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	$90,135,279
2	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$74,456,219
3	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$57,521,716
4	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$46,756,856
5	Dreamgirls	Musical	PG-13	$41,348,556	6,312,757	$45,325,595
6	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$43,595,459
7	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$39,506,362	6,031,506	$43,306,213
8	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$39,162,829
9	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$36,834,362
10	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$26,377,450	4,027,092	$28,914,521
11	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,545,080	3,441,997	$24,713,538
12	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$17,865,642
13	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,732,623	2,249,255	$16,149,651
14	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,684,428
15	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,571,185	1,919,265	$13,780,323
16	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,534,378	1,913,645	$13,739,971
17	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,703,287	1,786,761	$12,828,944
18	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,573,324	1,614,248	$11,590,301
19	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,256,960	1,565,948	$11,243,507
20	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$7,654,270	1,168,591	$8,390,483
21	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,916,043
22	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$6,060,954
23	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,991,631	762,081	$5,471,742
24	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,801,693	733,083	$5,263,536
25	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,254,570	649,553	$4,663,791
26	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,723,123
27	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$2,086,515
28	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,666,521
29	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,500,506	229,085	$1,644,830
30	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,468,447	224,190	$1,609,684
31	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$1,008,094
32	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$984,694
33	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$814,040
34	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$674,470	102,973	$739,346
35	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$717,555
36	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$714,891
37	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$623,655
38	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$623,332
39	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$591,158
40	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$565,784
41	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$545,285
42	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$502,765
43	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$472,968
44	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$346,801
45	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$271,045
46	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$244,608
47	Three Times	Drama	Not Rated	$151,922	23,194	$166,533
48	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,339	19,746	$141,776
49	Captain Sabertooth	Adventure	Not Rated	$105,152	16,054	$115,268
50	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$102,595	15,663	$112,460
51	Manderlay	Drama	Not Rated	$74,205	11,329	$81,342
52	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$75,440
53	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$62,969
54	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$44,785	6,837	$49,090
55	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$41,816
56	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror	R	$24,216	3,697	$26,544
57	The Whore's Son	Drama	Not Rated	$7,656	1,169	$8,393
58	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama	Not Rated	$4,800	733	$5,263
59	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,805
60	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$1,165	178	$1,278
61	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$956	146	$1,048
Total Gross of All Movies				$639,274,181
Total Tickets Sold					97,599,112
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$700,761,624

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.