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Friday, May 9, 2008

Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 2006

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Break Up Romantic Comedy PG-13 $118,806,699 18,138,427 $124,792,378
2 Inside Man Thriller/Suspense R $88,634,237 13,531,945 $93,099,782
3 You, Me and Dupree Comedy PG-13 $75,802,010 11,572,826 $79,621,043
4 Miami Vice Action R $63,478,838 9,691,426 $66,677,011
5 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Action PG-13 $62,615,510 9,559,620 $65,770,186
6 Curious George Comedy G $58,640,119 8,952,690 $61,594,507
7 King Kong Adventure PG-13 $49,574,715 7,568,659 $52,072,374
8 Nanny McPhee Comedy PG $47,279,279 7,218,211 $49,661,292
9 Man of the Year Comedy PG-13 $37,442,180 5,716,363 $39,328,577
10 Accepted Comedy PG-13 $36,580,083 5,584,745 $38,423,046
11 The Good Shepherd Drama R $35,066,495 5,353,663 $36,833,201
12 Munich Drama R $33,108,545 5,054,740 $34,776,611
13 United 93 Drama R $31,567,134 4,819,410 $33,157,541
14 The Black Dahlia Thriller/Suspense R $22,672,813 3,461,498 $23,815,106
15 Idlewild Musical R $12,669,914 1,934,338 $13,308,245
16 The Producers: The Movie Musical Musical PG-13 $8,770,435 1,338,998 $9,212,306
17 Slither Horror R $7,802,450 1,191,214 $8,195,552
18 American Dreamz Black Comedy PG-13 $7,314,027 1,116,645 $7,682,518
19 Let's Go to Prison Comedy R $5,525,320 843,560 $5,803,693
20 Children of Men Adventure R $1,082,804 165,314 $1,137,360
21 Peaceful Warrior Drama PG-13 $1,055,654 161,169 $1,108,843
22 Jarhead Drama R $192,755 29,428 $202,465
Total Gross of All Movies$805,682,016
Total Tickets Sold123,004,889
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$846,273,636

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.