Domestic 2006 Week 42
October 20-26, 2006
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Prestige | $19,207,527 | - | 2,281 | - | $8,420 | $19,207,527 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | The Departed | $17,777,244 | -30.3% | 3,005 | -12 | $5,915 | $81,250,173 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | - | Flags of Our Fathers | $13,576,213 | - | 1,876 | - | $7,236 | $13,576,213 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 4 | 4 | Open Season | $9,655,188 | -28.2% | 3,379 | -308 | $2,857 | $71,257,493 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | - | Flicka | $9,163,221 | - | 2,877 | - | $3,184 | $9,163,221 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 2 | The Grudge 2 | $9,035,779 | -61.8% | 3,214 | +3 | $2,811 | $32,715,981 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | Man of the Year | $8,675,660 | -44% | 2,522 | +7 | $3,439 | $24,156,540 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | - | Marie Antoinette | $6,906,276 | - | 859 | - | $8,039 | $6,906,276 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 5 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | $4,777,724 | -49.2% | 2,569 | -251 | $1,859 | $36,886,863 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 6 | The Marine | $4,732,453 | -46.4% | 2,545 | - | $1,859 | $13,555,127 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 7 | The Guardian | $4,660,571 | -39% | 2,558 | -486 | $1,821 | $47,568,286 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | - | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2006 3D Release | $4,071,660 | - | 168 | - | $24,236 | $4,071,660 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 8 | Employee of the Month | $3,569,703 | -46.9% | 2,141 | -438 | $1,667 | $24,608,430 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 9 | One Night with the King | $3,176,243 | -40.2% | 908 | -1 | $3,498 | $8,483,894 | 2 | 8x Entertainment |
| 15 | 13 | The Queen | $2,122,295 | +49.5% | 99 | +53 | $21,437 | $4,380,802 | 4 | Miramax |
| 16 | 10 | Jackass Number Two | $1,996,538 | -55.4% | 1,401 | -929 | $1,425 | $71,525,416 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | - | Don | $1,116,771 | - | 113 | - | $9,882 | $1,116,771 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 15 | Facing the Giants | $1,061,221 | -13.3% | 325 | -22 | $3,265 | $5,500,301 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 19 | 11 | The Illusionist | $1,000,355 | -45.8% | 592 | -233 | $1,689 | $37,712,539 | 10 | Yari Film Group Releasing |
| 20 | 16 | Little Miss Sunshine | $731,612 | -37.8% | 367 | -138 | $1,993 | $57,399,033 | 14 | - |
| 21 | 19 | The Last King of Scotland | $589,153 | -29.3% | 113 | +9 | $5,213 | $2,082,317 | 5 | - |
| 22 | 18 | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | $514,075 | -46.6% | 176 | -27 | $2,920 | $3,451,974 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 23 | 12 | School for Scoundrels | $504,078 | -70.4% | 600 | -806 | $840 | $17,272,179 | 4 | - |
| 24 | 14 | Fearless | $463,280 | -64.2% | 387 | -499 | $1,197 | $24,315,283 | 5 | Rogue Pictures |
| 25 | 20 | The Science of Sleep | $429,208 | -39.6% | 213 | -30 | $2,015 | $4,123,981 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 26 | 26 | Shortbus | $347,428 | +19.1% | 54 | +29 | $6,433 | $837,740 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 27 | - | Jaan-E-Mann: Lets Fall in Love Again | $335,000 | - | 66 | - | $5,075 | $335,000 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 28 | - | Running with Scissors | $333,580 | - | 8 | - | $41,697 | $333,580 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 47 | Little Children | $333,179 | +167.8% | 32 | +27 | $10,411 | $603,561 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 30 | 21 | Infamous | $260,703 | -58.9% | 179 | - | $1,456 | $894,692 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 31 | 23 | Barnyard | $256,235 | -24.6% | 341 | -51 | $751 | $72,443,556 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 17 | Gridiron Gang | $243,099 | -75.4% | 400 | -774 | $607 | $38,432,823 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 31 | Deep Sea | $232,069 | +7.6% | 37 | +2 | $6,272 | $20,165,314 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 28 | Keeping Mum | $209,241 | -17.2% | 79 | +5 | $2,648 | $1,105,373 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 35 | 25 | Monster House | $202,477 | -33.5% | 250 | +2 | $809 | $73,661,010 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 36 | 51 | The Protector | $199,765 | +205% | 176 | +108 | $1,135 | $11,960,766 | 7 | Dragon Dynasty |
| 37 | 24 | Superman Returns | $195,898 | -38.1% | 303 | -45 | $646 | $200,028,903 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 29 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $160,896 | -35.8% | 142 | -71 | $1,133 | $421,284,468 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 33 | Bon Cop Bad Cop | $150,828 | -23.7% | 60 | -1 | $2,513 | $12,152,657 | 12 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 40 | 22 | Flyboys | $143,941 | -66.1% | 238 | -203 | $604 | $12,860,784 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 41 | 39 | The Ant Bully | $143,562 | -18.4% | 215 | -57 | $667 | $27,946,080 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 35 | Everyone's Hero | $141,183 | -27.7% | 199 | -17 | $709 | $14,303,188 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 44 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $128,133 | -6.4% | 13 | +1 | $9,856 | $15,351,605 | 57 | IMAX |
| 44 | 37 | The Devil Wears Prada | $120,445 | -33.4% | 118 | -43 | $1,020 | $124,489,393 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 43 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $111,260 | -19.8% | 65 | +7 | $1,711 | $861,617 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 46 | 27 | Stormbreaker | $97,584 | -62.5% | 140 | -81 | $697 | $542,460 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 47 | 42 | Jesus Camp | $89,784 | -37.1% | 48 | -4 | $1,870 | $622,915 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 49 | Half Nelson | $76,228 | -31.4% | 61 | -19 | $1,249 | $2,618,609 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 49 | 40 | Invincible | $73,623 | -58.1% | 119 | -96 | $618 | $57,398,424 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 34 | The Black Dahlia | $73,275 | -62.8% | 141 | -83 | $519 | $22,545,080 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 51 | 54 | Sweet Land | $73,106 | +17.1% | 9 | +7 | $8,122 | $135,512 | 2 | Libero |
| 52 | 41 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | $72,687 | -53.6% | 60 | - | $1,211 | $442,206 | 4 | First Look International |
| 53 | 74 | Beerfest | $70,562 | +266.5% | 172 | +152 | $410 | $19,170,642 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 52 | Roving Mars | $56,099 | -12.8% | 21 | +1 | $2,671 | $4,906,041 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 55 | 36 | The Last Kiss | $54,835 | -71.9% | 63 | -86 | $870 | $11,614,790 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 56 | 92 | Haunted Castle | $53,150 | +608.7% | 6 | +2 | $8,858 | $12,777,573 | 296 | - |
| 57 | 67 | Bugs! | $41,489 | +55.1% | 9 | +4 | $4,609 | $18,191,405 | 190 | SK Films |
| 58 | 56 | Boynton Beach Club | $38,911 | -32.3% | 33 | -9 | $1,179 | $2,954,872 | 32 | - |
| 59 | 91 | Material Girls | $37,048 | +332.6% | 94 | +77 | $394 | $11,449,638 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 60 | 60 | American Hardcore | $31,668 | -11.9% | 12 | -3 | $2,639 | $144,774 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 68 | Aliens of the Deep | $29,986 | +13.8% | 3 | - | $9,995 | $8,642,942 | 91 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 57 | Hollywoodland | $28,492 | -49.8% | 48 | -41 | $593 | $14,426,251 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 63 | 62 | Driving Lessons | $28,272 | -12.5% | 16 | +8 | $1,767 | $60,576 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 65 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $27,447 | -12.1% | 9 | - | $3,049 | $11,455,431 | 81 | - |
| 65 | 59 | Snakes on a Plane | $27,153 | -34.2% | 61 | -17 | $445 | $33,974,787 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 66 | 61 | The Wicker Man | $23,936 | -33.3% | 39 | -18 | $613 | $23,445,068 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 55 | 49 Up | $23,915 | -59% | 6 | -12 | $3,985 | $166,067 | 3 | First Run |
| 68 | 77 | Old Joy | $21,982 | +31.8% | 10 | +4 | $2,198 | $113,945 | 9 | Kino International |
| 69 | 72 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $20,012 | -2.8% | 15 | +3 | $1,334 | $1,632,057 | 48 | Cineville |
| 70 | 86 | Tideland | $19,031 | +59.6% | 4 | +3 | $4,757 | $30,955 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 71 | 63 | An Inconvenient Truth | $18,679 | -41.8% | 29 | -9 | $644 | $23,802,206 | 23 | Paramount Classics |
| 72 | 46 | Cheech | $18,313 | -86.1% | 32 | -11 | $572 | $299,837 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 73 | 109 | 51 Birch Street | $16,166 | +389.4% | 2 | +1 | $8,083 | $19,469 | 2 | Truly Indie |
| 74 | - | Sleeping Dogs Lie | $15,745 | - | 6 | - | $2,624 | $15,745 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 75 | 90 | Heading South | $15,465 | +58% | 16 | - | $966 | $880,552 | 38 | Shadow Distribution |
| 76 | 70 | House of Sand | $15,091 | -36.2% | 20 | -2 | $754 | $499,799 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | 71 | Deliver Us from Evil | $14,497 | -38% | 4 | - | $3,624 | $37,876 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 78 | 78 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | $14,346 | -12.8% | 11 | +3 | $1,304 | $193,532 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 76 | Captain Sabertooth 2006 Re-release | $13,816 | -17.9% | 4 | -1 | $3,454 | $87,835 | 5 | Indican Pictures |
| 80 | 81 | John Tucker Must Die | $12,941 | -11% | 15 | -4 | $862 | $41,002,653 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 81 | 79 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $12,721 | -13.8% | 17 | +1 | $748 | $1,652,433 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 82 | 84 | Galapagos | $12,642 | -1.5% | 2 | +1 | $6,321 | $16,508,542 | 365 | IMAX |
| 83 | 64 | The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | $12,400 | -60.6% | 4 | -5 | $3,100 | $161,614 | 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 84 | 83 | Changing Times | $11,760 | -9.4% | 4 | +1 | $2,940 | $505,202 | 15 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 85 | - | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | $11,462 | - | 1 | - | $11,462 | $11,462 | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 86 | 69 | Viva Pedro! Film Festival | $10,766 | -57.3% | 6 | -12 | $1,794 | $544,945 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 88 | Factotum | $7,379 | -30% | 15 | -5 | $491 | $791,090 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 80 | Quinceañera | $7,286 | -50.5% | 12 | -10 | $607 | $1,680,021 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 87 | The Young Lieutenant | $7,192 | -36.6% | 3 | +1 | $2,397 | $85,827 | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 89 | Al Franken: God Spoke | $6,466 | -37% | 10 | - | $646 | $85,911 | 7 | Balcony Releasing |
| 91 | 101 | Space Station 3D | $6,398 | +22.6% | 4 | +2 | $1,599 | $64,941,799 | 236 | IMAX |
| 92 | 85 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | $5,559 | -54.7% | 13 | -4 | $427 | $272,578 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 93 | - | Original Release Re-release | $5,498 | - | 2 | - | $2,749 | $5,498 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 94 | 110 | 13 Tzameti | $4,922 | +49.3% | 6 | +4 | $820 | $118,733 | 13 | Palm Pictures |
| 95 | 93 | Aurora Borealis | $4,694 | -33.2% | 1 | -1 | $4,694 | $54,443 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 96 | - | The Motel | $3,898 | - | 2 | - | $1,949 | $50,670 | 18 | Palm Pictures |
| 97 | 113 | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | $2,922 | +14.6% | 1 | - | $2,922 | $20,864 | 7 | - |
| 98 | 98 | Wordplay | $2,745 | -50% | 9 | -4 | $305 | $3,119,555 | 19 | IFC Films |
| 99 | - | Hair High | $2,669 | - | 1 | - | $2,669 | $3,970 | 12 | - |
| 100 | 116 | Lunacy | $2,636 | +30.4% | 3 | - | $878 | $32,026 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 101 | 53 | Love's Abiding Joy | $2,610 | -95.9% | 14 | -193 | $186 | $252,726 | 3 | The Bigger Picture |
| 102 | 106 | Army of Shadows | $2,305 | -38.7% | 3 | -2 | $768 | $619,672 | 26 | Rialto Pictures |
| 103 | 111 | Broken Sky | $2,291 | -28.2% | 1 | - | $2,291 | $17,626 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 141 | ...So Goes the Nation | $2,107 | +1,154.2% | 2 | - | $1,053 | $8,630 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 105 | 82 | Black Gold | $2,030 | -84.8% | 1 | -4 | $2,030 | $27,197 | 3 | California Newsreel |
| 106 | - | Poster Boy | $1,900 | - | 1 | - | $1,900 | $62,062 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 107 | 96 | The War Tapes | $1,893 | -68.5% | 2 | -1 | $946 | $254,190 | 21 | - |
| 108 | 114 | Darshan | $1,744 | -30.8% | 3 | - | $581 | $63,777 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 109 | - | Masai: The Rain Warriors 2006 Re-release | $1,605 | - | 1 | - | $1,605 | $1,605 | 1 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 110 | 107 | Moonlight | $1,512 | -58% | 1 | - | $1,512 | $42,640 | 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 111 | 105 | Mutual Appreciation | $1,462 | -62.6% | 1 | - | $1,462 | $76,098 | 8 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing |
| 112 | 122 | Our Brand Is Crisis | $1,455 | +10.2% | 1 | - | $1,455 | $159,743 | 35 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 113 | 112 | Sherrybaby | $1,423 | -54.9% | 2 | -1 | $711 | $199,176 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 114 | 95 | Queens | $1,418 | -78.4% | 1 | -3 | $1,418 | $139,867 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 115 | 126 | Time to Leave | $1,214 | +17.1% | 1 | - | $1,214 | $113,635 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 116 | 127 | Shakespeare Behind Bars | $1,150 | +21.1% | 2 | - | $575 | $48,594 | 33 | International Film Circuit |
| 117 | 103 | The Fallen Idol | $1,005 | -77.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,005 | $141,502 | 37 | Rialto Pictures |
| 118 | 120 | My Country, My Country | $895 | -38.3% | 2 | -1 | $447 | $33,393 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 119 | 138 | The Bridesmaid | $895 | +231.5% | 1 | - | $895 | $87,817 | 12 | First Run |
| 120 | 128 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $870 | -3.3% | 1 | - | $870 | $7,188,396 | 400 | - |
| 121 | 129 | Alien Adventure | $825 | -2.9% | 1 | - | $825 | $5,010,977 | 375 | - |
| 122 | 134 | Paper Dolls | $799 | +113.1% | 1 | - | $799 | $34,781 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 123 | 125 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $779 | -25.3% | 3 | -1 | $259 | $52,875,615 | 418 | IMAX |
| 124 | - | The Moustache | $675 | - | 1 | - | $675 | $227,498 | 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 125 | 124 | The Beauty Academy of Kabul | $554 | -53.6% | 1 | -2 | $554 | $225,448 | 51 | Shadow Distribution |
| 126 | 119 | Stolen | $444 | -75.4% | 1 | -1 | $444 | $128,298 | 28 | International Film Circuit |
| 127 | 130 | Vajra Sky Over Tibet | $405 | -49.6% | 1 | - | $405 | $57,577 | 10 | Truly Indie |
| 128 | 104 | Gabrielle | $351 | -91.4% | 1 | -4 | $351 | $322,551 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 129 | 99 | Conversations with Other Women | $312 | -94.3% | 1 | -3 | $312 | $378,367 | 11 | Fabrication Films |
| 130 | - | Azumi 2006 Re-release | $240 | - | 1 | - | $240 | $41,803 | 14 | Vitagraph Films |
