Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Classics Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Capote	Drama	R	$16,714,937	2,551,899	$18,322,635
2	Friends with Money	Comedy	R	$13,368,437	2,040,983	$14,654,258
3	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,991,631	762,081	$5,471,742
4	Volver	Comedy	R	$4,753,067	725,659	$5,210,232
5	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,403,835	519,669	$3,731,223
6	Art School Confidential	Comedy	R	$3,297,137	503,380	$3,614,268
7	Why We Fight	Documentary	PG-13	$1,880,863	287,155	$2,061,773
8	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,855,499
9	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Documentary	PG	$1,678,874	256,317	$1,840,356
10	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,666,521
11	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,468,447	224,190	$1,609,684
12	Merry Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,155,772
13	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$714,647
14	Viva Pedro	Multiple Genres	Not Rated	$579,539	88,479	$635,279
15	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$591,158
16	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$483,192
17	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Documentary	PG-13	$439,309	67,070	$481,563
18	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$431,471	65,873	$472,968
19	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$418,106
20	The Devil and Daniel Johnston	Documentary	PG-13	$334,450	51,061	$366,618
21	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$291,573
22	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$271,045
23	Driving Lessons		PG-13	$220,523	33,668	$241,736
Total Gross of All Movies				$60,356,562
Total Tickets Sold					9,214,742
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$66,161,848

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.