Domestic 2006 Weekend 40
October 6-8, 2006
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Departed | $26,887,467 | - | 3,017 | - | $8,911 | $26,887,467 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | $19,150,000 | - | 2,820 | - | $6,790 | $19,150,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | 1 | Open Season | $15,625,324 | -33.9% | 3,833 | - | $4,076 | $43,754,064 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | - | Employee of the Month | $11,407,751 | - | 2,579 | - | $4,423 | $11,407,751 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | 2 | The Guardian | $9,568,092 | -46.9% | 3,241 | - | $2,952 | $32,319,809 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Jackass Number Two | $6,516,968 | -55.4% | 3,007 | -56 | $2,167 | $62,810,339 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | School for Scoundrels | $3,433,587 | -60.1% | 3,007 | +3 | $1,141 | $13,988,365 | 2 | - |
| 8 | 6 | Gridiron Gang | $2,236,784 | -51.2% | 2,228 | -805 | $1,003 | $36,557,430 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 5 | Fearless | $2,198,000 | -53.3% | 1,617 | -193 | $1,359 | $21,660,000 | 3 | Rogue Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | The Illusionist | $1,906,510 | -30.4% | 1,149 | -170 | $1,659 | $34,148,522 | 8 | Yari Film Group Releasing |
| 11 | 10 | Little Miss Sunshine | $1,278,904 | -35.8% | 824 | -241 | $1,552 | $55,010,203 | 11 | - |
| 12 | - | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | $1,200,000 | - | 181 | - | $6,629 | $1,200,000 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 13 | 8 | Flyboys | $1,039,073 | -55.8% | 1,471 | -562 | $706 | $11,833,647 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 14 | 12 | Facing the Giants | $979,000 | -29.5% | 418 | -23 | $2,342 | $2,722,000 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 15 | 16 | The Science of Sleep | $680,420 | -39% | 221 | - | $3,078 | $2,704,212 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 16 | 9 | The Black Dahlia | $553,115 | -74% | 930 | -1,079 | $594 | $22,028,485 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | The Covenant | $417,436 | -68.5% | 691 | -1,009 | $604 | $23,071,280 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | 38 | The Queen | $401,000 | +228.7% | 11 | +8 | $36,454 | $634,000 | 2 | Miramax |
| 19 | 30 | Monster House | $395,758 | +72.5% | 331 | +79 | $1,195 | $73,034,593 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 17 | Invincible | $392,309 | -62.9% | 551 | -806 | $711 | $57,011,536 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 14 | The Last Kiss | $364,052 | -70.4% | 403 | -713 | $903 | $11,209,469 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 22 | 24 | Barnyard | $357,980 | -6.5% | 523 | -293 | $684 | $71,713,703 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 19 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | $347,964 | -25.7% | 476 | -193 | $731 | $147,866,245 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 22 | Superman Returns | $296,502 | -26.5% | 388 | -22 | $764 | $199,394,532 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 37 | The Last King of Scotland | $292,730 | +104.9% | 30 | +26 | $9,757 | $533,737 | 2 | - |
| 26 | 20 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $288,531 | -37.9% | 323 | -162 | $893 | $420,758,665 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 11 | All the King's Men | $285,993 | -81.5% | 680 | -840 | $420 | $7,052,190 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 15 | Everyone's Hero | $256,669 | -78.3% | 595 | -1,606 | $431 | $13,846,166 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 31 | Keeping Mum | $191,436 | -13.9% | 75 | +26 | $2,552 | $545,873 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 30 | 18 | Hollywoodland | $169,961 | -69.2% | 283 | -246 | $600 | $14,271,459 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 32 | The Devil Wears Prada | $157,393 | -21.9% | 196 | -32 | $803 | $124,111,041 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 35 | Deep Sea | $150,074 | -11.6% | 35 | - | $4,287 | $19,601,723 | 32 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | - | Love's Abiding Joy | $145,895 | - | 207 | - | $704 | $145,895 | 1 | The Bigger Picture |
| 34 | 23 | Accepted | $145,475 | -62.3% | 253 | -262 | $575 | $36,193,190 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 34 | Cars | $134,870 | -32.6% | 233 | -61 | $578 | $243,921,502 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 33 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $129,150 | -35.5% | 58 | +1 | $2,226 | $551,821 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 25 | The Wicker Man | $124,256 | -65.8% | 238 | -284 | $522 | $23,350,981 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 28 | Half Nelson | $122,180 | -47.5% | 99 | -6 | $1,234 | $2,378,723 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 39 | 40 | Jesus Camp | $120,944 | +23.8% | 44 | +25 | $2,748 | $338,707 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | 21 | Crank | $118,599 | -72.3% | 164 | -256 | $723 | $27,771,239 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | - | Shortbus | $107,907 | - | 6 | - | $17,984 | $129,129 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 42 | - | Little Children | $97,953 | - | 5 | - | $19,590 | $97,953 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 43 | 29 | Step Up | $84,054 | -63.6% | 138 | -174 | $609 | $65,084,737 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 27 | The Protector | $71,647 | -72.1% | 145 | -258 | $494 | $11,663,169 | 5 | Dragon Dynasty |
| 45 | 36 | World Trade Center | $64,526 | -59% | 117 | -125 | $551 | $70,118,265 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 46 | 43 | Boynton Beach Club | $62,312 | -16.4% | 55 | +5 | $1,132 | $2,834,866 | 30 | - |
| 47 | 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $60,602 | +51.6% | 12 | +1 | $5,050 | $15,024,048 | 55 | IMAX |
| 48 | 41 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | $56,224 | -40.7% | 10 | +2 | $5,622 | $185,871 | 2 | First Look International |
| 49 | - | 49 Up | $53,277 | - | 21 | - | $2,537 | $53,277 | 1 | First Run |
| 50 | 39 | How to Eat Fried Worms | $52,990 | -56.4% | 156 | -188 | $339 | $13,022,756 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 51 | 46 | Snakes on a Plane | $50,371 | -30.8% | 116 | -29 | $434 | $33,886,034 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 52 | 45 | The Descent | $42,562 | -41.9% | 89 | -67 | $478 | $26,005,908 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | 58 | An Inconvenient Truth | $34,133 | +7.4% | 86 | +38 | $396 | $23,727,472 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 54 | - | Mannat | $33,911 | - | 10 | - | $3,391 | $33,911 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 55 | 62 | Roving Mars | $29,379 | +20.5% | 20 | +1 | $1,468 | $4,762,737 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 56 | 48 | John Tucker Must Die | $24,128 | -58.2% | 40 | -50 | $603 | $40,964,517 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | 55 | Quinceañera | $22,888 | -40.8% | 44 | -11 | $520 | $1,645,340 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | 72 | Aliens of the Deep | $21,628 | +43.2% | 3 | +1 | $7,209 | $8,575,370 | 89 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 59 | 53 | The Ant Bully | $21,179 | -48.8% | 53 | -25 | $399 | $27,616,168 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | 52 | Viva Pedro! Film Festival | $19,078 | -56% | 21 | -3 | $908 | $491,923 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 50 | Beerfest | $17,507 | -64.5% | 40 | -24 | $437 | $19,073,576 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 64 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $17,384 | -11.7% | 17 | +3 | $1,022 | $1,581,031 | 46 | Cineville |
| 63 | 59 | House of Sand | $16,601 | -40.6% | 27 | +3 | $614 | $455,233 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 51 | Pulse | $15,157 | -68.3% | 39 | -65 | $388 | $20,259,297 | 9 | - |
| 65 | 76 | Changing Times | $12,650 | -12% | 4 | - | $3,162 | $477,672 | 13 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 66 | 80 | Al Franken: God Spoke | $11,447 | +4.2% | 10 | +5 | $1,144 | $64,600 | 4 | Balcony Releasing |
| 67 | 57 | Material Girls | $10,791 | -66.6% | 30 | -27 | $359 | $11,400,347 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 68 | 74 | Renaissance | $10,412 | -28.5% | 13 | +6 | $800 | $47,213 | 3 | Miramax |
| 69 | 73 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | $10,047 | -32.4% | 7 | -1 | $1,435 | $159,232 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 70 | 67 | Factotum | $9,685 | -46.7% | 26 | -9 | $372 | $767,314 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 71 | 61 | American Hardcore | $9,665 | -62.5% | 5 | +2 | $1,933 | $73,372 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 79 | Captain Sabertooth 2006 Re-release | $9,081 | -22.4% | 3 | - | $3,027 | $55,135 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 73 | 91 | Heading South | $9,032 | +45.4% | 16 | +6 | $564 | $848,712 | 36 | Shadow Distribution |
| 74 | 81 | Aurora Borealis | $8,368 | -23% | 4 | +1 | $2,092 | $39,939 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 75 | - | Zindaggi Rocks | $8,330 | - | 10 | - | $833 | $8,330 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 76 | 60 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | $8,155 | -68.7% | 15 | -3 | $543 | $249,327 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 77 | Old Joy | $7,688 | -41% | 4 | +3 | $1,922 | $70,372 | 7 | Kino International |
| 78 | 94 | Water 2006 Re-release | $7,312 | +32.1% | 8 | +2 | $914 | $3,271,047 | 24 | - |
| 79 | 75 | My Super Ex-Girlfriend | $7,282 | -49.6% | 18 | -16 | $404 | $22,526,144 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 80 | 90 | Queens | $6,985 | +10.4% | 3 | -2 | $2,328 | $128,547 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 81 | - | Black Gold | $6,764 | - | 3 | - | $2,254 | $8,157 | 1 | California Newsreel |
| 82 | 70 | A Prairie Home Companion | $6,655 | -58.8% | 20 | -24 | $332 | $20,338,609 | 18 | Picturehouse |
| 83 | 82 | Gabrielle | $6,204 | -37.7% | 5 | -1 | $1,240 | $315,241 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 84 | - | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | $5,944 | - | 1 | - | $5,944 | $7,797 | 1 | Balcony Releasing |
| 85 | - | Galapagos | $5,859 | - | 1 | - | $5,859 | $16,478,579 | 363 | IMAX |
| 86 | - | Kettle of Fish | $5,594 | - | 3 | - | $1,864 | $5,594 | 1 | - |
| 87 | 68 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $5,346 | -69.9% | 13 | -11 | $411 | $1,613,156 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | 83 | Conversations with Other Women | $4,736 | -52.4% | 6 | -2 | $789 | $369,854 | 9 | Fabrication Films |
| 89 | 88 | Mutual Appreciation | $4,486 | -40.5% | 2 | -1 | $2,243 | $69,630 | 6 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing |
| 90 | 65 | Confetti | $4,097 | -78.8% | 10 | -27 | $409 | $221,039 | 4 | - |
| 91 | 69 | Sherrybaby | $3,840 | -77% | 4 | -3 | $960 | $191,937 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 92 | 85 | The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros | $3,582 | -60.2% | 2 | - | $1,791 | $24,967 | 3 | Unico Entertainment |
| 93 | 101 | The War Tapes | $3,397 | -14.4% | 4 | -1 | $849 | $244,043 | 19 | - |
| 94 | 86 | Khosla Ka Ghosla! | $3,258 | -59.3% | 6 | -3 | $543 | $26,472 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 95 | 126 | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | $2,802 | +287% | 1 | - | $2,802 | $15,393 | 4 | - |
| 96 | 95 | Wordplay | $2,761 | -44.9% | 17 | +1 | $162 | $3,107,354 | 17 | IFC Films |
| 97 | 96 | Broken Sky | $2,668 | -46.2% | 1 | - | $2,668 | $10,373 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | - | ...So Goes the Nation | $2,622 | - | 4 | - | $655 | $3,345 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 99 | 93 | A Scanner Darkly | $2,284 | -60.1% | 10 | -2 | $228 | $5,497,396 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 100 | 107 | Paper Dolls | $2,162 | -27.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,081 | $32,456 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 101 | 104 | The Oh in Ohio | $2,074 | -34.1% | 3 | +1 | $691 | $417,750 | 13 | Cyan Pictures |
| 102 | - | Bugs! | $2,042 | - | 5 | - | $408 | $18,101,992 | 187 | SK Films |
| 103 | 87 | Red Doors | $1,952 | -75% | 1 | -2 | $1,952 | $97,848 | 5 | Emerging Pictures |
| 104 | 123 | Space Station 3D | $1,921 | +95.6% | 2 | - | $960 | $64,927,968 | 234 | IMAX |
| 105 | 100 | Moonlight | $1,898 | -52.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,898 | $36,556 | 21 | Indican Pictures |
| 106 | 97 | 13 Tzameti | $1,831 | -63% | 2 | -2 | $915 | $109,976 | 11 | Palm Pictures |
| 107 | 127 | Stolen | $1,763 | +146.9% | 2 | +1 | $881 | $124,481 | 25 | International Film Circuit |
| 108 | 119 | Darshan | $1,711 | +42.5% | 2 | - | $855 | $58,607 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 109 | 124 | Only Human 2006 Re-release | $1,698 | +115.5% | 4 | +1 | $424 | $282,998 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 110 | 116 | My Country, My Country | $1,617 | -6.9% | 3 | +1 | $539 | $30,815 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 111 | 103 | The Young Lieutenant | $1,499 | -53.4% | 2 | - | $749 | $66,162 | 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 112 | 98 | The Moustache | $1,255 | -73.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,255 | $225,477 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
| 113 | 117 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,156 | -30% | 3 | -1 | $385 | $52,872,838 | 416 | IMAX |
| 114 | 134 | Lunacy | $1,124 | +178.9% | 2 | - | $562 | $27,368 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 115 | 121 | Our Brand Is Crisis | $1,035 | -7.6% | 1 | - | $1,035 | $156,533 | 32 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 116 | 84 | Army of Shadows | $850 | -90.9% | 1 | -4 | $850 | $613,711 | 24 | Rialto Pictures |
| 117 | 99 | Trust the Man | $848 | -80.1% | 4 | -12 | $212 | $1,530,535 | 8 | - |
| 118 | - | Issues | $783 | - | 1 | - | $783 | $783 | 1 | Bullz Eye Productions |
| 119 | - | Rolling Family 2006 Re-release | $770 | - | 1 | - | $770 | $4,693 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 120 | - | Princesses | $744 | - | 2 | - | $372 | $26,864 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 121 | 115 | Poster Boy | $706 | -61.7% | 1 | - | $706 | $58,963 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 122 | 118 | Wondrous Oblivion 2006 Re-release | $671 | -55.2% | 2 | - | $335 | $66,269 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 123 | - | Calvaire | $635 | - | 1 | - | $635 | $2,623 | 9 | Palm Pictures |
| 124 | 92 | The Bridesmaid | $634 | -89% | 1 | -3 | $634 | $86,496 | 10 | First Run |
| 125 | 110 | Unidentified | $547 | -78.2% | 4 | -1 | $136 | $166,687 | 24 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 126 | 125 | Azumi 2006 Re-release | $486 | -36.9% | 1 | - | $486 | $39,906 | 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 127 | 108 | Edmond | $470 | -84% | 1 | -4 | $470 | $131,300 | 13 | First Independent Pictures |
| 128 | 129 | The Beauty Academy of Kabul | $290 | -58.6% | 2 | +1 | $145 | $223,032 | 49 | Shadow Distribution |
| 129 | 128 | Brothers of the Head | $236 | -66.9% | 3 | - | $78 | $43,941 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 130 | - | The Motel | $166 | - | 1 | - | $166 | $46,772 | 15 | Palm Pictures |
| 131 | 122 | Screen Door Jesus | $150 | -85.1% | 1 | - | $150 | $40,392 | 54 | Indican Pictures |
