Box Office
Worldwide box office · 2006
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $1.07B | $1.75B |
| 2 | The Da Vinci Code | $760.0M | $1.24B |
| 3 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $661.0M | $1.08B |
| 4 | Casino Royale | $606.0M | $992.0M |
| 5 | Night at the Museum | $574.5M | $940.4M |
| 6 | Cars | $462.0M | $756.2M |
| 7 | X-Men: The Last Stand | $460.4M | $753.7M |
| 8 | Mission: Impossible III | $398.5M | $652.3M |
| 9 | Superman Returns | $391.1M | $640.2M |
| 10 | Happy Feet | $384.3M | $629.1M |
| 11 | Over the Hedge | $339.8M | $556.2M |
| 12 | The Devil Wears Prada | $326.7M | $534.8M |
| 13 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $307.1M | $502.7M |
| 14 | The Departed | $291.5M | $477.1M |
| 15 | Borat | $262.6M | $429.8M |
| 16 | Eragon | $250.4M | $409.9M |
| 17 | Click | $240.7M | $394.0M |
| 18 | The Break-Up | $205.7M | $336.7M |
| 19 | The Holiday | $205.2M | $335.8M |
| 20 | Open Season | $200.8M | $328.7M |
| 21 | Inside Man | $186.0M | $304.5M |
| 22 | Poseidon | $181.7M | $297.4M |
| 23 | Deja Vu | $180.6M | $295.6M |
| 24 | Flushed Away | $178.3M | $291.8M |
| 25 | Scary Movie 4 | $178.3M | $291.8M |
| 26 | Blood Diamond | $171.7M | $281.1M |
| 27 | Saw III | $164.9M | $269.9M |
| 28 | The Pink Panther | $164.1M | $268.6M |
| 29 | Miami Vice | $163.8M | $268.1M |
| 30 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | $163.4M | $267.4M |
| 31 | World Trade Center | $163.2M | $267.2M |
| 32 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | $159.0M | $260.2M |
| 33 | Rocky Balboa | $155.9M | $255.2M |
| 34 | Dreamgirls | $155.4M | $254.4M |
| 35 | Charlotte's Web | $149.0M | $243.8M |
| 36 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | $143.3M | $234.6M |
| 37 | Monster House | $141.9M | $232.2M |
| 38 | Big Momma's House 2 | $141.5M | $231.7M |
| 39 | Babel | $135.3M | $221.5M |
| 40 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | $135.0M | $221.0M |
| 41 | V for Vendetta | $132.5M | $216.9M |
| 42 | You, Me and Dupree | $130.6M | $213.8M |
| 43 | Failure to Launch | $130.2M | $213.2M |
| 44 | The Queen | $123.4M | $202.0M |
| 45 | Apocalypto | $120.7M | $197.5M |
| 46 | Eight Below | $120.5M | $197.2M |
| 47 | The Omen | $120.0M | $196.4M |
| 48 | Final Destination 3 | $118.9M | $194.6M |
| 49 | Barnyard | $116.8M | $191.1M |
| 50 | The Lake House | $114.8M | $188.0M |
| 51 | Step Up | $114.2M | $186.9M |
| 52 | Underworld: Evolution | $111.5M | $182.5M |
| 53 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | $110.8M | $181.3M |
| 54 | The Prestige | $109.7M | $179.5M |
| 55 | Arthur and the Invisibles | $107.9M | $176.7M |
| 56 | Little Man | $104.0M | $170.2M |
| 57 | The Wild | $102.3M | $167.5M |
| 58 | Little Miss Sunshine | $101.1M | $165.4M |
| 59 | Silent Hill | $100.6M | $164.7M |
| 60 | The Good Shepherd | $100.3M | $164.1M |
| 61 | Nacho Libre | $99.3M | $162.5M |
| 62 | Deep Sea | $98.2M | $160.8M |
| 63 | The Guardian | $95.0M | $155.5M |
| 64 | The Host | $89.4M | $146.4M |
| 65 | The Illusionist | $87.9M | $143.9M |
| 66 | RV | $87.5M | $143.3M |
| 67 | The Shaggy Dog | $87.1M | $142.6M |
| 68 | Date Movie | $85.7M | $140.4M |
| 69 | Volver | $85.6M | $140.1M |
| 70 | Jackass Number Two | $84.6M | $138.6M |
| 71 | French Fried Vacation 3: Friends Forever | $84.2M | $137.7M |
| 72 | Pan's Labyrinth | $83.9M | $137.3M |
| 73 | Firewall | $82.8M | $135.5M |
| 74 | Hostel | $82.0M | $134.2M |
| 75 | The Sentinel | $78.8M | $129.0M |
| 76 | Curse of the Golden Flower | $78.6M | $128.6M |
| 77 | The Lives of Others | $77.4M | $126.6M |
| 78 | United 93 | $76.7M | $125.6M |
| 79 | Lady in the Water | $72.8M | $119.1M |
| 80 | The Grudge 2 | $70.7M | $115.7M |
| 81 | Children of Men | $70.5M | $115.3M |
| 82 | The Hills Have Eyes | $70.0M | $114.6M |
| 83 | Curious George | $69.9M | $114.4M |
| 84 | John Tucker Must Die | $68.8M | $112.7M |
| 85 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $68.7M | $112.4M |
| 86 | Tales from Earthsea | $68.6M | $112.3M |
| 87 | Fearless | $68.1M | $111.4M |
| 88 | When a Stranger Calls | $67.1M | $109.8M |
| 89 | Take the Lead | $66.5M | $108.9M |
| 90 | Flags of Our Fathers | $65.9M | $107.9M |
| 91 | 16 Blocks | $65.7M | $107.5M |
| 92 | The Benchwarmers | $65.0M | $106.3M |
| 93 | Madea's Family Reunion | $63.4M | $103.7M |
| 94 | Snakes on a Plane | $62.0M | $101.5M |
| 95 | My Super Ex-Girlfriend | $61.1M | $100.0M |
| 96 | Marie Antoinette | $60.9M | $99.7M |
| 97 | Limit of Love: Umizaru | $60.4M | $98.8M |
| 98 | Invincible | $58.5M | $95.7M |
| 99 | She's the Man | $57.2M | $93.6M |
| 100 | Lucky Number Slevin | $56.3M | $92.2M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.