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Music Box Office 2006: Highest-Grossing Music Movies, Page 2

Happy Feet (2006) is the highest-grossing music movie released in 2006, with $384.3M worldwide, ahead of Step Up (2006) at $114.2M and Take the Lead (2006) at $66.5M. 52 music films released in 2006 report a worldwide gross, $723.7M in all, 52% of it from the US & Canada. 2 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 1% on 2005, whose releases took $716.9M. By language, English leads with $683.5M across 36 music releases.

2006 releases with a gross
52
combined worldwide
$723.7M
films crossed $100M
2
vs 2005
+1%
Happy Feet (2006) movie poster #1 of 52
#1 music movie of 2006

Happy Feet (2006)

2006 · Adventure, Comedy

$384.3M worldwide · 53% of the chart's total

$198M US & Canada · 52% $186.3M elsewhere · 48%
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Every Music Release of 2006, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 51 to 52 of 52. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2006.

  1. 51 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006) movie poster
    Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006) Apr 14, 2006 · English · Music, Documentary $2.5K worldwide
    Apr 14, 2006 US and Canada: $2.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5K
  2. 52 Mendadak Dangdut (2006) movie poster
    Mendadak Dangdut (2006) Aug 10, 2006 · Indonesian · Music, Drama, Comedy $1.1K worldwide
    Aug 10, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K
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Music Box Office Year by Year

Every year from 1925 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $2B, led by Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

2020s 7 years · $2.9B
2010s 10 years · $7B
2000s 10 years · $6B
1990s 10 years · $2.2B
1980s 10 years · $1.3B
1970s 10 years · $686.3M
1960s 8 years · $3.8M
1950s 10 years · $4.1M
1940s 4 years · $514.2K
1930s 3 years · $951.7K
1920s 1 year · $4.4K