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 |
F*ck
|
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 |
Romántico
|
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.
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