Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Borat	Comedy	R	$125,601,414	19,175,788	$131,929,421
2	The Departed	Drama	R	$120,359,613	18,375,513	$126,423,529
3	Inside Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$88,634,237	13,531,945	$93,099,782
4	Saw III	Horror	R	$80,238,724	12,250,187	$84,281,287
5	Jackass: Number Two	Comedy	R	$72,778,712	11,111,254	$76,445,428
6	V for Vendetta	Action	R	$70,511,035	10,765,044	$74,063,503
7	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$69,169,010	10,560,154	$72,653,860
8	Miami Vice	Action	R	$63,478,838	9,691,426	$66,677,011
9	Underworld: Evolution	Action	R	$62,318,875	9,514,332	$65,458,604
10	Little Miss Sunshine	Comedy	R	$59,489,083	9,082,303	$62,486,245
11	The Omen	Horror	R	$54,607,383	8,337,005	$57,358,594
12	Final Destination 3	Horror	R	$54,098,051	8,259,244	$56,823,599
13	Hostel	Horror	R	$47,326,473	7,225,416	$49,710,862
14	Silent Hill	Horror	R	$46,982,632	7,172,921	$49,349,696
15	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$44,803,227
16	The Hills Have Eyes	Horror	R	$41,778,863	6,378,452	$43,883,750
17	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$39,517,763	6,033,246	$41,508,732
18	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$37,526,499
19	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$35,066,495	5,353,663	$36,833,201
20	Snakes on a Plane	Thriller/Suspense	R	$34,020,814	5,194,017	$35,734,837
21	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$35,295,322
22	Munich	Drama	R	$33,108,545	5,054,740	$34,776,611
23	United 93	Drama	R	$31,567,134	4,819,410	$33,157,541
24	Crank	Action	R	$27,838,408	4,250,139	$29,240,956
25	The Descent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,024,456	3,973,199	$27,335,609
26	Thank You For Smoking	Black Comedy	R	$24,793,509	3,785,269	$26,042,651
27	Clerks II	Comedy	R	$24,148,068	3,686,728	$25,364,689
28	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,672,813	3,461,498	$23,815,106
29	Lucky Number Slevin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,495,466	3,434,422	$23,628,823
30	Match Point	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,489,384	3,433,494	$23,622,439
31	Waist Deep	Drama	R	$21,344,312	3,258,674	$22,419,677
32	Pulse	Horror	R	$20,264,436	3,093,807	$21,285,392
33	Babel	Drama	R	$19,825,138	3,026,739	$20,823,964
34	Beerfest	Comedy	R	$19,185,184	2,929,036	$20,151,768
35	Capote	Drama	R	$16,827,017	2,569,010	$17,674,789
36	See No Evil	Horror	R	$15,032,800	2,295,084	$15,790,178
37	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$15,153,069
38	Friends with Money	Comedy	R	$13,368,437	2,040,983	$14,041,963
39	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,099,616	1,999,941	$13,759,594
40	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,669,914	1,934,338	$13,308,245
41	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$13,143,304
42	The Matador	Thriller/Suspense	R	$12,509,437	1,909,838	$13,139,685
43	The Protector	Action	R	$12,044,087	1,838,792	$12,650,889
44	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Documentary	R	$11,718,595	1,789,098	$12,308,994
45	The Last Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$11,614,790	1,773,250	$12,199,960
46	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$11,590,936
47	Black Christmas	Horror	R	$10,917,918	1,666,858	$11,467,983
48	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,614,272	1,620,500	$11,149,040
49	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,412,589	1,589,708	$10,937,191
50	Transamerica	Drama	R	$8,746,116	1,335,285	$9,186,761
51	Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	Comedy	R	$8,334,575	1,272,454	$8,754,484
52	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$8,231,204
53	Slither	Horror	R	$7,802,450	1,191,214	$8,195,552
54	Turistas	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,947,433	1,060,677	$7,297,458
55	Running Scared	Action	R	$6,855,137	1,046,586	$7,200,512
56	Running With Scissors	Comedy	R	$6,775,659	1,034,452	$7,117,030
57	Grandma's Boy	Comedy	R	$6,090,172	929,797	$6,397,003
58	Basic Instinct 2	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,946,136	907,807	$6,245,712
59	Let's Go to Prison	Comedy	R	$5,525,320	843,560	$5,803,693
60	A Scanner Darkly	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,501,616	839,941	$5,778,794
61	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,996,040	762,754	$5,247,748
62	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,807,261	733,933	$5,049,459
63	Volver	Comedy	R	$4,753,067	725,659	$4,992,534
64	The Science of Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,670,644	713,075	$4,905,956
65	Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj	Comedy	R	$4,251,674	649,111	$4,465,884
66	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$4,029,778	615,233	$4,232,803
67	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	Comedy	R	$3,833,507	585,268	$4,026,644
68	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,619,600	552,611	$3,801,964
69	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,443,354	525,703	$3,616,837
70	Harsh Times	Drama	R	$3,337,931	509,608	$3,506,103
71	Art School Confidential	Comedy	R	$3,297,137	503,380	$3,463,254
72	Boynton Beach Club	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,127,472	477,477	$3,285,042
73	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,059,350
74	La mujer de mi hermano	Drama	R	$2,808,241	428,739	$2,949,724
75	Half Nelson	Drama	R	$2,697,938	411,899	$2,833,865
76	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,609,343
77	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,599,746
78	BloodRayne	Action	R	$2,405,420	367,240	$2,526,611
79	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,235,957	341,367	$2,348,605
80	Brick	Drama	R	$2,075,743	316,907	$2,180,320
81	Strangers with Candy	Comedy	R	$2,072,645	316,434	$2,177,066
82	The History Boys	Comedy	R	$1,935,485	295,494	$2,032,999
83	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$1,999,335
84	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,777,971
85	Keeping Mum	Comedy	R	$1,603,973	244,881	$1,684,781
86	Trust the Man	Comedy	R	$1,530,535	233,669	$1,607,643
87	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,596,889
88	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,415,082	216,043	$1,486,376
89	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story	Comedy	R	$1,253,413	191,361	$1,316,564
90	District 13	Action	R	$1,200,216	183,239	$1,260,684
91	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,232,807
92	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,209,339
93	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$1,120,005	170,993	$1,176,432
94	Children of Men	Adventure	R	$1,082,804	165,314	$1,137,360
95	Hard Candy	Horror	R	$1,024,640	156,434	$1,076,266
96	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,140	150,250	$1,033,720
97	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$848,944
98	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$780,027
99	Imagine Me & You	Romantic Comedy	R	$672,243	102,633	$706,115
100	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$684,787
101	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$613,344	93,640	$644,243
102	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$597,597
103	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$597,287
104	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$566,458
105	Death of a President	Drama	R	$519,086	79,250	$545,240
106	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$542,144
107	Artie Lange's Beer League	Comedy	R	$475,000	72,519	$498,931
108	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$481,758
109	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$456,787	69,738	$479,797
110	Idiocracy	Comedy	R	$444,093	67,800	$466,464
111	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$463,003
112	When Do We Eat?	Comedy	R	$431,513	65,880	$453,254
113	The Oh in Ohio	Romantic Comedy	R	$418,689	63,922	$439,783
114	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$400,636
115	Conversations with Other Women	Comedy	R	$379,418	57,926	$398,531
116	Shadowboxer	Drama	R	$370,627	56,584	$389,298
117	Derailed	Action	R	$340,086	51,922	$357,223
118	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$343,346
119	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$332,311
120	Adam & Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$309,404	47,237	$324,991
121	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$295,274	45,080	$310,150
122	Only Human	Comedy	R	$284,961	43,505	$299,314
123	The King	Drama	R	$282,183	43,081	$296,397
124	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$276,318	42,186	$290,240
125	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$279,390
126	Confetti	Romantic Comedy	R	$228,498	34,885	$240,009
127	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$234,450
128	Wassup Rockers	Comedy	R	$221,574	33,828	$232,737
129	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$209,209	31,940	$219,747
130	Tamara	Horror	R	$206,871	31,583	$217,291
131	Sherrybaby	Drama	R	$199,176	30,409	$209,214
132	Fateless	Drama	R	$196,857	30,055	$206,778
133	Jarhead	Drama	R	$192,755	29,428	$202,465
134	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$176,610	26,963	$185,505
135	Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That	Concert/Performance	R	$162,538	24,815	$170,727
136	Lonesome Jim	Comedy	R	$154,187	23,540	$161,955
137	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Comedy	R	$153,122	23,377	$160,834
138	The Great New Wonderful	Drama	R	$150,142	22,922	$157,703
139	Duck Season	Comedy	R	$147,551	22,527	$154,986
140	Bubble	Drama	R	$145,382	22,196	$152,708
141	Haven	Drama	R	$142,483	21,753	$149,661
142	Clean	Drama	R	$138,711	21,177	$145,698
143	Edmond	Black Comedy	R	$131,719	20,110	$138,357
144	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,664	19,796	$136,196
145	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$120,479	18,394	$126,551
146	Come Early Morning	Drama	R	$119,452	18,237	$125,471
147	Venus	Drama	R	$113,518	17,331	$119,237
148	Winter Passing	Drama	R	$107,492	16,411	$112,908
149	Inland Empire	Drama	R	$100,056	15,276	$105,099
150	Twelve and Holding	Drama	R	$96,464	14,727	$101,322
151	Summer Storm	Drama	R	$93,671	14,301	$98,391
152	Ten Items or Less	Drama	R	$83,291	12,716	$87,486
153	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Drama	R	$80,301	12,260	$84,349
154	Renaissance	Action	R	$70,644	10,785	$74,201
155	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$72,288
156	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$69,798
157	Poster Boy	Drama	R	$62,062	9,475	$65,188
158	North Country	Drama	R	$62,041	9,472	$65,167
159	Flannel Pajamas	Drama	R	$61,003	9,313	$64,073
160	Aurora Borealis	Drama	R	$60,729	9,272	$63,791
161	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$60,338
162	Feast	Horror	R	$56,131	8,570	$58,962
163	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$53,844	8,220	$56,554
164	Mini's First Time	Black Comedy	R	$49,034	7,486	$51,504
165	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$45,148	6,893	$47,424
166	Hate Crime	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,981	6,257	$43,048
167	Candy	Drama	R	$39,322	6,003	$41,301
168	Stoned	Drama	R	$38,922	5,942	$40,881
169	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$40,069
170	Standing Still	Drama	R	$30,142	4,602	$31,662
171	Guys and Balls	Comedy	R	$28,324	4,324	$29,749
172	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$27,410
173	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$25,479	3,890	$26,763
174	American Gun	Drama	R	$24,098	3,679	$25,312
175	Little Fish	Drama	R	$22,453	3,428	$23,585
176	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,679	3,310	$22,773
177	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends	Documentary	R	$20,013	3,055	$21,018
178	Cruel World	Horror	R	$17,986	2,746	$18,892
179	April's Shower	Romantic Comedy	R	$16,255	2,482	$17,076
180	Off the Black	Drama	R	$15,916	2,430	$16,718
181	Stay	Comedy	R	$15,745	2,404	$16,540
182	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$15,190	2,319	$15,955
183	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$14,866	2,270	$15,618
184	The Architect	Drama	R	$13,737	2,097	$14,427
185	One Last Thing...	Drama	R	$13,334	2,036	$14,008
186	London	Drama	R	$12,667	1,934	$13,306
187	On the Outs	Drama	R	$11,388	1,739	$11,964
188	A Wake in Providence	Comedy	R	$9,234	1,410	$9,701
189	Pure	Drama	R	$9,142	1,396	$9,604
190	Hellbent	Horror	R	$8,039	1,227	$8,442
191	Coastlines	Drama	R	$7,883	1,204	$8,284
192	Say Uncle	Comedy	R	$5,361	818	$5,628
193	Land of the Blind	Drama	R	$5,244	801	$5,511
194	Looking for Kitty	Drama	R	$4,480	684	$4,706
195	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,217
196	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,112
197	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$1,515	231	$1,589
198	In Her Line of Fire	Action	R	$884	135	$929
199	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$807	123	$846
200	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$234	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,968,464,379
Total Tickets Sold					300,528,915
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,067,638,935

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.