#1 of 3 2006 · Drama, Romance
$1.3M worldwide · 61% of the chart's total
The Mistress of Spices (2006) is the highest-grossing romance movie released in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6), with $1.3M worldwide, ahead of Down in the Valley (2006) at $855K and Side Effects (2006) at $2.2K. 3 romance films released that week report a worldwide gross, $2.2M in all, 26% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 88% on Week 17, 2006, whose releases took $18.3M.
#1 of 3 2006 · Drama, Romance
$1.3M worldwide · 61% of the chart's total
The Mistress of Spices (2006) leads with $1.3M, 61% of the total. The top 3 together took $2.2M, 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.
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Number 3 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 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6).
May 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M
May 5, 2006 US and Canada: $568.9K Rest of the world: $286.1K Worldwide: $855K
May 5, 2006 US and Canada: $2.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2K Week 18 releases took $2.2M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 19 (May 7–13) with $61.9M, led by Just My Luck (2006).
Of these 10 years, Week 18, 1999 earned the most: $216.5M from 3 films, led by Entrapment (1999). Week 18, 2006 took $2.2M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 18, 1997 Apr 27–May 3 1 film | 1 | $548.6K | – | Commandments (1997) $548.6K |
| Week 18, 1998 Apr 26–May 2 3 films · +2932% | 3 | $16.6M | +2932% | Les Misérables (1998) $14.1M |
| Week 18, 1999 Apr 25–May 1 3 films · +1202% | 3 | $216.5M | +1202% | Entrapment (1999) $212.4M |
| Week 18, 2000 Apr 23–29 2 films · −79% | 2 | $44.9M | −79% | Where the Heart Is (2000) $40.9M |
| Week 18, 2001 Apr 29–May 5 1 film · −100% | 1 | $37K | −100% | Pavilion of Women (2001) $37K |
| Week 18, 2002 Apr 28–May 4 4 films · +65407% | 4 | $24.2M | +65407% | Hollywood Ending (2002) $14.6M |
| Week 18, 2003 Apr 27–May 3 2 films · +130% | 2 | $55.8M | +130% | The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) $55.5M |
| Week 18, 2004 Apr 25–May 1 5 films · +192% | 5 | $163.1M | +192% | Pride and Prejudice (2004) $129.3M |
| Week 18, 2005 Apr 24–30 5 films · −76% | 5 | $38.7M | −76% | Ladies in Lavender. (2005) $20.4M |
| Week 18, 2006 Apr 30–May 6 3 films · −94% | 3 | $2.2M | −94% | The Mistress of Spices (2006) $1.3M |
52 weeks of 2006 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 46 (Nov 12–18) with $388.4M, led by Happy Feet (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 3 films as the chart.
The Mistress of Spices (2006) leads with $1.3M worldwide. Next come Down in the Valley (2006) at $855K and Side Effects (2006) at $2.2K.
3 romance films released in week 18 of 2006 (Apr 30–May 6) report a worldwide gross, $2.2M in all, or $731.7K per film on average. Week 17, 2006 releases took $18.3M.
None. The biggest, The Mistress of Spices (2006), earned $1.3M.
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.
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.