List of 2006 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2006 .[1]
Number-one films
#
Weekend end date
Film
Gross
Notes
Ref
1
January 8, 2006
Hostel
$19,556,099
[2]
2
January 15, 2006
Glory Road
$13,594,739
[3] [4]
3
January 22, 2006
Underworld: Evolution
$26,857,181
[5]
4
January 29, 2006
Big Momma's House 2
$27,736,056
[6]
5
February 5, 2006
When a Stranger Calls
$21,607,203
When a Stranger Calls broke Boogeyman ' s record ($19 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut.
[7]
6
February 12, 2006
The Pink Panther
$20,220,412
[8]
7
February 19, 2006
Eight Below
$20,188,176
[9] [10]
8
February 26, 2006
Madea's Family Reunion
$30,030,661
[11]
9
March 5, 2006
$12,648,954
[12]
10
March 12, 2006
Failure to Launch
$24,411,322
[13]
11
March 19, 2006
V for Vendetta
$25,642,340
[14]
12
March 26, 2006
Inside Man
$28,954,945
[15]
13
April 2, 2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown
$68,033,544
Ice Age: The Meltdown broke Ice Age ' s records ($46.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for a spring release.
[16]
14
April 9, 2006
$33,823,894
[17]
15
April 16, 2006
Scary Movie 4
$40,222,875
Scary Movie 4 broke Panic Room ' s record ($30.1 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut.
[18] [19]
16
April 23, 2006
Silent Hill
$20,152,598
[20]
17
April 30, 2006
RV
$16,414,767
[21]
18
May 7, 2006
Mission: Impossible III
$47,743,273
[22]
19
May 14, 2006
$25,008,971
[23]
20
May 21, 2006
The Da Vinci Code
$77,073,388
[24]
21
May 28, 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
$102,750,665
X-Men: The Last Stand broke The Lost World: Jurassic Park ' s record ($72.1 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut, and Shrek 2 ' s record ($72.2 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend ever.
[25] [26]
22
June 4, 2006
The Break-Up
$39,172,785
[27]
23
June 11, 2006
Cars
$60,119,509
[28]
24
June 18, 2006
$33,731,634
[29]
25
June 25, 2006
Click
$40,011,365
[30]
26
July 2, 2006
Superman Returns
$52,535,096
In second place The Devil Wears Prada ' s $27.5 million weekend broke The Patriot ' s record ($22.4 million) for the highest non #1 Independence Day opening weekend.
[31] [32]
27
July 9, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
$135,634,554
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ' s opening day gross of $55.8 million broke Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith ' s record ($50 million) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke Spider-Man ' s records ($114.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a PG-13 rated film, and of all-time as well as Spider-Man 2 ' s record ($88.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in July and The Incredibles ($70.7 million)' record for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Studios film. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was the first film ever to gross more than $100 million in 2 days, and had the highest weekend debut of 2006.
[33]
28
July 16, 2006
$62,345,264
[34]
29
July 23, 2006
$35,215,201
[35]
30
July 30, 2006
Miami Vice
$25,723,815
[36]
31
August 6, 2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
$47,042,215
[37]
32
August 13, 2006
$22,126,226
[38]
33
August 20, 2006
Snakes on a Plane
$13,806,311
Initial Estimates had Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby ahead of Snakes on a Plane .
[39]
34
August 27, 2006
Invincible
$17,031,122
[40]
35
September 3, 2006
$12,151,426
[41] [42]
36
September 10, 2006
The Covenant
$8,852,485
[43]
37
September 17, 2006
Gridiron Gang
$14,414,630
[44]
38
September 24, 2006
Jackass Number Two
$29,002,002
[45]
39
October 1, 2006
Open Season
$23,624,548
[46]
40
October 8, 2006
The Departed
$26,887,467
[47] [48]
41
October 15, 2006
The Grudge 2
$20,825,300
[49]
42
October 22, 2006
The Prestige
$14,801,808
[50]
43
October 29, 2006
Saw III
$33,610,391
Saw III broke Saw II ' s record ($31.7 million) for the highest Halloween opening weekend.
[51]
44
November 5, 2006
Borat
$26,455,463
Borat broke Fahrenheit 9/11 ' s record ($23.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in less than 1,000 theaters.
[52]
45
November 12, 2006
$28,269,900
[53]
46
November 19, 2006
Happy Feet
$41,533,432
[54]
47
November 26, 2006
$37,038,046
[55]
48
December 3, 2006
$17,545,418
[56]
49
December 10, 2006
Apocalypto
$15,005,604
[57]
50
December 17, 2006
The Pursuit of Happyness
$26,541,709
[58]
51
December 24, 2006
Night at the Museum
$30,433,781
[59] [60]
52
December 31, 2006
$36,766,905
In third place, Dreamgirls ' $14.1 million opening weekend broke Moulin Rouge! ' s record ($13.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a musical film.
[61] [62]
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 2006 by Calendar Gross
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Walt Disney Pictures
Johnny Depp , Orlando Bloom , Keira Knightley , Stellan Skarsgård , Bill Nighy , Jack Davenport , Kevin R. McNally and Jonathan Pryce
Gore Verbinski
$423,317,154
2.
Cars
voices of Owen Wilson , Paul Newman , Bonnie Hunt , Larry the Cable Guy , Tony Shalhoub , Cheech Marin , Michael Wallis , George Carlin , Paul Dooley , Jenifer Lewis , Guido Quaroni , Michael Keaton , Katherine Helmond , John Ratzenberger and Richard Petty
John Lasseter
$244,082,982
3.
X-Men: The Last Stand
20th Century Fox
Hugh Jackman , Halle Berry , Ian McKellen , Famke Janssen , Anna Paquin , Kelsey Grammer , James Marsden , Rebecca Romijn , Shawn Ashmore , Aaron Stanford , Vinnie Jones and Patrick Stewart
Brett Ratner
$234,362,462
4.
The Da Vinci Code
Columbia Pictures
Tom Hanks , Audrey Tautou , Ian McKellen , Alfred Molina , Jürgen Prochnow , Paul Bettany and Jean Reno
Ron Howard
$217,536,138
5.
Superman Returns
Warner Bros. Pictures
Brandon Routh , Kate Bosworth , James Marsden , Frank Langella , Eva Marie Saint , Parker Posey , Kal Penn , Sam Huntington and Kevin Spacey
Bryan Singer
$200,081,192
6.
Ice Age: The Meltdown
20th Century Fox
voices of Ray Romano , John Leguizamo , Denis Leary , Seann William Scott , Josh Peck and Queen Latifah
Carlos Saldanha
$195,330,621
7.
Happy Feet
Warner Bros. Pictures
voices of Elijah Wood , Robin Williams , Brittany Murphy , Hugh Jackman , Nicole Kidman , Hugo Weaving , Anthony La Paglia , Magda Szubanski , Steve Irwin and E.G. Daily
George Miller
$175,967,627
8.
Over the Hedge
DreamWorks Pictures
voices of Bruce Willis , Garry Shandling , Steve Carell , William Shatner , Wanda Sykes , Nick Nolte , Thomas Haden Church , Allison Janney , Eugene Levy , Catherine O'Hara , Avril Lavigne and Omid Djalili
Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick
$155,019,340
9.
Casino Royale
Columbia Pictures
Daniel Craig , Eva Green , Mads Mikkelsen , Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench
Martin Campbell
$153,531,944
10.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Will Ferrell , John C. Reilly , Sacha Baron Cohen , Gary Cole , Michael Clarke Duncan , Leslie Bibb , Jane Lynch , Amy Adams and Andy Richter
Adam McKay
$148,213,377
In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 2006 by In-year release[63]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic Gross
1.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Disney
$423,315,812
2.
Night at the Museum
20th Century Fox
$250,863,268
3.
Cars
Disney
$244,082,982
4.
X-Men: The Last Stand
20th Century Fox
$234,362,462
5.
The Da Vinci Code
Columbia
$217,536,138
6.
Superman Returns
Warner Bros.
$200,081,192
7.
Happy Feet
$198,000,317
8.
Ice Age: The Meltdown
20th Century Fox
$195,330,621
9.
Casino Royale
MGM /Columbia
$167,445,960
10.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Columbia
$163,566,459
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