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Thursday, November 26, 2009

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

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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 Sold226,428,698
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.