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	$86,369,181
2	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$69,169,010	10,560,154	$72,653,860
3	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,474,548	8,011,381	$55,118,301
4	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$44,803,227
5	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$39,770,232	6,071,791	$41,773,922
6	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$39,517,763	6,033,246	$41,508,732
7	Dreamgirls	Musical	PG-13	$37,064,395	5,658,686	$38,931,760
8	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$37,526,499
9	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$35,295,322
10	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,846,946	4,404,114	$30,300,304
11	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,672,813	3,461,498	$23,815,106
12	Capote	Drama	R	$16,827,017	2,569,010	$17,674,789
13	An American Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$16,298,046	2,488,251	$17,119,167
14	Marie Antoinette	Drama	PG-13	$15,962,471	2,437,018	$16,766,684
15	Tristan & Isolde	Drama	PG-13	$14,734,633	2,249,562	$15,476,987
16	One Night with the King	Drama	PG	$13,395,961	2,045,185	$14,070,873
17	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,669,914	1,934,338	$13,308,245
18	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$12,555,622	1,916,889	$13,188,196
19	End of the Spear	Drama	PG-13	$11,748,661	1,793,689	$12,340,580
20	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,614,272	1,620,500	$11,149,040
21	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,412,589	1,589,708	$10,937,191
22	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$8,770,435	1,338,998	$9,212,306
23	All the King's Men	Drama	PG-13	$7,221,458	1,102,513	$7,585,289
24	Water	Drama	PG-13	$5,529,144	844,144	$5,807,711
25	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,996,040	762,754	$5,247,748
26	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,807,261	733,933	$5,049,459
27	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$4,590,002	700,764	$4,821,256
28	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,609,343
29	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$1,999,335
30	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,596,889
31	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,490,394	227,541	$1,565,482
32	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$919,639	140,403	$965,973
33	Heading South	Drama	Not Rated	$898,294	137,144	$943,551
34	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$780,027
35	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$654,591	99,938	$687,573
36	Lassie	Adventure	PG	$652,163	99,567	$685,021
37	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$622,015	94,964	$653,352
38	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$597,597
39	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$597,287
40	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$566,458
41	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$542,144
42	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$497,438	75,945	$522,502
43	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$481,758
44	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$456,787	69,738	$479,797
45	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$332,311
46	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$259,720
47	A Good Woman	Drama	PG	$223,144	34,068	$234,388
48	Three Times	Drama		$151,922	23,194	$159,575
49	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,664	19,796	$136,196
50	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$107,786	16,456	$113,217
51	Captain Sabertooth	Adventure		$105,152	16,054	$110,452
52	Manderlay	Drama		$74,205	11,329	$77,944
53	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$72,288
54	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$60,338
55	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$45,148	6,893	$47,424
56	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$40,069
57	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror		$24,216	3,697	$25,435
58	The Whore's Son	Drama		$7,656	1,169	$8,043
59	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous	Drama		$4,800	733	$5,043
60	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$3,471	530	$3,646
61	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$1,881	287	$1,975
62	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$807	123	$846
Total Gross of All Movies				$671,960,248
Total Tickets Sold					102,589,351
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$705,814,735

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.