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	$509,917,824
2	Superman Returns	Adventure	PG-13	$200,120,000	30,552,672	$241,060,582
3	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Adventure	PG	$195,330,621	29,821,469	$235,291,390
4	Happy Feet	Adventure	PG	$178,325,897	27,225,328	$214,807,838
5	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$140,135,627	21,394,752	$168,804,593
6	Open Season	Adventure	PG	$84,325,668	12,874,148	$101,577,028
7	Eight Below	Adventure	PG	$81,593,527	12,457,027	$98,285,943
8	Monster House	Adventure	PG	$73,661,010	11,245,956	$88,730,593
9	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$66,006,499	10,077,328	$79,510,118
10	Poseidon	Adventure	PG-13	$60,674,817	9,263,331	$73,087,682
11	Eragon	Adventure	PG	$59,057,628	9,016,432	$71,139,648
12	King Kong	Adventure	PG-13	$43,491,435	6,639,914	$52,388,921
13	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$51,380,445
14	The Wild	Adventure	G	$37,384,046	5,707,488	$45,032,080
15	The Ant Bully	Adventure	PG	$28,142,535	4,296,570	$33,899,937
16	Arthur et les Minimoys	Adventure	PG	$15,132,763	2,310,345	$18,228,622
17	Everyone's Hero	Adventure	G	$14,523,101	2,217,267	$17,494,237
18	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$12,911,240	1,971,182	$15,552,626
19	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,534,378	1,913,645	$15,098,659
20	Zoom	Adventure	PG	$11,631,245	1,775,763	$14,010,770
21	Doogal	Adventure	G	$7,575,628	1,156,584	$9,125,448
22	Chicken Little	Adventure	G	$3,116,423	475,790	$3,753,983
23	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$1,975,327	301,577	$2,379,443
24	The Celestine Prophecy	Adventure	PG	$1,214,661	185,444	$1,463,153
25	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$768,742	117,365	$926,010
26	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$785,584
27	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$541,636	82,693	$652,448
28	Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss	Adventure	G	$174,299	26,611	$209,961
29	Kaptein Sabeltann	Adventure	Not Rated	$105,152	16,054	$126,666
30	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$82,900
31	Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea)	Adventure	PG-13	$48,658	7,429	$58,615
32	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$48,202	7,359	$58,063
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,797,241,796
Total Tickets Sold					274,388,062
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,164,921,809

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.