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	$131,936,183
2	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$104,510,417	15,955,789	$114,562,565
3	World Trade Center	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	10,729,602	$77,038,542
4	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$74,456,219
5	Step Up	Drama	PG-13	$65,328,121	9,973,759	$71,611,590
6	Invincible	Drama	PG	$57,806,952	8,825,489	$63,367,011
7	Charlotte's Web	Drama	G	$55,800,135	8,519,105	$61,167,174
8	The Lake House	Drama	PG	$52,330,111	7,989,330	$57,363,389
9	Rocky Balboa	Drama	PG	$51,147,366	7,808,758	$56,066,882
10	Glory Road	Drama	PG	$42,643,187	6,510,410	$46,744,744
11	Lady in the Water	Drama	PG-13	$42,285,169	6,455,751	$46,352,292
12	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$43,595,459
13	Gridiron Gang	Drama	PG-13	$38,432,823	5,867,607	$42,129,418
14	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$38,305,620	5,848,186	$41,989,975
15	The Nativity Story	Drama	PG	$36,276,572	5,538,408	$39,765,769
16	Take the Lead	Drama	PG-13	$34,703,228	5,298,203	$38,041,098
17	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$36,834,362
18	United 93	Drama	R	$31,483,450	4,806,634	$34,511,632
19	Munich	Drama	R	$31,430,085	4,798,486	$34,453,129
20	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,196,606	4,304,825	$30,908,644
21	We Are... Marshall	Drama	PG	$27,471,812	4,194,170	$30,114,141
22	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$27,082,094	4,134,671	$29,686,938
23	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$26,377,450	4,027,092	$28,914,521
24	Jet Li's Fearless	Drama	PG-13	$24,633,730	3,760,875	$27,003,083
25	Waist Deep	Drama	R	$21,344,312	3,258,674	$23,397,279
26	Flicka	Drama	PG	$20,900,282	3,190,883	$22,910,540
27	Babel	Drama	R	$19,825,138	3,026,739	$21,731,986
28	Akeelah and the Bee	Drama	PG	$18,848,430	2,877,623	$20,661,333
29	Annapolis	Drama	PG-13	$17,119,321	2,613,637	$18,765,914
30	Capote	Drama	R	$16,714,937	2,551,899	$18,322,635
31	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$17,497,789
32	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,732,623	2,249,255	$16,149,651
33	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$15,813,814
34	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,684,428
35	Flyboys	Drama	PG-13	$13,090,630	1,998,569	$14,349,725
36	How to Eat Fried Worms	Drama	PG	$13,040,527	1,990,920	$14,294,806
37	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$13,716,414
38	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,703,287	1,786,761	$12,828,944
39	Something New	Drama	PG-13	$11,425,894	1,744,411	$12,524,871
40	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$12,096,354
41	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,256,960	1,565,948	$11,243,507
42	Facing the Giants	Drama	PG	$10,072,889	1,537,846	$11,041,734
43	The Fountain	Drama	PG-13	$9,930,941	1,516,174	$10,886,129
44	Transamerica	Drama	R	$8,722,398	1,331,664	$9,561,348
45	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$8,590,123
46	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$7,816,475	1,193,355	$8,568,289
47	A Good Year	Drama	PG-13	$7,433,086	1,134,822	$8,148,022
48	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,916,043
49	Crossover	Drama	PG-13	$7,009,668	1,070,178	$7,683,878
50	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$6,060,954
51	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,991,631	762,081	$5,471,742
52	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,801,693	733,083	$5,263,536
53	Goal! The Dream Begins	Drama	PG	$4,283,255	653,932	$4,695,232
54	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,254,570	649,553	$4,663,791
55	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,628,294	553,938	$3,977,275
56	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,403,835	519,669	$3,731,223
57	Harsh Times	Drama	R	$3,337,931	509,608	$3,658,985
58	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Drama	Not Rated	$3,275,443	500,068	$3,590,488
59	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,192,752
60	La mujer de mi hermano	Drama	R	$2,804,642	428,190	$3,074,404
61	Half Nelson	Drama	R	$2,697,938	411,899	$2,957,435
62	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,723,123
63	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,713,107
64	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,135,687	326,059	$2,341,104
65	Fanaa	Drama	Not Rated	$2,105,351	321,428	$2,307,853
66	Brick	Drama	R	$2,075,743	316,907	$2,275,392
67	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$2,086,515
68	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,855,499
69	Factory Girl	Drama	R	$1,661,464	253,659	$1,821,272
70	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$1,646,650	251,397	$1,805,030
71	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,500,506	229,085	$1,644,830
72	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,468,447	224,190	$1,609,684
73	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,410,778	215,386	$1,546,471
74	Romeo et Juliette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,386,582	211,692	$1,519,949
75	Omkara	Drama	Not Rated	$1,244,576	190,012	$1,364,286
76	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,286,563
77	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,262,072
78	Peaceful Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$1,066,748	162,862	$1,169,349
79	Merry Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,155,772
80	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,968	150,377	$1,079,707
81	Breaking and Entering	Drama	R	$930,469	142,056	$1,019,962
82	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$1,008,094
83	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$984,694
84	Guadalupe	Drama	PG	$816,799	124,702	$895,360
85	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$885,962
86	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$757,968	115,720	$830,870
87	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$814,040
88	Sophie Scholl	Drama	Not Rated	$680,331	103,867	$745,765
89	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$674,470	102,973	$739,346
90	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$717,555
91	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$714,647
92	Changing Times	Drama	Not Rated	$545,255	83,245	$597,699
93	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$591,158
94	Death of a President	Drama	R	$519,086	79,250	$569,015
95	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$565,784
96	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$545,285
97	Umrao Jaan	Drama	Not Rated	$485,000	74,046	$531,650
98	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$502,765
99	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$483,192
100	The Second Chance	Drama	PG-13	$432,253	65,993	$473,830
101	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$472,968
102	Conversations with God	Drama	PG	$425,045	64,892	$465,925
103	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$411,956	62,894	$451,579
104	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$418,106
105	Shadowboxer	Drama	R	$370,627	56,584	$406,273
106	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$351,036	53,593	$384,798
107	Gabrielle	Drama	Not Rated	$332,829	50,814	$364,845
108	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$358,318
109	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$321,198	49,038	$352,093
110	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$346,801
111	The Wedding Curse	Drama	Not Rated	$300,454	45,871	$329,354
112	Taxi Number 9211	Drama	Not Rated	$291,048	44,435	$319,043
113	The King	Drama	R	$282,183	43,081	$309,322
114	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$280,668	42,850	$307,663
115	Broken Bridges	Drama	PG-13	$251,775	38,439	$275,992
116	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Drama	Not Rated	$250,083	38,181	$274,140
117	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$271,045
118	Drawing Restraint 9	Drama	Not Rated	$234,743	35,839	$257,324
119	Unidentified	Drama	PG	$224,099	34,214	$245,657
120	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$244,673
121	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$244,608
122	The Page Turner	Drama	Not Rated	$208,691	31,861	$228,762
123	Sherrybaby	Drama	R	$199,176	30,409	$218,337
124	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$198,838	30,357	$217,963
125	Fateless	Drama	R	$195,888	29,907	$214,732
126	On a Clear Day	Drama	PG-13	$186,912	28,536	$204,888
127	Inland Empire	Drama	R	$170,968	26,102	$187,412
128	Jarhead	Drama	R	$168,530	25,730	$184,741
129	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$163,367	24,942	$179,084
130	Three Times	Drama	Not Rated	$151,922	23,194	$166,533
131	The Great New Wonderful	Drama	R	$150,142	22,922	$164,580
132	Bubble	Drama	R	$145,382	22,196	$159,367
133	Haven	Drama	R	$142,483	21,753	$156,187
134	Mountain Patrol: Kekexili	Drama	PG-13	$142,157	21,703	$155,828
135	Clean	Drama	R	$138,711	21,177	$152,051
136	Lower City	Drama	R	$130,794	19,969	$143,377
137	Le petit lieutenant	Drama	Not Rated	$127,608	19,482	$139,881
138	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$120,294	18,365	$131,861
139	Come Early Morning	Drama	R	$119,452	18,237	$130,942
140	Time to Leave	Drama	Not Rated	$117,686	17,967	$129,003
141	Venus	Drama	R	$113,518	17,331	$124,437
142	Winter Passing	Drama	R	$106,634	16,280	$116,890
143	Look Both Ways	Drama	PG-13	$105,067	16,041	$115,174
144	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$102,595	15,663	$112,460
145	Red Doors	Drama	Not Rated	$97,848	14,939	$107,262
146	Twelve and Holding	Drama	R	$96,464	14,727	$105,740
147	Summer Storm	Drama	R	$93,671	14,301	$102,681
148	Somersault	Drama	Not Rated	$91,894	14,030	$100,735
149	Ten Items or Less	Drama	R	$83,291	12,716	$91,301
150	Lemming	Drama	Not Rated	$81,698	12,473	$89,556
151	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Drama	R	$80,301	12,260	$88,027
152	Two Or Three Things I Know About Her	Drama	Not Rated	$74,808	11,421	$82,003
153	Manderlay	Drama	Not Rated	$74,205	11,329	$81,342
154	Before the Fall	Drama	Not Rated	$73,411	11,208	$80,473
155	Battle in Heaven	Drama	Not Rated	$70,899	10,824	$77,716
156	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$72,841
157	Poster Boy	Drama	R	$62,062	9,475	$68,031
158	Flannel Pajamas	Drama	R	$61,003	9,313	$66,867
159	Aurora Borealis	Drama	R	$60,729	9,272	$66,573
160	D'Lucky Ones	Drama	Not Rated	$59,680	9,111	$65,417
161	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$62,969
162	10th & Wolf	Drama	Not Rated	$54,702	8,351	$59,960
163	Little Jerusalem	Drama	Not Rated	$53,580	8,180	$58,732
164	The Motel	Drama	Not Rated	$51,540	7,869	$56,499
165	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$50,277	7,676	$55,114
166	Being Cyrus	Drama	Not Rated	$50,266	7,674	$55,099
167	Climates	Drama	Not Rated	$49,950	7,626	$54,755
168	North Country	Drama	R	$49,381	7,539	$54,130
169	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$48,877	7,462	$53,577
170	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$45,121	6,889	$49,463
171	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$43,993	6,716	$48,221
172	Candy	Drama	R	$39,658	6,055	$43,475
173	Stoned	Drama	R	$38,350	5,855	$42,039
174	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$41,816
175	Swimmers	Drama	Not Rated	$34,812	5,315	$38,162
176	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$34,213	5,223	$37,501
177	Free Zone	Drama	Not Rated	$32,381	4,944	$35,498
178	Loverboy	Drama		$29,690	4,533	$32,547
179	Standing Still	Drama	R	$29,516	4,506	$32,353
180	Princesas	Drama	Not Rated	$29,472	4,500	$32,310
181	The Intruder	Drama	Not Rated	$28,110	4,292	$30,817
182	Iron Island	Drama	Not Rated	$27,177	4,149	$29,790
183	Don't Tell	Drama	R	$27,105	4,138	$29,711
184	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$26,684	4,074	$29,251
185	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$28,605
186	Nathalie...	Drama	Not Rated	$26,013	3,971	$28,512
187	Take My Eyes	Drama	Not Rated	$25,578	3,905	$28,038
188	Two Drifters	Drama	Not Rated	$24,452	3,733	$26,803
189	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$24,223	3,698	$26,552
190	American Gun	Drama	R	$24,030	3,669	$26,343
191	Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories	Drama	Not Rated	$22,918	3,499	$25,123
192	Little Fish	Drama	R	$22,453	3,428	$24,613
193	A Year Without Love	Drama	Not Rated	$21,847	3,335	$23,945
194	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$21,660	3,307	$23,744
195	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Drama	PG	$19,872	3,034	$21,784
196	4	Drama	Not Rated	$18,926	2,889	$20,743
197	El Perro	Drama	Not Rated	$18,177	2,775	$19,925
198	Killer Diller	Drama	PG-13	$17,346	2,648	$19,013
199	The Secret Life of Words	Drama	Not Rated	$17,113	2,613	$18,761
200	Off the Black	Drama	R	$16,091	2,457	$17,641
201	Piano Tuner of Earthquakes	Drama	Not Rated	$15,852	2,420	$17,376
202	No Regret	Drama	R	$15,347	2,343	$16,823
203	Evil	Drama	Not Rated	$15,280	2,333	$16,751
204	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$14,866	2,270	$16,299
205	Shem	Drama	Not Rated	$14,804	2,260	$16,227
206	The Architect	Drama	R	$13,737	2,097	$15,056
207	London	Drama	R	$12,667	1,934	$13,886
208	Aguirre: The Wrath of God	Drama	Not Rated	$12,609	1,925	$13,822
209	Woman is the Future of Man	Drama	Not Rated	$11,807	1,803	$12,946
210	Waltzing Anna	Drama	PG-13	$11,455	1,749	$12,558
211	On the Outs	Drama	R	$11,388	1,739	$12,486
212	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$10,656	1,627	$11,682
213	Autumn	Drama	Not Rated	$10,529	1,607	$11,538
214	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$9,653	1,474	$10,583
215	One Last Thing...	Drama	R	$9,160	1,398	$10,038
216	The Conrad Boys	Drama	Not Rated	$9,005	1,375	$9,873
217	Pure	Drama	R	$8,680	1,325	$9,514
218	Opal Dreams	Drama	PG	$8,537	1,303	$9,356
219	Christmas at Maxwell's	Drama	PG	$8,370	1,278	$9,176
220	Fall to Grace	Drama	Not Rated	$8,043	1,228	$8,817
221	Coastlines	Drama	R	$7,883	1,204	$8,645
222	The Whore's Son	Drama	Not Rated	$7,656	1,169	$8,393
223	Mendy - A Question of Faith	Drama	Not Rated	$7,123	1,087	$7,805
224	Backstage	Drama	Not Rated	$6,690	1,021	$7,331
225	Beyond Honor	Drama	Not Rated	$6,437	983	$7,058
226	Sorry, Haters	Drama	Not Rated	$6,364	972	$6,979
227	Down to the Bone	Drama	Not Rated	$6,193	945	$6,785
228	Private	Drama	Not Rated	$5,775	882	$6,333
229	Land of the Blind	Drama	R	$5,244	801	$5,751
230	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama	Not Rated	$4,800	733	$5,263
231	Room	Drama	Not Rated	$4,798	733	$5,263
232	The Tollbooth	Drama	Not Rated	$4,526	691	$4,961
233	Looking for Kitty	Drama	R	$4,480	684	$4,911
234	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Drama	Not Rated	$4,304	657	$4,717
235	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$4,180	638	$4,581
236	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,401
237	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$3,969	606	$4,351
238	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$3,626	554	$3,978
239	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,805
240	Four Eyed Monsters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,135	479	$3,439
241	Going Under	Drama	Not Rated	$3,099	473	$3,396
242	George Bush Goes to Heaven	Drama	Not Rated	$3,056	467	$3,353
243	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$2,955	451	$3,238
244	Agnes and His Brothers	Drama	Not Rated	$2,731	417	$2,994
245	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,204
246	Masai: The Rain Warriors	Drama	Not Rated	$1,929	295	$2,118
247	Mirage	Drama		$1,511	231	$1,659
248	Mouth to Mouth	Drama	Not Rated	$1,406	215	$1,544
249	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,204	184	$1,321
250	The Trouble with Men and Women	Drama	Not Rated	$967	148	$1,063
251	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$956	146	$1,048
252	A New Day In Old Sana'a	Drama	Not Rated	$737	113	$811
253	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama	Not Rated	$249	38	$273
254	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$234	36	$258
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,572,859,951
Total Tickets Sold					240,131,300
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,724,142,734

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.