#1 of 16 2006 · Drama, Mystery
$85.6M worldwide · 76% of the chart's total
Volver (2006) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in week 44 of 2006 (Oct 29–Nov 4), with $85.6M worldwide, ahead of The Letters (2006) at $8.3M and Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006) at $3.9M. 16 drama films released that week report a worldwide gross, $112M in all, 12% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 31% on Week 43, 2006, whose releases took $163.4M. By language, Spanish leads with $89M across 2 drama releases.
#1 of 16 2006 · Drama, Mystery
$85.6M worldwide · 76% of the chart's total
Volver (2006) leads with $85.6M, 76% of the total. The top 5 together took $104.5M, 93% of what all 16 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 44 of 2006 (Oct 29–Nov 4).
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: $12.9M Rest of the world: $72.7M Worldwide: $85.6M
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3M
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: $26.4K Rest of the world: $3.4M Worldwide: $3.4M
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4M
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M
Nov 2, 2006 US and Canada: $485K Rest of the world: $886.7K Worldwide: $1.4M
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Nov 2, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $915.6K
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $826.4K
Oct 31, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $533.8K
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $429.9K
Oct 30, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $410.3K
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $276.7K
Nov 2, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.7K
Nov 2, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.5K Of the top 10, Umrao Jaan (2006) earned the biggest share at home (35% in the US & Canada), while Unknown (2006) made 99% of its gross abroad. Across all 16 films, $13.4M (12%) came from the US & Canada. 7 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 16 films reached $100M. 15 films, 94% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $112M total.
Week 44 releases took $112M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 39 (Sep 24–30) with $326M, led by The Queen (2006).
Of these 10 years, Week 44, 2004 earned the most: $204.3M from 12 films, led by Ray (2004). Week 44, 2006 took $112M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 44, 1997 Oct 26–Nov 1 4 films | 4 | $24.5M | – | Red Corner (1997) $22.5M |
| Week 44, 1998 Oct 25–31 3 films · +72% | 3 | $42.1M | +72% | American History X (1998) $23.9M |
| Week 44, 1999 Oct 24–30 8 films · +41% | 8 | $59.5M | +41% | Being John Malkovich (1999) $23.1M |
| Week 44, 2000 Oct 22–28 8 films · −88% | 8 | $7M | −88% | Mohabbatein (2000) $4.3M |
| Week 44, 2001 Oct 28–Nov 3 6 films · +182% | 6 | $19.8M | +182% | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) $18.9M |
| Week 44, 2002 Oct 27–Nov 2 4 films · −88% | 4 | $2.4M | −88% | Adolphe (2002) $1.1M |
| Week 44, 2003 Oct 26–Nov 1 4 films · +461% | 4 | $13.3M | +461% | Kisarazu Cat’s Eye: Nihon Series (2003) $10M |
| Week 44, 2004 Oct 24–30 12 films · +1434% | 12 | $204.3M | +1434% | Ray (2004) $124M |
| Week 44, 2005 Oct 23–29 7 films · −49% | 7 | $103.8M | −49% | Prime (2005) $67.9M |
| Week 44, 2006 Oct 29–Nov 4 16 films · +8% | 16 | $112M | +8% | Volver (2006) $85.6M |
Spanish-language drama films took $89M across 2 films, 79% of the total, ahead of Japanese-language drama films ($12.1M) and English-language drama films ($4.7M).
52 weeks of 2006 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 50 (Dec 10–16) with $533.4M, led by The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 16 films as the chart.
Volver (2006) leads with $85.6M worldwide, $12.9M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Letters (2006) at $8.3M and Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006) at $3.9M.
16 drama films released in week 44 of 2006 (Oct 29–Nov 4) report a worldwide gross, $112M in all, or $7M per film on average. Week 43, 2006 releases took $163.4M.
None. The biggest, Volver (2006), earned $85.6M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 44 of 2006 (Oct 29–Nov 4). 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.
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.