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            $100 Million U.S. Boxoffice Movies in 2006 
             
            
               
                |   Rank  | 
                  Movie Title  | 
                  Studio  | 
                Total 
                  U.S. Domestic 
                  Gross | 
                Total 
                  Theaters | 
                Opening 
                  Week 
                  U.S. Domestic 
                  Gross  | 
                Opening 
                  Week 
                  Theaters | 
                Open 
                  Date  | 
                Close 
                  Date  | 
               
               
                | 1 | 
                Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 
                Buena Vista | 
                $423,315,812  | 
                4,133 | 
                $135,634,554  | 
                4,133 | 
                7/7 | 
                12/7 | 
               
               
                | 2 | 
                Night at the Museum | 
                Fox | 
                $250,817,625 | 
                3,768 | 
                $30,433,781  | 
                3,685 | 
                12/22 | 
                - | 
               
               
                | 3 | 
                Cars | 
                Buena Vista | 
                $244,082,982  | 
                3,988 | 
                $60,119,509  | 
                3,985 | 
                6/9 | 
                10/19 | 
               
               
                | 4 | 
                X-Men: The Last Stand | 
                Fox | 
                $234,362,462  | 
                3,714 | 
                $102,750,665  | 
                3,690 | 
                5/26 | 
                9/28 | 
               
               
                | 5 | 
                The Da Vinci Code | 
                Sony | 
                $217,536,138  | 
                3,757 | 
                $77,073,388  | 
                3,735 | 
                5/19 | 
                8/20 | 
               
               
                | 6 | 
                Superman Returns | 
                Warner | 
                $200,081,192  | 
                4,065 | 
                $52,535,096  | 
                4,065 | 
                6/28 | 
                11/2 | 
               
               
                | 7 | 
                Happy Feet | 
                Warner | 
                $198,000,317 | 
                3,804 | 
                $41,533,432  | 
                3,804 | 
                11/17  | 
                5/10 | 
               
               
                | 8 | 
                Ice Age: The Meltdown | 
                Fox | 
                $195,330,621  | 
                3,969 | 
                $68,033,544  | 
                3,964 | 
                3/31 | 
                9/7 | 
               
               
                | 9 | 
                Casino Royale | 
                Sony | 
                $167,445,960 | 
                3,443 | 
                $40,833,156  | 
                3,434 | 
                11/17 | 
                3/18 | 
               
               
                | 10 | 
                The Pursuit of Happyness | 
                Sony | 
                $163,566,459 | 
                3,169 | 
                $26,541,709  | 
                2,852 | 
                12/15 | 
                3/18 | 
               
               
                | 11 | 
                Over the Hedge | 
                Paramount /  
                  Dreamworks | 
                $155,019,340  | 
                4,093 | 
                $38,457,003  | 
                4,059 | 
                5/19 | 
                9/4 | 
               
               
                | 12 | 
                Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 
                Sony | 
                $148,213,377  | 
                3,807 | 
                $47,042,215  | 
                3,803 | 
                8/4 | 
                10/15 | 
               
               
                | 13 | 
                Click | 
                Sony | 
                $137,355,633  | 
                3,764 | 
                $40,011,365  | 
                3,749 | 
                6/23 | 
                9/24 | 
               
               
                | 14 | 
                Mission: Impossible III | 
                Paramount | 
                $134,029,801  | 
                4,059 | 
                $47,743,273  | 
                4,054 | 
                5/5 | 
                7/20 | 
               
               
                | 15 | 
                The Departed | 
                Warner | 
                $132,384,315 | 
                3,017 | 
                $26,887,467  | 
                3,017 | 
                10/6 | 
                3/22 | 
               
               
                | 16 | 
                Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit 
                  Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 
                Fox | 
                $128,505,958 | 
                2,611 | 
                $26,455,463  | 
                837 | 
                11/3 | 
                3/25 | 
               
               
                | 17 | 
                The Devil Wears Prada | 
                Fox | 
                $124,740,460  | 
                2,882 | 
                $27,537,244  | 
                2,847 | 
                6/30 | 
                12/14 | 
               
               
                | 18 | 
                The Break-Up | 
                Universal | 
                $118,703,275  | 
                3,146 | 
                $39,172,785  | 
                3,070 | 
                6/2 | 
                9/7 | 
               
               
                | 19 | 
                Dreamgirls | 
                Paramount /  
                  Dreamworks | 
                $103,365,956 | 
                2,797 | 
                $378,950 | 
                3 | 
                12/15 | 
                4/19 | 
               
             
            
               
              (Updated 5/10/07)  
            
          
          
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