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.

# Date Film Gross[1] Notes
1 January 8, 2006 Hostel $19,556,099
2 January 15, 2006 Glory Road $13,594,734
3 January 22, 2006 Underworld: Evolution $26,857,181
4 January 29, 2006 Big Momma's House 2 $27,736,056
5 February 5, 2006 When a Stranger Calls $21,607,203 When a Stranger Calls broke Boogeyman's record ($19.0 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut.
6 February 12, 2006 The Pink Panther $20,220,412
7 February 19, 2006 Eight Below $20,188,176
8 February 26, 2006 Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661
9 March 5, 2006 Madea's Family Reunion $12,648,954
10 March 12, 2006 Failure to Launch $24,411,322
11 March 19, 2006 V for Vendetta $25,642,340
12 March 26, 2006 Inside Man $28,954,945
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 the highest weekend debut for a spring release.
14 April 9, 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown $33,823,894
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.
16 April 23, 2006 Silent Hill $20,152,598
17 April 30, 2006 RV $16,414,767
18 May 7, 2006 Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273
19 May 14, 2006 Mission: Impossible III $25,008,971
20 May 21, 2006 The Da Vinci Code $77,073,388
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.
22 June 4, 2006 The Break-Up $39,172,785
23 June 11, 2006 Cars $60,119,509
24 June 18, 2006 Cars $33,731,634
25 June 25, 2006 Click $40,011,365
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.
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 ($50.0 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 of all-time, in the summer, as well as Spider-Man 2's record ($88.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in July. 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.
28 July 16, 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $62,345,264
29 July 23, 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $35,215,201
30 July 30, 2006 Miami Vice $25,723,815
31 August 6, 2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby $47,042,215
32 August 13, 2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby $22,126,226
33 August 20, 2006 Snakes on a Plane $13,806,311
34 August 27, 2006 Invincible $17,031,122
35 September 3, 2006 Invincible $12,151,426
36 September 10, 2006 The Covenant $8,852,485
37 September 17, 2006 Gridiron Gang $14,414,630
38 September 24, 2006 Jackass Number Two $29,002,002
39 October 1, 2006 Open Season $23,624,548
40 October 8, 2006 The Departed $26,887,467
41 October 15, 2006 The Grudge 2 $20,825,300
42 October 22, 2006 The Prestige $14,801,808
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.
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.
45 November 12, 2006 Borat $28,269,900
46 November 19, 2006 Happy Feet $41,533,432
47 November 26, 2006 Happy Feet $37,038,046
48 December 3, 2006 Happy Feet $17,545,418
49 December 10, 2006 Apocalypto $15,005,604
50 December 17, 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness $26,541,709
51 December 24, 2006 Night at the Museum $30,433,781
52 December 31, 2006 Night at the Museum $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.

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2006[2]
RankTitleStudioDomestic 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/Pixar $244,082,982
4. X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox/Marvel $234,362,462
5. The Da Vinci Code Columbia/Imagine $217,536,138
6. Superman Returns Warner Bros./Legendary $200,081,192
7. Happy Feet Warner Bros./Village Roadshow $198,000,317
8. Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky $195,330,621
9. Casino Royale MGM/Columbia $167,445,960
10. The Pursuit of Happyness Columbia/Relativity Media/Overbrook/Escape Artists $163,566,459

References

  1. ↑ "Weekend Box Office Index, 2006". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "2006 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 14, 2010.

See also

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