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'armée 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.
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