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Action box office · Week 18 · Apr 30–May 6, 2006

Action Box Office, Week 18 of 2006: Action Releases of Apr 30–May 6

Mission: Impossible III (2006) is the highest-grossing action movie released in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6), with $398.5M worldwide, ahead of Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) at $60.6M and Five Fingers (2006) at $459.8K. 3 action films released that week report a worldwide gross, $459.5M in all, 29% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 29.9 times the total of Week 17, 2006, whose releases took $15.4M.

week 18 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$459.5M
film crossed $100M
1
vs Week 17, 2006
×29.9
Mission: Impossible III (2006) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 action movie of Week 18, 2006

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

2006 · Action, Adventure

$398.5M worldwide · 87% of the chart's total

$134M US & Canada · 34% $264.4M elsewhere · 66%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Action Hits of Week 18 of 2006?

Mission: Impossible III (2006) leads with $398.5M, 87% of the total. The top 3 together took $459.5M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Mission: Impossible III (2006) movie poster Number 1
    $398.5M Mission: Impossible III (2006)
    $134M US & Canada · 34% $264.4M elsewhere · 66%
  2. Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) movie poster Number 2
    $60.6M Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Five Fingers (2006) movie poster Number 3
    $459.8K Five Fingers (2006)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Action Release of Week 18 of 2006, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6).

  1. 1 Mission: Impossible III (2006) movie poster
    Mission: Impossible III (2006) May 5, 2006 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $398.5M worldwide
    May 5, 2006 US and Canada: $134M Rest of the world: $264.4M Worldwide: $398.5M
  2. 2 Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) movie poster
    Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) May 6, 2006 · Japanese · Drama, Action $60.6M worldwide
    May 6, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.6M
  3. 3 Five Fingers (2006) movie poster
    Five Fingers (2006) May 1, 2006 · English · Thriller, Action, Drama $459.8K worldwide
    May 1, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $459.8K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 18 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 18 releases took $459.5M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 18 (Apr 30–May 6) with $459.5M, led by Mission: Impossible III (2006).

  1. Week 12 Wk 12 Mar 19–25 Wilderness (2006) $566.1K Wilderness (2006)
  2. Week 13 Wk 13 Mar 26–Apr 1 The Legend of Seven Cutter (2006) $522.4K The Legend of Seven Cutter (2006)
  3. Week 14 Wk 14 Apr 2–8 Undercover Hidden Dragon (2006) $1M Undercover Hidden Dragon (2006)
  4. Week 15 Wk 15 Apr 9–15 The Tiger Brigades (2006) $5.1M The Tiger Brigades (2006)
  5. Week 16 Wk 16 Apr 16–22 The Sentinel (2006) $78.9M The Sentinel (2006)
  6. Week 17 Wk 17 Apr 23–29 Bloody Tie (2006) $15.4M Bloody Tie (2006)
  7. Week 18 Wk 18 Apr 30–May 6 Mission: Impossible III (2006) $459.5M Mission: Impossible III (2006)
  8. Week 19 Wk 19 May 7–13 Poseidon (2006) $181.7M Poseidon (2006)
  9. Week 20 Wk 20 May 14–20 See No Evil (2006) $18.8M See No Evil (2006)
Earlier years

How Does Week 18 of 2006 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 18, 2002 earned the most: $825.8M from 1 film, led by Spider-Man (2002). Week 18, 2006 took $459.5M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 18, 1997 Apr 27–May 3 2 films 2 $74.2M – Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) $67.7M
Week 18, 1998 Apr 26–May 2 1 film · −83% 1 $13M −83% Black Dog (1998) $13M
Week 18, 1999 Apr 25–May 1 2 films · +1542% 2 $212.7M +1542% Entrapment (1999) $212.4M
Week 18, 2000 Apr 23–29 No films 0 – – –
Week 18, 2001 Apr 29–May 5 3 films 3 $449.8M – The Mummy Returns (2001) $443.3M
Week 18, 2002 Apr 28–May 4 1 film · +84% 1 $825.8M +84% Spider-Man (2002) $825.8M
Week 18, 2003 Apr 27–May 3 1 film · −51% 1 $407.7M −51% X2: X-Men United (2003) $407.7M
Week 18, 2004 Apr 25–May 1 1 film · −100% 1 $39.7K −100% Arahan (2004) $39.7K
Week 18, 2005 Apr 24–30 3 films · +183566% 3 $72.9M +183566% xXx: State of the Union (2005) $71.4M
Week 18, 2006 Apr 30–May 6 3 films · +530% 3 $459.5M +530% Mission: Impossible III (2006) $398.5M
Archive

Action Box Office in 2006, Week by Week

51 weeks of 2006 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 27 (Jul 2–8) with $1.1B, led by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

FAQ

Action Box Office Week 18 of 2006: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing action movie in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6)?

Mission: Impossible III (2006) leads with $398.5M worldwide, $134M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) at $60.6M and Five Fingers (2006) at $459.8K.

How much did action movies released in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6) earn?

3 action films released in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6) report a worldwide gross, $459.5M in all, or $153.2M per film on average. Week 17, 2006 releases took $15.4M.

How many action movies released in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6) made $1 billion?

None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Mission: Impossible III (2006) with $398.5M.

How much of the Week 18, 2006 Action box office came from the US and Canada?

$134M of the $459.5M total, or 29%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 18, 2006 action box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 18, 2006 action box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.