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	$262,039,713
2	Casino Royale	Action	PG-13	$153,531,944	23,439,991	$184,941,529
3	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$140,135,627	21,394,752	$168,804,593
4	Night at the Museum	Comedy	PG	$127,286,780	19,433,096	$153,327,127
5	The Devil Wears Prada	Comedy	PG-13	$124,740,460	19,044,345	$150,259,882
6	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$81,818,882
7	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$66,006,499	10,077,328	$79,510,118
8	Eragon	Adventure	PG	$59,057,628	9,016,432	$71,139,648
9	Curious George	Comedy	G	$58,336,565	8,906,346	$70,271,070
10	Charlotte's Web	Drama	G	$55,800,135	8,519,105	$67,215,738
11	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$63,209,796
12	Nanny McPhee	Comedy	PG	$47,124,400	7,194,565	$56,765,118
13	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$47,906,431
14	The Sentinel	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$36,280,697	5,539,038	$43,703,010
15	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$43,698,039
16	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$40,476,757
17	The Ant Bully	Adventure	PG	$28,142,535	4,296,570	$33,899,937
18	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$26,377,450	4,027,092	$31,773,756
19	Thank You For Smoking	Black Comedy	R	$24,793,509	3,785,269	$29,865,772
20	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,545,080	3,441,997	$27,157,356
21	Flicka	Drama	PG	$20,900,282	3,190,883	$25,176,067
22	Aquamarine	Comedy	PG	$18,595,716	2,839,041	$22,400,033
23	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$19,632,300
24	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$19,228,072
25	Arthur et les Minimoys	Adventure	PG	$15,132,763	2,310,345	$18,228,622
26	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$16,136,510
27	How to Eat Fried Worms	Drama	PG	$13,040,527	1,990,920	$15,708,359
28	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$12,911,240	1,971,182	$15,552,626
29	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$15,072,772
30	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,902,261	1,817,139	$14,337,227
31	Hoot	Comedy	PG	$8,080,116	1,233,605	$9,733,143
32	A Good Year	Drama	PG-13	$7,433,086	1,134,822	$8,953,746
33	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$8,698,828
34	Running With Scissors	Comedy	R	$6,860,000	1,047,328	$8,263,418
35	A Scanner Darkly	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,501,616	839,941	$6,627,134
36	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,254,570	649,553	$5,124,973
37	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,628,294	553,938	$4,370,571
38	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,508,470
39	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,981,394
40	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$1,646,650	251,397	$1,983,522
41	Nochnoy dozor	Action	Not Rated	$1,499,188	228,884	$1,805,895
42	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story	Comedy	R	$1,247,453	190,451	$1,502,658
43	The Celestine Prophecy	Adventure	PG	$1,214,661	185,444	$1,463,153
44	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,386,873
45	Children of Men	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,082,804	165,314	$1,304,327
46	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,066,748	162,862	$1,284,981
47	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,968	150,377	$1,186,475
48	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$1,107,780
49	Vers le sud	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$1,082,066
50	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$973,571
51	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$757,968	115,720	$913,031
52	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$894,537
53	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$674,470	102,973	$812,457
54	Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker	Action	PG	$659,210	100,643	$794,073
55	L'arm�e des ombres	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$788,511
56	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$599,206
57	Umrao Jaan	Drama	Not Rated	$485,000	74,046	$584,223
58	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$552,481
59	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$519,738
60	Conversations with God	Drama	PG	$425,045	64,892	$511,998
61	Gabrielle	Drama	Not Rated	$332,829	50,814	$400,922
62	Derailed	Action	R	$330,875	50,515	$398,563
63	La Moustache	Comedy	Not Rated	$244,771	37,370	$294,849
64	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$268,868
65	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$198,838	30,357	$239,517
66	Fateless	Drama	R	$195,888	29,907	$235,966
67	Jarhead	Drama	R	$168,530	25,730	$203,010
68	La Demoiselle d'honneur	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$107,485	16,410	$129,475
69	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$102,595	15,663	$123,581
70	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$80,044
71	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$58,128	8,875	$70,024
72	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$69,195
73	The Motel	Drama	Not Rated	$51,540	7,869	$62,086
74	Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea)	Adventure	PG-13	$48,658	7,429	$58,615
75	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$45,121	6,889	$54,354
76	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$44,785	6,837	$53,944
77	Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$45,951
78	Loverboy	Drama		$29,690	4,533	$35,765
79	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$26,684	4,074	$32,144
80	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$31,434
81	Sh�jo	Drama	Not Rated	$24,223	3,698	$29,177
82	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror	R	$24,216	3,697	$29,169
83	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$23,206	3,543	$27,954
84	Femme de Gilles, La	Drama	Not Rated	$21,660	3,307	$26,092
85	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,317	3,255	$25,682
86	Killer Diller	Drama	PG-13	$17,346	2,648	$20,893
87	Ondskan	Drama	Not Rated	$15,280	2,333	$18,407
88	Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise	Drama	Not Rated	$10,656	1,627	$12,837
89	Opal Dreams	Drama	PG	$8,537	1,303	$10,281
90	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$7,661	1,170	$9,231
91	Hurensohn	Drama	Not Rated	$7,656	1,169	$9,223
92	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama	Not Rated	$4,800	733	$5,783
93	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,837
94	Buongiorno, notte	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$4,182
95	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,422
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,637,661,502
Total Tickets Sold					250,024,661
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,972,694,575

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.