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Drama Movies Released in 2006
This list shows all Drama films released in 2006, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Drama Movies for 2006
Release
Date | Movie | Creative Type | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 2006 |
| January 6 |
Fateless |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$196,857 |
|
| |
| January 13 |
Glory Road |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$95,317,880 |
|
|
Tristan & Isolde |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$32,607,812 |
|
| |
| January 15 |
Jesse Stone: Night Passage |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| January 20 |
End of the Spear |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$11,924,041 |
|
|
Transamerica |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$20,505,150 |
|
| |
| January 24 |
The Story of a Three-Day Pass |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| January 27 |
Annapolis |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$47,861,974 |
|
|
Bubble |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$145,382 |
|
|
Manderlay |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$543,306 |
|
|
La Petite Jérusalem |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$53,580 |
|
|
Rang De Basanti |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$29,197,694 |
|
| |
| January 30 |
The Chatterley Affair |
Dramatization |
Video |
$0 |
|
|
Desperate Crossing - The True Story o… |
Dramatization |
Video |
$0 |
|
| February, 2006 |
| February 3 |
The Tenants |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,010 |
|
| |
| February 10 |
Un año sin amor |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$24,381 |
|
|
London |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,667 |
|
| |
| February 17 |
Batalla en el cielo |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$70,899 |
|
|
Freedomland |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$22,346,645 |
|
|
Illusion |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Second Chance |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$432,253 |
|
|
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$13,887,199 |
|
|
Winter Passing |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$113,783 |
|
| |
| February 24 |
Little Fish |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$3,222,453 |
|
|
Taxi No. 9 2 11: Nau Do Gyarah |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$292,794 |
|
|
Tsotsi |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$11,537,539 |
|
| March, 2006 |
| March 3 |
Joyeux Noël |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$23,134,075 |
|
|
Sorry, Haters |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,364 |
|
|
Woman is the Future of Man |
|
Theatrical |
$11,807 |
|
| |
| March 7 |
Mimi wo sumaseba |
Kids Fiction |
Video |
$4,487,630 |
|
| |
| March 10 |
Ask the Dust |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$742,614 |
|
|
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$209,058 |
|
|
Ondskan |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$15,530 |
|
| |
| March 17 |
Beyond Honor |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,437 |
|
|
Don't Tell |
|
Theatrical |
$27,105 |
|
|
Don’t Come Knocking |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,633,357 |
|
|
Fetching Cody |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Find Me Guilty |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$2,898,225 |
|
|
Mirage |
|
Theatrical |
$1,511 |
|
|
Sommersturm |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$95,204 |
|
|
Te doy mis ojos |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$25,578 |
|
| |
| March 22 |
American Gun |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$24,098 |
|
| |
| March 24 |
Americano |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Being Cyrus |
|
Theatrical |
$132,325 |
|
|
L'Enfant |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,341,053 |
|
|
Stoned |
|
Theatrical |
$38,922 |
|
| |
| March 29 |
Drawing Restraint 9 |
Fantasy |
Theatrical |
$243,743 |
|
| |
| March 31 |
Brick |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,306,768 |
|
|
Jazireh ahani |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$27,177 |
|
|
Swimmers |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$34,812 |
|
| April, 2006 |
| April 6 |
Room |
|
Theatrical |
$3,742,521 |
|
| |
| April 7 |
4 |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$18,926 |
|
|
Free Zone |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$32,381 |
|
|
On a Clear Day |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$974,240 |
|
|
Take the Lead |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$86,612,236 |
|
|
White Rainbow |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$10,529 |
|
| |
| April 14 |
Humko Deewana Kar Gaye |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$250,083 |
|
|
Kekexili |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$143,383 |
|
|
Look Both Ways |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$107,260 |
|
|
La mujer de mi hermano |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$7,622,028 |
|
|
The Notorious Bettie Page |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$1,779,570 |
|
|
The Sisters |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 20 |
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 21 |
Standing Still |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$30,142 |
|
| |
| April 28 |
Akeelah and the Bee |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$45,864,780 |
|
|
Clean |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$138,711 |
|
|
Haven |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$142,483 |
|
|
Hurensohn |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$7,656 |
|
|
Killer Diller |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$20,795 |
|
|
The Lost City |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,256,839 |
|
|
Moartea domnului Lazarescu |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$581,304 |
|
|
Unidentified |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$224,099 |
|
|
United 93 |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$96,129,731 |
|
|
Water |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$11,322,573 |
|
|
Zui Hao De Shi Guang |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$151,922 |
|
| May, 2006 |
| May 5 |
D'Lucky Ones |
|
Theatrical |
$59,680 |
|
|
One Last Thing... |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$13,334 |
|
|
The Proposition |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,313,608 |
|
| |
| May 10 |
Russian Dolls |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$23,654,241 |
|
| |
| May 12 |
Goal! The Dream Begins |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$40,293,596 |
|
|
Mendy - A Question of Faith |
|
Theatrical |
$7,123 |
|
| |
| May 19 |
The King |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$723,110 |
|
|
Lemming |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$793,604 |
|
|
Mouth to Mouth |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,150 |
|
|
Twelve and Holding |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$314,017 |
|
| |
| May 26 |
Fanaa |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$15,707,114 |
|
|
Shem |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$14,804 |
|
| |
| May 30 |
Live from Baghdad |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| May 31 |
Coastlines |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$7,883 |
|
| June, 2006 |
| June 2 |
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,800 |
|
|
The Conrad Boys |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$11,001 |
|
|
Peaceful Warrior |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$3,260,179 |
|
| |
| June 8 |
Psychopathia Sexualis |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,012 |
|
| |
| June 9 |
Agnes und seine Brüder |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,731 |
|
|
Automne |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,655 |
|
|
El Perro |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$19,791 |
|
| |
| June 14 |
Going Under |
|
Theatrical |
$3,917 |
|
| |
| June 16 |
Cidade Baixa |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$130,794 |
|
|
Fall to Grace |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$8,043 |
|
|
The Lake House |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$154,804,830 |
|
|
Land of the Blind |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,244 |
|
|
Loverboy |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$33,223 |
|
| |
| June 23 |
The Great New Wonderful |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$150,142 |
|
|
Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$38,147 |
|
|
Odete |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$24,452 |
|
|
The Road to Guantanamo |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$1,078,635 |
|
|
Waist Deep |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$46,704,500 |
|
|
The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$25,670,174 |
|
| |
| June 28 |
The Motel |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$51,540 |
|
| July, 2006 |
| July 7 |
Vers le sud |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,767,187 |
|
| |
| July 14 |
Changing Times |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,104,160 |
|
|
Gabrielle |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,775,311 |
|
|
Le temps qui reste |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$117,686 |
|
| |
| July 18 |
Asphalt |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 21 |
Shadowboxer |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$442,951 |
|
| |
| July 28 |
Omkara |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,599,402 |
|
| August, 2006 |
| August 2 |
Quinceanera |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,797,199 |
|
| |
| August 4 |
Jailbait |
|
Theatrical |
$5,741 |
|
|
Sukob |
|
Theatrical |
$300,454 |
|
| |
| August 9 |
Poster Boy |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$62,062 |
|
|
World Trade Center |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$200,830,313 |
|
| |
| August 11 |
Casa de Areia |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,178,175 |
|
|
Half Nelson |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,469,309 |
|
|
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$32,575,443 |
|
|
Step Up |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$162,883,680 |
|
|
The Trouble with Men and Women |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$967 |
|
|
Waltzing Anna |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$11,455 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
George Bush Goes to Heaven |
|
Theatrical |
$3,056 |
|
| |
| August 18 |
10th & Wolf |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$143,782 |
|
|
Factotum |
|
Theatrical |
$3,171,021 |
|
|
The Illusionist |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$123,586,461 |
|
| |
| August 22 |
Elizabeth I |
Dramatization |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| August 23 |
Princesas |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$29,472 |
|
| |
| August 25 |
Invincible |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$106,780,152 |
|
|
Old Joy |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$463,828 |
|
|
The Quiet |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$381,420 |
|
| September, 2006 |
| September 1 |
Crossover |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,433,661 |
|
|
Looking for Kitty |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,480 |
|
|
Qian li zou dan qi |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$252,325 |
|
| |
| September 8 |
Broken Bridges |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$8,623,892 |
|
|
Hollywoodland |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$23,960,522 |
|
|
Man Push Cart |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$48,361 |
|
|
Le petit lieutenant |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$216,724 |
|
|
Red Doors |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$97,848 |
|
|
Sherrybaby |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$759,504 |
|
| |
| September 15 |
Aurora Borealis |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$60,729 |
|
|
Gridiron Gang |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$76,567,229 |
|
|
The Queen |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$158,089,377 |
|
|
We Go Way Back |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,529 |
|
| |
| September 20 |
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories |
|
Theatrical |
$22,918 |
|
|
President |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,171,515 |
|
| |
| September 22 |
All the King's Men |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,521,458 |
|
|
Flyboys |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$40,018,752 |
|
|
Huo Yuan Jia |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$97,841,338 |
|
| |
| September 27 |
The Last King of Scotland |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$66,762,589 |
|
| |
| September 29 |
Facing the Giants |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$37,690,164 |
|
|
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,127,394 |
|
| October, 2006 |
| October 3 |
A Christmas Carol |
Fantasy |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| October 4 |
Blood Tea and Red String |
Fantasy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| October 6 |
The Departed |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$436,754,597 |
|
|
Little Children |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$17,822,240 |
|
| |
| October 13 |
Hard Scrambled |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Infamous |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$2,613,717 |
|
|
Nearing Grace |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
One Night with the King |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$34,486,575 |
|
|
Sweet Land |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,706,325 |
|
|
Tideland |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,072,932 |
|
| |
| October 19 |
Nacido y Criado |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| October 20 |
Flags of Our Fathers |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$108,829,529 |
|
|
Flicka |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$72,802,390 |
|
|
Marie Antoinette |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$77,603,203 |
|
|
Masai: The Rain Warriors |
|
Theatrical |
$7,650 |
|
| |
| October 27 |
Babel |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$163,602,099 |
|
|
Christmas at Maxwell's |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$8,370 |
|
|
Conversations with God |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$425,045 |
|
|
Death of a President |
Fantasy |
Theatrical |
$519,086 |
|
|
Iklimler |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$119,958 |
|
| November, 2006 |
| November 3 |
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story |
Historical Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
|
Umrao Jaan |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$485,000 |
|
| |
| November 10 |
Come Early Morning |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$119,452 |
|
|
Copying Beethoven |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$6,586,324 |
|
|
FUR: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane A… |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$2,281,089 |
|
|
A Good Year |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$52,422,416 |
|
|
A New Day In Old Sana'a |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$737 |
|
| |
| November 15 |
Flannel Pajamas |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$123,301 |
|
| |
| November 17 |
Bobby |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$33,647,508 |
|
|
Candy |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$45,128 |
|
|
Fast Food Nation |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,005,539 |
|
|
The Piano Tuner of EarthQuakes |
Fantasy |
Theatrical |
$29,121 |
|
| |
| November 22 |
Backstage |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,663 |
|
|
The Fountain |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$25,183,667 |
|
|
Opal Dream |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$14,443 |
|
|
The Work and the Glory III: A House D… |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,325,092 |
|
| |
| November 24 |
Ever Since the World Ended |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| November 28 |
Molly: An American Girl on the Home F… |
Historical Fiction |
Video |
$20,650,967 |
|
| December, 2006 |
| December 1 |
3 Needles |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Architect |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$13,737 |
|
|
Four Eyed Monsters |
|
Theatrical |
$13,523 |
|
|
The Nativity Story |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$72,772,300 |
|
|
Ten Items or Less |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$83,291 |
|
|
Unnatural and Accidental |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$3,348 |
|
| |
| December 6 |
Inland Empire |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,120,515 |
|
| |
| December 8 |
Guadalupe |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$848,139 |
|
|
Off the Black |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$148,872 |
|
| |
| December 15 |
Breaking and Entering |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$930,469 |
|
|
Charlotte's Web |
Kids Fiction |
Theatrical |
$230,559,221 |
|
|
The Good German |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,678,033 |
|
|
Indigènes |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$26,063,572 |
|
|
The Pursuit of Happyness |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$401,539,189 |
|
|
Romeo et Juliette |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,386,582 |
|
|
The Secret Life of Words |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,076,115 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
Letters from Iwo Jima |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$81,544,884 |
|
|
The Painted Veil |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$22,794,131 |
|
|
The Restless |
Fantasy |
Theatrical |
$5,976 |
|
|
Rocky Balboa |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$190,987,665 |
|
| |
| December 21 |
Venus |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$7,818,479 |
|
| |
| December 22 |
The Good Shepherd |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$135,083,013 |
|
|
We Are Marshall |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$70,454,656 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
Notes on a Scandal |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$59,583,429 |
|
| |
| December 27 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$145,274,272 |
|
| |
| December 29 |
Miss Potter |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$46,288,108 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
Americanese |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
A Crime |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
False Prophets |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Le Grand Meaulnes |
|
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Le héros de la famille |
|
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Kidulthood |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$851,350 |
|
|
Legaturi bolnavicioase |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Lirkod |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Loving Annabelle |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$5,382 |
|
|
Walkout |
Dramatization |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
