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	$16,827,017	2,569,010	$17,674,789
2	Friends with Money	Comedy	R	$13,368,437	2,040,983	$14,041,963
3	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$4,996,040	762,754	$5,247,748
4	Volver	Comedy	R	$4,753,067	725,659	$4,992,534
5	Hidden	Drama	R	$3,443,354	525,703	$3,616,837
6	Art School Confidential	Comedy	R	$3,297,137	503,380	$3,463,254
7	Why We Fight	Documentary	PG-13	$1,880,863	287,155	$1,975,626
8	Quinceanera	Drama	R	$1,692,693	258,426	$1,777,971
9	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Documentary	PG	$1,678,874	256,317	$1,763,461
10	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$1,520,292	232,106	$1,596,889
11	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$1,490,394	227,541	$1,565,482
12	Merry Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$1,054,361	160,971	$1,107,480
13	The Child	Drama	R	$651,941	99,533	$684,787
14	Viva Pedro	Multiple Genres	Not Rated	$579,539	88,479	$608,736
15	The House of Sand	Drama	R	$539,285	82,334	$566,458
16	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$456,787	69,738	$479,797
17	Don't Come Knocking	Drama	R	$440,793	67,297	$463,003
18	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Documentary		$439,309	67,070	$461,442
19	The Quiet	Drama	R	$381,420	58,232	$400,636
20	The Devil and Daniel Johnston	Documentary	PG-13	$334,450	51,061	$351,300
21	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$279,390
22	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$247,265	37,750	$259,720
23	Driving Lessons			$220,523	33,668	$231,636
Total Gross of All Movies				$60,559,833
Total Tickets Sold					9,245,776
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$63,610,939

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.