#1 of 11 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
2006 · Drama, Thriller
$135M worldwide · 32% of the chart's total
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in week 52 of 2006 (Dec 24–30), with $135M worldwide, ahead of Pan's Labyrinth (2006) at $83.9M and Children of Men (2006) at $70.6M. 11 drama films released that week report a worldwide gross, $415.6M in all, 24% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 18% on Week 51, 2006, whose releases took $507.6M. By language, English leads with $296.3M across 7 drama releases.
#1 of 11 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
2006 · Drama, Thriller
$135M worldwide · 32% of the chart's total
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) leads with $135M, 32% of the total. The top 5 together took $374.4M, 90% of what all 11 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 52 of 2006 (Dec 24–30).
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $132.8M Worldwide: $135M
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $37.6M Rest of the world: $46.2M Worldwide: $83.9M
Dec 25, 2006 US and Canada: $35.6M Rest of the world: $35M Worldwide: $70.6M
Dec 27, 2006 US and Canada: $17.5M Rest of the world: $32.3M Worldwide: $49.8M
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $32.1M Worldwide: $35.1M
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $10.2K Rest of the world: $25.4M Worldwide: $25.5M
Dec 28, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $3.6M
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $171.8K Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $1.3M
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $19.9K Rest of the world: $885.4K Worldwide: $905.3K
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $629.5K Of the top 10, Children of Men (2006) earned the biggest share at home (50% in the US & Canada), while The Tiger and the Snow (2006) made 100% of its gross abroad. Across all 11 films, $97.8M (24%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 10 reports no US & Canada figure.
1 of 11 films crossed $100M and took $135M between them, 32% of the total. 5 films, 45% of the list, earned under $10M.
Week 52 releases took $415.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 50 (Dec 10–16) with $533.4M, led by The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).
Of these 10 years, Week 52, 2000 earned the most: $657.4M from 6 films, led by Cast Away (2000). Week 52, 2006 took $415.6M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 52, 1997 Dec 21–27 8 films | 8 | $444.5M | – | As Good as It Gets (1997) $314.2M |
| Week 52, 1998 Dec 20–26 6 films · −4% | 6 | $424.8M | −4% | Patch Adams (1998) $202.3M |
| Week 52, 1999 Dec 19–25 9 films · −10% | 9 | $381.1M | −10% | The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) $138M |
| Week 52, 2000 Dec 17–23 6 films · +72% | 6 | $657.4M | +72% | Cast Away (2000) $429.6M |
| Week 52, 2001 Dec 23–29 10 films · −20% | 10 | $525.3M | −20% | Black Hawk Down (2001) $173M |
| Week 52, 2002 Dec 22–28 9 films · +12% | 9 | $588.8M | +12% | Catch Me If You Can (2002) $352.1M |
| Week 52, 2003 Dec 21–27 6 films · −57% | 6 | $253.7M | −57% | Cold Mountain (2003) $173M |
| Week 52, 2004 Dec 19–25 6 films · −82% | 6 | $46.3M | −82% | Hotel Rwanda (2004) $33.9M |
| Week 52, 2005 Dec 18–24 7 films · +265% | 7 | $169.1M | +265% | Munich (2005) $131M |
| Week 52, 2006 Dec 24–30 11 films · +146% | 11 | $415.6M | +146% | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) $135M |
English-language drama films took $296.3M across 7 films, 71% of the total, ahead of Spanish-language drama films ($83.9M) and Italian-language drama films ($25.5M).
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 11 films as the chart.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) leads with $135M worldwide, $2.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Pan's Labyrinth (2006) at $83.9M and Children of Men (2006) at $70.6M.
11 drama films released in week 52 of 2006 (Dec 24–30) report a worldwide gross, $415.6M in all, or $37.8M per film on average. Week 51, 2006 releases took $507.6M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) with $135M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 52 of 2006 (Dec 24–30). 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.