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	$464,031,682
2	Superman Returns	Adventure	PG-13	$200,120,000	30,552,672	$219,368,185
3	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Adventure	PG	$195,330,621	29,821,469	$214,118,147
4	Happy Feet	Adventure	PG	$178,325,897	27,225,328	$195,477,855
5	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$140,135,627	21,394,752	$153,614,319
6	Open Season	Adventure	PG	$84,325,668	12,874,148	$92,436,383
7	Eight Below	Adventure	PG	$81,593,527	12,457,027	$89,441,454
8	Monster House	Adventure	PG	$73,661,010	11,245,956	$80,745,964
9	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$66,006,499	10,077,328	$72,355,215
10	Poseidon	Adventure	PG-13	$60,674,817	9,263,331	$66,510,717
11	Eragon	Adventure	PG	$59,057,628	9,016,432	$64,737,982
12	King Kong	Adventure	PG-13	$43,491,435	6,639,914	$47,674,583
13	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$46,756,856
14	The Wild	Adventure	G	$37,384,046	5,707,488	$40,979,764
15	The Ant Bully	Adventure	PG	$28,142,535	4,296,570	$30,849,373
16	Arthur and the Invisibles	Adventure	PG	$15,132,763	2,310,345	$16,588,277
17	Everyone's Hero	Adventure	G	$14,523,101	2,217,267	$15,919,977
18	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$12,911,240	1,971,182	$14,153,087
19	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,534,378	1,913,645	$13,739,971
20	Zoom	Adventure	PG	$11,631,245	1,775,763	$12,749,978
21	Doogal	Adventure	G	$7,575,628	1,156,584	$8,304,273
22	Chicken Little	Adventure	G	$3,116,423	475,790	$3,416,172
23	Rang De Basanti	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,197,331	335,470	$2,408,675
24	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$1,975,327	301,577	$2,165,323
25	The Celestine Prophecy	Adventure	PG	$1,214,661	185,444	$1,331,488
26	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$768,742	117,365	$842,681
27	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$714,891
28	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$541,636	82,693	$593,736
29	Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss	Adventure	G	$174,299	26,611	$191,067
30	Captain Sabertooth	Adventure	Not Rated	$105,152	16,054	$115,268
31	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$75,440
32	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$48,202	7,359	$52,838
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,799,390,469
Total Tickets Sold					274,716,103
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,972,461,620

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.