Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Pink Panther	Comedy	PG	$82,226,474	12,553,660	$99,048,377
2	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$81,818,882
3	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$63,209,796
4	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$51,380,445
5	Dreamgirls	Musical	PG-13	$41,348,556	6,312,757	$49,807,653
6	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$47,906,431
7	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$39,506,362	6,031,506	$47,588,582
8	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$43,035,476
9	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$40,476,757
10	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$26,377,450	4,027,092	$31,773,756
11	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,545,080	3,441,997	$27,157,356
12	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$19,632,300
13	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,732,623	2,249,255	$17,746,622
14	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$16,136,510
15	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,571,185	1,919,265	$15,143,001
16	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,534,378	1,913,645	$15,098,659
17	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,703,287	1,786,761	$14,097,544
18	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,573,324	1,614,248	$12,736,417
19	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,256,960	1,565,948	$12,355,330
20	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$7,654,270	1,168,591	$9,220,183
21	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$8,698,828
22	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$6,660,296
23	Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,991,631	762,081	$6,012,819
24	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,801,693	733,083	$5,784,025
25	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,254,570	649,553	$5,124,973
26	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,992,401
27	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$2,292,842
28	Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,831,316
29	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,468,447	224,190	$1,768,859
30	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$1,107,780
31	Vers le sud	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$1,082,066
32	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$894,537
33	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$674,470	102,973	$812,457
34	L'arm�e des ombres	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$788,511
35	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$785,584
36	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$685,325
37	El Laberinto del Fauno	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$684,970
38	Casa de Areia	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$649,615
39	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$621,732
40	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$599,206
41	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$552,481
42	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$519,738
43	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$381,095
44	Qian li zou dan qi	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$297,848
45	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$268,797
46	Fateless	Drama	R	$195,888	29,907	$235,966
47	Zui Hao De Shi Guang	Drama	Not Rated	$151,922	23,194	$183,001
48	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,339	19,746	$155,796
49	Kaptein Sabeltann	Adventure	Not Rated	$105,152	16,054	$126,666
50	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$102,595	15,663	$123,581
51	Manderlay	Drama	Not Rated	$74,205	11,329	$89,386
52	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$82,900
53	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$69,195
54	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$44,785	6,837	$53,944
55	Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$45,951
56	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror	R	$24,216	3,697	$29,169
57	Hurensohn	Drama	Not Rated	$7,656	1,169	$9,223
58	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama	Not Rated	$4,800	733	$5,783
59	Buongiorno, notte	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$4,182
60	Inconscientes	Comedy	R	$1,165	178	$1,404
61	Tahara	Drama	Not Rated	$956	146	$1,152
Total Gross of All Movies				$637,969,563
Total Tickets Sold					97,399,934
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$768,485,479

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.