Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Borat	Comedy	R	$125,789,589	19,204,517	$137,888,432
2	The Departed	Drama	R	$120,359,613	18,375,513	$131,936,183
3	Inside Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$88,513,495	13,513,511	$97,027,009
4	Saw III	Horror	R	$80,238,724	12,250,187	$87,956,343
5	Jackass: Number Two	Comedy	R	$72,778,712	11,111,254	$79,778,804
6	V for Vendetta	Action	R	$70,496,802	10,762,871	$77,277,414
7	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$67,923,156	10,369,947	$74,456,219
8	Miami Vice	Action	R	$63,450,470	9,687,095	$69,553,342
9	Underworld: Evolution	Action	R	$62,318,875	9,514,332	$68,312,904
10	Little Miss Sunshine	Comedy	R	$59,501,084	9,084,135	$65,224,089
11	The Omen	Horror	R	$54,607,383	8,337,005	$59,859,696
12	Final Destination 3	Horror	R	$54,098,051	8,259,244	$59,301,372
13	Hostel	Horror	R	$47,277,326	7,217,912	$51,824,608
14	Silent Hill	Horror	R	$46,982,632	7,172,921	$51,501,573
15	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$42,654,236	6,512,097	$46,756,856
16	The Hills Have Eyes	Horror	R	$41,777,564	6,378,254	$45,795,864
17	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$39,506,362	6,031,506	$43,306,213
18	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$38,305,620	5,848,186	$41,989,975
19	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$35,726,534	5,454,433	$39,162,829
20	Snakes on a Plane	Thriller/Suspense	R	$34,020,814	5,194,017	$37,293,042
21	Flags of Our Fathers	Drama	R	$33,602,376	5,130,134	$36,834,362
22	United 93	Drama	R	$31,483,450	4,806,634	$34,511,632
23	Munich	Drama	R	$31,430,085	4,798,486	$34,453,129
24	Crank	Action	R	$27,838,408	4,250,139	$30,515,998
25	The Descent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,024,456	3,973,199	$28,527,569
26	Thank You For Smoking	Black Comedy	R	$24,793,509	3,785,269	$27,178,231
27	Clerks II	Comedy	R	$24,148,068	3,686,728	$26,470,707
28	The Black Dahlia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,545,080	3,441,997	$24,713,538
29	Lucky Number Slevin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,495,466	3,434,422	$24,659,150
30	Match Point	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,358,543	3,413,518	$24,509,059
31	Waist Deep	Drama	R	$21,344,312	3,258,674	$23,397,279
32	Pulse	Horror	R	$20,264,436	3,093,807	$22,213,534
33	Babel	Drama	R	$19,825,138	3,026,739	$21,731,986
34	Beerfest	Comedy	R	$19,185,184	2,929,036	$21,030,478
35	Capote	Drama	R	$16,714,937	2,551,899	$18,322,635
36	See No Evil	Horror	R	$15,003,884	2,290,669	$16,447,003
37	Hollywoodland	Drama	R	$14,426,251	2,202,481	$15,813,814
38	Friends with Money	Comedy	R	$13,368,437	2,040,983	$14,654,258
39	Idlewild	Musical	R	$12,571,185	1,919,265	$13,780,323
40	Freedomland	Drama	R	$12,512,886	1,910,364	$13,716,414
41	The Matador	Thriller/Suspense	R	$12,496,943	1,907,930	$13,698,937
42	Black Christmas	Horror	R	$12,131,298	1,852,107	$13,298,128
43	The Protector	Action	R	$12,044,087	1,838,792	$13,202,527
44	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,902,261	1,817,139	$13,047,058
45	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Documentary	R	$11,694,528	1,785,424	$12,819,344
46	The Last Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$11,614,790	1,773,250	$12,731,935
47	Bobby	Drama	R	$11,034,972	1,684,729	$12,096,354
48	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$10,573,324	1,614,248	$11,590,301
49	Casanova	Drama	R	$10,256,960	1,565,948	$11,243,507
50	Transamerica	Drama	R	$8,722,398	1,331,664	$9,561,348
51	Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	Comedy	R	$8,312,827	1,269,134	$9,112,382
52	The Night Listener	Drama	R	$7,836,393	1,196,396	$8,590,123
53	Slither	Horror	R	$7,774,730	1,186,982	$8,522,531
54	Turistas	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,955,035	1,061,837	$7,623,990
55	Running With Scissors	Comedy	R	$6,860,000	1,047,328	$7,519,815
56	Running Scared	Action	R	$6,855,137	1,046,586	$7,514,487
57	Grandma's Boy	Comedy	R	$6,088,249	929,504	$6,673,839
58	Basic Instinct 2	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,851,188	893,311	$6,413,973
59	A Scanner Darkly	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,501,616	839,941	$6,030,776
60	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,991,631	762,081	$5,471,742
61	The Libertine	Drama	R	$4,801,693	733,083	$5,263,536
62	Volver	Comedy	R	$4,753,067	725,659	$5,210,232
63	The Science of Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,670,644	713,075	$5,119,879
64	Let's Go to Prison	Comedy	R	$4,613,815	704,399	$5,057,585
65	Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj	Comedy	R	$4,251,674	649,111	$4,660,617
66	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	Comedy	R	$3,833,507	585,268	$4,202,224
67	The Last King of Scotland	Drama	R	$3,628,294	553,938	$3,977,275
68	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,403,835	519,669	$3,731,223
69	Harsh Times	Drama	R	$3,337,931	509,608	$3,658,985
70	Art School Confidential	Comedy	R	$3,297,137	503,380	$3,614,268
71	Boynton Beach Club	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,127,472	477,477	$3,428,285
72	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$3,026,943	462,129	$3,318,086
73	Tsotsi	Drama	R	$2,912,606	444,673	$3,192,752
74	La mujer de mi hermano	Drama	R	$2,804,642	428,190	$3,074,404
75	Half Nelson	Drama	R	$2,697,938	411,899	$2,957,435
76	The Lost City	Drama	R	$2,484,186	379,265	$2,723,123
77	Little Children	Drama	R	$2,475,049	377,870	$2,713,107
78	BloodRayne	Action	R	$2,405,420	367,240	$2,636,783
79	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$2,135,687	326,059	$2,341,104
80	Brick	Drama	R	$2,075,743	316,907	$2,275,392
81	Strangers with Candy	Comedy	R	$2,072,645	316,434	$2,271,996
82	The History Boys	Comedy	R	$2,050,755	313,092	$2,248,001
83	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,903,434	290,601	$2,086,515
84	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,855,499
85	Factory Girl	Drama	R	$1,661,464	253,659	$1,821,272
86	Keeping Mum	Comedy	R	$1,604,816	245,010	$1,759,172
87	Trust the Man	Comedy	R	$1,530,535	233,669	$1,677,743
88	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,666,521
89	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,500,506	229,085	$1,644,830
90	The Notorious Bettie Page	Drama	R	$1,410,778	215,386	$1,546,471
91	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story	Comedy	R	$1,247,453	190,451	$1,367,438
92	District 13	Action	R	$1,197,786	182,868	$1,312,992
93	Find Me Guilty	Drama	R	$1,173,673	179,187	$1,286,563
94	Infamous	Drama	R	$1,151,330	175,776	$1,262,072
95	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$1,120,005	170,993	$1,227,730
96	Children of Men	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,082,804	165,314	$1,186,955
97	Hard Candy	Horror	R	$1,007,962	153,887	$1,104,909
98	Fast Food Nation	Drama	R	$984,968	150,377	$1,079,707
99	Breaking and Entering	Drama	R	$930,469	142,056	$1,019,962
100	Factotum	Drama	R	$808,221	123,393	$885,962
101	Notes on a Scandal	Drama	R	$757,968	115,720	$830,870
102	Ask the Dust	Drama	R	$742,614	113,376	$814,040
103	Imagine Me & You	Romantic Comedy	R	$671,240	102,479	$735,799
104	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$714,647
105	Down in the Valley	Western	R	$568,932	86,860	$623,655
106	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$568,641	86,815	$623,332
107	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$591,158
108	Death of a President	Drama	R	$519,086	79,250	$569,015
109	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Drama	R	$516,139	78,800	$565,784
110	Artie Lange's Beer League	Comedy	R	$475,000	72,519	$520,686
111	The Good German	Drama	R	$458,653	70,023	$502,765
112	Idiocracy	Comedy	R	$444,093	67,800	$486,804
113	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$483,192
114	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$472,968
115	When Do We Eat?	Comedy	R	$428,432	65,409	$469,637
116	The Oh in Ohio	Romantic Comedy	R	$418,689	63,922	$458,960
117	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$418,106
118	Conversations with Other Women	Comedy	R	$379,418	57,926	$415,909
119	Shadowboxer	Drama	R	$370,627	56,584	$406,273
120	Derailed	Action	R	$330,875	50,515	$362,698
121	The Road to Guantanamo	Drama	R	$326,876	49,905	$358,318
122	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$316,369	48,301	$346,801
123	Adam & Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$309,404	47,237	$339,162
124	Only Human	Comedy	R	$284,961	43,505	$312,366
125	The King	Drama	R	$282,183	43,081	$309,322
126	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$280,668	42,850	$307,663
127	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$273,819	41,804	$300,153
128	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$291,573
129	Confetti	Romantic Comedy	R	$228,498	34,885	$250,474
130	Fur	Drama	R	$223,202	34,077	$244,673
131	Wassup Rockers	Comedy	R	$221,574	33,828	$242,885
132	Tamara	Horror	R	$206,624	31,546	$226,500
133	Sherrybaby	Drama	R	$199,176	30,409	$218,337
134	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$198,838	30,357	$217,963
135	Fateless	Drama	R	$195,888	29,907	$214,732
136	The Puffy Chair		R	$194,523	29,698	$213,232
137	Inland Empire	Drama	R	$170,968	26,102	$187,412
138	Jarhead	Drama	R	$168,530	25,730	$184,741
139	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$163,367	24,942	$179,084
140	Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That	Concert/Performance	R	$161,351	24,634	$176,872
141	Lonesome Jim	Comedy	R	$154,077	23,523	$168,895
142	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Comedy	R	$153,122	23,377	$167,847
143	The Bridge		R	$150,731	23,012	$165,226
144	The Great New Wonderful	Drama	R	$150,142	22,922	$164,580
145	Cocaine Cowboys	Documentary	R	$150,056	22,909	$164,487
146	Duck Season	Comedy	R	$146,694	22,396	$160,803
147	Bubble	Drama	R	$145,382	22,196	$159,367
148	Haven	Drama	R	$142,483	21,753	$156,187
149	Queens		R	$140,417	21,438	$153,925
150	Typhoon	Action	R	$139,059	21,230	$152,431
151	Clean	Drama	R	$138,711	21,177	$152,051
152	Edmond	Black Comedy	R	$131,719	20,110	$144,390
153	Lower City	Drama	R	$130,794	19,969	$143,377
154	Game 6	Comedy	R	$129,339	19,746	$141,776
155	The Groomsmen	Comedy	R	$128,585	19,631	$140,951
156	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$120,294	18,365	$131,861
157	Come Early Morning	Drama	R	$119,452	18,237	$130,942
158	Venus	Drama	R	$113,518	17,331	$124,437
159	Winter Passing	Drama	R	$106,634	16,280	$116,890
160	Twelve and Holding	Drama	R	$96,464	14,727	$105,740
161	Summer Storm	Drama	R	$93,671	14,301	$102,681
162	Mutual Appreciation	Comedy	R	$89,849	13,717	$98,488
163	Ten Items or Less	Drama	R	$83,291	12,716	$91,301
164	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Drama	R	$80,301	12,260	$88,027
165	Renaissance	Action	R	$70,644	10,785	$77,436
166	Beowulf & Grendel	Adventure	R	$68,820	10,507	$75,440
167	Tideland	Drama	R	$66,453	10,145	$72,841
168	Poster Boy	Drama	R	$62,062	9,475	$68,031
169	Flannel Pajamas	Drama	R	$61,003	9,313	$66,867
170	Aurora Borealis	Drama	R	$60,729	9,272	$66,573
171	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$57,445	8,770	$62,969
172	Feast	Horror	R	$56,131	8,570	$61,533
173	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$50,277	7,676	$55,114
174	North Country	Drama	R	$49,381	7,539	$54,130
175	Mini's First Time	Black Comedy	R	$49,034	7,486	$53,749
176	Brothers of the Head		R	$45,082	6,883	$49,420
177	The Zodiac	Thriller/Suspense	R	$44,785	6,837	$49,090
178	Rape of the Soul	Documentary	R	$39,975	6,103	$43,820
179	Candy	Drama	R	$39,658	6,055	$43,475
180	Stoned	Drama	R	$38,350	5,855	$42,039
181	The Hidden Blade	Drama	R	$38,147	5,824	$41,816
182	Standing Still	Drama	R	$29,516	4,506	$32,353
183	Guys and Balls	Comedy	R	$28,194	4,304	$30,903
184	Don't Tell	Drama	R	$27,105	4,138	$29,711
185	The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things	Drama	R	$26,092	3,984	$28,605
186	Ils	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,062	3,979	$28,569
187	Hood of Horror	Comedy	R	$26,000	3,969	$28,497
188	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror	R	$24,216	3,697	$26,544
189	American Gun	Drama	R	$24,030	3,669	$26,343
190	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$23,206	3,543	$25,439
191	Little Fish	Drama	R	$22,453	3,428	$24,613
192	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,317	3,255	$23,371
193	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends	Documentary	R	$20,013	3,055	$21,935
194	Cruel World	Horror	R	$17,986	2,746	$19,716
195	April's Shower	Romantic Comedy	R	$16,255	2,482	$17,821
196	Off the Black	Drama	R	$16,091	2,457	$17,641
197	Stay	Comedy	R	$15,745	2,404	$17,261
198	No Regret	Drama	R	$15,347	2,343	$16,823
199	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$14,866	2,270	$16,299
200	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$14,814	2,262	$16,241
201	The Architect	Drama	R	$13,737	2,097	$15,056
202	I Trust You To Kill Me	Documentary	R	$12,854	1,962	$14,087
203	London	Drama	R	$12,667	1,934	$13,886
204	On the Outs	Drama	R	$11,388	1,739	$12,486
205	One Last Thing...	Drama	R	$9,160	1,398	$10,038
206	Pure	Drama	R	$8,680	1,325	$9,514
207	A Wake in Providence	Comedy	R	$8,158	1,245	$8,939
208	Hellbent	Horror	R	$8,039	1,227	$8,810
209	Coastlines	Drama	R	$7,883	1,204	$8,645
210	Jailbait		R	$5,741	876	$6,290
211	Say Uncle	Comedy	R	$5,361	818	$5,873
212	Land of the Blind	Drama	R	$5,244	801	$5,751
213	Looking for Kitty	Drama	R	$4,480	684	$4,911
214	Psychopathia Sexualis	Drama	R	$4,012	613	$4,401
215	95 Miles to Go	Documentary	R	$2,203	336	$2,412
216	The Tenants	Drama	R	$2,010	307	$2,204
217	The Dead Girl	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,000	305	$2,190
218	Abominable		R	$1,810	276	$1,982
219	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$1,515	231	$1,659
220	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$1,165	178	$1,278
221	In Her Line of Fire	Action	R	$721	110	$790
222	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$234	36	$258
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,971,390,631
Total Tickets Sold					300,975,665
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,161,005,275

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.