Domestic 2006 Weekend 42
October 20-22, 2006
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Prestige | $14,801,808 | - | 2,281 | - | $6,489 | $14,801,808 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | The Departed | $13,462,256 | -29.3% | 3,005 | -12 | $4,479 | $76,935,185 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | - | Flags of Our Fathers | $10,245,190 | - | 1,876 | - | $5,461 | $10,245,190 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 4 | 4 | Open Season | $8,162,729 | -26.5% | 3,379 | -308 | $2,415 | $69,765,034 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | - | Flicka | $7,703,551 | - | 2,877 | - | $2,677 | $7,703,551 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 1 | The Grudge 2 | $7,652,791 | -63.3% | 3,214 | +3 | $2,381 | $31,332,993 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | Man of the Year | $6,935,515 | -43.6% | 2,522 | +7 | $2,750 | $22,416,395 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | - | Marie Antoinette | $5,361,050 | - | 859 | - | $6,241 | $5,361,050 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 5 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | $3,845,000 | -50.4% | 2,569 | -251 | $1,496 | $35,954,000 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 6 | The Marine | $3,795,160 | -46.8% | 2,545 | - | $1,491 | $12,617,834 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 7 | The Guardian | $3,649,384 | -37.8% | 2,558 | -486 | $1,426 | $46,557,099 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | - | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2006 3D Release | $3,277,004 | - | 168 | - | $19,505 | $3,277,004 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 8 | Employee of the Month | $2,865,745 | -45.6% | 2,141 | -438 | $1,338 | $23,904,472 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 9 | One Night with the King | $2,213,000 | -48.8% | 908 | -1 | $2,437 | $7,520,000 | 2 | 8x Entertainment |
| 15 | 10 | Jackass Number Two | $1,536,935 | -53.8% | 1,401 | -929 | $1,097 | $71,065,813 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | 13 | The Queen | $1,518,000 | +48.8% | 99 | +53 | $15,333 | $3,777,000 | 4 | Miramax |
| 17 | - | Don | $804,388 | - | 113 | - | $7,118 | $804,388 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 16 | Facing the Giants | $762,851 | -11.2% | 325 | -22 | $2,347 | $5,201,931 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 19 | 11 | The Illusionist | $754,633 | -45.1% | 592 | -233 | $1,274 | $37,466,817 | 10 | Yari Film Group Releasing |
| 20 | 15 | Little Miss Sunshine | $541,716 | -37.9% | 367 | -138 | $1,476 | $57,209,137 | 13 | - |
| 21 | 19 | The Last King of Scotland | $431,610 | -29.4% | 113 | +9 | $3,819 | $1,924,774 | 4 | - |
| 22 | 12 | School for Scoundrels | $398,345 | -69.4% | 600 | -806 | $663 | $17,166,446 | 4 | - |
| 23 | 18 | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | $363,914 | -46.3% | 176 | -27 | $2,067 | $3,301,813 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 24 | 14 | Fearless | $344,000 | -64.5% | 387 | -499 | $888 | $24,196,000 | 5 | Rogue Pictures |
| 25 | 20 | The Science of Sleep | $302,649 | -39.2% | 213 | -30 | $1,420 | $3,997,422 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 26 | 45 | Little Children | $259,000 | +206.3% | 32 | +27 | $8,093 | $529,000 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 27 | 17 | Gridiron Gang | $243,099 | -68.5% | 400 | -774 | $607 | $38,432,823 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 28 | Shortbus | $230,342 | +12.9% | 54 | +29 | $4,265 | $720,654 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 29 | - | Running with Scissors | $226,108 | - | 8 | - | $28,263 | $226,108 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | - | Jaan-E-Mann: Lets Fall in Love Again | $210,000 | - | 66 | - | $3,181 | $210,000 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 31 | 23 | Barnyard | $207,567 | -19.8% | 341 | -51 | $608 | $72,394,888 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 24 | Monster House | $202,477 | -16% | 250 | +2 | $809 | $73,661,010 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 21 | Infamous | $179,960 | -60.3% | 179 | - | $1,005 | $813,949 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | 26 | Superman Returns | $173,300 | -19.9% | 303 | -45 | $571 | $200,006,305 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 30 | Keeping Mum | $148,537 | -16% | 76 | +2 | $1,954 | $1,044,669 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 36 | 56 | The Protector | $144,518 | +272.7% | 176 | +108 | $821 | $11,905,519 | 7 | Dragon Dynasty |
| 37 | 38 | Deep Sea | $138,227 | +9.6% | 37 | +2 | $3,735 | $20,071,472 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 31 | Everyone's Hero | $121,224 | -25.6% | 199 | -17 | $609 | $14,283,229 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | 29 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $119,883 | -36% | 142 | -71 | $844 | $421,243,455 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 40 | 33 | The Ant Bully | $116,100 | -16.3% | 215 | -57 | $540 | $27,918,618 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 22 | Flyboys | $105,109 | -64.5% | 238 | -203 | $441 | $12,821,952 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 42 | 40 | Bon Cop Bad Cop | $91,744 | -23.4% | 60 | -1 | $1,529 | $12,093,573 | 12 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 43 | 36 | The Devil Wears Prada | $81,129 | -36.3% | 118 | -43 | $687 | $124,450,077 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 27 | Stormbreaker | $75,058 | -65.1% | 140 | -81 | $536 | $519,934 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | 43 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $72,563 | -20.8% | 65 | +7 | $1,116 | $822,920 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 46 | 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $62,398 | -22.1% | 13 | +1 | $4,799 | $15,285,870 | 57 | IMAX |
| 47 | 41 | Jesus Camp | $61,344 | -38.4% | 48 | -4 | $1,278 | $594,475 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 53 | Sweet Land | $54,715 | +30.7% | 9 | +7 | $6,079 | $117,121 | 2 | Libero |
| 49 | 37 | Invincible | $51,121 | -59.7% | 119 | -96 | $429 | $57,375,922 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 39 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | $51,084 | -57.5% | 60 | - | $851 | $420,603 | 4 | First Look International |
| 51 | 48 | Half Nelson | $48,666 | -35.4% | 61 | -19 | $797 | $2,591,047 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 52 | 34 | The Black Dahlia | $46,520 | -66.2% | 141 | -83 | $329 | $22,518,325 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 53 | 71 | Beerfest | $44,974 | +212.6% | 172 | +152 | $261 | $19,145,054 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 35 | The Last Kiss | $36,186 | -73.7% | 63 | -86 | $574 | $11,596,141 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 55 | 57 | Roving Mars | $31,885 | -14% | 21 | +1 | $1,518 | $4,881,827 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 56 | 85 | Material Girls | $29,161 | +304% | 94 | +77 | $310 | $11,441,751 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 57 | 105 | Haunted Castle | $27,072 | +1,189.1% | 6 | +2 | $4,512 | $12,751,495 | 296 | - |
| 58 | 55 | Boynton Beach Club | $26,429 | -34.2% | 33 | -9 | $800 | $2,942,390 | 32 | - |
| 59 | 59 | Snakes on a Plane | $21,868 | -28.8% | 61 | -17 | $358 | $33,969,502 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 60 | 62 | American Hardcore | $20,674 | -9.5% | 12 | -3 | $1,722 | $133,780 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 61 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $19,524 | -15.1% | 9 | - | $2,169 | $11,447,508 | 81 | - |
| 62 | 63 | Driving Lessons | $19,484 | -13.8% | 16 | +8 | $1,217 | $51,788 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 68 | Aliens of the Deep | $19,459 | +21.6% | 3 | - | $6,486 | $8,632,415 | 91 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 60 | The Wicker Man | $18,899 | -33.1% | 39 | -18 | $484 | $23,440,031 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 54 | Hollywoodland | $17,463 | -57.6% | 48 | -41 | $363 | $14,415,222 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 66 | 58 | 49 Up | $16,885 | -53.6% | 8 | -10 | $2,110 | $159,037 | 3 | First Run |
| 67 | 80 | Bugs! | $13,794 | +44.2% | 9 | +4 | $1,532 | $18,163,710 | 189 | SK Films |
| 68 | 75 | Old Joy | $12,731 | +13.5% | 10 | +4 | $1,273 | $104,694 | 9 | Kino International |
| 69 | 76 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $12,360 | +16.1% | 14 | +2 | $882 | $1,624,405 | 48 | Cineville |
| 70 | 73 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | $11,598 | -7.5% | 11 | +3 | $1,054 | $190,784 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | 72 | Captain Sabertooth 2006 Re-release | $11,504 | -19.1% | 4 | -1 | $2,876 | $85,523 | 5 | Indican Pictures |
| 72 | - | Sleeping Dogs Lie | $10,890 | - | 6 | - | $1,815 | $10,890 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 73 | - | 51 Birch Street | $10,827 | - | 2 | - | $5,413 | $14,130 | 1 | Truly Indie |
| 74 | 65 | An Inconvenient Truth | $10,294 | -50.5% | 29 | -9 | $354 | $23,793,821 | 22 | Paramount Classics |
| 75 | 91 | Heading South | $9,855 | +84.7% | 16 | +6 | $615 | $874,942 | 38 | Shadow Distribution |
| 76 | 78 | John Tucker Must Die | $9,504 | -9.9% | 15 | -4 | $633 | $40,999,216 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 77 | 69 | Deliver Us from Evil | $9,257 | -40.9% | 4 | - | $2,314 | $32,636 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 78 | 84 | Tideland | $9,224 | +26.8% | 3 | +2 | $3,074 | $21,148 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 79 | 77 | Changing Times | $9,156 | -13.3% | 4 | +1 | $2,289 | $502,598 | 15 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 80 | 67 | House of Sand | $8,053 | -52.2% | 20 | -2 | $402 | $492,761 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 86 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $7,723 | +7.4% | 17 | +1 | $454 | $1,647,435 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 82 | - | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | $7,482 | - | 1 | - | $7,482 | $7,482 | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 83 | 74 | Viva Pedro! Film Festival | $5,662 | -53.9% | 6 | -12 | $943 | $539,841 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 92 | Galapagos | $5,374 | +2.2% | 2 | +1 | $2,687 | $16,501,274 | 365 | IMAX |
| 85 | 81 | The Young Lieutenant | $5,193 | -41% | 3 | +1 | $1,731 | $83,828 | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
| 86 | 82 | Quinceañera | $3,875 | -56% | 12 | -10 | $322 | $1,676,610 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 83 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | $3,808 | -47.7% | 13 | -4 | $292 | $270,591 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 87 | Al Franken: God Spoke | $3,806 | -42.6% | 9 | -1 | $422 | $83,251 | 6 | Balcony Releasing |
| 89 | 90 | Aurora Borealis | $3,754 | -32.6% | 1 | -1 | $3,754 | $53,503 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 90 | 89 | Factotum | $3,692 | -41.6% | 15 | -5 | $246 | $788,051 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 91 | - | Original Release Re-release | $3,309 | - | 2 | - | $1,654 | $3,309 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 92 | 70 | The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | $3,141 | -78.9% | 4 | -5 | $785 | $152,355 | 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 93 | 49 | Cheech | $2,711 | -96.3% | 32 | -11 | $84 | $284,235 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 94 | 52 | Love's Abiding Joy | $2,610 | -93.8% | 14 | -193 | $186 | $252,726 | 3 | The Bigger Picture |
| 95 | - | The Motel | $2,471 | - | 2 | - | $1,235 | $49,243 | 17 | Palm Pictures |
| 96 | 113 | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | $2,268 | +62.6% | 1 | - | $2,268 | $20,210 | 6 | - |
| 97 | 107 | 13 Tzameti | $2,232 | +13.1% | 6 | +4 | $372 | $116,043 | 13 | Palm Pictures |
| 98 | 112 | Space Station 3D | $2,173 | +34.1% | 4 | +2 | $543 | $64,937,574 | 236 | IMAX |
| 99 | 127 | Lunacy | $1,928 | +262.4% | 2 | - | $964 | $31,318 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 100 | 101 | The War Tapes | $1,893 | -31.2% | 2 | -1 | $946 | $254,190 | 21 | - |
| 101 | - | Hair High | $1,546 | - | 1 | - | $1,546 | $2,847 | 12 | Bill Plympton Studios |
| 102 | 131 | ...So Goes the Nation | $1,484 | +233.5% | 2 | - | $742 | $8,007 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 103 | 108 | Broken Sky | $1,409 | -27.6% | 1 | - | $1,409 | $16,744 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 88 | Black Gold | $1,300 | -79.8% | 1 | -2 | $1,300 | $26,467 | 3 | California Newsreel |
| 105 | - | Poster Boy | $1,246 | - | 1 | - | $1,246 | $61,408 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 106 | 99 | Moonlight | $1,214 | -59% | 1 | - | $1,214 | $42,342 | 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 107 | 111 | Army of Shadows | $1,072 | -37.2% | 2 | -2 | $536 | $618,543 | 26 | Rialto Pictures |
| 108 | 117 | Our Brand Is Crisis | $1,035 | -5.9% | 1 | - | $1,035 | $159,323 | 34 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 109 | 103 | The Fallen Idol | $1,005 | -59.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,005 | $141,502 | 37 | Rialto Pictures |
| 110 | 93 | Queens | $990 | -78.8% | 1 | -3 | $990 | $139,439 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 111 | 116 | Mutual Appreciation | $977 | -17.9% | 1 | - | $977 | $75,613 | 8 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing |
| 112 | 104 | Wordplay | $856 | -63.3% | 9 | -4 | $95 | $3,117,666 | 19 | IFC Films |
| 113 | 123 | Time to Leave | $831 | +18.9% | 1 | - | $831 | $113,252 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 114 | - | Masai: The Rain Warriors 2006 Re-release | $788 | - | 1 | - | $788 | $788 | 1 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 115 | 124 | Shakespeare Behind Bars | $750 | +15.4% | 2 | - | $375 | $48,194 | 33 | International Film Circuit |
| 116 | 138 | The Bridesmaid | $691 | +411.9% | 1 | - | $691 | $87,613 | 12 | First Run |
| 117 | 106 | Sherrybaby | $654 | -68.6% | 2 | -1 | $327 | $198,407 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 118 | 126 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $600 | +4.3% | 1 | - | $600 | $7,188,126 | 400 | - |
| 119 | 120 | The Beauty Academy of Kabul | $554 | -30.2% | 1 | -2 | $554 | $225,448 | 51 | Shadow Distribution |
| 120 | 129 | Alien Adventure | $520 | +8.3% | 1 | - | $520 | $5,010,672 | 375 | - |
| 121 | 121 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $500 | -31.9% | 3 | -1 | $166 | $52,875,466 | 418 | IMAX |
| 122 | 132 | Paper Dolls | $500 | +85.9% | 1 | - | $500 | $34,482 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 123 | - | The Moustache | $473 | - | 1 | - | $473 | $227,297 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 124 | 122 | Stolen | $444 | -39.1% | 1 | -1 | $444 | $128,298 | 27 | International Film Circuit |
| 125 | - | Vajra Sky Over Tibet | $405 | - | 1 | - | $405 | $57,577 | 10 | Truly Indie |
| 126 | - | Darshan | $392 | - | 3 | - | $130 | $62,425 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 127 | 125 | My Country, My Country | $356 | -43.1% | 2 | +1 | $178 | $32,854 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 128 | 95 | Conversations with Other Women | $237 | -93.6% | 1 | -3 | $237 | $378,292 | 11 | Fabrication Films |
| 129 | 100 | Gabrielle | $222 | -92.3% | 1 | -4 | $222 | $322,422 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 130 | - | Azumi 2006 Re-release | $90 | - | 1 | - | $90 | $41,653 | 14 | Vitagraph Films |
