#1 of 136 #1 action movie of 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
2006 · Action, Adventure
$1.1B worldwide · 16% of the chart's total
$423.3M US & Canada · 40% $642.9M elsewhere · 60%
Action box office · 2006
Action Box Office 2006: Highest-Grossing Action Movies, Page 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) is the highest-grossing action movie released in 2006, with $1.1B worldwide, ahead of Casino Royale (2006) at $616.6M and Night at the Museum (2006) at $574.5M. 136 action films released in 2006 report a worldwide gross, $6.7B in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 17 crossed $100 million. That is up 21% on 2005, whose releases took $5.5B. By language, English leads with $5.7B across 49 action releases.
- 2006 releases with a gross
- 136
- combined worldwide
- $6.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 17
- vs 2005
- +21%
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Every Action Release of 2006, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 136. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2006.
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Feb 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7M - 52
Apr 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 53
Jun 15, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M - 54
Mar 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M - 55
Feb 2, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.7M - 56
Dec 28, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 57
Feb 24, 2006 US and Canada: $6.9M Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $9.4M - 58
Jul 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8M - 59
Jan 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.5M - 60
One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006)Mar 4, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.2M
Mar 4, 2006 · Japanese · Action, Adventure, Animation $7.2M worldwide - 61
Sep 1, 2006 US and Canada: $7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7M - 62
Jan 13, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.2M - 63
May 25, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.2M - 64
Dec 15, 2006 US and Canada: $302.5K Rest of the world: $4.8M Worldwide: $5.1M - 65
Apr 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.1M - 66
Aug 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M - 67
Jan 6, 2006 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $3.7M - 68
Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers (2006)Sep 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.6M Sep 16, 2006 · Japanese · Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi $3.6M worldwide - 69
Jan 12, 2006 US and Canada: $332.5K Rest of the world: $3.1M Worldwide: $3.5M - 70
Oct 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 71
Jul 21, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 72
Nov 11, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 73
Apr 28, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 74
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love (2006)Mar 11, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M Mar 11, 2006 · Japanese · Animation, Action, Adventure $2.4M worldwide - 75
Dec 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 76
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars (2006)Mar 4, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M Mar 4, 2006 · Japanese · Animation, War, Sci-Fi $2.2M worldwide - 77
Jun 29, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 78
Jul 18, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 79
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)Sep 1, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M Sep 1, 2006 · Japanese · Animation, Action, Sci-Fi $2.1M worldwide - 80
Aug 25, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 81
Sep 7, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 82
Sep 22, 2006 US and Canada: $70.6K Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $1.8M - 83
Jun 22, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 84
2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 85
Jun 6, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 86
Sep 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 87
Sep 28, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 88
Apr 29, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 89
Feb 15, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 90
Jan 13, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 91
Apr 6, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 92
Apr 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 93
Oct 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $728.8K - 94
Sep 22, 2006 US and Canada: $56.1K Rest of the world: $663K Worldwide: $719.1K - 95
Feb 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $667.9K - 96
Dec 1, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $662.1K - 97
Oct 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $633.4K - 98
May 31, 2006 US and Canada: $518 Rest of the world: $590.4K Worldwide: $591K - 99
Mar 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $566.1K - 100
Dec 15, 2006 US and Canada: $51.7K Rest of the world: $447.9K Worldwide: $499.6K
Archive
Action Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1924 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2017 leads with $20.6B, led by Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017).
2020s 7 years · $61.4B
- 2026 so far $6B #1 Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
- 2025 $11.9B #1 Zootopia 2 (2025)
- 2024 $8.7B #1 Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
- 2023 $10B #1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- 2022 $11.2B #1 Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- 2021 $10.3B #1 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- 2020 $3.4B #1 The Eight Hundred (2020)
2010s 10 years · $152.6B
- 2019 $16.5B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $19.7B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $20.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $16.5B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $16.7B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $16.1B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $12.5B #1 Iron Man 3 (2013)
- 2012 $13.8B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $10.7B #1 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- 2010 $9.3B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
2000s 10 years · $73.2B
- 2009 $12.5B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $9.7B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $7.5B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- 2006 $6.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- 2005 $5.5B #1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 2004 $6.8B #1 Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- 2003 $8.7B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 2002 $5.6B #1 Spider-Man (2002)
- 2001 $5.5B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- 2000 $4.7B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $32.6B
- 1999 $4.4B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $4.3B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $5.1B #1 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- 1996 $4.2B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $3.6B #1 Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
- 1994 $2.9B #1 True Lies (1994)
- 1993 $1.6B #1 The Fugitive (1993)
- 1992 $2B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $2.1B #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $2.5B #1 Total Recall (1990)
1980s 10 years · $10.7B
- 1989 $1.8B #1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 1988 $1.2B #1 Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
- 1987 $1B #1 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
- 1986 $1.1B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $931.7M #1 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- 1984 $1.4B #1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 1983 $1.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $653.6M #1 First Blood (1982)
- 1981 $544.5M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $1B #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $2.8B
- 1979 $524.3M #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $509.4M #1 Superman (1978)
- 1977 $1B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $104.8M #1 Silver Streak (1976)
- 1975 $28.9M #1 The Eiger Sanction (1975)
- 1974 $238.7M #1 The Towering Inferno (1974)
- 1973 $84.1M #1 Magnum Force (1973)
- 1972 $94.5M #1 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- 1971 $112.6M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $119.5M #1 Airport (1970)
1960s 10 years · $286.3M
- 1969 $30.7M #1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- 1968 $3.6M #1 Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
- 1967 $49.1M #1 You Only Live Twice (1967)
- 1966 $31.4K #1 Django (1966)
- 1965 $115.3M #1 Thunderball (1965)
- 1964 $24.8M #1 From Russia with Love (1964)
- 1963 $62.5M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $88.9K #1 Sanjuro (1962)
- 1961 $88.8K #1 Yojimbo (1961)
- 1960 $13.1K #1 Exodus (1960)