2006 in film
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The following is an overview of events in 2006 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
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| 1. | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Disney | $1,066,179,725 |
| 2. | The Da Vinci Code | Columbia | $758,239,851 |
| 3. | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Fox | $660,940,780 |
| 4. | Casino Royale | MGM / Columbia | $599,045,960 |
| 5. | Night at the Museum | Fox | $574,480,052 |
| 6. | Cars | Disney/Pixar | $461,983,149 |
| 7. | X-Men: The Last Stand | Fox | $459,359,555 |
| 8. | Mission: Impossible III | Paramount | $397,850,012 |
| 9. | Superman Returns | Warner Bros. / Legendary | $391,081,192 |
| 10. | Happy Feet | Warner Bros. | $384,335,608 |
Events
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| Month | Day | Event |
| January | 4 | The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck, Crash and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced film award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, I Tried, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Squid and the Whale for best original screenplay. The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Syriana. |
| 5 | Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards. | |
| 9 | The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best films of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain is named best picture, best director for Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line. | |
| 16 | The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director. | |
| 19 | The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah. | |
| 24 | Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar | |
| 28 | The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood. | |
| 29 | The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote, Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line, Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener, Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man the cast of Crash as outstanding ensemble in a theatrical motion picture, and Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award. | |
| 30 | The 26th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax and Son of the Mask for worst film; Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Jamie Kennedy, The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and, Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress. | |
| 31 | The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent films. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six. | |
| February | 5 | The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature, as well as all nine categories which it was nominated. Family Guy won the best voice acting and directing, Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 won the best animated TV production, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award". |
| 6 | Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football. | |
| March | 4 | Dirty Love dominates the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax |
| 5 | 78th Academy Awards: Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time in 58 years, won a clear majority. Both films as well as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong win three Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film.
Major awards as follows: | |
| 13 | 11th Empire Awards: Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two. | |
| April | 18 | Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri. |
| 25 | The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as United 93 and Mission: Impossible III. | |
| 28 | TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy. | |
| May | 17 | The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition included Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater, Iklimler by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, El Laberinto del Fauno by Guillermo del Toro, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Southland Tales by Richard Kelly, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach |
| 27 | Brad Pitt and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia. | |
| June | 3 | The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. |
| 14 | The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 films as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" film of all time. | |
| July | 7 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opens later grossing $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time (the previous record was held by Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859, the previous year). It also surpassed the opening weekend gross (at $135,634,554 between July 7–9) previously set by Spider-Man in 2002 with $114,844,116 between May 3–5. |
| 28 | Actor and Oscar-winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI. Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details. | |
| September | 7 | Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards. |
| 7-16 | The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place. | |
| December | 7 | 64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven. |
Awards
2006 Wide-release films
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Films released in 2006
- American films
- Argentine films
- Australian films
- Bengali films
- Bollywood films
- Brazilian films
- British films
- French films
- Hong Kong films
- Italian films
- Japanese films
- Mexican films
- Pakistani films
- Russian films
- South Korean films
- Spanish films
- Tamil films
- Telugu films
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | ?? | Rose Alba | 85 | UK | Actress | |
| 2 | John Woodnutt | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Jim Zulevic | 40 | USA | Actor | ||
| 12 | Stu Linder | 74 | USA | Film Editor | ||
| 14 | Shelley Winters | 85 | USA | Actress | ||
| 19 | Anthony Franciosa | 77 | USA | Actor | ||
| 21 | Robert Knudson | 80 | USA | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | ||
| 23 | Joseph M. Newman | 96 | USA | Director | ||
| 24 | Chris Penn | 40 | USA | Actor | ||
| 24 | Fayard Nicholas | 91 | USA | Actor, dancer, and choreographer | ||
| 26 | Len Carlson | 68 | Canada | Actor | Cypher | |
| 27 | Paul Valentine | 86 | USA | Actor | Out of the Past | |
| 28 | Henry McGee | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
| 31 | Moira Shearer | 80 | UK | Actress, Dancer | ||
| February | 1 | Roy Alon | 63 | UK | Stuntman | |
| 3 | Jean Byron | 80 | USA | Actress | ||
| 3 | Al Lewis | 82 | USA | Actor | ||
| 5 | Franklin Cover | 77 | USA | Actor | ||
| 9 | Phil Brown | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
| 13 | Andreas Katsulas | 59 | USA | Actor | ||
| 17 | Harold Hunter | 31 | USA | Actor | ||
| 18 | Richard Bright | 64 | USA | Actor | ||
| 21 | Richard Snell | 50 | Bahamas | Makeup Artist | ||
| 24 | Don Knotts | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
| 24 | Dennis Weaver | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
| 25 | Darren McGavin | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
| March | 1 | Peter Sykes | 66 | Australia | Director, Actor | |
| 1 | Jack Wild | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
| 2 | Phyllis Huffman | 61 | USA | Casting Director | ||
| 7 | Gordon Parks | 93 | USA | Director | ||
| 7 | John Junkin | 76 | UK | Writer, Actor | ||
| 12 | Joseph Bova | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
| 13 | Maureen Stapleton | 80 | USA | Actress | ||
| 16 | Moira Redmond | 77 | UK | Actress | A Shot in the Dark | |
| 17 | Bob Papenbrook | 50 | USA | Voice Actor | ||
| 18 | Michael Attwell | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Richard Fleischer | 89 | USA | Director | ||
| 29 | Gretchen Rau | 66 | USA | Set and Art Director | ||
| April | 4 | Gary Gray | 69 | USA | Actor | |
| 9 | Vilgot Sjöman | 82 | Sweden | Director | ||
| 11 | June Pointer | 52 | USA | Actress | ||
| 16 | John Godey | 93 | USA | Author | The Taking of Pelham 123 | |
| 17 | Henderson Forsythe | 88 | USA | Actor | ||
| 22 | Alida Valli | 84 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 23 | Susan Browning | 65 | USA | Actress | ||
| 23 | Jennifer Jayne | 74 | UK | Actress, Writer | ||
| May | 1 | Jay Presson Allen | 84 | USA | Writer, Producer | |
| 4 | Michael Taliferro | 44 | USA | Actor, Director, Producer | ||
| 8 | George Lutz | 59 | USA | Author, Screenwriter | The Amityville Horror | |
| 10 | Val Guest | 94 | USA | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Paul Marco | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
| 24 | Henry Bumstead | 91 | USA | Art Director | ||
| 27 | Paul Gleason | 67 | USA | Actor | ||
| 30 | Shohei Imamura | 79 | Japan | Actor | ||
| 30 | Robert Sterling | 88 | USA | Actor | ||
| June | 4 | Alec Bregonzi | 76 | UK | Actor | |
| 8 | Robert Donner | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
| 10 | Gerald James | 88 | UK | Actor | ||
| 12 | Hugh Latimer | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Arthur Franz | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
| 18 | Richard Stahl | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
| 18 | Vincent Sherman | 99 | USA | Director | ||
| 23 | Aaron Spelling | 83 | USA | Producer, Actor | ||
| 25 | Kenneth Griffith | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
| July | 2 | Jan Murray | 89 | USA | Actor | |
| 3 | Jack Smith | 92 | USA | Actor | ||
| 5 | Amzie Strickland | 87 | USA | Actress | ||
| 6 | Kasey Rogers | 80 | USA | Actress | Strangers on a Train | |
| 8 | June Allyson | 88 | USA | Actress | ||
| 9 | Chris Drake | 82 | USA | Actor | ||
| 11 | Barnard Hughes | 90 | USA | Actor | ||
| 12 | Kurt Kreuger | 89 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 13 | Red Buttons | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
| 18 | David Maloney | 72 | UK | Director, Producer | ||
| 19 | Jack Warden | 85 | USA | Actor | ||
| 20 | Robert O. Cornthwaite | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
| 21 | Mako Iwamatsu | 72 | Japan | Actor | ||
| 27 | Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. | 65 | USA | Actor | ||
| 28 | Patrick Allen | 79 | Malawi | Actor | ||
| August | 4 | John Alderson | 90 | USA | Actor | |
| 7 | Lois January | 92 | USA | Actress | ||
| 13 | Tony Jay | 73 | UK | Voice Actor, Actor | ||
| 14 | Bruno Kirby | 57 | USA | Actor | ||
| 16 | Alan Vint | 61 | USA | Actor | ||
| 24 | Earl Jolly Brown | 66 | USA | Actor | Live and Let Die | |
| 25 | Joseph Stefano | 84 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Bill Stewart | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Glenn Ford | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 31 | William Aldrich | 61 | USA | Producer, Actor | ||
| September | 4 | Steve Irwin | 44 | Australia | Wildlife Expert, Actor | |
| 5 | Hilary Mason | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
| 7 | Robert Earl Jones | 96 | USA | Actor | ||
| 8 | Frank Middlemass | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 9 | Herbert Rudley | 96 | USA | Actor | ||
| 9 | Gérard Brach | 79 | France | Director, Writer | ||
| 11 | Pat Corley | 76 | USA | Actor | ||
| 14 | Johnny Sekka | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
| 19 | Elizabeth Allen | 77 | USA | Actress | ||
| 20 | Sven Nykvist | 83 | Sweden | Cinematographer | ||
| 22 | Edward Albert | 55 | USA | Actor | ||
| 23 | Malcolm Arnold | 84 | UK | Composer | ||
| 26 | Lionel Murton | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Hy Pyke | 70 | USA | Actor | ||
| October | 2 | Tamara Dobson | 59 | USA | Actress, Makeup Artist | Cleopatra Jones |
| 2 | Frances Bergen | 84 | USA | Actress | ||
| 4 | Tom Bell | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 9 | Danièle Huillet | 70 | France | Director | ||
| 10 | Jerry Belson | 68 | USA | Producer, Writer | ||
| 12 | Gillo Pontecorvo | 86 | Italy | Director, Writer | ||
| 15 | Derek Bond | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Jack DeLeon | 81 | USA | Actor, Miscellaneous | ||
| 16 | Tommy Johnson | 71 | USA | Musician | ||
| 16 | Ross Davidson | 57 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Phyllis Kirk | 79 | USA | Actress | ||
| 19 | James Glennon | 64 | USA | Cinematographer, Second Assistant Camera | ||
| 20 | Jane Wyatt | 96 | USA | Actress | ||
| 21 | Peter Barkworth | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Milton Selzer | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
| 22 | Richard Mayes | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 22 | Arthur Hill | 84 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 22 | B. Constance Barry | 93 | USA | Actress | ||
| 29 | Nigel Kneale | 84 | UK | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 29 | Roy Barnes | 70 | USA | Art Director, Set Designer | ||
| 31 | William Franklyn | 81 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
| November | 1 | Adrienne Shelly | 40 | USA | Actress, Director | |
| 2 | Leonard Schrader | 62 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
| 8 | Basil Poledouris | 61 | USA | Composer | ||
| 9 | Marian Marsh | 93 | USA | Actress | ||
| 9 | Wayne Artman | 69 | USA | Sound Re-Recording | ||
| 10 | Diana Coupland | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
| 10 | Jack Palance | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
| 10 | Chubby Oates | 63 | UK | Actor | Killer's Moon | |
| 11 | Ronnie Stevens | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Belinda Emmett | 32 | Australia | Actress | The Nugget | |
| 14 | John Hallam | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 15 | Elaine Ives-Cameron | 67 | UK | Actress | Supergirl | |
| 16 | Eustace Lycett | 41 | USA | Special Effects, Visual Effects | ||
| 19 | Jeremy Slate | 80 | USA | Actor | ||
| 20 | Robert Altman | 81 | USA | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 20 | Kevin McClory | 80 | Ireland | Miscellaneous, Producer | ||
| 23 | Philippe Noiret | 76 | France | Actor, Voice Dubbing | ||
| 24 | Phyllis Cerf | 90 | USA | Actress | Vivacious Lady | |
| 27 | Anthony Jackson | 62 | UK | Actor | Labyrinth | |
| 27 | Alan Freeman | 79 | UK | Actor, Producer | ||
| 29 | Leon Niemczyk | 62 | Poland | Actor | Inland Empire | |
| 30 | Shirley Walker | 61 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| December | 1 | Sid Raymond | 97 | USA | Actor, Voice Actor | Two Much |
| 4 | Adam Williams | 84 | USA | Actor | ||
| 5 | Michael Gilden | 44 | USA | Actor | ||
| 5 | Gerry Humphreys | 74 | UK | Sound Re-Recording | ||
| 6 | Mavis Pugh | 92 | UK | Actress | The Class of Miss MacMichael | |
| 7 | Desmond Briscoe | 81 | UK | Sound Effects | ||
| 9 | Russell Wade | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
| 12 | Peter Boyle | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
| 12 | Ivor Barry | 87 | USA | Actor, Writer | ||
| 14 | Hallie D'Amore | 64 | UK | Makeup Artist, Actress | ||
| 14 | Mike Evans | 57 | USA | Writer, Actor | ||
| 18 | Joseph Barbera | 95 | USA | Director, Producer, Actor | ||
| 21 | Lois Hall | 80 | USA | Actress | ||
| 21 | Philippa Pearce | 86 | UK | Writer | ||
| 22 | Phillip Pine | 86 | USA | Actor, Writer, Director | ||
| 23 | Charlie Drake | 81 | USA | Actor, Writer | ||
| 24 | Marc Smith | ?? | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | James Brown | 73 | USA | Singer, Actor | ||
| 30 | Frank Campanella | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
Notes
- ↑ "2006 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
References
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