Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$104,510,417	15,955,789	$114,562,565
2	World Trade Center	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	10,729,602	$77,038,542
3	Invincible	Drama	PG	$57,806,952	8,825,489	$63,367,011
4	Glory Road	Drama	PG	$42,643,187	6,510,410	$46,744,744
5	Gridiron Gang	Drama	PG-13	$38,432,823	5,867,607	$42,129,418
6	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$38,305,620	5,848,186	$41,989,975
7	Take the Lead	Drama	PG-13	$34,703,228	5,298,203	$38,041,098
8	United 93	Drama	R	$31,483,450	4,806,634	$34,511,632
9	Munich	Drama	R	$31,430,085	4,798,486	$34,453,129
10	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,196,606	4,304,825	$30,908,644
11	We Are... Marshall	Drama	PG	$27,471,812	4,194,170	$30,114,141
12	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$27,082,094	4,134,671	$29,686,938
13	Jet Li's Fearless	Drama	PG-13	$24,633,730	3,760,875	$27,003,083
14	An Inconvenient Truth	Documentary	PG	$23,814,997	3,635,877	$26,105,597
15	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$21,973,886	3,354,792	$24,087,407
16	Capote	Drama	R	$16,714,937	2,551,899	$18,322,635
17	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$15,813,814
18	Flyboys	Drama	PG-13	$13,090,630	1,998,569	$14,349,725
19	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Documentary	R	$11,694,528	1,785,424	$12,819,344
20	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$12,096,354
21	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,605,930	1,619,226	$11,626,043
22	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$8,590,123
23	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$7,816,475	1,193,355	$8,568,289
24	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,790,595	884,060	$6,347,551
25	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$5,488,881	837,997	$6,016,818
26	Catch a Fire	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,291,965	655,262	$4,704,781
27	Wordplay	Documentary	PG	$3,119,555	476,268	$3,419,604
28	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$3,026,943	462,129	$3,318,086
29	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,135,687	326,059	$2,341,104
30	Why We Fight	Documentary	PG-13	$1,880,863	287,155	$2,061,773
31	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	Concert/Performance	PG	$1,827,544	279,014	$2,003,321
32	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Documentary	PG	$1,678,874	256,317	$1,840,356
33	Factory Girl	Drama	R	$1,661,464	253,659	$1,821,272
34	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,619,294	247,220	$1,775,040
35	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,410,778	215,386	$1,546,471
36	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$1,205,006	183,970	$1,320,905
37	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,286,563
38	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,131,289	172,716	$1,240,101
39	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$1,120,005	170,993	$1,227,730
40	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Documentary	PG-13	$1,109,146	169,335	$1,215,825
41	Merry Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,155,772
42	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	Documentary	PG-13	$1,044,254	159,428	$1,144,693
43	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,029,457	157,169	$1,128,473
44	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$872,899	133,267	$956,857
45	Sophie Scholl	Drama	Not Rated	$680,331	103,867	$745,765
46	The Heart of the Game	Documentary	PG-13	$444,687	67,891	$487,457
47	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Documentary	PG-13	$439,309	67,070	$481,563
48	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$360,435	55,028	$395,101
49	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$351,036	53,593	$384,798
50	The Devil and Daniel Johnston	Documentary	PG-13	$334,450	51,061	$366,618
51	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$358,318
52	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$321,198	49,038	$352,093
53	Don't Trip, He Ain't Through With Me Yet	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$319,088	48,716	$349,781
54	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$346,801
55	This Film is Not Yet Rated	Documentary	Not Rated	$306,845	46,847	$336,361
56	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$273,819	41,804	$300,153
57	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$291,573
58	The War Tapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$254,190	38,808	$278,641
59	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$240,215	36,674	$263,319
60	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,448	34,420	$247,136
61	Deliver Us From Evil	Documentary	Not Rated	$201,275	30,729	$220,634
62	Fateless	Drama	R	$195,888	29,907	$214,732
63	Our Brand is Crisis	Documentary	Not Rated	$166,750	25,458	$182,788
64	Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That	Concert/Performance	R	$161,351	24,634	$176,872
65	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,979	23,966	$172,076
66	Cocaine Cowboys	Documentary	R	$150,056	22,909	$164,487
67	Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos	Documentary	PG-13	$144,601	22,076	$158,506
68	Mountain Patrol: Kekexili	Drama	PG-13	$142,157	21,703	$155,828
69	Stolen	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,596	20,244	$145,352
70	Unknown White Male	Documentary	PG-13	$124,414	18,995	$136,384
71	Sir! No Sir!	Documentary	Not Rated	$116,944	17,854	$128,192
72	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,032	16,188	$116,230
73	Al Franken: God Spoke	Documentary	Not Rated	$102,990	15,724	$112,898
74	America: Freedom to Fascism	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,400	13,344	$95,810
75	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$78,076	11,920	$85,586
76	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,685	10,792	$77,487
77	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,223	10,416	$74,787
78	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,827	10,203	$73,258
79	10th & Wolf	Drama	Not Rated	$54,702	8,351	$59,960
80	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$54,176	8,271	$59,386
81	Screamers	Documentary		$52,034	7,944	$57,038
82	North Country	Drama	R	$49,381	7,539	$54,130
83	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$48,877	7,462	$53,577
84	Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,171	6,896	$49,513
85	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$43,405	6,627	$47,582
86	Rape of the Soul	Documentary	R	$39,975	6,103	$43,820
87	Been Rich All My Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,406	5,558	$39,906
88	Paper Dolls	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,089	5,510	$39,562
89	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$34,213	5,223	$37,501
90	My Country My Country	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,620	5,133	$36,855
91	Sisters in Law	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,312	5,086	$36,517
92	Excellent Cadavers	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,296	4,625	$33,208
93	Trudell	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,645	3,915	$28,110
94	Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,347	3,870	$27,787
95	Wrestling with Angels	Documentary	Not Rated	$24,729	3,775	$27,105
96	Islam: What the West Needs to Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,938	3,502	$25,144
97	*Fck**	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,359	3,414	$24,513
98	Giuliani Time	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,967	3,354	$24,082
99	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends	Documentary	R	$20,013	3,055	$21,935
100	Suicide Killers	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,239	2,785	$19,996
101	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$16,638	2,540	$18,237
102	So Much So Fast	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,411	2,505	$17,986
103	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$15,685	2,395	$17,196
104	Through the Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,769	2,255	$16,191
105	Who the #$^% is Jackson Pollock?	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,710	2,093	$15,028
106	Devil's Miner	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,677	2,088	$14,992
107	I Trust You To Kill Me	Documentary	R	$12,854	1,962	$14,087
108	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,653	1,932	$13,872
109	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,901	1,817	$13,046
110	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,836	1,807	$12,974
111	So Goes the Nation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,337	1,578	$11,330
112	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$9,653	1,474	$10,583
113	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598	1,465	$10,519
114	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,820	1,194	$8,573
115	Favela Rising	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,768	1,186	$8,515
116	Kill Your Idols	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,753	1,184	$8,501
117	Saint of 9/11	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,137	1,090	$7,826
118	The Case of the Grinning Cat	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,033	1,074	$7,711
119	Bullrider	Documentary		$5,800	885	$6,354
120	King Leopold's Ghost	Documentary	PG-13	$5,194	793	$5,694
121	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,057	772	$5,543
122	Street Fight	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,779	730	$5,241
123	The Fall of Fujimori	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,630	707	$5,076
124	Cowboy Del Amor	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,438	678	$4,868
125	Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,897	595	$4,272
126	The Cult of the Suicide Bomber	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,609	551	$3,956
127	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$2,955	451	$3,238
128	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,658	406	$2,915
129	Mardi Gras: Made in China	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,500	382	$2,743
130	Rank	Documentary		$2,485	379	$2,721
131	Blossoms of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,390	365	$2,621
132	Workingman's Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,214	338	$2,427
133	95 Miles to Go	Documentary	R	$2,203	336	$2,412
134	Commune	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,055	314	$2,255
135	Herbie Hancock: Possibilities	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,772	271	$1,946
136	The Big Question	Documentary	PG-13	$1,609	246	$1,766
137	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$1,515	231	$1,659
138	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,204	184	$1,321
139	The Ister	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,124	172	$1,235
140	The Empire in Africa	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,088	166	$1,192
141	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$772	118	$847
Total Gross of All Movies				$748,440,036
Total Tickets Sold					114,265,658
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$820,427,424

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.