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' 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


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2006
G Cars
PG Night at the Museum
PG-13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
R The Departed

See also

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