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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2006

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Da Vinci Code Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $217,536,138 33,211,624 $238,459,460
2 Inside Man Thriller/Suspense R $88,513,495 13,513,511 $97,027,009
3 Déjà Vu Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $61,574,479 9,400,684 $67,496,911
4 The Prestige Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $52,474,548 8,011,381 $57,521,716
5 Firewall Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $48,745,150 7,442,008 $53,433,617
6 The Sentinel Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $36,280,697 5,539,038 $39,770,293
7 Snakes on a Plane Thriller/Suspense R $34,020,814 5,194,017 $37,293,042
8 The Descent Thriller/Suspense R $26,024,456 3,973,199 $28,527,569
9 The Wicker Man Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $24,413,467 3,727,247 $26,761,633
10 The Covenant Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $23,342,105 3,563,680 $25,587,222
11 The Black Dahlia Thriller/Suspense R $22,545,080 3,441,997 $24,713,538
12 Lucky Number Slevin Thriller/Suspense R $22,495,466 3,434,422 $24,659,150
13 Match Point Thriller/Suspense R $22,358,543 3,413,518 $24,509,059
14 The Matador Thriller/Suspense R $12,496,943 1,907,930 $13,698,937
15 Syriana Thriller/Suspense R $11,902,261 1,817,139 $13,047,058
16 The Return Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $7,744,785 1,182,410 $8,489,704
17 Turistas Thriller/Suspense R $6,955,035 1,061,837 $7,623,990
18 Basic Instinct 2 Thriller/Suspense R $5,851,188 893,311 $6,413,973
19 A Scanner Darkly Thriller/Suspense R $5,501,616 839,941 $6,030,776
20 The Science of Sleep Thriller/Suspense R $4,670,644 713,075 $5,119,879
21 Catch a Fire Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $4,291,965 655,262 $4,704,781
22 Children of Men Thriller/Suspense R $1,082,804 165,314 $1,186,955
23 Flightplan Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $546,652 83,458 $599,228
24 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $211,667 32,316 $232,029
25 13 Tzameti Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $121,390 18,533 $133,067
26 The Bridesmaid Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $107,485 16,410 $117,824
27 Cavite Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $70,071 10,698 $76,812
28 Classe Tous Risques Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $58,128 8,875 $63,723
29 Moonlight Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $50,204 7,665 $55,035
30 The Zodiac Thriller/Suspense R $44,785 6,837 $49,090
31 The Aura Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $41,392 6,319 $45,370
32 Unknown Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $26,403 4,031 $28,943
33 Ils Thriller/Suspense R $26,062 3,979 $28,569
34 The Dead Girl Thriller/Suspense R $2,000 305 $2,190
35 Zyzzyx Rd. Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $20 3 $22
Total Gross of All Movies$742,127,938
Total Tickets Sold113,301,974
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$813,508,173

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.