# 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 | January 8, 2006 | Hostel | $19,556,099 | |
| 2 | January 15, 2006 | Glory Road | $13,594,739 | |
| 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 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 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 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 for a summer release, for a PG-13 rated film, and of all-time as well as Spider-Man 2's 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 | 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 | Initial Estimates had Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby ahead of Snakes on a Plane. |
| 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
### 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 Chest | Walt 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 | Walt Disney Pictures | 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 | DreamWorks 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 Royale | Columbia 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 | Columbia Pictures | 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 release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic 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 Returns | Warner Bros. | $200,081,192 |
| 7. | Happy Feet | Warner Bros. | $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 |