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.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Hostel $19,556,099 2 Glory Road $13,594,739 3 Underworld: Evolution $26,857,181 4 Big Momma's House 2 $27,736,056 5 When a Stranger Calls $21,607,203 When a Stranger Calls broke Boogeymans record ($19 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut. 6 The Pink Panther $20,220,412 7 Eight Below $20,188,176 8 Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661 9 $12,648,954 10 Failure to Launch $24,411,322 11 V for Vendetta $25,642,340 12 Inside Man $28,954,945 13 Ice Age: The Meltdown $68,033,544 Ice Age: The Meltdown broke Ice Ages records ($46.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for a spring release. 14 $33,823,894 15 Scary Movie 4 $40,222,875 Scary Movie 4 broke Panic Rooms record ($30.1 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut. 16 Silent Hill $20,152,598 17 RV $16,414,767 18 Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273 19 $25,008,971 20 The Da Vinci Code $77,073,388 21 X-Men: The Last Stand $102,750,665 X-Men: The Last Stand broke The Lost World: Jurassic Parks record ($72.1 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut, and Shrek 2s record ($72.2 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend ever. 22 The Break-Up $39,172,785 23 Cars $60,119,509 24 $33,731,634 25 Click $40,011,365 26 Superman Returns $52,535,096 In second place The Devil Wears Pradas $27.5 million weekend broke The Patriots record ($22.4 million) for the highest non #1 Independence Day opening weekend. 27 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest † $135,634,554 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chests opening day gross of $55.8 million broke Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Siths record ($50 million) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke Spider-Mans records ($114.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a summer release, for a PG-13 rated film, and of all-time as well as Spider-Man 2s record ($88.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in July and The Incredibles ($70.7 million) record for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Studios film. 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 $62,345,264 29 $35,215,201 30 Miami Vice $25,723,815 31 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby $47,042,215 32 $22,126,226 33 Snakes on a Plane $13,806,311 Initial estimates had Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ahead of Snakes on a Plane. 34 Invincible $17,031,122 35 $12,151,426 36 The Covenant $8,852,485 37 Gridiron Gang $14,414,630 38 Jackass Number Two $29,002,002 39 Open Season $23,624,548 40 The Departed $26,887,467 41 The Grudge 2 $20,825,300 42 The Prestige $14,801,808 43 Saw III $33,610,391 Saw III broke Saw IIs record ($31.7 million) for the highest Halloween opening weekend. 44 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 || || $28,269,900 || || |- | 46 || || rowspan="3" | Happy Feet || $41,533,432 || || |- | 47 || || $37,038,046 || || |- | 48 || || $17,545,418 || || |- | 49 || || Apocalypto || $15,005,604 || || |- | 50 || || The Pursuit of Happyness || $26,541,709 || || |- | 51 || || rowspan="2" | Night at the Museum || $30,433,781 || || |- | 52 || || $36,766,905 || In third place, Dreamgirls $14.1 million opening weekend broke Rent''s records ($10.1 million) for the highest weekend debuts for a film based on a Broadway musical and for a live-action musical film.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 2006 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestWalt Disney Pictures Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Kevin R. McNally and Jonathan Pryce Gore Verbinski $423,317,154 2. Cars voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, John Ratzenberger and Richard Petty John Lasseter $244,082,982 3. X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones and Patrick Stewart Brett Ratner $234,362,462 4. The Da Vinci Code Columbia Pictures Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany and Jean Reno Ron Howard $217,536,138 5. Superman Returns Warner Bros. Pictures Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington and Kevin Spacey Bryan Singer $200,081,192 6. Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck and Queen Latifah Carlos Saldanha $195,330,621 7. Happy Feet Warner Bros. Pictures voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony La Paglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin and E.G. Daily George Miller $175,967,627 8. Over the Hedge Paramount Pictures voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Allison Janney, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Avril Lavigne and Omid Djalili Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick $155,019,340 9. Casino RoyaleColumbia Pictures Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench Martin Campbell $153,531,944 10. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams and Andy Richter Adam McKay $148,213,377

In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 2006 by In-year releaseRankTitleDistributorDomestic 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 $244,082,982 4. X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox $234,362,462 5. The Da Vinci Code Columbia $217,536,138 6. Superman ReturnsWarner Bros. $200,081,192 7. Happy Feet $198,000,317 8. Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox $195,330,621 9. Casino Royale MGM/Columbia $167,445,960 10. The Pursuit of Happyness Columbia $163,566,459

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2006 G Cars PG Night at the Museum PG-13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest R The Departed

See also List of American films — American films by year List of box office number-one films

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