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	$125,891,175
2	World Trade Center	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	10,729,602	$84,656,560
3	Invincible	Drama	PG	$57,806,952	8,825,489	$69,633,108
4	Glory Road	Drama	PG	$42,643,187	6,510,410	$51,367,135
5	Gridiron Gang	Drama	PG-13	$38,432,823	5,867,607	$46,295,419
6	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$38,305,620	5,848,186	$46,142,188
7	Take the Lead	Drama	PG-13	$34,703,228	5,298,203	$41,802,822
8	United 93	Drama	R	$31,483,450	4,806,634	$37,924,342
9	Munich	Drama	R	$31,430,085	4,798,486	$37,860,055
10	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,196,606	4,304,825	$33,965,069
11	We Are Marshall	Drama	PG	$27,471,812	4,194,170	$33,092,001
12	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$27,082,094	4,134,671	$32,622,554
13	Huo Yuan Jia	Drama	PG-13	$24,633,730	3,760,875	$29,673,304
14	An Inconvenient Truth	Documentary	PG	$23,814,997	3,635,877	$28,687,070
15	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$21,973,886	3,354,792	$26,469,309
16	Capote	Drama	R	$16,714,937	2,551,899	$20,134,483
17	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$17,377,575
18	Flyboys	Drama	PG-13	$13,090,630	1,998,569	$15,768,709
19	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Documentary	R	$11,694,528	1,785,424	$14,086,995
20	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$13,292,512
21	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,605,930	1,619,226	$12,775,693
22	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$9,439,564
23	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$7,816,475	1,193,355	$9,415,571
24	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,790,595	884,060	$6,975,233
25	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$5,488,881	837,997	$6,611,796
26	Catch a Fire	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,291,965	655,262	$5,170,017
27	Wordplay	Documentary	PG	$3,119,555	476,268	$3,757,755
28	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$3,026,943	462,129	$3,646,198
29	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,135,687	326,059	$2,572,606
30	Why We Fight	Documentary	PG-13	$1,880,863	287,155	$2,265,653
31	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	Concert/Performance	PG	$1,827,544	279,014	$2,201,420
32	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Documentary	PG	$1,678,874	256,317	$2,022,341
33	Factory Girl	Drama	R	$1,661,464	253,659	$2,001,370
34	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,619,294	247,220	$1,950,566
35	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,410,778	215,386	$1,699,396
36	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$1,205,006	183,970	$1,451,523
37	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,413,785
38	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,131,289	172,716	$1,362,729
39	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$1,120,005	170,993	$1,349,135
40	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Documentary	PG-13	$1,109,146	169,335	$1,336,053
41	Joyeux No�l	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,270,061
42	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	Documentary	PG-13	$1,044,254	159,428	$1,257,887
43	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,029,457	157,169	$1,240,063
44	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$872,899	133,267	$1,051,477
45	Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage	Drama	Not Rated	$680,331	103,867	$819,511
46	The Heart of the Game	Documentary	PG-13	$444,687	67,891	$535,660
47	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Documentary	PG-13	$439,309	67,070	$529,182
48	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$360,435	55,028	$434,171
49	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$351,036	53,593	$422,849
50	The Devil and Daniel Johnston	Documentary	PG-13	$334,450	51,061	$402,871
51	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$393,750
52	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$321,198	49,038	$386,910
53	Don't Trip, He Ain't Through With Me Yet	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$319,088	48,716	$384,369
54	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$381,095
55	This Film is Not Yet Rated	Documentary	Not Rated	$306,845	46,847	$369,623
56	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$273,819	41,804	$329,834
57	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$320,405
58	The War Tapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$254,190	38,808	$306,195
59	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$240,215	36,674	$289,358
60	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,448	34,420	$271,574
61	Deliver Us From Evil	Documentary	Not Rated	$201,275	30,729	$242,452
62	Our Brand is Crisis	Documentary	Not Rated	$166,750	25,458	$200,864
63	Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That	Concert/Performance	R	$161,351	24,634	$194,362
64	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,979	23,966	$189,092
65	Cocaine Cowboys	Documentary	R	$150,056	22,909	$180,752
66	Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos	Documentary	PG-13	$144,601	22,076	$174,180
67	Kekexili	Drama	PG-13	$142,157	21,703	$171,237
68	What the Bleep?: Down the Rabbit Hole	Documentary	Not Rated	$135,706	20,718	$163,465
69	Stolen	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,596	20,244	$159,725
70	Unknown White Male	Documentary	PG-13	$124,414	18,995	$149,871
71	Sir! No Sir!	Documentary	Not Rated	$116,944	17,854	$140,868
72	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,032	16,188	$127,723
73	Al Franken: God Spoke	Documentary	Not Rated	$102,990	15,724	$124,062
74	America: Freedom to Fascism	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,400	13,344	$105,284
75	51 Birch Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$84,689	12,930	$102,018
76	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$78,076	11,920	$94,049
77	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,685	10,792	$85,149
78	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,223	10,416	$82,182
79	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,827	10,203	$80,502
80	10th & Wolf	Drama	Not Rated	$54,702	8,351	$65,889
81	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$54,176	8,271	$65,258
82	Screamers	Documentary		$52,034	7,944	$62,678
83	North Country	Drama	R	$49,381	7,539	$59,483
84	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$48,877	7,462	$58,875
85	Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,171	6,896	$54,409
86	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$43,405	6,627	$52,287
87	Rape of the Soul	Documentary	R	$39,975	6,103	$48,153
88	Been Rich All My Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,406	5,558	$43,853
89	Bubot Niyar	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,089	5,510	$43,474
90	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$34,213	5,223	$41,209
91	My Country My Country	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,620	5,133	$40,499
92	Sisters in Law	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,312	5,086	$40,129
93	Excellent Cadavers	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,296	4,625	$36,491
94	Trudell	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,645	3,915	$30,889
95	Henri Cartier-Bresson - Biographie eines Blicks	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,347	3,870	$30,534
96	Wrestling with Angels	Documentary	Not Rated	$24,729	3,775	$29,785
97	Islam: What the West Needs to Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,938	3,502	$27,631
98	*Fck**	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,359	3,414	$26,936
99	Giuliani Time	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,967	3,354	$26,463
100	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends	Documentary	R	$20,013	3,055	$24,104
101	Suicide Killers	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,239	2,785	$21,974
102	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$16,638	2,540	$20,041
103	So Much So Fast	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,411	2,505	$19,764
104	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$15,685	2,395	$18,897
105	Through the Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,769	2,255	$17,792
106	Who the #$^% is Jackson Pollock?	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,710	2,093	$16,514
107	Devil's Miner	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,677	2,088	$16,474
108	I Trust You To Kill Me	Documentary	R	$12,854	1,962	$15,480
109	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,653	1,932	$15,243
110	Cottonfields and Crossroads	Documentary		$12,000	1,832	$14,454
111	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,901	1,817	$14,336
112	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,836	1,807	$14,257
113	So Goes the Nation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,337	1,578	$12,450
114	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$9,653	1,474	$11,630
115	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598	1,465	$11,559
116	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,820	1,194	$9,421
117	Favela Rising	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,768	1,186	$9,358
118	Kill Your Idols	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,753	1,184	$9,342
119	Saint of 9/11	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,137	1,090	$8,600
120	The Case of the Grinning Cat	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,033	1,074	$8,474
121	Bullrider	Documentary		$5,800	885	$6,983
122	King Leopold's Ghost	Documentary	PG-13	$5,194	793	$6,257
123	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,057	772	$6,091
124	Street Fight	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,779	730	$5,760
125	The Fall of Fujimori	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,630	707	$5,578
126	Cowboy Del Amor	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,438	678	$5,349
127	Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,897	595	$4,695
128	The Cult of the Suicide Bomber	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,609	551	$4,347
129	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$2,955	451	$3,558
130	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,658	406	$3,203
131	Mardi Gras: Made in China	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,500	382	$3,014
132	Rank	Documentary		$2,485	379	$2,990
133	Blossoms of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,390	365	$2,880
134	Workingman's Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,214	338	$2,667
135	95 Miles to Go	Documentary	R	$2,203	336	$2,651
136	Commune	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,055	314	$2,477
137	Herbie Hancock: Possibilities	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,772	271	$2,138
138	The Big Question	Documentary	PG-13	$1,609	246	$1,941
139	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$1,515	231	$1,823
140	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,204	184	$1,452
141	The Ister	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,124	172	$1,357
142	The Empire in Africa	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,088	166	$1,310
143	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$772	118	$931
Total Gross of All Movies				$748,476,543
Total Tickets Sold					114,271,231
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$901,600,013

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.