Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 2006
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2006 | |||
| January 6 | BloodRayne (Wide) | Romar | $2,405,420 |
| Grandma’s Boy (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $6,090,172 | |
| Hostel (Wide) | Lionsgate | $47,326,473 | |
| Munich (Expands Wide) | Universal | $47,379,090 | |
| Fateless (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $196,857 | |
| Kill the Poor (Limited) | IFC Films | ||
| The Matador (Exclusive) | Weinstein Co. | $12,589,255 | |
| January 13 | Glory Road (Wide) | Walt Disney | $42,647,449 |
| Hoodwinked (Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $51,386,611 | |
| Last Holiday (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $38,399,961 | |
| Tristan & Isolde (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $14,734,633 | |
| April's Shower (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $16,255 | |
| Film Geek (Limited) | First Run Features | $17,341 | |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $25,347 | |
| When the Sea Rises (Limited) | New Yorker | $24,038 | |
| That Man: Peter Berlin (Limited) | Gorilla Factory | $55,398 | |
| Mrs. Henderson Presents (Exclusive) | Weinstein Co. | $11,036,366 | |
| January 18 | On the Outs (Limited) | Fader Films | $49,772 |
| January 20 | End of the Spear (Wide) | M Power Releasing | $11,748,661 |
| Underworld: Evolution (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $62,318,875 | |
| Match Point (Expands Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $23,089,926 | |
| The New World (Expands Wide) | New Line | $12,712,093 | |
| Dirty (Limited) | Silver Nitrate | $271,078 | |
| Karla (Limited) | |||
| Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Limited) | Warner Independent | $887,416 | |
| Pizza (Limited) | IFC Films | $4,059 | |
| The Real Dirt on Farmer John (Limited) | Slowhand Cinema | $34,298 | |
| Transamerica (Limited) | Weinstein Co. | $9,015,303 | |
| Why We Fight (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,880,863 | |
| Zinda (Limited) | $332,491 | ||
| January 27 | Annapolis (Wide) | Walt Disney | $17,127,992 |
| Big Momma's House 2 (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $70,165,972 | |
| Nanny McPhee (Wide) | Universal | $47,279,279 | |
| The Matador (Expands Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $12,589,255 | |
| Bubble (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $145,382 | |
| Imagine Me & You (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $672,243 | |
| Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (Limited) | WellSpring | $11,290 | |
| Manderlay (Limited) | IFC Films | $74,205 | |
| Little Jerusalem (Limited) | Kino International | $53,580 | |
| Rang De Basanti (Limited) | UTV Communications | $2,197,694 | |
| Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Limited) | Picturehouse | $1,253,413 | |
| Roving Mars (IMAX) | Walt Disney | $10,407,978 | |
| February 2006 | |||
| February 3 | Something New (Wide) | Focus Features | $11,468,568 |
| When a Stranger Calls (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $47,860,214 | |
| Mrs. Henderson Presents (Expands Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $11,036,366 | |
| Blossoms of Fire (Limited) | New Yorker | $2,390 | |
| FAQs (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $1,407 | |
| A Good Woman (Limited) | Lionsgate | $223,144 | |
| Suits on the Loose (Limited) | Halestone | $79,470 | |
| Tamara (Limited) | City Lights Pictures | $206,871 | |
| The Tenants (Limited) | Alchemy | $2,010 | |
| The Tollbooth (Limited) | Castle Hill Productions | $4,526 | |
| What the Bleep?: Down the Rabbit Hole (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $135,706 | |
| Who Gets to Call It Art? (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $27,344 | |
| The World's Fastest Indian (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $5,128,124 | |
| Trudell (Exclusive) | Balcony Releasing | $26,756 | |
| February 10 | Curious George (Wide) | Universal | $58,640,119 |
| Final Destination 3 (Wide) | New Line | $54,098,051 | |
| Firewall (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $48,751,189 | |
| The Pink Panther (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $82,226,474 | |
| A Year Without Love (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $24,381 | |
| Cowboy Del Amor (Limited) | Emerging Pictures | $4,438 | |
| The Fallen Idol (Limited, re-release) | Rialto Pictures | $198,324 | |
| The Ister (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | $1,124 | |
| London (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $12,667 | |
| Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $1,828,069 | |
| Pucked (Limited) | |||
| Through the Fire (Limited) | Cinema Libre | $14,769 | |
| February 17 | Date Movie (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $48,548,426 |
| Eight Below (Wide) | Walt Disney | $81,612,565 | |
| Freedomland (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $12,512,886 | |
| Battle in Heaven (Limited) | Tartan Films | $70,899 | |
| Illusion (Limited) | Slowhand Cinema | ||
| Night Watch (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $1,502,188 | |
| The Second Chance (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $432,253 | |
| Sophie Scholl (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $680,331 | |
| Winter Passing (Limited) | Focus Features | $107,492 | |
| February 22 | Street Fight (Limited) | Frontier | $4,779 |
| February 24 | Doogal (Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $7,578,946 |
| Madea’s Family Reunion (Wide) | Lionsgate | $63,257,940 | |
| Running Scared (Wide) | New Line | $6,855,137 | |
| 2005 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $157,415 | |
| Forgiving Dr. Mengele (Limited) | First Run Features | $10,403 | |
| Little Fish (Limited) | First Look | $22,453 | |
| Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (Limited) | Tilapia Film | $53,471 | |
| Taxi Number 9211 (Limited) | UTV Communications | $292,794 | |
| Tsotsi (Limited) | Miramax | $2,912,606 | |
| Unknown White Male (Limited) | WellSpring | $126,836 | |
| Workingman's Death (Limited) | Seventh Art Releasing | $2,214 | |
| Zyzzyx Rd. (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $20 | |
| March 2006 | |||
| March 3 | 16 Blocks (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $36,895,141 |
| Aquamarine (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $18,597,342 | |
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Wide) | Focus Features | $11,718,595 | |
| Ultraviolet (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $18,522,064 | |
| Doing Time for Patsy Cline (Limited) | Oilrag Productions | $831 | |
| Merry Christmas (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,054,361 | |
| Our Brand is Crisis (Limited) | Koch Lorber Films | $166,750 | |
| Sorry, Haters (Limited) | IFC Films | $6,364 | |
| Woman is the Future of Man (Limited) | New Yorker | $11,807 | |
| Deep Sea 3-D (IMAX) | Warner Bros. | $46,674,553 | |
| March 10 | Failure to Launch (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $88,715,192 |
| The Hills Have Eyes (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $41,778,863 | |
| The Libertine (Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $4,835,065 | |
| The Shaggy Dog (Wide) | Walt Disney | $61,123,569 | |
| Ask the Dust (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | $742,614 | |
| Crash (Limited) | Lionsgate | $55,334,418 | |
| Game 6 (Limited) | Kindred Media Group | $129,664 | |
| The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $29,058 | |
| Malamaal Weekly (Limited) | Rainbow Releasing | $204,612 | |
| Evil (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $15,530 | |
| Shakespeare Behind Bars (Limited) | International Film Circuit | $48,594 | |
| El Sueno del Regreso (Limited) | Aloha Releasing | $5,659 | |
| Duck Season (Limited) | Warner Independent | $147,551 | |
| March 12 | The Lost (Festival Screening) | ||
| March 17 | Find Me Guilty (Wide) | Freestyle Releasing | $1,173,673 |
| She’s the Man (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $33,889,159 | |
| V for Vendetta (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $70,511,035 | |
| Beyond Honor (Limited) | International Film Circuit | $6,437 | |
| Church Ball (Limited) | Halestone | $464,991 | |
| The Devil's Miner (Limited) | First Run Features | $14,289 | |
| Don’t Tell (Limited) | Lionsgate | $27,105 | |
| Don’t Trip, He Ain’t Through With Me Yet (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $319,088 | |
| Fetching Cody (Limited) | |||
| Mirage (Limited) | Picture This Entertainment | $1,511 | |
| Rape of the Soul (Limited) | Slowhand Cinema | $39,975 | |
| Summer Storm (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $95,204 | |
| Take My Eyes (Limited) | New Yorker | $25,578 | |
| Thank You For Smoking (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $24,793,509 | |
| The Zodiac (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $45,148 | |
| The Big Question (Exclusive) | ThinkFilm | $2,248 | |
| Don’t Come Knocking (Exclusive) | Sony Pictures Classics | $440,793 | |
| V for Vendetta (IMAX) | Warner Bros. | $70,511,035 | |
| March 22 | American Gun (Limited) | IFC Films | $24,098 |
| March 24 | Inside Man (Wide) | Universal | $88,634,237 |
| Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (Wide) | Lionsgate | $15,680,099 | |
| Stay Alive (Wide) | Walt Disney | $23,086,480 | |
| Americano (Limited) | |||
| The Beauty Academy of Kabul (Limited) | Shadow | $225,448 | |
| Being Cyrus (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $87,728 | |
| Boynton Beach Club (Limited) | Wingate Distribution | $3,127,472 | |
| The Child (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $651,941 | |
| The Godfather of Green Bay (Limited) | Garlin Pictures | ||
| Lonesome Jim (Limited) | IFC Films | $154,187 | |
| Mardi Gras: Made in China (Limited) | Carnivalesque Films | $2,500 | |
| Stoned (Limited) | Screen Media Films | $38,922 | |
| March 29 | Drawing Restraint 9 (Limited) | IFC Films | $234,743 |
| March 31 | ATL (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $21,170,563 |
| Basic Instinct 2 (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $5,946,136 | |
| Ice Age: The Meltdown (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $195,330,621 | |
| Slither (Wide) | Universal | $7,802,450 | |
| Adam & Steve (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $309,404 | |
| Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $162,538 | |
| Brick (Limited) | Focus/Rogue Pictures | $2,075,743 | |
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $349,132 | |
| Swimmers (Limited) | Skouras | $34,812 | |
| Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (Limited) | Thread Cross Films | $47,243 | |
| Yang Ban XI (Limited) | Shadow | $21,244 | |
| The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Exclusive) | Sony Pictures Classics | $334,450 | |
| Iron Island (Exclusive) | Kino International | $27,177 | |
| April 2006 | |||
| April 1 | Take the Lead (Sneak Peek) | New Line | $34,742,066 |
| April 6 | Room (Limited) | The 7th Floor | $5,228 |
| April 7 | The Benchwarmers (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $59,843,754 |
| Lucky Number Slevin (Wide) | MGM | $22,495,466 | |
| Phat Girlz (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $7,061,128 | |
| Take the Lead (Wide) | New Line | $34,742,066 | |
| 4 (Limited) | Leisure Time Features | $18,926 | |
| 95 Miles to Go (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $3,195 | |
| Free Zone (Limited) | New Yorker | $32,381 | |
| Friends with Money (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $13,368,437 | |
| I Am a Sex Addict (Limited) | IFC First Take | $115,694 | |
| Kalamazoo? (Limited) | Reel Source | $53,609 | |
| On a Clear Day (Limited) | Focus/Rogue Pictures | $186,912 | |
| Shaadi Se Pehle (Limited) | Rainbow Releasing | $106,129 | |
| Sir! No Sir! (Limited) | Balcony Releasing | $116,944 | |
| The Surfer King (Limited) | Movin' Picture Studios | $1,990 | |
| When Do We Eat? (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $431,513 | |
| White Rainbow (Limited) | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $10,529 | |
| Simon (Exclusive) | Strand Releasing | $4,055 | |
| April 12 | Sisters in Law (Limited) | Women Make Movies | $33,312 |
| April 14 | Scary Movie 4 (Wide) | Weinstein/Dimension | $90,710,620 |
| The Wild (Wide) | Walt Disney | $37,384,046 | |
| Abominable (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $1,810 | |
| Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (Limited) | The 7th Floor | $9,528 | |
| Hard Candy (Limited) | Lionsgate | $1,024,640 | |
| Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $2,493 | |
| Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (Limited) | UTV Communications | $250,083 | |
| Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $143,383 | |
| Kinky Boots (Limited) | Miramax | $1,822,428 | |
| Look Both Ways (Limited) | Kino International | $105,067 | |
| Mozart and the Whale (Limited) | $27,000 | ||
| La mujer de mi hermano (Limited) | Lionsgate | $2,808,241 | |
| Nathalie... (Limited) | Koch Lorber Films | $31,008 | |
| The Notorious Bettie Page (Limited) | Picturehouse | $1,415,082 | |
| Preaching to the Choir (Limited) | Innovation Film Group | $405,191 | |
| The Sisters (Limited) | Arclight Films | ||
| April 19 | The Celestine Prophecy (Exclusive) | Ram Entertainment | $1,214,661 |
| April 21 | American Dreamz (Wide) | Universal | $7,314,027 |
| The Sentinel (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $36,280,697 | |
| Silent Hill (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $46,982,632 | |
| Friends with Money (Expands Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $13,368,437 | |
| The Almost Guys (Limited) | Karma Films | ||
| Bullrider (Limited) | Emerging Pictures | $5,800 | |
| In Her Line of Fire (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $884 | |
| Mongolian Ping Pong (Limited) | First Run Features | $71,223 | |
| Pyare Mohan (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $150,198 | |
| Somersault (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $92,214 | |
| Standing Still (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $30,142 | |
| Stolen (Limited) | International Film Circuit | $132,596 | |
| April 28 | Akeelah and the Bee (Wide) | Lionsgate | $18,848,430 |
| R.V. (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $71,724,497 | |
| Stick It (Wide) | Walt Disney | $26,910,736 | |
| United 93 (Wide) | Universal | $31,567,134 | |
| Army of Shadows (Limited) | Rialto Pictures | $859,606 | |
| Grip: A Criminal's Story (Limited) | JeTi Films | $1,336 | |
| The Whore's Son (Limited) | Picture This Entertainment | $7,656 | |
| Killer Diller (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $20,795 | |
| Guys and Balls (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $28,324 | |
| The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Limited) | Tartan Films | $80,301 | |
| Unidentified (Limited) | Five & Two Pictures | $224,099 | |
| Water (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $5,529,144 | |
| Three Times (Limited) | IFC First Take | $151,922 | |
| Clean (Exclusive) | Palm Pictures | $138,711 | |
| The Lost City (Exclusive) | Magnolia Pictures | $2,484,186 | |
| May 2006 | |||
| May 4 | Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Limited) | Tartan Films | $211,667 |
| May 5 | An American Haunting (Wide) | Freestyle Releasing | $16,298,046 |
| Hoot (Wide) | New Line | $8,117,637 | |
| Mission: Impossible III (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $133,501,348 | |
| Art School Confidential (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $3,297,137 | |
| Commune (Limited) | Five Points Media | $41,714 | |
| Crazy Like a Fox (Limited) | Sky Island | $9,376 | |
| D'Lucky Ones (Limited) | ABS-CBN | $59,680 | |
| The Fall of Fujimori (Limited) | Cinema Libre | $4,630 | |
| One Last Thing... (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $13,334 | |
| The Proposition (Limited) | First Look | $1,903,434 | |
| The Promise (Limited) | Warner Independent | $669,625 | |
| Down in the Valley (Exclusive) | ThinkFilm | $568,932 | |
| May 10 | Russian Dolls (Limited) | IFC First Take | $326,095 |
| May 12 | Goal! The Dream Begins (Wide) | Walt Disney | $4,283,255 |
| Just My Luck (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $17,326,650 | |
| Poseidon (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $60,674,817 | |
| Dead Man's Shoes (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $6,408 | |
| Keeping Up with the Steins (Limited) | Miramax | $4,339,241 | |
| Mendy - A Question of Faith (Limited) | Andes Film Company | $7,123 | |
| Saving Shiloh (Limited) | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $6,000 | |
| Sketches of Frank Gehry (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $439,309 | |
| Wah-Wah (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $234,750 | |
| Giuliani Time (Exclusive) | Cinema Libre | $21,967 | |
| Poseidon (IMAX) | Warner Bros. | $60,674,817 | |
| May 19 | The Da Vinci Code (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $217,536,138 |
| Over the Hedge (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $155,019,340 | |
| See No Evil (Wide) | Lionsgate | $15,032,800 | |
| The King (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $282,183 | |
| Lemming (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $81,698 | |
| Moonlight (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $51,570 | |
| Mouth to Mouth (Limited) | Artistic License | $2,150 | |
| Twelve and Holding (Limited) | IFC Films | $96,464 | |
| May 24 | An Inconvenient Truth (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $24,146,161 |
| La Moustache (Limited) | Cinema Guild | $244,771 | |
| May 26 | X-Men: The Last Stand (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $234,362,462 |
| Cavite (Limited) | Truly Indie | $70,071 | |
| Fanaa (Limited) | Yash Raj Films | $2,105,351 | |
| Shem (Limited) | HP Releasing | $14,804 | |
| May 31 | Coastlines (Limited) | IFC First Take | $7,883 |
| June 2006 | |||
| June 2 | The Break-Up (Wide) | Universal | $118,703,275 |
| 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (Limited) | Olive Films | $4,800 | |
| District 13 (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $1,200,216 | |
| The Conrad Boys (Limited) | Newport Films | $11,001 | |
| The Cult of the Suicide Bomber (Limited) | The Disinformation Co. | $7,451 | |
| Favela Rising (Limited) | Mochary Films | $10,565 | |
| Peaceful Warrior (Limited) | Universal | $2,893,666 | |
| The Puffy Chair (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $194,523 | |
| Surf School (Limited) | Slowhand Cinema | ||
| Typhoon (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $139,059 | |
| The War Tapes (Limited) | Senart/Scranton-Lacy | $254,190 | |
| June 6 | The Omen (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $54,607,383 |
| June 8 | Psychopathia Sexualis (Limited) | Kino International | $4,012 |
| June 9 | Cars (Wide) | Walt Disney | $244,082,982 |
| A Prairie Home Companion (Wide) | Picturehouse | $20,342,852 | |
| Agnes and His Brothers (Limited) | First Run Features | $2,731 | |
| Autumn (Limited) | Truly Indie | $12,655 | |
| Chup Chup Ke (Limited) | UTV Communications | $334,618 | |
| Cottonfields and Crossroads (Limited) | Self Distributed | $12,000 | |
| Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $70,685 | |
| The Heart of the Game (Limited) | Miramax | $444,687 | |
| The Long Weekend (Limited) | Gold Circle Films | $1,286 | |
| El Perro (Limited) | Cinema Tropical | $19,791 | |
| Slow Jam King (Limited) | Unico Entertainment | $4,270 | |
| June 14 | Going Under (Limited) | Argot Pictures | $3,917 |
| June 16 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Wide) | Universal | $62,615,510 |
| Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $28,426,747 | |
| The Lake House (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $52,330,111 | |
| Nacho Libre (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $80,197,993 | |
| Beowulf & Grendel (Limited) | Truly Indie | $68,820 | |
| Lower City (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $130,794 | |
| Dog Lover's Symphony (Limited) | Self Distributed | $2,968 | |
| Fall to Grace (Limited) | Truly Indie | $8,043 | |
| Loverboy (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $33,223 | |
| The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $153,122 | |
| Only Human (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $284,961 | |
| Uncut (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $762 | |
| Wordplay (Limited) | IFC Films | $3,121,270 | |
| Land of the Blind (Exclusive) | Bauer Martinez | $5,244 | |
| June 21 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (Exclusive) | Lionsgate | $1,044,254 |
| June 23 | Click (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $137,355,633 |
| Waist Deep (Wide) | Focus/Rogue Pictures | $21,344,312 | |
| The Great New Wonderful (Limited) | First Independent Pictures | $150,142 | |
| The Hidden Blade (Limited) | Tartan Films | $38,147 | |
| Krrish (Limited) | AdLab Films | $1,430,721 | |
| Two Drifters (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $24,452 | |
| The Road to Guantanamo (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $326,876 | |
| Say Uncle (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $5,361 | |
| Wassup Rockers (Limited) | First Look | $221,574 | |
| June 28 | Superman Returns (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $200,120,000 |
| The Motel (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $51,540 | |
| Rank (Limited) | IFC Films | $2,485 | |
| Strangers with Candy (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $2,072,645 | |
| Who Killed the Electric Car? (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,678,874 | |
| June 30 | The Devil Wears Prada (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $124,740,460 |
| The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq (Limited) | Lifesize Entertainment | ||
| Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (Limited) | Lionsgate | $1,044,254 | |
| July 2006 | |||
| July 7 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Wide) | Walt Disney | $423,315,812 |
| A Scanner Darkly (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,501,616 | |
| Islam: What the West Needs to Know (Limited) | Quixotic Media | $22,938 | |
| Kill Your Idols (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $7,753 | |
| Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (Limited) | Miramax | $144,601 | |
| Le Secret de ma Mere (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $2,438,595 | |
| Heading South (Limited) | Railroad Square | $898,294 | |
| July 12 | The Color of Olives (Limited) | Arab Film Distribution | $1,169 |
| July 14 | Little Man (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $58,636,047 |
| You, Me and Dupree (Wide) | Universal | $75,802,010 | |
| Changing Times (Limited) | Koch Lorber Films | $545,255 | |
| Edmond (Limited) | First Independent Pictures | $131,719 | |
| Excellent Cadavers (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | $30,296 | |
| Gabrielle (Limited) | IFC Films | $332,829 | |
| The Groomsmen (Limited) | Bauer Martinez | $128,585 | |
| Mini's First Time (Limited) | First Independent Pictures | $49,034 | |
| The Oh in Ohio (Limited) | Cyan | $418,689 | |
| Time to Leave (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $117,686 | |
| July 19 | Mad Cowgirl (Limited) | Epoch/Pathfinder | |
| July 21 | Clerks II (Wide) | MGM | $24,148,068 |
| Lady in the Water (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $42,285,169 | |
| Monster House (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $73,661,010 | |
| My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $22,530,295 | |
| Azumi (Limited) | Vitagraph Films | $41,803 | |
| Been Rich All My Life (Limited) | First Run Features | $36,406 | |
| Boy's Briefs 4 (Limited) | Picture This Entertainment | $27,449 | |
| The Case of the Grinning Cat (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | $7,033 | |
| Shadowboxer (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $370,627 | |
| Wondrous Oblivion (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $88,560 | |
| The World According to Shorts (Limited) | New Yorker | $11,978 | |
| July 26 | Little Miss Sunshine (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $59,891,098 |
| July 28 | The Ant Bully (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $28,142,535 |
| John Tucker Must Die (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $41,011,711 | |
| Miami Vice (Wide) | Universal | $63,478,838 | |
| 13 Tzameti (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $121,390 | |
| America: Freedom to Fascism (Limited) | Cinema Libre | $87,400 | |
| Another Gay Movie (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $654,132 | |
| Brothers of the Head (Limited) | IFC Films | $45,082 | |
| Darshan, The Embrace (Limited) | IFC First Take | $66,032 | |
| I Like Killling Flies (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $16,214 | |
| Omkara (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $1,244,576 | |
| The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | $10,330 | |
| Scoop (Limited) | Focus/Rogue Pictures | $10,525,717 | |
| The Ant Bully (IMAX) | Warner Bros. | $28,142,535 | |
| July TBD | In My Father's Den (Limited) | Tartan Films | |
| August 2006 | |||
| August 2 | Quinceanera (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,692,693 |
| August 4 | Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $72,779,000 |
| The Descent (Wide) | Lionsgate | $26,024,456 | |
| The Night Listener (Wide) | Miramax | $7,836,393 | |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $148,213,377 | |
| Anthony Kaun Hai (Limited) | AdLab Films | $55,418 | |
| Bon Cop, Bad Cop (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $12,671,300 | |
| The Bridesmaid (Limited) | First Run Features | $111,728 | |
| Hair High (Limited) | Plymptoons | $5,342 | |
| Jailbait (Limited) | Kindred Media Group | $5,741 | |
| My Country My Country (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $33,620 | |
| My Favorite Hitler Youth: Just Like You & Me (Limited) | Self Distributed | $347 | |
| Shaadi Karke Phas Gaye Yaar (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $223,137 | |
| Shock to the System (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $3,768 | |
| The Wedding Curse (Limited) | ABS-CBN | $300,454 | |
| August 9 | World Trade Center (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $70,278,893 |
| Lunacy (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $48,324 | |
| Poster Boy (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $62,062 | |
| August 11 | Pulse (Wide) | Weinstein/Dimension | $20,264,436 |
| Step Up (Wide) | Walt Disney | $65,328,121 | |
| Zoom (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $11,989,328 | |
| The Ordeal (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $2,623 | |
| The House of Sand (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $539,285 | |
| Conversations with Other Women (Limited) | Fabrication Films | $379,418 | |
| Half Nelson (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $2,697,938 | |
| Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Limited) | Yash Raj Films | $3,275,443 | |
| The Trouble with Men and Women (Limited) | IFC Films | $967 | |
| Viva Pedro (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $579,539 | |
| Waltzing Anna (Limited) | Kindred Media Group | $11,455 | |
| August 15 | George Bush Goes to Heaven (Limited) | HB Filmworks | $3,056 |
| August 18 | Accepted (Wide) | Universal | $36,580,083 |
| The Illusionist (Wide) | Yari Film Group Releasing | $39,868,642 | |
| Material Girls (Wide) | MGM | $11,449,638 | |
| My First Wedding (Wide) | Indican Pictures | $14,982 | |
| Snakes on a Plane (Wide) | New Line | $34,020,814 | |
| 10th & Wolf (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $54,702 | |
| Factotum (Limited) | IFC Films | $808,221 | |
| King Leopold's Ghost (Limited) | Aloha Releasing | $5,194 | |
| The Pusher Trilogy (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $4,815 | |
| Trust the Man (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $1,530,535 | |
| Vajra Sky Over Tibet (Limited) | Truly Indie | $62,356 | |
| August 23 | Princesas (Limited) | IFC First Take | $29,472 |
| August 25 | Beerfest (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $19,185,184 |
| How to Eat Fried Worms (Wide) | New Line | $13,040,527 | |
| Idlewild (Wide) | Universal | $12,669,914 | |
| Invincible (Wide) | Walt Disney | $57,806,952 | |
| Fratricide (Limited) | Koch Lorber Films | ||
| Old Joy (Limited) | Kino International | $255,923 | |
| Queens (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $184,927 | |
| Suicide Killers (Limited) | City Lights Pictures | $18,239 | |
| Suicide Kings (Limited, re-release) | Artisan | $1,692,872 | |
| The Quiet (Exclusive) | Sony Pictures Classics | $381,420 | |
| September 2006 | |||
| September 1 | Crank (Wide) | Lionsgate | $27,838,408 |
| Crossover (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $7,009,668 | |
| The Wicker Man (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $24,413,467 | |
| Trust the Man (Expands Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $1,530,535 | |
| Idiocracy (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | $444,093 | |
| Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $2,217,561 | |
| Lassie (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $652,163 | |
| Looking for Kitty (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $4,480 | |
| Mutual Appreciation (Limited) | Goodbye Cruel Releasing | $103,509 | |
| Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $252,325 | |
| This Film is Not Yet Rated (Limited) | IFC Films | $306,845 | |
| September 6 | Paper Dolls (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $36,089 |
| Rolling Family (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $9,291 | |
| Saint of 9/11 (Limited) | IFC Films | $7,137 | |
| September 8 | The Covenant (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $23,364,784 |
| Hollywoodland (Wide) | Focus Features | $14,426,251 | |
| The Protector (Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $12,044,087 | |
| Broken Bridges (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $251,775 | |
| Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (Limited) | |||
| Man Push Cart (Limited) | Film Philos | $36,608 | |
| Le petit lieutenant (Limited) | Cinema Libre | $216,724 | |
| Red Doors (Limited) | Emerging Pictures | $97,848 | |
| Salvadore Allende (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | $8,454 | |
| I Trust You To Kill Me (Exclusive) | First Independent Pictures | $12,854 | |
| Sherrybaby (Exclusive) | IFC Films | $199,176 | |
| September 13 | Al Franken: God Spoke (Exclusive) | Balcony Releasing | $102,990 |
| September 15 | The Black Dahlia (Wide) | Universal | $22,672,813 |
| Everyone's Hero (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $14,523,101 | |
| Gridiron Gang (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $38,432,823 | |
| The Last Kiss (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $11,614,790 | |
| Artie Lange's Beer League (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $475,000 | |
| Aurora Borealis (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $60,729 | |
| Confetti (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $228,498 | |
| The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends (Limited) | Focus Features | $20,013 | |
| Haven (Limited) | Yari Film Group Releasing | $142,483 | |
| Jimmy and Judy (Limited) | Outrider Pictures | ||
| Keeping Mum (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $1,619,466 | |
| Pyar Ke Side Effects (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $30,230 | |
| The U.S. vs John Lennon (Limited) | Lionsgate | $1,109,146 | |
| We Go Way Back (Limited) | Cyan | $6,529 | |
| Zen Noir (Limited) | Magic Lamp | ||
| Jesus Camp (Exclusive) | Magnolia Pictures | $902,544 | |
| September 18 | Colin Fitz Lives! (Exclusive) | ||
| September 20 | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (Limited) | Hannover House | $22,918 |
| September 22 | All the King's Men (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $7,221,458 |
| Bandidas (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Flyboys (Wide) | MGM | $13,090,630 | |
| Jet Li's Fearless (Wide) | Focus/Rogue Pictures | $24,633,730 | |
| Jackass: Number Two (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $72,778,712 | |
| Renaissance (Wide) | Miramax | $70,644 | |
| Alien Autopsy (Limited) | Warner Independent | $2,867 | |
| American Hardcore (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $279,665 | |
| The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Limited) | Unico Entertainment | $28,041 | |
| Feast (Limited) | Weinstein/Dimension | $56,131 | |
| Captain Sabertooth (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $105,152 | |
| Khosla Ka Ghosla (Limited) | UTV Communications | $26,472 | |
| Solo Con Tu Pareja (Limited) | IFC First Take | $9,915 | |
| The Science of Sleep (Exclusive) | Warner Independent | $4,670,644 | |
| September 27 | The Last King of Scotland (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $17,606,684 |
| September 29 | The Guardian (Wide) | Walt Disney | $55,011,732 |
| Open Season (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $85,105,259 | |
| School for Scoundrels (Wide) | MGM | $17,807,569 | |
| Be With Me (Limited) | Film Movement | $1,365 | |
| Broken Sky (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $29,185 | |
| Facing the Giants (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $10,178,331 | |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Limited) | First Look | $516,139 | |
| The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $209,478 | |
| LoudQuietLoud: A Film About The Pixies (Limited) | Roxie Releasing | $7,506 | |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Limited) | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $24,216 | |
| Open Season (IMAX, re-release) | $9,000 | ||
| September 30 | The Queen (Limited) | Miramax | $56,441,711 |
| October 2006 | |||
| October 4 | Blood Tea and Red String (Limited) | Cinema Epoch | |
| Shortbus (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $1,997,497 | |
| So Goes the Nation (Limited) | IFC Films | $10,337 | |
| Wrestling with Angels (Limited) | Balcony Releasing | $24,729 | |
| October 6 | The Departed (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $132,384,315 |
| Employee of the Month (Wide) | Lionsgate | $28,444,855 | |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Wide) | New Line | $39,517,763 | |
| Black Gold (Limited) | California Newsreel | $93,477 | |
| Cheech (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $329,972 | |
| El Cortez (Limited) | Brazos Films | ||
| Domestic Import (Limited) | Wildcat Releasing | ||
| Issues (Limited) | Bullz Eye | $783 | |
| Kettle of Fish (Limited) | Aloha Releasing | ||
| Love is the Drug (Limited) | Rocky Mountain Pictures | ||
| Love's Abiding Joy (Limited) | The Bigger Picture | $252,726 | |
| Mannat (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $53,589 | |
| Tales of the Rat Fink (Limited) | Abramorama Films | ||
| Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $3,833,507 | |
| Zindaggi Rocks (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $10,172 | |
| 49 Up (Exclusive) | First Run Features | $241,772 | |
| Little Children (Exclusive) | New Line | $5,463,019 | |
| October 7 | Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie (Limited) | Kidtoon Films | |
| October 11 | So Much So Fast (Exclusive) | Balcony Releasing | $16,411 |
| October 13 | The Grudge 2 (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $39,143,839 |
| Man of the Year (Wide) | Universal | $37,442,180 | |
| The Marine (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $18,844,784 | |
| One Night with the King (Wide) | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $13,395,961 | |
| Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Limited) | Weinstein Co. | $659,210 | |
| Deliver Us From Evil (Limited) | Lionsgate | $201,275 | |
| Driving Lessons (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $239,962 | |
| Hard Scrambled (Limited) | New Visions Fellowship | ||
| Nearing Grace (Limited) | Whitewater Films | ||
| Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | $3,897 | |
| Sweet Land (Limited) | Libero, LLC | $1,706,325 | |
| Tideland (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $66,453 | |
| Zerophilia (Limited) | Microangelo Entertainment | $7,763 | |
| Infamous (Exclusive) | Warner Independent | $1,151,330 | |
| October 18 | 51 Birch Street (Limited) | Truly Indie | $84,689 |
| October 20 | Flags of Our Fathers (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $33,602,376 |
| Flicka (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $21,000,147 | |
| Marie Antoinette (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $15,962,471 | |
| Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $94,693,927 | |
| The Prestige (Wide) | Walt Disney | $53,089,891 | |
| Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Limited, re-release) | New Yorker | $12,609 | |
| Don (Limited) | UTV Communications | $2,223,961 | |
| Jaan-E-Maan (Limited) | AdLab Films | $650,000 | |
| Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple (Limited) | Seventh Art Releasing | $148,291 | |
| Masai: The Rain Warriors (Limited) | ArtMattan Films | $7,650 | |
| Requiem (Limited) | IFC First Take | $9,600 | |
| Running With Scissors (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $6,860,000 | |
| Sleeping Dogs Lie (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $15,745 | |
| Conventioneers (Exclusive) | Cinema Libre | ||
| October 26 | Exit: The Right to Die (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | |
| October 27 | Catch a Fire (Wide) | Focus Features | $4,299,773 |
| Infamous (Wide) | Warner Independent | $1,151,330 | |
| Saw III (Wide) | Lionsgate | $80,238,724 | |
| Running With Scissors (Expands Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,860,000 | |
| 20 Centimeters (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $6,635 | |
| Absolute Wilson (Limited) | New Yorker | $66,217 | |
| Babel (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $34,302,837 | |
| The Bridge (Limited) | $179,780 | ||
| Christmas at Maxwell's (Limited) | Laufer Films | $8,370 | |
| Cocaine Cowboys (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $163,000 | |
| Color of the Cross (Limited) | $85,802 | ||
| Conversations with God (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $425,045 | |
| The Genius Club (Limited) | Riverrain | ||
| Climates (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $119,958 | |
| Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $463,002 | |
| The Rules of the Game (Limited, re-release) | Janus Films | $272,256 | |
| Shut Up and Sing (Limited) | Weinstein Co. | $1,215,045 | |
| Soap (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $4,164 | |
| Death of a President (Exclusive) | Newmarket Films | $519,086 | |
| October 28 | Cruel World (Wide) | Indican Pictures | $17,986 |
| October TBD | The Alibi (Wide) | Sony Pictures | |
| November 2006 | |||
| November 1 | Romántico (Limited) | Kino International | $29,460 |
| November 3 | Borat (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $128,505,958 |
| Flushed Away (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $64,665,672 | |
| The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Wide) | Walt Disney | $84,500,122 | |
| Infamous (Expands Wide) | Warner Independent | $1,151,330 | |
| Stalking Santa (Limited) | Excel Entertainment | ||
| Umrao Jaan (Limited) | AdLab Films | $485,000 | |
| Unknown (Exclusive) | IFC Films | $26,403 | |
| Volver (Exclusive) | Sony Pictures Classics | $12,899,867 | |
| November 6 | A Christmas Carol (Limited) | Kidtoon Films | |
| November 8 | Iraq in Fragments (Exclusive) | Typecast Releasing | $204,462 |
| November 10 | A Good Year (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,459,300 |
| Harsh Times (Wide) | MGM | $3,337,931 | |
| The Return (Wide) | Focus Features | $7,744,785 | |
| Stranger Than Fiction (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $40,435,190 | |
| Babel (Expands Wide) | Paramount Vantage | $34,302,837 | |
| Shut Up and Sing (Expands Wide) | Weinstein Co. | $1,215,045 | |
| Cautiva (Limited) | Laemmle/Zeller Film | $16,259 | |
| Cave of the Yellow Dog (Limited) | Tartan Films | $141,803 | |
| Coffee Date (Limited) | Slowhand Cinema | $4,412 | |
| Come Early Morning (Limited) | IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside | $119,452 | |
| Copying Beethoven (Limited) | MGM | $355,968 | |
| F*ck (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $22,359 | |
| FUR: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (Limited) | Picturehouse | $223,202 | |
| Maple Palm (Limited) | Fat Films, LLC | ||
| A New Day In Old Sana'a (Limited) | Arab Film Distribution | $737 | |
| Night of the Living Dead 3-D (Limited) | $275,000 | ||
| Samoan Wedding (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $72,244 | |
| November 15 | Flannel Pajamas (Limited) | Gigantic Pictures | $123,301 |
| Who the #$^% is Jackson Pollock? (Limited) | Picturehouse | $13,710 | |
| November 17 | Casino Royale (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $167,365,000 |
| Happy Feet (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $198,000,317 | |
| Let's Go to Prison (Wide) | Universal | $4,630,045 | |
| Two Or Three Things I Know About Her (Limited) | Rialto Pictures | $104,038 | |
| 8 Films to Die For (Limited) | Freestyle Releasing | $2,310,680 | |
| Bobby (Limited) | MGM | $11,242,801 | |
| Encounter Point (Limited) | Just Vision | ||
| Fast Food Nation (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $1,005,539 | |
| For Your Consideration (Limited) | Warner Independent | $5,549,923 | |
| Hannari - Geisha Modern (Limited) | Hannari Geisha Modern | ||
| Hood of Horror (Limited) | $26,000 | ||
| The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $29,121 | |
| The Aura (Exclusive) | IFC Films | $58,804 | |
| Candy (Exclusive) | ThinkFilm | $45,128 | |
| Happy Feet (IMAX) | Warner Bros. | $198,000,317 | |
| November 21 | The History Boys (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $2,730,296 |
| November 22 | Deck the Halls (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $35,093,569 |
| Déjà Vu (Wide) | Walt Disney | $64,038,616 | |
| The Fountain (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $10,144,010 | |
| Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (Wide) | New Line | $8,334,575 | |
| For Your Consideration (Expands Wide) | Warner Independent | $5,549,923 | |
| Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (Limited) | Artiztical Entertainment | $37,072 | |
| The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided (Limited) | Excel Entertainment | $1,325,092 | |
| Backstage (Exclusive) | Strand Releasing | $12,663 | |
| Opal Dream (Exclusive) | Strand Releasing | $14,443 | |
| November 23 | Bobby (Expands Wide) | MGM | $11,242,801 |
| Dhoom 2 (Limited) | Yash Raj Films | $2,643,586 | |
| November 24 | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (Limited) | Safari Media, LLC | $26,859 |
| Ever Since the World Ended (Limited) | Cyan | ||
| Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Limited) | |||
| Our Daily Bread (Limited) | First Run/Icarus | ||
| December 2006 | |||
| December 1 | The Nativity Story (Wide) | New Line | $37,629,831 |
| Turistas (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,027,762 | |
| Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj (Wide) | MGM | $4,261,350 | |
| 3 Needles (Limited) | Wolfe Releasing | ||
| The Architect (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $13,737 | |
| Dreamland (Limited) | Truly Indie | $6,383 | |
| Four Eyed Monsters (Limited) | Four Eyed Monsters | $13,523 | |
| Ten Items or Less (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $83,291 | |
| Unnatural and Accidental (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $3,348 | |
| December 6 | Family Law (Limited) | IFC First Take | $38,605 |
| Inland Empire (Limited) | 518 Media | $1,209,941 | |
| December 8 | Apocalypto (Wide) | Walt Disney | $50,866,635 |
| Blood Diamond (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $57,377,916 | |
| The Holiday (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $63,280,000 | |
| Unaccompanied Minors (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $16,655,224 | |
| The Empire in Africa (Limited) | Cinema Libre | $1,088 | |
| Ever Again (Limited) | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $17,304 | |
| Guadalupe (Limited) | Slowhand Cinema | $848,139 | |
| Monkey Warfare (Limited) | Odeon Films | $36,875 | |
| Mr. Leather (Limited) | Here Films | ||
| Off the Black (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $148,872 | |
| Screamers (Limited) | Maya Releasing | $52,034 | |
| December 13 | El Topo (Limited) | Abkco Films | $78,037 |
| December 15 | Charlotte's Web (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $82,985,708 |
| Eragon (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $75,030,163 | |
| The Pursuit of Happyness (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $162,586,036 | |
| The Good German (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $1,308,696 | |
| Kabul Express (Limited) | Yash Raj Films | $302,458 | |
| Romeo et Juliette (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $1,386,582 | |
| The Secret Life of Words (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $20,678 | |
| Breaking and Entering (Exclusive) | Weinstein Co. | $930,469 | |
| Dreamgirls (Exclusive) | Paramount Pictures | $103,365,956 | |
| Days of Glory (Exclusive) | Weinstein Co. | $320,700 | |
| Arthur and the Invisibles (Oscar Qualifying Run) | Weinstein Co. | $15,132,763 | |
| Home of the Brave (Oscar Qualifying Run) | MGM | $43,753 | |
| December 20 | Rocky Balboa (Wide) | MGM | $70,269,899 |
| Letters from Iwo Jima (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $13,756,082 | |
| Matthew Barney: No Restraint (Limited) | IFC First Take | $16,136 | |
| The Painted Veil (Exclusive) | Warner Independent | $8,060,487 | |
| December 21 | Curse of the Golden Flower (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $6,566,773 |
| Venus (Exclusive) | Miramax | $3,347,411 | |
| December 22 | The Good Shepherd (Wide) | Universal | $59,908,565 |
| Night at the Museum (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $250,863,268 | |
| We Are Marshall (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $43,545,364 | |
| The Good German (Expands Wide) | Warner Bros. | $1,308,696 | |
| Bhagam Bhag (Limited) | Rainbow Releasing | $789,963 | |
| Words of My Perfect Teacher (Limited) | IFC Films | $20,318 | |
| Night at the Museum (IMAX) | 20th Century Fox | $250,863,268 | |
| December 25 | Black Christmas (Wide) | MGM | $16,235,738 |
| Dreamgirls (Expands Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $103,365,956 | |
| Children of Men (Limited) | Universal | $35,552,383 | |
| Notes on a Scandal (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $17,510,118 | |
| December 27 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $2,223,293 |
| December 29 | Unconscious (Limited) | Regent Releasing | $68,501 |
| Miss Potter (Limited) | MGM | $3,005,605 | |
| Pan's Labyrinth (Limited) | Picturehouse | $37,634,615 | |
| The Tiger and the Snow (Limited) | $10,167 | ||
| The Dead Girl (Exclusive) | First Look | $19,875 | |
| Factory Girl (Oscar Qualifying Run) | MGM | $1,661,464 | |
| December 30 | The Magic Flute (Special Engagement) | ||
| December TBD | Dead of Winter (Limited) | ||