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
|
$98,411,670 |
15,024,682 |
$103,369,812 |
| 2 |
World Trade Center
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$70,278,893 |
10,729,602 |
$73,819,662 |
| 3 |
Invincible
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$57,806,952 |
8,825,489 |
$60,719,364 |
| 4 |
Glory Road
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$42,647,449 |
6,511,061 |
$44,796,100 |
| 5 |
Gridiron Gang
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$38,432,823 |
5,867,607 |
$40,369,136 |
| 6 |
The Good Shepherd
|
Drama
|
R
|
$35,066,495 |
5,353,663 |
$36,833,201 |
| 7 |
Take the Lead
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$34,742,066 |
5,304,132 |
$36,492,428 |
| 8 |
Munich
|
Drama
|
R
|
$33,108,545 |
5,054,740 |
$34,776,611 |
| 9 |
United 93
|
Drama
|
R
|
$31,567,134 |
4,819,410 |
$33,157,541 |
| 10 |
The Queen
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$28,196,606 |
4,304,825 |
$29,617,196 |
| 11 |
Walk the Line
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$27,776,963 |
4,240,758 |
$29,176,415 |
| 12 |
We Are... Marshall
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$25,128,312 |
3,836,384 |
$26,394,322 |
| 13 |
Jet Li's Fearless
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$24,633,730 |
3,760,875 |
$25,874,820 |
| 14 |
An Inconvenient Truth
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$24,146,161 |
3,686,437 |
$25,362,687 |
| 15 |
Deep Sea 3-D
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$21,973,886 |
3,354,792 |
$23,080,969 |
| 16 |
Hollywoodland
|
Drama
|
R
|
$14,426,251 |
2,202,481 |
$15,153,069 |
| 17 |
Flyboys
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$13,090,630 |
1,998,569 |
$13,750,155 |
| 18 |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$11,718,595 |
1,789,098 |
$12,308,994 |
| 19 |
Bobby
|
Drama
|
R
|
$11,034,972 |
1,684,729 |
$11,590,936 |
| 20 |
Magnificent Desolation
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$10,633,999 |
1,623,511 |
$11,169,756 |
| 21 |
Good Night and Good Luck
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$7,924,184 |
1,209,799 |
$8,323,417 |
| 22 |
The Night Listener
|
Drama
|
R
|
$7,836,393 |
1,196,396 |
$8,231,204 |
| 23 |
Roving Mars
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$5,482,822 |
837,072 |
$5,759,055 |
| 24 |
The World's Fastest Indian
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$5,128,124 |
782,920 |
$5,386,490 |
| 25 |
Wild Safari 3D
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$4,974,943 |
759,533 |
$5,225,587 |
| 26 |
Catch a Fire
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$4,299,773 |
656,454 |
$4,516,404 |
| 27 |
Wolf Creek
|
Horror
|
R
|
$4,029,778 |
615,233 |
$4,232,803 |
| 28 |
Wordplay
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$3,121,270 |
476,530 |
$3,278,526 |
| 29 |
The Squid and the Whale
|
Drama
|
R
|
$2,235,957 |
341,367 |
$2,348,605 |
| 30 |
Why We Fight
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$1,880,863 |
287,155 |
$1,975,626 |
| 31 |
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
|
Concert/Performance
|
PG
|
$1,828,069 |
279,095 |
$1,920,174 |
| 32 |
Who Killed the Electric Car?
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$1,678,874 |
256,317 |
$1,763,461 |
| 33 |
Bugs!
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,619,294 |
247,220 |
$1,700,874 |
| 34 |
The Notorious Bettie Page
|
Drama
|
R
|
$1,415,082 |
216,043 |
$1,486,376 |
| 35 |
Aliens of the Deep
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$1,206,247 |
184,160 |
$1,267,021 |
| 36 |
Find Me Guilty
|
Drama
|
R
|
$1,173,673 |
179,187 |
$1,232,807 |
| 37 |
Galapagos
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,132,540 |
172,907 |
$1,189,600 |
| 38 |
Shut Up and Sing
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$1,120,005 |
170,993 |
$1,176,432 |
| 39 |
The U.S. vs John Lennon
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$1,109,146 |
169,335 |
$1,165,025 |
| 40 |
Merry Christmas
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$1,054,361 |
160,971 |
$1,107,480 |
| 41 |
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$1,044,254 |
159,428 |
$1,096,865 |
| 42 |
Space Station
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,031,820 |
157,530 |
$1,083,806 |
| 43 |
Jesus Camp
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$872,124 |
133,149 |
$916,065 |
| 44 |
Sophie Scholl
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$680,331 |
103,867 |
$714,605 |
| 45 |
The Heart of the Game
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$444,687 |
67,891 |
$467,090 |
| 46 |
Sketches of Frank Gehry
|
Documentary
|
|
$439,309 |
67,070 |
$461,442 |
| 47 |
Ballets Russes
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$364,725 |
55,683 |
$383,099 |
| 48 |
Copying Beethoven
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$355,968 |
54,346 |
$373,900 |
| 49 |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$334,450 |
51,061 |
$351,300 |
| 50 |
The Road to Guantanamo
|
Drama
|
R
|
$326,876 |
49,905 |
$343,346 |
| 51 |
Don't Trip, He Ain't Through With Me Yet
|
Concert/Performance
|
|
$319,088 |
48,716 |
$335,166 |
| 52 |
Letters from Iwo Jima
|
Drama
|
R
|
$316,369 |
48,301 |
$332,311 |
| 53 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$306,845 |
46,847 |
$322,307 |
| 54 |
The Boys of Baraka
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$276,318 |
42,186 |
$290,240 |
| 55 |
American Hardcore
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$265,992 |
40,609 |
$279,390 |
| 56 |
The War Tapes
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$254,190 |
38,808 |
$266,999 |
| 57 |
49 Up
|
Documentary
|
|
$238,073 |
36,347 |
$250,067 |
| 58 |
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$226,500 |
34,580 |
$237,910 |
| 59 |
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
|
Documentary
|
|
$225,448 |
34,420 |
$236,810 |
| 60 |
Deliver Us From Evil
|
Documentary
|
|
$201,275 |
30,729 |
$211,416 |
| 61 |
Fateless
|
Drama
|
R
|
$196,857 |
30,055 |
$206,778 |
| 62 |
Our Brand is Crisis
|
Documentary
|
|
$166,750 |
25,458 |
$175,151 |
| 63 |
Gay Sex in the 70's
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$163,940 |
25,029 |
$172,200 |
| 64 |
Cocaine Cowboys
|
Documentary
|
|
$163,000 |
24,885 |
$171,209 |
| 65 |
Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That
|
Concert/Performance
|
R
|
$162,538 |
24,815 |
$170,727 |
| 66 |
Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$144,601 |
22,076 |
$151,883 |
| 67 |
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$143,383 |
21,891 |
$150,610 |
| 68 |
Stolen
|
Documentary
|
|
$132,596 |
20,244 |
$139,279 |
| 69 |
Unknown White Male
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$126,836 |
19,364 |
$133,224 |
| 70 |
Sir! No Sir!
|
Documentary
|
|
$116,944 |
17,854 |
$122,836 |
| 71 |
Darwin's Nightmare
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$106,132 |
16,203 |
$111,477 |
| 72 |
Al Franken: God Spoke
|
Documentary
|
|
$102,990 |
15,724 |
$108,181 |
| 73 |
America: Freedom to Fascism
|
Documentary
|
|
$87,400 |
13,344 |
$91,807 |
| 74 |
After Innocence
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$78,260 |
11,948 |
$82,202 |
| 75 |
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
|
Documentary
|
|
$70,685 |
10,792 |
$74,249 |
| 76 |
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt
|
Documentary
|
|
$67,315 |
10,277 |
$70,706 |
| 77 |
Iraq in Fragments
|
Documentary
|
|
$64,116 |
9,789 |
$67,348 |
| 78 |
North Country
|
Drama
|
R
|
$62,041 |
9,472 |
$65,167 |
| 79 |
10th & Wolf
|
Drama
|
|
$54,702 |
8,351 |
$57,455 |
| 80 |
Absolute Wilson
|
Documentary
|
|
$53,170 |
8,118 |
$55,852 |
| 81 |
Screamers
|
Documentary
|
|
$52,034 |
7,944 |
$54,655 |
| 82 |
Encounter in the Third Dimension
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$48,877 |
7,462 |
$51,339 |
| 83 |
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
|
Documentary
|
|
$47,243 |
7,213 |
$49,625 |
| 84 |
New York Doll
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$43,616 |
6,659 |
$45,814 |
| 85 |
Rape of the Soul
|
Documentary
|
|
$39,975 |
6,103 |
$41,989 |
| 86 |
Been Rich All My Life
|
Documentary
|
|
$36,406 |
5,558 |
$38,239 |
| 87 |
Paper Dolls
|
Documentary
|
|
$36,089 |
5,510 |
$37,909 |
| 88 |
Loggerheads
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$34,358 |
5,245 |
$36,086 |
| 89 |
My Country My Country
|
Documentary
|
|
$33,620 |
5,133 |
$35,315 |
| 90 |
Sisters in Law
|
Documentary
|
|
$33,312 |
5,086 |
$34,992 |
| 91 |
Excellent Cadavers
|
Documentary
|
|
$30,296 |
4,625 |
$31,820 |
| 92 |
Trudell
|
Documentary
|
|
$26,756 |
4,085 |
$28,105 |
| 93 |
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
|
Documentary
|
|
$25,347 |
3,870 |
$26,626 |
| 94 |
Wrestling with Angels
|
Documentary
|
|
$24,729 |
3,775 |
$25,972 |
| 95 |
Islam: What the West Needs to Know
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$22,938 |
3,502 |
$24,094 |
| 96 |
F*ck
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$22,359 |
3,414 |
$23,488 |
| 97 |
Giuliani Time
|
Documentary
|
|
$21,967 |
3,354 |
$23,076 |
| 98 |
The Last Dispatch
|
Documentary
|
|
$20,684 |
3,158 |
$21,727 |
| 99 |
The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$20,013 |
3,055 |
$21,018 |
| 100 |
Suicide Killers
|
Documentary
|
|
$18,239 |
2,785 |
$19,161 |
| 101 |
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$16,936 |
2,586 |
$17,792 |
| 102 |
So Much So Fast
|
Documentary
|
|
$16,411 |
2,505 |
$17,234 |
| 103 |
The Aristocrats
|
Comedy
|
Not Rated
|
$16,091 |
2,457 |
$16,904 |
| 104 |
Through the Fire
|
Documentary
|
|
$14,769 |
2,255 |
$15,514 |
| 105 |
Devil's Miner
|
Documentary
|
|
$14,289 |
2,182 |
$15,012 |
| 106 |
Who the #$^% is Jackson Pollock?
|
Documentary
|
|
$13,710 |
2,093 |
$14,400 |
| 107 |
I Trust You To Kill Me
|
Documentary
|
|
$12,854 |
1,962 |
$13,499 |
| 108 |
Words of My Perfect Teacher
|
Documentary
|
|
$12,653 |
1,932 |
$13,292 |
| 109 |
Music from the Inside Out
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$11,901 |
1,817 |
$12,501 |
| 110 |
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
|
Documentary
|
|
$11,509 |
1,757 |
$12,088 |
| 111 |
Favela Rising
|
Documentary
|
|
$10,565 |
1,613 |
$11,097 |
| 112 |
So Goes the Nation
|
Documentary
|
|
$10,337 |
1,578 |
$10,857 |
| 113 |
Miss Potter
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$9,653 |
1,474 |
$10,141 |
| 114 |
Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$8,750 |
1,336 |
$9,192 |
| 115 |
Kill Your Idols
|
Documentary
|
|
$7,753 |
1,184 |
$8,146 |
| 116 |
The Cult of the Suicide Bomber
|
Documentary
|
|
$7,451 |
1,138 |
$7,829 |
| 117 |
Saint of 9/11
|
Documentary
|
|
$7,137 |
1,090 |
$7,499 |
| 118 |
The Case of the Grinning Cat
|
Documentary
|
|
$7,033 |
1,074 |
$7,389 |
| 119 |
Romántico
|
Documentary
|
|
$6,635 |
1,013 |
$6,969 |
| 120 |
Bullrider
|
Documentary
|
|
$5,800 |
885 |
$6,089 |
| 121 |
King Leopold's Ghost
|
Documentary
|
|
$5,194 |
793 |
$5,456 |
| 122 |
Street Fight
|
Documentary
|
|
$4,779 |
730 |
$5,022 |
| 123 |
The Fall of Fujimori
|
Documentary
|
|
$4,630 |
707 |
$4,864 |
| 124 |
Cowboy Del Amor
|
Documentary
|
|
$4,438 |
678 |
$4,665 |
| 125 |
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
|
Documentary
|
|
$3,897 |
595 |
$4,094 |
| 126 |
Commune
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,458 |
528 |
$3,633 |
| 127 |
95 Miles to Go
|
Documentary
|
|
$3,195 |
488 |
$3,357 |
| 128 |
Edvard Munch
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$2,955 |
451 |
$3,103 |
| 129 |
39 Pounds of Love
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$2,658 |
406 |
$2,793 |
| 130 |
Mardi Gras: Made in China
|
Documentary
|
|
$2,500 |
382 |
$2,628 |
| 131 |
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
|
Documentary
|
|
$2,493 |
381 |
$2,621 |
| 132 |
Rank
|
Documentary
|
|
$2,485 |
379 |
$2,608 |
| 133 |
Blossoms of Fire
|
Documentary
|
|
$2,390 |
365 |
$2,511 |
| 134 |
The Big Question
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$2,248 |
343 |
$2,360 |
| 135 |
Workingman's Death
|
Documentary
|
|
$2,214 |
338 |
$2,325 |
| 136 |
Reel Paradise
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$1,515 |
231 |
$1,589 |
| 137 |
Therese
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$1,204 |
184 |
$1,266 |
| 138 |
The Ister
|
Documentary
|
|
$1,124 |
172 |
$1,183 |
| 139 |
The Empire in Africa
|
Documentary
|
|
$1,088 |
166 |
$1,142 |
| 140 |
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$772 |
118 |
$812 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $726,778,760 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 110,958,596 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $763,395,140 |
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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