$63,731,717
11	Eragon	Adventure	PG	$56,420,434	8,613,807	$59,262,992
12	King Kong	Adventure	PG-13	$49,574,715	7,568,659	$52,072,374
13	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$44,803,227
14	The Wild	Comedy	G	$37,384,046	5,707,488	$39,267,517
15	The Ant Bully	Adventure	PG	$28,142,535	4,296,570	$29,560,402
16	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$14,880,404	2,271,817	$15,630,101
17	Everyone's Hero	Adventure	G	$14,523,101	2,217,267	$15,254,797
18	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,555,622	1,916,889	$13,188,196
19	Zoom	Adventure	PG	$11,989,328	1,830,432	$12,593,372
20	Doogal	Adventure	G	$7,578,946	1,157,091	$7,960,786
21	Chicken Little	Adventure	G	$3,442,012	525,498	$3,615,426
22	Rang De Basanti	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,197,694	335,526	$2,308,419
23	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$1,533,913	234,185	$1,611,193
24	The Celestine Prophecy	Adventure	PG	$1,214,661	185,444	$1,275,855
25	Children of Men	Adventure	R	$1,082,804	165,314	$1,137,360
26	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$769,288	117,449	$808,049
27	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$685,021
28	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$540,386	82,502	$567,614
29	Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss	Adventure	G	$173,097	26,427	$181,818
30	Captain Sabertooth	Adventure		$105,152	16,054	$110,452
31	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$72,288
32	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$48,202	7,359	$50,630
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,778,183,349
Total Tickets Sold					271,478,376
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,867,771,227

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.