2006 THEATRICAL FILM TITLES (LAST UPDATE 8/16/07)

STUDIO/DIVISION/PROD. COMPANY

U.S.A. RELEASE DATE

MPAA RATING

USA GROSS (MILLIONS)

BUDGET MILLIONS (USA)

BLOODRAYNE (vampire thriller)

Romar/Brightlight

January 6 2006

R

1.5

25

GRANDMA’S BOY (about guy who lives with his grandmother)

Fox

January 6 2006

R

6.0

HOSTEL (horror about college buddies in Europe nightmare)

Lionsgate

January 6 2006

R

47.2

4.5

GLORY ROAD (1966 Texas college basketball true story)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

January 13 2006

PG

42.6

HOODWINKED (twisted Little Red Riding Hood tale)

The Weinstein Company

January 13 2006

PG

51.0

15

LAST HOLIDAY (shy clerk goes on vacation to Europe)

Paramount/Image Movers

January 13 2006

PG-13

38.3

45

TRISTAN & ISOLDE (medieval love between princess, warrior)

Fox

January 13 2006

PG-13

14.7

END OF THE SPEAR (drama set in jungles of Ecuador)

Every Tribe/M Power

January 20 2006

PG-13

11.7

LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD (comedy film by Albert Brooks)

Warner Independent Pictures

January 20 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.8

25

UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION (horror sequel)

Sony/Screen Gems/Lakeshore

January 20 2006

R

62.3

ANNAPOLIS (about training at the U.S. Naval Academy)

Buena Vista/Touchstone

January 27 2006

PG-13

17.1

BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 (he becomes suspect’s housekeeper)

Fox/Regency

January 27 2006

PG-13

70.1

40

IMAGINE ME & YOU (romantic comedy)

Fox/Searchlight

January 27 2006 [Limited]

R

.6

MANDERLAY (drama set on a plantation in 1933)

IFC

January 27 2006 [Limited]

NR

.07

NANNY McPHEE (based on the Nurse Matilda books)

Universal/Working Title/MGM/Studio Canal

January 27 2006

PG

47.1

34

ROVING MARS (Imax documentary)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney/Imax

January 27 2006 [Limited]

G

7.7

TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY (autobiographical comedy)

Picturehouse/Newmarket

January 27 2006 [Limited]

R

1.2

5

A GOOD WOMAN (romantic comedy based on Oscar Wilde)

Lionsgate

February 3 2006 [Limited]

PG

.2

SOMETHING NEW (black woman in love with a white man)

Focus

February 3 2006

PG-13

11.4

TAMARA (revenge horror thriller)

City Lights

February 3 2006 [Limited]

R

.2

WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (horror remake)

Sony/Screen Gems

February 3 2006

PG-13

47.8

15

CURIOUS GEORGE (animated story based on children’s novels)

Universal/Imagine

February 10 2006

G

58.3

50

FINAL DESTINATION 3 (sequel)

New Line

February 10 2006

R

54.1

25

FIREWALL (security specialist has to steal to protect his family)

Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow/Beacon

February 10 2006

PG-13

48.7

NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD (concert film)

Paramount/Classics

February 10 2006 [Limited]

PG

1.8

THE PINK PANTHER (2006) (update with Steve Martin)

Sony/Columbia/MGM

February 10 2006

PG

82.2

80

DATE MOVIE (spoof of romantic comedies)

Fox/Regency

February 17 2006

PG-13

48.5

20

EIGHT BELOW (two Antarctic explorers and their dogs)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney/Spyglass

February 17 2006

PG

81.5

FREEDOMLAND (drama about a car hijacking)

Sony/Columbia/Revolution

February 17 2006

R

12.5

NIGHT WATCH (Russian vampire thriller)

Fox/Searchlight

February 17 2006 [Limited]

R

1.4

THE SECOND CHANCE

Sony/Triumph

February 17 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.4

DOOGAL (based on the UK children’s series)

The Weinstein Co./Pathe

February 24 2006

G

7.4

TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION

Lionsgate

February 24 2006

PG-13

63.2

6

RUNNING SCARED (thriller about dirty cops and the mob)

New Line

February 24 2006

R

6.8

17

16 BLOCKS (Bruce Willis NYC crime-drama)

Warner Brothers/Alcon/Millennium

March 3 2006

PG-13

36.8

AQUAMARINE (fantasy about a mermaid in love with a man)

Fox/Fox 2000

March 3 2006

PG

18.5

12

DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY (sketch comedy)

Focus/Rogue

March 3 2006

R

11.6

3

DEEP SEA 3D (Imax documentary)

Warner Brothers/Imax 3-D

March 3 2006 [Limited]

G

31.2

ULTRAVIOLET (sci-fi-horror film with Milla Jovovich)

Sony/Screen Gems

March 3 2006

PG-13

18.5

30

ASK THE DUST (love affair set in 1930's L.A.)

Paramount/Classics

March 10 2006 [Limited]

R

.7

FAILURE TO LAUNCH (a slacker meets his dream girl)

Paramount

March 10 2006

PG-13

88.6

50

THE HILLS HAVE EYES (remake of 1977 horror film)

Fox/Searchlight

March 10 2006

R

41.7

15

THE SHAGGY DOG (update with Tim Allen)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

March 10 2006

PG

61.1

DON’T COME KNOCKING (drama about a cowboy star)

Sony Pictures Classics

March 17 2006 [Limited]

R

.4

11

FIND ME GUILTY (courtroom drama about a true mob trial)

Yari Film Group/Freestyle

March 17 2006

R

1.1

13

SHE’S THE MAN (a teen impersonates her brother)

Dreamworks/Lakeshore

March 17 2006

PG-13

33.6

20

STEVE HARVEY DON’T TRIP... (comedy concert film)

Freestyle

March 17 2006 [Limited]

PG

.3

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (comedy drama about tobacco)

Fox/Searchlight

March 17 [Limited], Apr. 14 2006 [Wide]

R

24.7

8

V FOR VENDETTA (futuristic comic book adventure set in Britain)

Warner Brothers/Silver/Virtual/DC/Imax

March 17 2006

R

70.5

54

INSIDE MAN (Spike Lee’s crime drama about bank robbery)

Universal/Imagine

March 24 2006

R

88.5

45

LARRY THE CABLE GUY: HEALTH INSPECTOR

Lionsgate

March 24 2006

PG-13

15.6

LONESOME JIM (Steve Buscemi comedy)

IFC

March 24 2006 [Limited]

R

.1

STAY ALIVE (teens playing an online horror game)

Buena Vista/Hollywood/Spyglass

March 24 2006

PG-13

23.0

ATL (about a hip-hop roller rink)

Warner Brothers

March 31 2006

PG-13

21.1

MARILYN HOTCHKISS’ BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL

Samuel Goldwyn/IDP

March 31 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.3

BASIC INSTINCT 2 (sequel set in London)

Sony/Columbia/MGM/Intermedia/C2

March 31 2006

R

5.8

BRICK (murder mystery set in a high school)

Focus

March 31 2006 [Limited]

R

2.0

.5

ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (animated sequel)

Fox/Blue Sky

March 31 2006

PG

195.3

80

SLITHER (sci-fi comedy thriller about an alien plague)

Universal/Gold Circle

March 31 2006

R

7.7

29.5

THE BENCHWARMERS (3 guys form baseball team)

Sony/Columbia/Revolution

April 7 2006

PG-13

57.6

FRIENDS WITH MONEY (friends lives’ change)

Sony Pictures Classics

April 7 [Limited], Apr. 21 2006 [Wide]

R

13.3

LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN (about NYC gangsters)

MGM/The Weinstein Company

April 7 2006

R

22.4

ON A CLEAR DAY (about swimming the English Channel)

Focus

April 7 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.1

PHAT GIRLZ (comedy about plus-size women)

Fox Searchlight

April 7 2006

PG-13

7.0

2.5

TAKE THE LEAD (French volunteer at a city high school)

New Line

April 7 2006

PG-13

34.7

WHEN DO WE EAT? (family comedy drama about Passover)

Thinkfilm

April 7 2006 [Limited]

R

.4

HARD CANDY (thriller about a bad internet date)

Lionsgate

April 14 2006 [Limited]

R

1.0

KINKY BOOTS (British comedy about a shoe factory)

Miramax

April 14 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

1.8

THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE (about pin-up model)

Picturehouse/HBO

April 14 2006 [Limited]

R

1.4

SCARY MOVIE 4 (third sequel to horror film spoof)

Dimension/Miramax

April 14 2006

PG-13

90.7

45

THE WILD (animated NYC zoo adventure)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

April 14 2006

G

37.3

80

AMERICAN DREAMZ (comedy drama about politics and show business)

Universal

April 21 2006

PG-13

7.1

17

THE SENTINEL (political suspense based on the novel)

Fox/Regency

April 21 2006

PG-13

36.2

SILENT HILL (horror film based on the video game)

Sony/Tri-Star

April 21 2006

R

47.0

25

AKEELAH AND THE BEE (girl enters spelling bee contest)

Lionsgate

April 28 2006

PG

18.8

THE LOST CITY (set in Cuba during the 1950's)

Lionsgate/Magnolia

April 28 2006 [Limited]

R

2.4

9.5

RV (Robin Williams comedy about family who rents an RV)

Sony/Columbia/Intermedia

April 28 2006

PG

71.4

50

STICK IT (comedy about gymnasts who rebel)

Buena Vista/Touchstone

April 28 2006

PG-13

26.8

UNITED 93 (story of hijacked flight on 9/11)

Universal/Working Title

April 28 2006

R

31.4

15

WATER (drama from Deepa Mehta)

Fox Searchlight

April 28 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

3.2

AN AMERICAN HAUNTING (based on a Tennessee curse)

Freestyle

May 5 2006

PG-13

16.3

14

ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (comedy about an art student)

Sony Pictures Classics/UA

May 5 [Limited], May 12 2006 [Wider]

R

3.2

DOWN IN THE VALLEY (Edward Norton drama)

Thinkfilm

May 5 2006 [Limited]

R

.5

8

HOOT (story of a boy trying to save owls)

New Line/Walden Media

May 5 2006

PG

8.0

16

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (latest Tom Cruise sequel)

Paramount

May 5 2006

PG-13

133.3

150

THE PROMISE (martial arts fantasy drama)

Warner Independent Pictures

May 5 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.6

30

THE PROPOSITION (western)

First Look

May 5 2006 [Limited]

R

1.9

GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS (L.A. boy becomes a soccer star)

Buena Vista/Touchstone/Arenas/Icon

May 12 2006

PG

4.2

30

JUST MY LUCK (Lindsay Lohan romantic comedy about luck)

Fox/Regency

May 12 2006

PG-13

17.3

KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS (comedy about a Bar-Mitzvah)

Miramax

May 12 2006 [limited]

PG-13

4.3

POSEIDON (update of The Poseidon Adventure)

Warner Brothers/Virtual/Imax

May 12 2006

PG-13

60.6

160

THE DA VINCI CODE (Ron Howard’s adaptation of novel)

Sony/Columbia/Imagine

May 19 2006

PG-13

217.5

125

OVER THE HEDGE (based on the comic strip)

Dreamworks Animation

May 19 2006

PG

155.0

SEE NO EVIL (serial killer horror film)

Lionsgate/WWE

May 19 2006

R

15.0

8

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (documentary with Al Gore)

Paramount Classics

May 24 2006 [Limited]

PG

23.8

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (a cure for the mutants?)

Fox/Marvel

May 26 2006

PG-13

234.3

168

THE BREAK-UP (romantic comedy with Vince Vaughn)

Universal

June 2 2006

PG-13

118.6

52

DISTRICT B13 (futuristic sci-fi action adventure)

Magnolia

June 2 2006 [Limited]

R

1.1

PEACEFUL WARRIOR (drama about a young athlete)

Lionsgate

June 2 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

1.0

THE OMEN (horror remake)

Fox

June 6 2006

R

54.6

25

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (based on a famous radio show)

Picturehouse

June 9 2006

PG-13

20.3

10

CARS (latest Pixar animated film)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney/Pixar

June 9 2006

G

244.0

70

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (latest sequel)

Universal

June 16 2006

PG-13

62.4

75

GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES (comic strip sequel)

Fox

June 16 2006

PG

28.4

THE LAKE HOUSE (a time travel love story)

Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow

June 16 2006

PG

52.3

40

NACHO LIBRE (priest who wrestles to save orphanage)

Paramount/Nickelodeon

June 16 2006

PG

80.1

35

WORDPLAY (documentary about NYC crossword puzzle)

IFC

June 16 2006 [Limited]

PG

3.1

CLICK (Adam Sandler time travel comedy-drama)

Sony/Columbia/Revolution

June 23 2006

PG-13

137.3

83

WAIST DEEP (ex-cons car is hijacked with son)

Focus/Rogue

June 23 2006

R

21.3

STRANGERS WITH CANDY (TV show adapted)

Thinkfilm

June 28 2006 [Limited]

R

2.0

10

SUPERMAN RETURNS (hero returns to Earth after 5 years)

Warner Brothers/Legendary/DC/Imax

June 28 2006

PG-13

200.0

209

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (woman works for evil editor)

Fox

June 30 2006

PG-13

124.7

35

A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater’s animated cop film)

Warner Independent Pictures/Section Eight

July 7 2006 [Limited]

R

5.4

20

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST (sequel, part 2 of 3)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

July 7 2006

PG-13

423.2

200

LITTLE MAN (Wayans brothers comedy)

Sony/Columbia/Revolution

July 14 2006

PG-13

58.2

64

YOU, ME AND DUPREE (best man moves in with newlyweds)

Universal

July 14 2006

PG-13

75.6

54

CLERKS II (Kevin Smith’s sequel)

MGM/The Weinstein Company

July 21 2006

R

24.1

5

LADY IN THE WATER (new Shyamalan fantasy thriller)

Warner Brothers/Legendary

July 21 2006

PG-13

42.2

75

MONSTER HOUSE (performance capture 3-D film)

Sony/Columbia/Amblin/Image Movers/Relativity

July 21 2006

PG

73.6

75

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND (man breaks up with superhero)

Fox/Regency

July 21 2006

PG-13

22.5

SHADOWBOXER (female assassin gets terminal cancer)

Freestyle

July 21 2006 [Limited]

R

.3

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (comedy with Steve Carell)

Fox Searchlight

July 26 [Limited], Aug. 18 2006 [Wide]

R

59.8

8

THE ANT BULLY (animated CGI about boy who becomes ant size)

Warner Brothers Animation/Playtone/Imax 3-D/Legendary

July 28 2006

PG

28.1

JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE (3 popular girls date the same guy)

Fox

July 28 2006

PG-13

41.0

18

MIAMI VICE (TV show update)

Universal

July 28 2006

R

63.4

135

SCOOP (Woody Allen’s London set mystery-comedy-drama)

Focus

July 28 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

10.5

4

BARNYARD (animated farm comedy)

Paramount Animation/Nickelodeon

August 4 2006

PG

72.6

50

BOYNTON BEACH CLUB (all star cast comedy drama)

Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn

August 4 2006 [Limited]

NR

3.1

THE DESCENT (horror film about underground creatures)

Lionsgate

August 4 2006

R

26.0

5

THE NIGHT LISTENER (mystery based on the novel)

Miramax

August 4 2006

R

7.8

10

TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY (Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy)

Sony/Columbia

August 4 2006

PG-13

148.2

73

WORLD TRADE CENTER (Oliver Stone/Nicolas Cage)

Paramount

August 9 2006

PG-13

70.2

63

HALF NELSON (teacher has addiction to crack)

Thinkfilm

August 11 2006 [Limited]

R

2.6

1

PULSE (remake of Japanese horror film)

The Weinstein Company/ Dimension

August 11 2006

PG-13

20.2

7.5

STEP UP (troubled youth takes up dancing)

Buena Vista/Touchstone

August 11 2006

PG-13

65.2

24

ZOOM (based on graphic novel about a superhero academy)

Sony/Columbia/Revolution

August 11 2006

PG

11.6

60

ACCEPTED (teen starts his own college)

Universal/Shady Acres

August 18 2006

PG-13

36.3

23

FACTOTUM (drama based on the novel about a writer)

IFC

August 18 2006 [Limited]

R

.8

1

THE ILLUSIONIST (supernatural mystery)

Yari Film Group/Freestyle

Aug. 18 [Limited], Sept. 1 2006 [Wide]

PG-13

39.8

16.5

MATERIAL GIRLS (2 wealthy sisters lose their money)

MGM

August 18 2006

PG

11.4

SNAKES ON A PLANE (snakes aboard passenger jet)

New Line

August 18 2006

R

34.0

35

TRUST THE MAN (romantic comedy set in NYC)

Fox Searchlight

August 18 [Limited], Sept. 1 2006 [Wide]

R

1.5

10

BEERFEST (Broken Lizard comedy)

Warner Brothers/Legendary

August 25 2006

R

19.1

12.5

HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (adaptation of young adult novel)

New Line/Walden Media

August 25 2006

PG

13.0

IDLEWILD (musical drama set at a 1930's speakeasy)

Universal/HBO Films

August 25 2006

R

12.5

15

INVINCIBLE (fan makes Philadelphia Eagles team)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

August 25 2006

PG

57.7

THE QUIET (thriller about a deaf teenager living with a family)

Sony Pictures Classics

August 25 2006 [Limited]

R

.3

.9

CRANK (hit man gets injected with poison)

Lionsgate/Lakeshore

September 1 2006

R

27.8

12

CROSSOVER (underground basketball drama)

Sony/TriStar

September 1 2006

PG-13

7.0

6

IDIOCRACY (Mike Judge’s futuristic sci-fi comedy)

Fox

September 1 2006 [Limited]

R

.4

LASSIE (remake set in England set around WWII)

Samuel Goldwyn/Roadside Attractions

September 1 2006 [Limited]

PG

.6

THE WICKER MAN (horror remake with Nicolas Cage)

Warner Brothers/Alcon/Millennium

September 1 2006

PG-13

23.6

35

BROKEN BRIDGES (country star meets 16-year-old daughter)

Paramount Vantage/CMT/MTV

September 8 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.2

THE COVENANT (horror thriller about an evil force unleashed)

Sony/Screen Gems

September 8 2006

PG-13

23.2

20

HOLLYWOODLAND (story of the death of Superman actor George Reeves)

Focus/Miramax

September 8 2006

R

14.4

16

THE PROTECTOR (martial arts action comedy)

The Weinstein Company

September 8 2006

R

11.9

2

SHERRYBABY (ex-drug addict wants to gain custody of her daughter)

IFC

September 8 2006 [Limited]

R

.2

ARTIE LANGE’S BEER LEAGUE

Echo Bridge

September 15 2006 [Limited]

R

.4

THE BLACK DAHLIA (adaptation of crime novel)

Universal/Millennium

September 15 2006

R

22.5

65

CONFETTI (British comedy about a bridal magazine contest)

Fox Searchlight

September 15 2006 [Limited]

R

.2

EVERYONE’S HERO (animated adventure about Babe Ruth)

Fox/Fox Animation/IDT/Starz

September 15 2006

G

14.5

GRIDIRON GANG (juvenile detention camp football team)

Sony/Columbia/Original

September 15 2006

PG-13

38.4

30

HAVEN (businessman launders money)

Yari Film Group/Freestyle

September 15 2006 [Limited]

R

.1

KEEPING MUM (Rowan Atkinson comedy)

Thinkfilm/Working Title

September 15 2006 [Limited]

R

1.6

17

THE LAST KISS (comedy drama about turning 30)

Paramount/Dreamworks/Lakeshore

September 15 2006

R

11.6

20

THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON (documentary)

Lionsgate

September 15 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

1.0

ALL THE KING’S MEN (remake with all-star cast)

Sony/Columbia/Phoenix

September 22 2006

PG-13

7.2

55

FEAST (horror film from Project Greenlight)

The Weinstein Company/ Dimension

September 22 2006 [Limited]

R

FLYBOYS (U.S. pilots fighting before nation entered WWI)

MGM

September 22 2006

PG-13

13.0

JACKASS: NUMBER TWO (sequel to movie from MTV series)

Paramount/MTV

September 22 2006

R

72.6

11

JET LI’S FEARLESS (about man who taught Chinese martial arts)

Focus/Rogue

September 22 2006

PG-13

24.6

RENAISSANCE (futuristic sci-fi adult animation)

Miramax

September 22 2006 [Limited]

R

.06

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (man believes his dreams are real)

Warner Independent Pictures

September 22 2006 [Limited]

R

4.6

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (Scottish doctor works for Idi Amin)

Fox Searchlight

September 27 2006 [Limited], Jan. 19 2007 [Wider]

R

17.6

FACING THE GIANTS (football coach finds inspiration)

IDP/Destination/Samuel Goldwyn

September 29 2006 [Limited]

PG

10.1

.1

THE GUARDIAN (adventure about the Coast Guard)

Buena Vista/Touchstone/Beacon

September 29 2006

PG-13

54.9

75

OPEN SEASON (a deer and a bear try to escape hunters)

Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia/Imax 3-D

September 29 2006

PG

84.3

85

SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (remake of 1960 British comedy)

MGM/The Weinstein Company/Dimension

September 29 2006

PG-13

17.8

20

THE QUEEN (about aftermath of death of Princess Diana)

Miramax/Pathe/Canal Plus

September 30 2006 [Limited], Jan. 19 2007 [Wide]

PG-13

56.4

THE DEPARTED (all-star organized crime thriller)

Warner Brothers/IEG/Plan B

October 6 2006, Jan. 26 2007

R

132.3

90

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (comedy about bulk-discount retailers war over a girl)

Lionsgate/Tapestry

October 6 2006

PG-13

28.3

12

LITTLE CHILDREN (romantic crime drama)

New Line

October 6 2006 [Limited]

R

5.4

14

LOVE’S ABIDING JOY (family western)

Fox

October 6 2006 [Limited]

PG

.2

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (prequel to the 2003 remake)

New Line

October 6 2006

R

39.5

16

ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER (14-year-old works for the secret service)

The Weinstein Company

October 13 2006 [Limited]

PG

.6

43

DRIVING LESSONS (British boy coming of age tale)

Sony Pictures Classics

October 13 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.2

THE GRUDGE 2 (sequel)

Sony/Columbia/Ghost House

October 13 2006

PG-13

39.1

20

INFAMOUS (about writing In Cold Blood)

Warner Independent Pictures

October 13 2006 [Limited]

R

1.1

12

MAN OF THE YEAR (talk show host runs for president)

Universal/Morgan Creek

October 13 2006

PG-13

37.3

THE MARINE (a Marine’s girlfriend is kidnapped)

Fox/WWE

October 13 2006

PG-13

18.8

15

ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING (the Bible story of Esther)

8X/Rocky Mountain

October 13 2006

PG

13.3

20

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (Clint Eastwood’s WWII Battle of Iwo Jima story)

Paramount/Dreamworks/Warner Brothers/Malpaso/Amblin

October 20 2006

R

33.5

75

FLICKA (girl enters horse race to win a mustang)

Fox/Fox 2000

October 20 2006

PG

21.0

14

MARIE ANTOINETTE (teen becomes Queen of France)

Sony/Columbia

October 20 2006

PG-13

15.9

40

THE PRESTIGE (London magicians turn into murderers)

Buena Vista/Touchstone/Warner Brothers/Newmarket

October 20 2006

PG-13

53.0

40

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (man looks back on childhood)

Sony/TriStar

Oct 20 [Limited], Oct. 27 2006 [Wide]

R

6.7

12

TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3-D (re-release)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

October 20 2006 [Limited]

PG

8.3

BABEL (drama about lives of strangers that collide)

Paramount Vantage

Oct. 27 [Limited], Nov. 10 2006 [Wide]

R

34.3

25

CATCH A FIRE (political thriller about African National Congress)

Focus/Working Title/Studio Canal

October 27 2006

PG-13

4.2

DEATH OF A PRESIDENT (documentary style conspiracy)

Newmarket

October 27 2006 [Limited]

R

.1

SAW III (horror sequel)

Lionsgate

October 27 2006

R

80.1

12

SHUT UP & SING (documentary about the Dixie Chicks)

The Weinstein Company

October 27 2006 [Limited]

R

1.2

BORAT (spinoff of HBO show Ali G)

Fox

November 3 2006

R

128.5

18

FLUSHED AWAY (CGI animation about London rats)

Paramount/Dreamworks Animation/Aardman

November 3 2006

PG

64.4

140

THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE (Jack Frost tries to steal the holiday)

Buena Vista/Walt Disney

November 3 2006

G

84.4

VOLVER (Almodovar’s new film with Penelope Cruz)

Sony Pictures Classics

Nov. 3 2006 [Limited] Jan. 26 2007 [Wider]

R

12.8

COME EARLY MORNING (Ashley Judd romantic drama)

Roadside Attractions

November 10 2006 [Limited]

R

.1

COPYING BEETHOVEN (composer falls for a copyist)

MGM

November 10 2006 [Limited]

PG-13

.3

FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS

Picturehouse

November 10 2006 [Limited]

R

.2

17

A GOOD YEAR (about a London banker who inherits land)

Fox/Fox 2000

November 10 2006

PG-13

7.4

35

HARSH TIMES (an Army Ranger turns to crime)

MGM/BME

November 10 2006

R

3.3

4

THE RETURN (supernatural thriller)

Focus/Rogue

November 10 2006

PG-13

7.7

15

STRANGER THAN FICTION (Will Ferrell plays IRS agent)

Sony/Columbia

November 10 2006

PG-13

40.1

30

AFTER DARK HORRORFEST: 8 FILMS TO DIE FOR

Freestyle

November 17 2006

NR

2.6

BOBBY (about assassination of Robert F. Kennedy)

MGM/The Weinstein Company/Arclight

Nov. 17 [Limited], Nov. 23 2006 [Wide]

R

11.2

10

CASINO ROYALE (new James Bond film based on the first Ian Fleming Bond novel)

Sony/MGM/Columbia

November 17 2006

PG-13

167.4

150

FAST FOOD NATION (fiction based on the non-fiction book)

Fox Searchlight

November 17 2006 [Limited]

R

1.0

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (Christopher Guest’s new film)

Warner Independent Pictures/Castle Rock

Nov. 17 [Limited], Nov. 22 2006 [Wide]

PG-13

5.5

12

HAPPY FEET (about emperor penguins tap-dancing and singing in Antarctica)

Warner Brothers Animation/Village Roadshow/Imax

November 17 2006

PG

197.9

100

LET’S GO TO PRISON (criminal shares cell with rich guy)

Universal

November 17 2006

R

4.6

4

DECK THE HALLS (family holiday comedy)

Fox/Regency

November 22 2006

PG

35.0

DEJA VU (FBI agent travels back in time to stop a murder)

Buena Vista/Touchstone

November 22 2006

PG-13

64.0

75

THE FOUNTAIN (fantasy about a fountain of youth)

Warner Brothers/Fox/Regency/DC

November 22 2006

PG-13

10.1

35

THE HISTORY BOYS (comedy drama about British students)

Fox Searchlight

November 22 2006 [Limited]

R

2.7

3.8

TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY (about rock band)

New Line

November 22 2006

R

8.3

THE NATIVITY STORY (telling of Jesus’ birth)

New Line

December 1 2006

PG

37.6

40

TURISTAS (in Brazil a bus accident maroons travelers)

Fox Atomic

December 1 2006

R

7.0

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VAN WILDER: THE RISE OF TAJ (comedy sequel)

MGM/Tapestry

December 1 2006

R

4.2

APOCALYPTO (story about the end of the Mayan civilization)

Buena Vista/Touchstone/Icon

December 8 2006

R

50.8

40

BLOOD DIAMOND (drama about smuggling conflict diamonds)

Warner Brothers/Virtual/IEG

December 8 2006

R

57.3

100

GUADALUPE

Slowhand

December 8 2006 [Limited]

PG

THE HOLIDAY (romantic comedy by Nancy Meyers)

Sony/Columbia/Universal/Relativity

December 8 2006

PG-13

63.2

85

UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (kids snowed in at an airport)

Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow

December 8 2006

PG

16.6

CHARLOTTE’S WEB (live action-animated remake)

Paramount/Walden Media/Nickelodeon

December 15 2006

G

82.5

80

DREAMGIRLS (broadway play adaptation)

Paramount/Dreamworks

Dec. 15 [Limited], Dec. 25 2006 [Wide]

PG-13

103.3

75

ERAGON (fantasy about a boy who is a dragon rider)

Fox

December 15 2006

PG

75.0

100

THE GOOD GERMAN (George Clooney World War II thriller)

Warner Brothers/Virtual/Section Eight

Dec. 15 [Limited], Jan. 19 2007 [Wider]

R

1.3

32

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (Will Smith is a salesman who takes custody of his son)

Sony/Columbia

December 15 2006

PG-13

163.5

55

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (WWII Battle of Iwo Jima from Japanese point of view)

Warner Brothers/Dreamworks

Dec. 20 2006 [Limited], Jan. 19 2007 [Wider]

R

13.7

20

THE PAINTED VEIL (doctor and wife fight cholera in 1920's)

Warner Independent Pictures/Yari Film Group

Dec. 20 [Limited], Dec. 29 2006 [Wider]

PG-13

8.0

21

ROCKY BALBOA (Rocky faces tragedy and a new foe)

Sony/MGM/Columbia/Revolution/Fox

December 20 2006

PG

70.2

24

VENUS (older actors habits are derailed by a grandniece)

Miramax

December 21 2006 [Limited]

R

3.3

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (discord in king’s family)

Sony Pictures Classics

December 21 2006 [Limited], Jan. 12 2007 [Wide]

R

6.5

THE GOOD SHEPHERD (thriller about start of the CIA)

Universal/Morgan Creek

December 22 2006

R

59.9

110

HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU (documentary about Katrina)

MacGillivray Freeman/Imax

December 22 2006 [Limited]

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (museum figures come to life at night, with Ben Stiller)

Fox/1492/Imax

December 22 2006

PG

250.8

120

WE ARE MARSHALL (1970 plane crash of football team)

Warner Brothers/Legendary

December 22 2006

PG

43.5

BLACK CHRISTMAS (horror remake set at a sorority)

MGM/The Weinstein Company/Dimension

December 25 2006 [Limited]

R

16.2

CHILDREN OF MEN (a futuristic sci-fi thriller with Clive Owen)

Universal

Dec. 25 2006 [Limited], Jan. 5 2007 [Wide]

R

35.2

72

NOTES ON A SCANDAL (teacher has an affair with a student)

Fox Searchlight

Dec. 25 2006 [Limited], Jan, 26 2007 [Wider]

R

17.5

PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (murder mystery)

Paramount/Dreamworks

Dec. 27 [Limited], Jan. 5 2007 [Wider]

R

2.2

50

MISS POTTER (drama about author in Victorian England)

MGM/The Weinstein Company/Phoenix

Dec. 29 [Limited], Jan. 12 2007 [Wider]

PG

2.9

FACTORY GIRL (story of Andy Warhol’s muse)

MGM/The Weinstein Company/Yari Prods.

Dec. 29 [Limited], Feb. 2 2007 [Wider]

R

1.6

8

PAN’S LABYRINTH (fantasy thriller set in 1944 Spain)

Picturehouse

Dec. 29 2006 [Limited], Jan. 26 2007 [Wide]

R

37.6

5