Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Departed	Drama	R	$120,359,613	18,375,513	$144,982,798
2	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$104,510,417	15,955,789	$125,891,175
3	World Trade Center	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	10,729,602	$84,656,560
4	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$81,818,882
5	Step Up	Drama	PG-13	$65,328,121	9,973,759	$78,692,959
6	Invincible	Drama	PG	$57,806,952	8,825,489	$69,633,108
7	Charlotte's Web	Drama	G	$55,800,135	8,519,105	$67,215,738
8	The Lake House	Drama	PG	$52,330,111	7,989,330	$63,035,814
9	Rocky Balboa	Drama	PG	$51,147,366	7,808,758	$61,611,101
10	Glory Road	Drama	PG	$42,643,187	6,510,410	$51,367,135
11	Lady in the Water	Drama	PG-13	$42,285,169	6,455,751	$50,935,875
12	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$47,906,431
13	Gridiron Gang	Drama	PG-13	$38,432,823	5,867,607	$46,295,419
14	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$38,305,620	5,848,186	$46,142,188
15	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$43,698,039
16	Take the Lead	Drama	PG-13	$34,703,228	5,298,203	$41,802,822
17	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$40,476,757
18	United 93	Drama	R	$31,483,450	4,806,634	$37,924,342
19	Munich	Drama	R	$31,430,085	4,798,486	$37,860,055
20	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,196,606	4,304,825	$33,965,069
21	We Are Marshall	Drama	PG	$27,471,812	4,194,170	$33,092,001
22	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$27,082,094	4,134,671	$32,622,554
23	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$26,377,450	4,027,092	$31,773,756
24	Huo Yuan Jia	Drama	PG-13	$24,633,730	3,760,875	$29,673,304
25	Waist Deep	Drama	R	$21,344,312	3,258,674	$25,710,938
26	Flicka	Drama	PG	$20,900,282	3,190,883	$25,176,067
27	Babel	Drama	R	$19,825,138	3,026,739	$23,880,971
28	Akeelah and the Bee	Drama	PG	$18,848,430	2,877,623	$22,704,445
29	Annapolis	Drama	PG-13	$17,119,321	2,613,637	$20,621,596
30	Capote	Drama	R	$16,714,937	2,551,899	$20,134,483
31	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$19,228,072
32	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,732,623	2,249,255	$17,746,622
33	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$17,377,575
34	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$16,136,510
35	Flyboys	Drama	PG-13	$13,090,630	1,998,569	$15,768,709
36	How to Eat Fried Worms	Drama	PG	$13,040,527	1,990,920	$15,708,359
37	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$15,072,772
38	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,703,287	1,786,761	$14,097,544
39	Something New	Drama	PG-13	$11,425,894	1,744,411	$13,763,403
40	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$13,292,512
41	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,256,960	1,565,948	$12,355,330
42	Facing the Giants	Drama	PG	$10,072,889	1,537,846	$12,133,605
43	The Fountain	Drama	PG-13	$9,930,941	1,516,174	$11,962,613
44	Transamerica	Drama	R	$8,722,398	1,331,664	$10,506,829
45	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$9,439,564
46	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$7,816,475	1,193,355	$9,415,571
47	A Good Year	Drama	PG-13	$7,433,086	1,134,822	$8,953,746
48	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$8,698,828
49	Crossover	Drama	PG-13	$7,009,668	1,070,178	$8,443,704
50	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$6,660,296
51	Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,991,631	762,081	$6,012,819
52	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,801,693	733,083	$5,784,025
53	Goal! The Dream Begins	Drama	PG	$4,283,255	653,932	$5,159,523
54	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,254,570	649,553	$5,124,973
55	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,628,294	553,938	$4,370,571
56	Cach�	Drama	R	$3,403,835	519,669	$4,100,188
57	Harsh Times	Drama	R	$3,337,931	509,608	$4,020,807
58	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Drama	Not Rated	$3,275,443	500,068	$3,945,537
59	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,508,470
60	La mujer de mi hermano	Drama	R	$2,804,642	428,190	$3,378,419
61	Half Nelson	Drama	R	$2,697,938	411,899	$3,249,883
62	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,992,401
63	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,981,394
64	Rang De Basanti	Drama	Not Rated	$2,197,331	335,470	$2,646,858
65	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,135,687	326,059	$2,572,606
66	Fanaa	Drama	Not Rated	$2,105,351	321,428	$2,536,067
67	Brick	Drama	R	$2,075,743	316,907	$2,500,396
68	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$2,292,842
69	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$2,038,981
70	Factory Girl	Drama	R	$1,661,464	253,659	$2,001,370
71	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$1,646,650	251,397	$1,983,522
72	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,468,447	224,190	$1,768,859
73	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,410,778	215,386	$1,699,396
74	Romeo et Juliette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,386,582	211,692	$1,670,250
75	Omkara	Drama	Not Rated	$1,244,576	190,012	$1,499,195
76	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,413,785
77	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,386,873
78	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,066,748	162,862	$1,284,981
79	Joyeux No�l	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,270,061
80	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,968	150,377	$1,186,475
81	Breaking and Entering	Drama	R	$930,469	142,056	$1,120,822
82	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$1,107,780
83	Vers le sud	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$1,082,066
84	Guadalupe	Drama	PG	$816,799	124,702	$983,899
85	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$973,571
86	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$757,968	115,720	$913,031
87	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$894,537
88	Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage	Drama	Not Rated	$680,331	103,867	$819,511
89	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$674,470	102,973	$812,457
90	L'arm�e des ombres	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$788,511
91	L'Enfant	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$785,315
92	Changing Times	Drama	Not Rated	$545,255	83,245	$656,803
93	Casa de Areia	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$649,615
94	Death of a President	Drama	R	$519,086	79,250	$625,283
95	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$621,732
96	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$599,206
97	Umrao Jaan	Drama	Not Rated	$485,000	74,046	$584,223
98	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$552,481
99	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$530,973
100	The Second Chance	Drama	PG-13	$432,253	65,993	$520,685
101	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$519,738
102	Conversations with God	Drama	PG	$425,045	64,892	$511,998
103	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$411,956	62,894	$496,234
104	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$459,450
105	Shadowboxer	Drama	R	$370,627	56,584	$446,448
106	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$351,036	53,593	$422,849
107	Gabrielle	Drama	Not Rated	$332,829	50,814	$400,922
108	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$393,750
109	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$321,198	49,038	$386,910
110	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$381,095
111	Sukob	Drama	Not Rated	$300,454	45,871	$361,922
112	Taxi Number 9211	Drama	Not Rated	$291,048	44,435	$350,592
113	The King	Drama	R	$282,183	43,081	$339,909
114	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$280,668	42,850	$338,087
115	Broken Bridges	Drama	PG-13	$251,775	38,439	$303,284
116	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Drama	Not Rated	$250,083	38,181	$301,248
117	Qian li zou dan qi	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$297,848
118	Drawing Restraint 9	Drama	Not Rated	$234,743	35,839	$282,770
119	Unidentified	Drama	PG	$224,099	34,214	$269,948
120	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$268,868
121	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$268,797
122	La Tourneuse de Pages	Drama	Not Rated	$208,691	31,861	$251,383
123	Sherrybaby	Drama	R	$199,176	30,409	$239,927
124	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$198,838	30,357	$239,517
125	Fateless	Drama	R	$195,888	29,907	$235,966
126	On a Clear Day	Drama	PG-13	$186,912	28,536	$225,149
127	Inland Empire	Drama	R	$170,968	26,102	$205,945
128	Jarhead	Drama	R	$168,530	25,730	$203,010
129	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$163,367	24,942	$196,792
130	Zui Hao De Shi Guang	Drama	Not Rated	$151,922	23,194	$183,001
131	The Great New Wonderful	Drama	R	$150,142	22,922	$180,855
132	Bubble	Drama	R	$145,382	22,196	$175,126
133	Haven	Drama	R	$142,483	21,753	$171,631
134	Kekexili	Drama	PG-13	$142,157	21,703	$171,237
135	Clean	Drama	R	$138,711	21,177	$167,087
136	Cidade Baixa	Drama	R	$130,794	19,969	$157,555
137	Le petit lieutenant	Drama	Not Rated	$127,608	19,482	$153,713
138	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$120,294	18,365	$144,900
139	Come Early Morning	Drama	R	$119,452	18,237	$143,890
140	Le temps qui reste	Drama	Not Rated	$117,686	17,967	$141,760
141	Venus	Drama	R	$113,518	17,331	$136,742
142	Winter Passing	Drama	R	$106,634	16,280	$128,449
143	Look Both Ways	Drama	PG-13	$105,067	16,041	$126,563
144	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$102,595	15,663	$123,581
145	Red Doors	Drama	Not Rated	$97,848	14,939	$117,869
146	Twelve and Holding	Drama	R	$96,464	14,727	$116,196
147	Sommersturm	Drama	R	$93,671	14,301	$112,835
148	Somersault	Drama	Not Rated	$91,894	14,030	$110,697
149	Ten Items or Less	Drama	R	$83,291	12,716	$100,329
150	Lemming	Drama	Not Rated	$81,698	12,473	$98,412
151	Moartea domnului Lazarescu	Drama	R	$80,301	12,260	$96,731
152	2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle	Drama	Not Rated	$74,808	11,421	$90,112
153	Manderlay	Drama	Not Rated	$74,205	11,329	$89,386
154	Before the Fall	Drama	Not Rated	$73,411	11,208	$88,431
155	Batalla en el cielo	Drama	Not Rated	$70,899	10,824	$85,401
156	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$80,044
157	Poster Boy	Drama	R	$62,062	9,475	$74,758
158	Flannel Pajamas	Drama	R	$61,003	9,313	$73,480
159	Aurora Borealis	Drama	R	$60,729	9,272	$73,156
160	D'Lucky Ones	Drama	Not Rated	$59,680	9,111	$71,886
161	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$69,195
162	10th & Wolf	Drama	Not Rated	$54,702	8,351	$65,889
163	La Petite J�rusalem	Drama	Not Rated	$53,580	8,180	$64,540
164	The Motel	Drama	Not Rated	$51,540	7,869	$62,086
165	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$50,277	7,676	$60,564
166	Being Cyrus	Drama	Not Rated	$50,266	7,674	$60,548
167	Iklimler	Drama	Not Rated	$49,950	7,626	$60,169
168	North Country	Drama	R	$49,381	7,539	$59,483
169	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$48,877	7,462	$58,875
170	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$45,121	6,889	$54,354
171	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$43,993	6,716	$52,989
172	Candy	Drama	R	$39,658	6,055	$47,774
173	Stoned	Drama	R	$38,350	5,855	$46,196
174	Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$45,951
175	Swimmers	Drama	Not Rated	$34,812	5,315	$41,935
176	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$34,213	5,223	$41,209
177	Free Zone	Drama	Not Rated	$32,381	4,944	$39,008
178	Loverboy	Drama		$29,690	4,533	$35,765
179	Standing Still	Drama	R	$29,516	4,506	$35,552
180	Princesas	Drama	Not Rated	$29,472	4,500	$35,505
181	The Intruder	Drama	Not Rated	$28,110	4,292	$33,864
182	Jazireh ahani	Drama	Not Rated	$27,177	4,149	$32,736
183	Don't Tell	Drama	R	$27,105	4,138	$32,649
184	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$26,684	4,074	$32,144
185	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$31,434
186	Nathalie...	Drama	Not Rated	$26,013	3,971	$31,331
187	Te doy mis ojos	Drama	Not Rated	$25,578	3,905	$30,810
188	Odete	Drama	Not Rated	$24,452	3,733	$29,453
189	Sh�jo	Drama	Not Rated	$24,223	3,698	$29,177
190	American Gun	Drama	R	$24,030	3,669	$28,948
191	Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories	Drama	Not Rated	$22,918	3,499	$27,607
192	Little Fish	Drama	R	$22,453	3,428	$27,047
193	Un a�o sin amor	Drama	Not Rated	$21,847	3,335	$26,313
194	Femme de Gilles, La	Drama	Not Rated	$21,660	3,307	$26,092
195	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Drama	PG	$19,872	3,034	$23,938
196	4	Drama	Not Rated	$18,926	2,889	$22,794
197	El Perro	Drama	Not Rated	$18,177	2,775	$21,895
198	Killer Diller	Drama	PG-13	$17,346	2,648	$20,893
199	The Secret Life of Words	Drama	Not Rated	$17,113	2,613	$20,617
200	Off the Black	Drama	R	$16,091	2,457	$19,386
201	Piano Tuner of Earthquakes	Drama	Not Rated	$15,852	2,420	$19,094
202	Huhwihaji anha	Drama	R	$15,347	2,343	$18,486
203	Ondskan	Drama	Not Rated	$15,280	2,333	$18,407
204	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$14,866	2,270	$17,910
205	Shem	Drama	Not Rated	$14,804	2,260	$17,831
206	The Architect	Drama	R	$13,737	2,097	$16,545
207	London	Drama	R	$12,667	1,934	$15,259
208	Aguirre: The Wrath of God	Drama	Not Rated	$12,609	1,925	$15,188
209	Woman is the Future of Man	Drama	Not Rated	$11,807	1,803	$14,226
210	Waltzing Anna	Drama	PG-13	$11,455	1,749	$13,800
211	On the Outs	Drama	R	$11,388	1,739	$13,721
212	Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise	Drama	Not Rated	$10,656	1,627	$12,837
213	Automne	Drama	Not Rated	$10,529	1,607	$12,679
214	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$9,653	1,474	$11,630
215	One Last Thing...	Drama	R	$9,160	1,398	$11,030
216	The Conrad Boys	Drama	Not Rated	$9,005	1,375	$10,849
217	Pure	Drama	R	$8,680	1,325	$10,454
218	Opal Dreams	Drama	PG	$8,537	1,303	$10,281
219	Christmas at Maxwell's	Drama	PG	$8,370	1,278	$10,083
220	Fall to Grace	Drama	Not Rated	$8,043	1,228	$9,689
221	Coastlines	Drama	R	$7,883	1,204	$9,500
222	Hurensohn	Drama	Not Rated	$7,656	1,169	$9,223
223	Mendy - A Question of Faith	Drama	Not Rated	$7,123	1,087	$8,576
224	Backstage	Drama	Not Rated	$6,690	1,021	$8,056
225	Beyond Honor	Drama	Not Rated	$6,437	983	$7,756
226	Sorry, Haters	Drama	Not Rated	$6,364	972	$7,669
227	Down to the Bone	Drama	Not Rated	$6,193	945	$7,456
228	Private	Drama	Not Rated	$5,775	882	$6,959
229	Land of the Blind	Drama	R	$5,244	801	$6,320
230	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama	Not Rated	$4,800	733	$5,783
231	Room	Drama	Not Rated	$4,798	733	$5,783
232	The Tollbooth	Drama	Not Rated	$4,526	691	$5,452
233	Looking for Kitty	Drama	R	$4,480	684	$5,397
234	Trilogia I: To Livadi pou dakryzei	Drama	Not Rated	$4,304	657	$5,184
235	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$4,180	638	$5,034
236	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,837
237	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$3,969	606	$4,781
238	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$3,626	554	$4,371
239	Buongiorno, notte	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$4,182
240	Four Eyed Monsters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,135	479	$3,779
241	Going Under	Drama	Not Rated	$3,099	473	$3,732
242	George Bush Goes to Heaven	Drama	Not Rated	$3,056	467	$3,685
243	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$2,955	451	$3,558
244	Agnes und seine Br�der	Drama	Not Rated	$2,731	417	$3,290
245	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,422
246	Masai: The Rain Warriors	Drama	Not Rated	$1,929	295	$2,328
247	Mirage	Drama		$1,511	231	$1,823
248	Mouth to Mouth	Drama	Not Rated	$1,406	215	$1,696
249	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,204	184	$1,452
250	The Trouble with Men and Women	Drama	Not Rated	$967	148	$1,168
251	Tahara	Drama	Not Rated	$956	146	$1,152
252	A New Day In Old Sana'a	Drama	Not Rated	$737	113	$892
253	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama	Not Rated	$249	38	$300
254	Boksuneun naui geot	Drama	R	$234	36	$284
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,573,556,776
Total Tickets Sold					240,237,685
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,895,475,335

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.