Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Da Vinci Code	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$217,536,138	33,211,624	$238,459,460
2	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$140,135,627	21,394,752	$153,614,319
3	Night at the Museum	Comedy	PG	$127,286,780	19,433,096	$139,529,629
4	The Devil Wears Prada	Comedy	PG-13	$124,740,460	19,044,345	$136,738,397
5	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$74,456,219
6	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$66,006,499	10,077,328	$72,355,215
7	Eragon	Adventure	PG	$59,057,628	9,016,432	$64,737,982
8	Curious George	Comedy	G	$58,336,565	8,906,346	$63,947,564
9	Charlotte's Web	Drama	G	$55,800,135	8,519,105	$61,167,174
10	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$57,521,716
11	Nanny McPhee	Comedy	PG	$47,124,400	7,194,565	$51,656,977
12	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$43,595,459
13	The Sentinel	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$36,280,697	5,539,038	$39,770,293
14	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$39,765,769
15	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$36,834,362
16	The Ant Bully	Adventure	PG	$28,142,535	4,296,570	$30,849,373
17	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$26,377,450	4,027,092	$28,914,521
18	Thank You For Smoking	Black Comedy	R	$24,793,509	3,785,269	$27,178,231
19	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,545,080	3,441,997	$24,713,538
20	Flicka	Drama	PG	$20,900,282	3,190,883	$22,910,540
21	Aquamarine	Comedy	PG	$18,595,716	2,839,041	$20,384,314
22	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$17,865,642
23	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$17,497,789
24	Arthur and the Invisibles	Adventure	PG	$15,132,763	2,310,345	$16,588,277
25	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,684,428
26	How to Eat Fried Worms	Drama	PG	$13,040,527	1,990,920	$14,294,806
27	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$12,911,240	1,971,182	$14,153,087
28	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$13,716,414
29	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,902,261	1,817,139	$13,047,058
30	Hoot	Comedy	PG	$8,080,116	1,233,605	$8,857,284
31	A Good Year	Drama	PG-13	$7,433,086	1,134,822	$8,148,022
32	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,916,043
33	Running With Scissors	Comedy	R	$6,860,000	1,047,328	$7,519,815
34	A Scanner Darkly	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,501,616	839,941	$6,030,776
35	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,254,570	649,553	$4,663,791
36	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,628,294	553,938	$3,977,275
37	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,192,752
38	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,713,107
39	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$1,646,650	251,397	$1,805,030
40	Night Watch	Action	Not Rated	$1,499,188	228,884	$1,643,387
41	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story	Comedy	R	$1,247,453	190,451	$1,367,438
42	The Celestine Prophecy	Adventure	PG	$1,214,661	185,444	$1,331,488
43	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,262,072
44	Children of Men	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,082,804	165,314	$1,186,955
45	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,066,748	162,862	$1,169,349
46	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,968	150,377	$1,079,707
47	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$1,008,094
48	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$984,694
49	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$885,962
50	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$757,968	115,720	$830,870
51	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$814,040
52	Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker	Action	PG	$659,210	100,643	$722,617
53	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$717,555
54	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$545,285
55	Umrao Jaan	Drama	Not Rated	$485,000	74,046	$531,650
56	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$502,765
57	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$472,968
58	Conversations with God	Drama	PG	$425,045	64,892	$465,925
59	Gabrielle	Drama	Not Rated	$332,829	50,814	$364,845
60	Derailed	Action	R	$330,875	50,515	$362,698
61	La Moustache	Comedy	Not Rated	$244,771	37,370	$268,317
62	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$244,673
63	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$198,838	30,357	$217,963
64	Jarhead	Drama	R	$168,530	25,730	$184,741
65	The Bridesmaid	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$107,485	16,410	$117,824
66	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$72,841
67	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$58,128	8,875	$63,723
68	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$62,969
69	The Motel	Drama	Not Rated	$51,540	7,869	$56,499
70	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$45,121	6,889	$49,463
71	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$44,785	6,837	$49,090
72	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$41,816
73	Loverboy	Drama		$29,690	4,533	$32,547
74	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$26,684	4,074	$29,251
75	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$28,605
76	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$24,223	3,698	$26,552
77	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror	R	$24,216	3,697	$26,544
78	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$23,206	3,543	$25,439
79	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$21,660	3,307	$23,744
80	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,317	3,255	$23,371
81	Killer Diller	Drama	PG-13	$17,346	2,648	$19,013
82	Evil	Drama	Not Rated	$15,280	2,333	$16,751
83	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$10,656	1,627	$11,682
84	Opal Dreams	Drama	PG	$8,537	1,303	$9,356
85	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$7,661	1,170	$8,401
86	The Whore's Son	Drama	Not Rated	$7,656	1,169	$8,393
87	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama	Not Rated	$4,800	733	$5,263
88	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,401
89	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,805
90	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,204
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,483,107,947
Total Tickets Sold					226,428,698
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,625,758,052

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.