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- Highest-grossing films
- Events
- Awards
- 2006 wide-release films January–March April–June July–September October–December
- Films released in 2006
- Notable deaths
- Film Debuts
- Notes
- References
{{more citations needed|date=April 2017}}{{Year nav topic5|2006|film|home video|television}}{{Yearsinfilm}}The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films of 2006[1] Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Dead Man's Chest | Disney | $1,066,179,725 |
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2 | The Da Vinci Code | Columbia | $758,239,851 |
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3 | The Meltdown | 20th Century Fox | $660,940,780 |
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4 | Casino Royale | Sony | $599,045,960 |
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5 | Night at the Museum | 20th Century Fox | $574,480,841 |
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6 | Cars | Disney | $462,216,280 |
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7 | The Last Stand | 20th Century Fox | $459,359,555 |
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8 | Impossible III | Paramount | $397,850,012 |
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9 | Superman Returns | Warner Bros. | $391,081,192 |
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10 | Happy Feet | $384,335,608 |
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Dead Man's Chest became the third film in cinema history to gross over $1 billion and is the 24th highest-grossing film of all time. Events Month | Day | Event | January | 4 | The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced film award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate The 40-Year-Old Virgin, I Tried, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale for best original screenplay. The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Syriana. | 5 | Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards. | 9 | The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best films of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain is named best picture, best director for Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line. | 16 | The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director. | 19 | The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah. | 24 | Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar | 28 | The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood. | 29 | The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote, Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line, Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener, Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man, the cast of Crash as outstanding ensemble in a theatrical motion picture, and Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award. | 30 | The 26th Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax and Son of the Mask for worst film; Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Jamie Kennedy, The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress. | 31 | The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent films. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six. | February | 5 | The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature, as well as all nine categories which it was nominated. Family Guy won the best voice acting and directing, Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 won the best animated TV production, Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award". | 6 | Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football. | March | 4 | Dirty Love dominates the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax | 5 | 78th Academy Awards: Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time in 58 years, won a clear majority. Both films as well as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong win three Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film. Major awards as follows: - Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
- Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
- Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
- Supporting Actor: George Clooney for Syriana
- Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
| 13 | 11th Empire Awards: Pride & Prejudice and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two. | April | 18 | Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri. | 25 | The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Impossible III and United 93. | 28 | TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy. | May | 17 | The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition included Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater, Iklimler by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, El Laberinto del Fauno by Guillermo del Toro, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Southland Tales by Richard Kelly, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach | 27 | Brad Pitt and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia. | June | 3 | The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. | 14 | The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 films as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" film of all time. | July | 7 | Dead Man's Chest opens later grossing $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time (the previous record was held by Episode III – Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859, the previous year). It also surpassed the opening weekend gross (at $135,634,554 between July 7–9) previously set by Spider-Man in 2002 with $114,844,116 between May 3–5. | 28 | Actor and Oscar-winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI. Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details. | September | 7 | Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards. | 7-16 | The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place. | December | 7 | 64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven. |
AwardsCategory/Organization | 64th Golden Globe Awards January 15, 2007 | 12th Critics' Choice January 20, 2007 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 60th BAFTA Awards February 11, 2007 | 79th Academy Awards February 25, 2007 |
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Drama | Musical or Comedy |
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Best Film | Babel | Dreamgirls | The Departed | Little Miss Sunshine | The Queen | The Departed | Best Director | Martin Scorsese The Departed | Paul Greengrass United 93 | Martin Scorsese The Departed | Best Actor | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland | Sacha Baron Cohen Borat | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland | Best Actress | Helen Mirren The Queen | Meryl Streep The Devil Wears Prada | Helen Mirren The Queen | Best Supporting Actor | Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls | Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine | Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Peter Morgan The Queen | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine | William Monahan The Departed | Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan The Last King of Scotland | William Monahan The Departed | Best Screenplay, Original | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine | Best Animated Film | Cars | N/A | Happy Feet | Best Original Score | The Painted Veil Alexandre Desplat | The Illusionist Philip Glass | N/A | Babel Gustavo Santaolalla | Best Original Song | "The Song of the Heart" Happy Feet | "Listen" Dreamgirls | N/A | N/A | "I Need to Wake Up" An Inconvenient Truth | Best Foreign Language Film | Letters from Iwo Jima | N/A | Pan's Labyrinth | The Lives of Others |
2006 wide-release filmsJanuary–March ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | J A N U A R Y | 6 | BloodRayne | Boll KG Productions | Uwe Boll (director); Guinevere Turner (screenplay); Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Will Sanderson, Billy Zane, Udo Kier, Michael Paré, Meat Loaf | Fantasy, Action, Horror |
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Grandma's Boy | 20th Century Fox / Level 1 Entertainment / Happy Madison Productions | Nicholaus Goossen (director); Allen Covert, Nick Swardson, Barry Wernick (screenplay); Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Nick Swardson, Linda Cardellini, Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Peter Dante, Joel David Moore, Jonah Hill, Kevin Nealon | Comedy | Hostel | Screen Gems / Lions Gate Films | Eli Roth (director/screenplay); Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eyþór Guðjónsson, Barbara Nedeljáková, Rick Hoffman, Jennifer Lim | Horror | 13 | Glory Road | Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | James Gartner (director); Gregory Allen Howard, Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois (screenplay); Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight, Austin Nichols, Evan Jones, Alphonso McAuley, Tatyana Ali | Sports, Drama | Hoodwinked! | The Weinstein Company / Kanbar Entertainment | Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech (directors/screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, Andy Dick | Comedy, Crime, Family | Animation | Last Holiday | Paramount Pictures / ImageMovers | Wayne Wang (director); Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman (screenplay); Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gérard Depardieu, Alicia Witt, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kellermann, Michael Nouri | Comedy, Drama | Tristan and Isolde | 20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions / Franchise Pictures | Kevin Reynolds (director); Dean Georgaris (screenplay); James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, Mark Strong, Henry Cavill, David O'Hara | Epic, Drama, Drama | 20 | End of the Spear | Rocky Mountain Pictures | Jim Hanon (director/screenplay); Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan (screenplay); Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman, Christina Souza, Sean McGowan, Beth Bailey | Drama, Christian | Evolution | Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment | Len Wiseman (director); Danny McBride (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly, Steven Mackintosh, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy | Action, Horror | 24 | A Love Story | Autonomous Films | Goran Dukić (director/screenplay); Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Leslie Bibb, Tom Waits, Mark Boone Junior, Will Arnett | Black Comedy, Romance, Road | 27 | Annapolis | Touchstone Pictures | Justin Lin (director); Dave Collard (screenplay); James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Roger Fan, Donnie Wahlberg, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Chi McBride, Brian Goodman, Charles Napier | Drama | Big Momma's House 2 | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | John Whitesell (director); Don Rhymer (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Zachary Levi, Mark Moses, Emily Procter, Kat Dennings, Chloë Grace Moretz | Comedy, Crime | Nanny McPhee | Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Working Title Films | Kirk Jones (director); Emma Thompson (screenplay); Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Angela Lansbury, Eliza Bennett, Raphaël Coleman, Imelda Staunton | Fantasy, Comedy, Family | F E B R U A R Y | 3 | Something New | Focus Features | Sanaa Hamri (director); Kriss Turner (screenplay); Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood, Donald Faison, Alfre Woodard, Earl Billings, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Mike Epps | Romance, Drama |
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When a Stranger Calls | Screen Gems / Davis Entertainment | Simon West (director); Jake Wade Wall (screenplay); Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy, Clark Gregg, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman | Horror | 10 | Curious George | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Matthew O'Callaghan (director); Ken Kaufman (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke, Frank Welker | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family | Final Destination 3 | New Line Cinema / Hard Eight Pictures / Zide/Perry Productions | James Wong (director/screenplay); Glen Morgan (screenplay); Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Amanda Crew, Jesse Moss, Gina Holden, Texas Battle | Supernatural, Horror | Firewall | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Beacon Pictures / Thunder Road Films | Richard Loncraine (director); Joe Forte (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jimmy Bennett, Carly Schroeder, Robert Forster, Robert Patrick, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alan Arkin | Crime, Thriller | The Pink Panther | Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Shawn Levy (director); Steve Martin, Len Blum (screenplay); Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Rees, Beyoncé Knowles | Comedy, Family | 17 | Date Movie | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (directors/screenplay); Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Cox, Fred Willard, Eddie Griffin, Carmen Electra, Judah Friedlander | Comedy, Romance, Spoof | Eight Below | Walt Disney Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Mandeville Films | Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs, August Schellenberg, Wendy Crewson, Belinda Metz | Adventure, Drama, Family | Freedomland | Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios | Joe Roth (director); Richard Price (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 24 | Doogal | The Weinstein Company | Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham (directors); Butch Hartman (screenplay); Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, William H. Macy, Chevy Chase, Kevin Smith, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Kylie Minogue, Bill Hader | Adventure, Fantasy | Animation | Madea's Family Reunion | Lionsgate | Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Keke Palmer, Lynn Whitfield, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Rochelle Aytes, Boris Kodjoe | Comedy, Drama | Running Scared | New Line Cinema / Media 8 Entertainment | Wayne Kramer (director/screenplay); Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner, Ivana Miličević, Michael Cudlitz, John Noble | Crime, Thriller | M A R C H | 3 | 16 Blocks | Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Millennium Films / The Donners' Company | Richard Donner (director); Richard Wenk (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Casey Sander, Cylk Cozart, David Zayas | Crime, Thriller |
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Aquamarine | Fox 2000 Pictures | Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel, Claudia Karvan, Bruce Spence, Tammin Sursok | Comedy, Fantasy | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Rogue Pictures | Michel Gondry (director); Dave Chappelle (screenplay); Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def, Common, John Legend | Documentary | Ultraviolet | Screen Gems | Kurt Wimmer (director/screenplay); Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner | Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller | 10 | Failure to Launch | Paramount Pictures | Tom Dey (director); Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates | Romance, Comedy | The Hills Have Eyes | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Alexandre Aja (director/screenplay); Grégory Levasseur (screenplay); Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, Ted Levine | Horror | The Shaggy Dog | Walt Disney Pictures | Brian Robbins (director); Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Geoff Rodkey, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); Tim Allen, Robert Downey, Jr., Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Spencer Breslin, Jane Curtin, Zena Grey, Philip Baker Hall | Comedy, Family | 17 | She's the Man | DreamWorks Pictures / Lakeshore Entertainment | Andy Fickman (director); Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith (screenplay); Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, David Cross, Vinnie Jones, Alexandra Breckenridge, Robert Hoffman, Jonathan Sadowski, Emily Perkins | Sports, Comedy | Thank You for Smoking | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Jason Reitman (director/screenplay); Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall | Comedy, Drama | V for Vendetta | Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios / Silver Pictures | James McTeigue (director); The Wachowskis (screenplay); Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith and Rupert Graves | Political thriller | 24 | Inside Man | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | Spike Lee (director); Russell Gewirtz (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor | Crime, Thriller | Health Inspector | Lionsgate | Trent Cooper (director); James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay); Larry the Cable Guy, Iris Bahr, Bruce Bruce, Joanna Cassidy, Brooke Dillman, Tony Hale, David Koechner, Lisa Lampanelli, Megyn Price, Thomas F. Wilson, Joe Pantoliano | Comedy | The Secret | Prime Time Productions / Dharma Production | Drew Heriot (director) | Documentary | Stay Alive | Hollywood Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Endgame Entertainment | William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, Milo Ventimiglia, Sophia Bush, Adam Goldberg, Wendell Pierce | Slasher | Unidentified | Five & Two Pictures / Cornerstone Television | Rich Christiano (director/screenplay); Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Rebecca St. James, Jenna Bailey, Lance Zitron | Sci-fi, Christian | 31 | ATL | Warner Bros. Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment | Chris Robinson (director); Tina Gordon Chism (screenplay); Tip "T.I." Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Big Boi, Lonette McKee, Mykelti Williamson, Keith David | Drama | Basic Instinct 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Constantin Film / C2 Pictures | Michael Caton-Jones (director); Henry Bean, Leora Barish (screenplay); Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Flora Montgomery, Heathcote Williams, Hugh Dancy | Erotic thriller | The Meltdown | 20th Century Fox Animation / Blue Sky Studios | Carlos Saldanha (director); Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow, Jim Hecht (screenplay); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Will Arnett, Jay Leno, Alan Tudyk, Chris Wedge | Comedy, Adventure, Family | Animation | Slither | Universal Pictures / Gold Circle Films | James Gunn (director/screenplay); Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Tania Saulnier, Jenna Fischer, Haig Sutherland, Matreya Fedor | Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy | April–June ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | A P R I L | 7 | The Benchwarmers | Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Happy Madison Productions | Dennis Dugan (director); Allen Covert, Nick Swardson (writers); Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Nick Swardson, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows | Comedy, Sports |
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Friends with Money | Sony Pictures Classics | Nicole Holofcener (director/screenplay); Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan, Simon McBurney, Greg Germann | Comedy, Drama | Lucky Number Slevin | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Ascendant Pictures / FlimEngine | Paul McGuigan (director); Jason Smilovic (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Stanley Tucci, Peter Outerbridge, Kevin Chamberlin | Crime, Thriller | Phat Girlz | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Nnegest Likké (director/screenplay); Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Kendra C. Johnson, Dayo Ade, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Roberts | Comedy | Take the Lead | New Line Cinema | Liz Friedlander (director); Dianne Houston (screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Dante Basco, Elijah Kelley, Jenna Dewan | Drama, Dance | 14 | Scary Movie 4 | The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Miramax Films | David Zucker (director); Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin, Pat Proft (screenplay); Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Bill Pullman, Anthony Anderson, Carmen Electra, Chris Elliott, Kevin Hart, Cloris Leachman, Michael Madsen, Molly Shannon, Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Shaquille O'Neal | Comedy, Horror, Spoof | The Wild | Walt Disney Pictures | Steve Williams (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner, Richard Kind, Greg Cipes, Colin Cunningham, Patrick Warburton | Comedy, Adventure, Family | Animation | 21 | American Dreamz | Universal Pictures | Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Marcia Gay Harden, Willem Dafoe, Mandy Moore, Sam Golzari, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Seth Meyers, Tony Yalda, Noureen DeWulf, Shohreh Aghdashloo | Comedy | The Sentinel | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Clark Johnson (director); George Nolfi (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan, Kim Basinger | Action, Crime, Thriller | Silent Hill | TriStar Pictures / Davis Films | Christophe Gans (director/screenplay); Roger Avary (screenplay); Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen | Horror | 28 | Akeelah and the Bee | Lionsgate / 2929 Entertainment / Starbucks Entertainment | Doug Atchison (director/screenplay); Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Erica Hubbard, Lee Thompson Young | Drama | Alien Autopsy | Warner Bros. Pictures / Qwerty Films | Jonny Campbell (director); William Davies (screenplay); Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman, Harry Dean Stanton, Omid Djalili, Jimmy Carr, Götz Otto, Morwenna Banks, John Shrapnel | Comedy, Sci-fi | RV | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Red Wagon Productions | Barry Sonnenfeld (director); Geoff Rodkey (screenplay); Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Josh Hutcherson, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett | Comedy, Road, Family | Stick It | Touchstone Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Jessica Bendinger (director/screenplay); Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies, Maddy Curley, Nikki SooHoo, Kellan Lutz, John Patrick Amedori, Tarah Paige, Jon Gries, Gia Carides | Comedy, Drama, Sports | United 93 | Universal Pictures / Working Title Films | Paul Greengrass (director/screenplay); Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, David Alan Basche, Peter Hermann, Corey Johnson, Richard Bekins, Michael J. Reynolds, Khalid Abdalla, David Rasche, Rebecca Schull, Denny Dillon | Biography, Drama, Thriller | M A Y | 5 | An American Haunting | Freestyle Releasing / After Dark Films / Remstar | Courtney Solomon (director/screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Matthew Marsh, Miquel Brown | Horror |
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Art School Confidential | Sony Pictures Classics / United Artists | Terry Zwigoff (director); Daniel Clowes (screenplay); Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel David Moore | Comedy, Drama | Hoot | New Line Cinema / Walden Media | Wil Shriner (director/screenplay); Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson, Cody Linley, Tim Blake Nelson, Neil Flynn, Robert Wagner, Kiersten Warren, Clark Gregg | Comedy, Family | Impossible III | Paramount Pictures | J. J. Abrams (director/screenplay); Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne and Simon Pegg | Action, Spy | 12 | Goal! | Touchstone Pictures | Danny Cannon (director); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart (screenplay); Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iureş, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Tony Plana, Kieran O'Brien, Sean Pertwee | Sports, Drama | Just My Luck | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / Cheyenne Enterprises / Silvercup Studios | Donald Petrie (director); I. Marlene King, Amy B. Harris, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay); Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Missi Pyle, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Makenzie Vega, Carlos Ponce, McFly | Romance, Comedy | Poseidon | Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios | Wolfgang Petersen (director); Mark Protosevich (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Mia Maestro, Jimmy Bennett, Andre Braugher, Kevin Dillon, Stacy Ferguson | Disaster | 19 | The Da Vinci Code | Columbia Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / Skylark Productions | Ron Howard (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany | Mystery, Thriller | Over the Hedge | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation | Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick (director); Len Blum, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, William Shatner, Avril Lavigne, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Allison Janney | Comedy, Family | Animation | See No Evil | Lionsgate / WWE Studios | Gregory Dark (director); Dan Madigan (screenplay); Kane, Samantha Noble, Christina Vidal, Michael J. Pagan, Rachael Taylor, Penny McNamee, Craig Horner | Slasher | 26 | The Last Stand | 20th Century Fox / Marvel Entertainment / Dune Entertainment / The Donners' Company | Brett Ratner (director); Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Vinnie Jones | Action, Superhero | J U N E | 2 | The Break-Up | Universal Pictures | Peyton Reed (director); Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender (screenplay); Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Favreau, Cole Hauser, Keir O'Donnell, John Michael Higgins, Justin Long | Romance, Comedy, Drama |
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6 | The Omen | 20th Century Fox | John Moore (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick | Supernatural, Horror | 9 | Cars | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios | John Lasseter (director/screenplay); Dan Fogelman, Joe Ranft, Jorgen Klubien, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Michael Keaton, John Ratzenberger, Jeremy Piven | Comedy, Family | Animation | A Prairie Home Companion | Picturehouse / New Line Cinema | Robert Altman (director); Garrison Keillor (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin | Comedy | 16 | Tokyo Drift | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Justin Lin (director); Chris Morgan (screenplay); Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Bow Wow, Brian Tee, Leonardo Nam, Brian Goodman, Zachery Ty Bryan | Action | A Tail of Two Kitties | 20th Century Fox | Tim Hill (director); Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay); Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Ian Abercrombie, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Vinnie Jones, Jim Piddock | Comedy, Family | The Lake House | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Vertigo DC Comics | Alejandro Agresti (director); David Auburn (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Lynn Collins | Romance, Comedy | Nacho Libre | Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies | Jared Hess (director/screenplay); Jerusha Hess, Mike White(screenplay); Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez, Peter Stormare, Carla Jimenez, Richard Montoya, Moisés Arias | Sports, Comedy, Family | 21 | The Collingswood Story | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Mike Costanza (director/screenplay); Stephanie Dees, Johnny Burton, Grant Edmonds, Vera Madeline | Horror | 23 | Click | Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Happy Madison Productions | Frank Coraci (director); Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin | Comedy, Fantasy | Waist Deep | Rogue Pictures / Intrepid Pictures | Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Kimora Lee Simmons, The Game | Action, Drama | 28 | Superman Returns | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / DC Comics | Bryan Singer (director); Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris (screenplay); Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, Tristan Lake Leabu | Superhero | 30 | The Devil Wears Prada | Fox 2000 Pictures | David Frankel (director); Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, Gisele Bündchen, Tracie Thoms, Stephanie Szostak | Comedy, Drama | July–September ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | J U L Y | 7 | Dead Man's Chest | Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Gore Verbinski (director); Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris, Kevin McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Tom Hollander, Geoffrey Rush | Swashbuckler, Fantasy |
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14 | Little Man | Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios | Keenen Ivory Wayans (director/screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Molly Shannon | Comedy | You, Me and Dupree | Universal Pictures | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (directors); Michael LeSieur (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Todd Stashwick, Ralph Ting, Bill Hader | Comedy, Romance | 21 | Clerks II | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / View Askew Productions | Kevin Smith (director/screenplay); Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith | Comedy | Lady in the Water | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Blinding Edge Pictures | M. Night Shyamalan (director/screenplay); Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris | Fantasy, Thriller | Monster House | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Amblin Entertainment / ImageMovers | Gil Kenan (director); Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler (screenplay); Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Catherine O'Hara, Kathleen Turner, Fred Willard | Comedy, Horror, Family | Animation | My Super Ex-Girlfriend | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Ivan Reitman (director); Don Payne (screenplay); Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson, Wanda Sykes | Superhero, Comedy | 26 | Little Miss Sunshine | Fox Searchlight Pictures / Big Beach / Deep River Productions | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (directors); Michael Arndt (screenplay); Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Wallace Langham | Comedy, Drama, Road | 28 | The Ant Bully | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Playtone | John A. Davis (director/screenplay); Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King, Bruce Campbell, Lily Tomlin, Cheri Oteri, Ricardo Montalbán | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family | Animation | John Tucker Must Die | 20th Century Fox | Betty Thomas (director); Jeff Lowell (screenplay); Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy, Fatso-Fasano, Patricia Drake, Taylor Kitsch, Kevin McNulty | Romance, Comedy | Miami Vice | Universal Pictures | Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Justin Theroux, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Domenick Lombardozzi | Action, Crime, Thriller | Scoop | Focus Features / BBC Films / Ingenious Film Partners | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Charles Dance, Romola Garai, Kevin R. McNally, Julian Glover | Romance, Comedy, Mystery | A U G U S T | 4 | Barnyard | Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies / O Entertainment | Steve Oedekerk (director/screenplay); Kevin James, Sam Elliott, Courteney Cox, Wanda Sykes, Danny Glover, Andie MacDowell, David Koechner, Jeffrey Garcia, Tino Insana, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen | Comedy, Family | Animation |
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The Descent | Lionsgate / Celador | Neil Marshall (director/screenplay); Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver Milburn | Adventure, Horror | The Night Listener | Miramax Films / IFC Films / Fortissimo Films | Patrick Stettner (director/screenplay); Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson (screenplay); Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Bobby Cannavale, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton, John Cullum, Lisa Emery | Psychological thriller | The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Apatow Productions / Mosaic Media Group | Adam McKay (director/screenplay); Will Ferrell (screenplay); Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Gary Cole, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams, Andy Richter | Sports, Comedy | 9 | World Trade Center | Paramount Pictures | Oliver Stone (director); Andrea Berloff (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Stephen Dorff, Jon Bernthal, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon, Donna Murphy, Frank Whaley, Jude Ciccolella, Danny Nucci | Disaster, Drama | 11 | Pulse | The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Distant Horizons | Jim Sonzero (director); Wes Craven, Ray Wright (screenplay); Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Zach Grenier, Samm Levine, Octavia Spencer, Ron Rifkin | Horror | Step Up | Touchstone Pictures / Summit Entertainment / Offspring Entertainment | Anne Fletcher (director); Duane Adler, Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Mario, Drew Sidora, Heavy D, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Henderson, Alyson Stoner | Dance, Romance | Zoom | Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios | Peter Hewitt (director); Adam Rifkin, David Berenbaum (screenplay); Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Rip Torn, Spencer Breslin, Kevin Zegers, Michael Cassidy, Kate Mara, Ryan Newman | Adventure, Superhero | 18 | Accepted | Universal Pictures / Shady Acres Entertainment | Steve Pink (director); Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Mark Perez (screenplay); Justin Long, Blake Lively, Anthony Heald, Jonah Hill, Lewis Black, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer, Mark Derwin, Ann Cusack | Comedy | The Illusionist ‡ | Yari Film Group | Neil Burger (director/screenplay); Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood | Mystery, Romance | Kenny | Xenon Pictures / Madman Entertainment | Clayton Jacobson (director/screenplay); Shane Jacobson (screenplay); Shane Jacobson, Eve von Bibra, Clayton Jacobson, Ronald Jacobson, Jesse Jacobson | Mockumentary | Material Girls | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Maverick Films | Martha Coolidge (director); Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin, John Quaintance (screenplay); Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, María Conchita Alonso, Brent Spiner, Faith Prince, Marcus Coloma, Obba Babatundé, Reagan Dale Neis | Comedy | Snakes on a Plane | New Line Cinema / Mutual Film Company | David R. Ellis (director); Sebastian Gutierrez, David J. Taylor, John Heffernan (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Bobby Cannavale, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander, Todd Louiso, Sunny Mabrey, Kenan Thompson, Lin Shaye, David Koechner | Action, Thriller | 25 | Beerfest | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures | Jay Chandrasekhar (director/screenplay); Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske (screenplay); Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Nat Faxon, Will Forte, Ralf Möller, Mo'Nique, Eric Christian Olsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman | Comedy | How to Eat Fried Worms | New Line Cinema / Walden Media | Bob Dolman (director); Luke Benward, Hallie Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Tom Cavanagh, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Austin Rogers, Alexander Gould, Ryan Malgarini, Philip Daniel Bolden, Clint Howard, Ty Panitz, James Rebhorn | Comedy | Idlewild | Universal Pictures / Atlas Entertainment | Bryan Barber (director/screenplay); André 3000, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Bruce Bruce, Bill Nunn, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Jackie Long | Musical | Invincible | Walt Disney Pictures | Ericson Core (director); Brad Gann (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Kirk Acevedo, Dov Davidoff, Michael Kelly | Sports, Drama | S E P T E M B E R | 1 | Crank | Lionsgate / Lakeshore Entertainment / Radical media | Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors/screenplay); Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Keone Young, Reno Wilson | Action, Black comedy |
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Crossover | TriStar Pictures / 360 Pictures | Preston A. Whitmore II (director/screenplay); Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Eva Pigford, Philip Champion, Lil' JJ, Alecia Fears | Sports | Idiocracy | 20th Century Fox | Mike Judge (director/screenplay); Etan Cohen (screenplay); Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, David Herman, Justin Long, Andrew Wilson, Scarface, Thomas Haden Church, Stephen Root | Comedy, Sci-fi | The Wicker Man | Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Millennium Films / Saturn Films / Equity Pictures | Neil LaBute (director); Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Diane Delano | Horror | 8 | The Black Dahlia | Universal Pictures | Brian De Palma (director); Josh Friedman (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Fiona Shaw, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Rose McGowan | Neo-noir, Crime, Thriller | The Covenant | Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment | Renny Harlin (director); J.S. Cardone (screenplay); Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas, Chace Crawford, Wendy Crewson, Stephen McHattie, Kenneth Welsh | Horror, Thriller | Tom-Yum-Goong | The Weinstein Company | Prachya Pinkaew (director/screenplay); Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Napalee, Piyaros Thongdee, Joe Wannapin (screenplay); Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Jon Foo, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Jin Xing, Johnny Trí Nguyễn | Action | 15 | Everyone's Hero | Fox 2000 Pictures / IDT Entertainment | Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre, Colin Brady (directors); Robert Kurtz, Jeff Hand (screenplay); Jake T. Austin, William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Raven-Symoné, Brian Dennehy, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Wagner, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Dana Reeve, Richard Kind, Joe Torre | Sports, Comedy, Family | Animation | Gridiron Gang | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Original Film | Phil Joanou (director); Jeff Maguire (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy, L. Scott Caldwell, Jade Yorker, Mo McRae, Setu Taase, Trever O'Brien | Sports, Drama | The Last Kiss | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | Tony Goldwyn (director); Zach Braff, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen, Harold Ramis | Romance, Comedy, Drama | 16 | Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers | Shochiku | Kazuya Konaka (director); Keiichi Hasegawa (screenplay); Shunji Igarashi, Masaki Nishina, Minoru Tanaka, Ai Saikawa, Daisuke Watanabe, Kenta Uchino, Misato Hirata | Superhero, Kaiju | 22 | All the King's Men | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Phoenix Pictures | Steven Zaillian (director/screenplay); Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Mark Ruffalo, Jackie Earle Haley, Kathy Baker | Drama | Fearless | Rogue Pictures | Ronny Yu (director); Chris Chow, Christine To, Wang Bin, Li Feng (screenplay); Jet Li, Collin Chou, Dong Yong, Nakamura Shidō II, Betty Sun, Nathan Jones | Martial Arts | Flyboys | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Ingenious Film Partners / Electric Entertainment | Tony Bill (director); David S. Ward, Phil Sears, Blake T. Evans (screenplay); James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester, Tyler Labine, David Ellison | War, Drama | Jackass Number Two | Paramount Pictures / MTV Films / Dickhouse Productions | Jeff Tremaine (director/screenplay); Spike Jonze (screenplay); Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason Acuña, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey | Comedy | 29 | Facing the Giants | Samuel Goldwyn Films / Sherwood Pictures / Provident Films | Alex Kendrick (director/screenplay); Stephen Kendrick (screenplay); Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, James Blackwell, Jim McBride, Jason McLeod, Erin Bethea, Tracey Cave | Christian, Sports, Drama | The Guardian | Touchstone Pictures / Beacon Pictures / Flash Film Works | Andrew Davis (director); Ron L. Brinkerhoff (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick | Action, Adventure, Drama | Open Season | Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation | Jill Culton, Roger Allers (directors); Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Georgia Engel, Jane Krakowski, Patrick Warburton, Gordon Tootoosis | Comedy, Family | Animation | School for Scoundrels | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films | Todd Phillips (director); Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jacinda Barrett, Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, David Cross, Matt Walsh, Horatio Sanz | Comedy | 30 | The Queen | Miramax Films / Granada Productions | Stephen Frears (director); Peter Morgan (screenplay); Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Tim McMullan | Drama | October–December ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | O C T O B E R | 6 | The Departed | Warner Bros. Pictures | Martin Scorsese (director); William Monahan (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin | Crime, Drama |
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Employee of the Month | Lionsgate | Greg Coolidge (director/screenplay); Don Calame, Chris Conroy (screenplay); Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, Brian George, Harland Williams, Efren Ramirez, Marcello Thedford, Tim Bagley, Danny Woodburn | Comedy | The Beginning | New Line Cinema / Platinum Dunes | Jonathan Liebesman (director); Sheldon Turner (screenplay); Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, Lee Tergesen, R. Lee Ermey | Slasher | The Movie | Alliance Atlantis / Odeon Films | Mike Clattenburg (director/screenplay); Robb Wells (screenplay); Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth, Jonathan Torrens, Patrick Roach, Cory Bowles, Michael Jackson, Lucy DeCoutere, Sarah E. Dunsworth | Comedy, Crime | 13 | The Grudge 2 | Columbia Pictures / Ghost House Pictures | Takashi Shimizu (director); Stephen Susco (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, Teresa Palmer | Horror | Man of the Year | Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions | Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler | Comedy, Drama | The Marine | 20th Century Fox / WWE Studios | John Bonito (director); Alan B. McElroy, Michelle Gallagher (screenplay); John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Anthony Ray Parker, Abigail Bianca, Damon Gibson, Manu Bennett, Jerome Ehlers, Drew Powell, Jeff Chase | Action | One Night with the King | Gener8Xion Entertainment | Michael O. Sajbel (director); Stephan Blinn (screenplay); Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Tom Lister Jr., Jonah Lotan, John Noble, James Callis | Epic | 20 | Flags of Our Fathers | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Clint Eastwood (director); William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis (screenplay); Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough and Benjamin Walker | War | Flicka | Fox 2000 Pictures | Michael Mayer (director); Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten, Dallas Roberts, Nick Searcy, Danny Pino | Adventure, Drama | Marie Antoinette | Columbia Pictures / Tohokushinsha Film / American Zoetrope | Sofia Coppola (director/screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan, Tom Hardy | Comedy, Drama | The Prestige | Touchstone Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Newmarket Films | Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, David Bowie | Mystery, Thriller, Drama | 27 | Babel ‡ | Paramount Vantage / Anonymous Content / Central Films / Media Rights Capital | Alejandro González Iñárritu (director); Guillermo Arriaga (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kōji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Elle Fanning, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Michael Peña | Drama | Catch a Fire | Universal Pictures / Working Title Films / Mirage Enterprises | Phillip Noyce (director); Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna | Biographical, Thriller | Dirty Sanchez: the Movie | Vertigo Films / MTV Europe | Jim Hickey (director); Matthew Pritchard, Michael Locke (The Pain Men), Lee Dainton, Dan Joyce | Reality | Saw III | Lionsgate / Twisted Pictures | Darren Lynn Bousman (director); Leigh Whannell (screenplay); Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose | Horror | N O V E M B E R | 3 | Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | Fox 2000 Pictures | Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell Campbell, Pamela Anderson | Comedy, Mockumentary |
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Flushed Away | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation / Aardman Animations | David Bowers, Sam Fell (directors); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, William Davies (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Jean Reno, Shane Richie | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family | Animation | The Escape Clause | Walt Disney Pictures | Michael Lembeck (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss (screenplay); Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak | Christmas, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Family | Volver ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Pedro Almodóvar (director/screenplay); Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave | Drama | 9 | Breaking and Entering | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Miramax Films / Alliance Films | Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Rafi Gavron, Martin Freeman, Juliet Stevenson, Ed Westwick, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga | Romance, Crime, Drama | 10 | A Good Year | 20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions | Ridley Scott (director); Marc Klein (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Harsh Times | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | David Ayer (director/screenplay); Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Terry Crews, Noel Gugliemi, Craig Ricci Shaynak, J.K. Simmons, Armando Riesco, Emilio Rivera | Crime | The Return | Rogue Pictures | Asif Kapadia (director); Adam Sussman (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, Sam Shepard | Horror, Thriller | Stranger Than Fiction | Columbia Pictures / Mandate Pictures | Marc Forster (director); Zach Helm (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama | 17 | Bobby ‡ | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Bold Films | Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Heather Graham, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater | Drama | Casino Royale | Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Martin Campbell (director); Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Caterina Murino, Ivana Miličević, Simon Abkarian | Spy | For Your Consideration ‡ | Warner Independent Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Shangri-La Entertainment | Christopher Guest (director/screenplay); Eugene Levy (screenplay); Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban | Comedy | Happy Feet | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | George Miller (director/screenplay); John Collee, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman (screenplay); Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin | Musical, Comedy, Family | Animation | Let's Go to Prison | Universal Pictures / The Carsey-Werner Company / Strike Entertainment | Bob Odenkirk (director); Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Michael Patrick Jann (screenplay); Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker, Michael Shannon, Bob Odenkirk | Comedy | 20 | Griffin & Phoenix | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Gold Circle Films / Sidney Kimmel Entertainment | Ed Stone (director); Dermot Mulroney, Amanda Peet, Sarah Paulson, Blair Brown | Romance | 22 | Deck the Halls | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | John Whitesell (director); Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Jorge Garcia, Jackie Burroughs, Fred Armisen | Christmas, Comedy, Family | Déjà Vu | Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Tony Scott (director); Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Elle Fanning | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | The Fountain | Warner Bros. Pictures / Regency Enterprises | Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Cliff Curtis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy, Ethan Suplee | Epic, Romance, Drama | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | New Line Cinema / Red Hour Films | Liam Lynch (director/screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass (screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass, JR Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Grohl | Musical, Comedy | D E C E M B E R | 1 | The Nativity Story | New Line Cinema / Temple Hill Entertainment | Catherine Hardwicke (director); Mike Rich (screenplay); Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend | Drama |
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Turistas | Fox Atomic / 2929 Entertainment | John Stockwell (director); Michael Arlen Ross (screenplay); Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib, Miguel Lunardi | Horror | The Rise of Taj | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Myriad Pictures / National Lampoon | Mort Nathan (director); David Drew Gallagher (screenplay); Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Holly Davidson | Comedy | 3 | Miss Potter | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Phoenix Pictures | Chris Noonan (director); Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn | Biographical Fiction, Family, Drama | 8 | Apocalypto | Touchstone Pictures / Icon Productions | Mel Gibson (director/screenplay); Farhad Safinia (screenplay); Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Gerardo Taracena, Israel Contreras, Dalia Hernández, Ian Uriel, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza | Epic, Adventure | Blood Diamond | Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios | Edward Zwick (director); Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Stephen Collins | War, Thriller | The Holiday | Columbia Pictures / Universal Pictures / Relativity Media / Waverly Films | Nancy Meyers (director/screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Lindsay Lohan, James Franco, Shannyn Sossamon, Kathryn Hahn, Odette Yustman | Romance, Comedy | Unaccompanied Minors | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / The Donners' Company | Paul Feig (director); Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Brett Kelly, Gia Mantegna, Quinn Shephard | Christmas, Comedy, Adventure, Family | 15 | Charlotte's Web | Paramount Pictures / Walden Media / The K Entertainment Company / Nickelodeon Movies | Gary Winick (director); Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Dominic Scott Kay, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, Thomas Haden Church, Beau Bridges, Kevin Anderson | Family | Dreamgirls ‡ | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | Bill Condon (director/screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal | Musical, Drama | Eragon | Fox 2000 Pictures | Stefen Fangmeier (director); Peter Buchman (screenplay); Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, Alun Armstrong | Action, Fantasy | The Pursuit of Happyness | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Overbrook Entertainment / Escape Artists Motion Pictures | Gabriele Muccino (director); Steven Conrad (screenplay); Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, Dan Castellaneta, James Karen, Kurt Fuller | Biography, Drama | 19 | Salvage | Off Hollywood Pictures | Jeffrey and Joshua Crook (directors/screenplay); Lauren Currie, Cody Darbe, Chris Ferry, Maureen Olander, John P. Miller, Jessica DeLong, Sam Dahler | Horror | 20 | Letters from Iwo Jima ‡ | Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / Malpaso Productions | Clint Eastwood (director); Iris Yamashita (screenplay); Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryō Kase, Nakamura Shidō II, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki | War | Rocky Balboa | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios | Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Tony Burton, Lou DiBella, James Francis Kelly III | Sports, Drama | 21 | Curse of the Golden Flower ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Zhang Yimou (director/screenplay); Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Qin Junjie, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong, Chen Jin, Li Man | Wuxia, Drama | 22 | The Good Shepherd | Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions | Robert De Niro (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Gabriel Macht, William Hurt, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Gambon, Lee Pace, Eddie Redmayne | Spy | Night at the Museum | 20th Century Fox / 1492 Pictures | Shawn Levy (director); Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Jake Cherry, Kim Raver, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Charles Q. Murphy, Paul Rudd | Fantasy, Comedy, Family | We Are Marshall | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures | McG (director); Jamie Linden (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, January Jones, Brian Geraghty, David Strathairn | Drama, Biography | 25 | Black Christmas | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films / 2929 Entertainment / Hard Eight Pictures | Glen Morgan (director/screenplay); Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Karin Konoval | Slasher | Children of Men ‡ | Universal Pictures / Strike Entertainment | Alfonso Cuarón (director/screenplay); Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata (screenplay); Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Pam Ferris, Peter Mullan, Danny Huston | Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller | Notes on a Scandal ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Richard Eyre (director); Patrick Marber (screenplay); Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan | Psychological thriller, Drama | 29 | Arthur and the Invisibles ‡ | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / EuropaCorp | Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Céline Garcia (screenplay); Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, David Bowie, Mia Farrow, Snoop Dogg, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ron Crawford, Jason Bateman, Anthony Anderson | Adventure, Fantasy, Family | Live action/Animation | Pan's Labyrinth ‡ | Picturehouse / Telecinco Cinema | Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Federico Luppi | Fantasy | Films released in 2006 {{for|complete lists|Category:2006 films|Category:2006 television films}}- American films
- Argentine films
- Australian films
- Bengali films
- Bollywood films
- Brazilian films
- British films
- French films
- Hong Kong films
- Italian films
- Japanese films
- Mexican films
- Pakistani films
- Russian films
- South Korean films
- Spanish films
- Tamil films
- Telugu films
Notable deaths Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films | January | ?? | Rose Alba | 85 | UK | Actress | Thunderball| School for Sex}} | 2 | Osa Massen | 91 | Denmark | Actress | A Woman's Face| Rocketship X-M}} | 2 | John Woodnutt | 81 | UK | Actor | Who Dares Wins| Lifeforce}} | 5 | Mark Roberts | 84 | USA | Actor | Gilda| Shadowed}} | 7 | Jim Zulevic | 40 | USA | Actor | Let's Go to Prison| Matchstick Men }} | 12 | Stu Linder | 74 | USA | Film Editor | Rain Man| Good Morning, Vietnam|Young Sherlock Holmes|Quiz Show|Bugsy}} | 14 | Shelley Winters | 85 | USA | Actress | The Diary of Anne Frank|Lolita| A Patch of Blue|The Poseidon Adventure|Pete's Dragon}} | 19 | Anthony Franciosa | 77 | USA | Actor | The Long, Hot Summer| Assault on a Queen}} | 21 | Robert Knudson | 80 | USA | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|Scarface| The Exorcist|Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Who Framed Roger Rabbit}} | 23 | Joseph M. Newman | 96 | USA | Director | This Island Earth| 711 Ocean Drive}} | 24 | Fayard Nicholas | 91 | USA | Actor, Dancer, Choreographer | Stormy Weather| The Pirate}} | 24 | Chris Penn | 40 | USA | Actor | Reservoir Dogs| Footloose|Pale Rider|Rush Hour|Starsky & Hutch}} | 26 | Len Carlson | 68 | Canada | Actor | Cypher | 27 | Paul Valentine | 86 | USA | Actor | Out of the Past| House of Strangers}} | 28 | Henry McGee | 77 | UK | Actor | The Italian Job| Revenge of the Pink Panther}} | 31 | Moira Shearer | 80 | UK | Actress, Dancer | Peeping Tom| The Red Shoes}} | February | 1 | Roy Alon | 63 | UK | Stuntman | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom| Children of Men|Die Another Day|101 Dalmatians|Entrapment}} | 3 | Jean Byron | 80 | USA | Actress | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes| There's Always Tomorrow}} | 3 | Al Lewis | 82 | USA | Actor | Used Cars| Munster, Go Home!|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?|Car 54, Where Are You?|Married to the Mob}} | 5 | Franklin Cover | 77 | USA | Actor | Wall Street| Almost Heroes }} | 6 | Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | 80 | USA | Actor | The High and the Mighty| Rio Bravo}} | 9 | Phil Brown | 89 | USA | Actor | Star Wars| Superman|Chaplin|The Pink Panther Strikes Again}} | 13 | Andreas Katsulas | 59 | USA | Actor | The Fugitive| Executive Decision|Next of Kin}} | 14 | Darry Cowl | 80 | France | Actor | Not on the Lips| Don't Touch the White Woman!}} | 17 | Harold Hunter | 31 | USA | Actor | Kids| Kung Faux }} | 18 | Richard Bright | 64 | USA | Actor | The Godfather| The Getaway|Once Upon a Time in America|Red Heat|Marathon Man}} | 19 | Erna Lazarus | 102 | USA | Screenwriter | The Body Disappears| Hollywood or Bust}} | 21 | Richard Snell | 50 | Bahamas | Makeup Artist | Dead Man's Chest| At World's End}} | 24 | Don Knotts | 81 | USA | Actor | The Incredible Mr. Limpet| The Shakiest Gun in the West|The Apple Dumpling Gang|The Ghost and Mr. Chicken|Pleasantville}} | 24 | Dennis Weaver | 81 | USA | Actor | Duel| Touch of Evil|Home on the Range}} | 25 | Darren McGavin | 83 | USA | Actor | The Natural| A Christmas Story|Billy Madison|Dead Heat|Airport '77}} | March | 1 | Peter Sykes | 66 | Australia | Director, Actor | To the Devil a Daughter| Jesus}} | 1 | Jack Wild | 53 | UK | Actor | Oliver!| Prince of Thieves}} | 2 | Phyllis Huffman | 61 | USA | Casting Director | Million Dollar Baby| Unforgiven|Mystic River|Space Cowboys|Blood Work}} | 7 | John Junkin | 76 | UK | Writer, Actor | A Hard Day's Night| The Football Factory}} | 7 | Gordon Parks | 93 | USA | Director | Shaft| The Learning Tree}} | 12 | Joseph Bova | 81 | USA | Actor | Serpico| Pretty Poison}} | 13 | Maureen Stapleton | 80 | USA | Actress | Reds| Cocoon|Airport|The Money Pit|Bye Bye Birdie}} | 16 | Moira Redmond | 77 | UK | Actress | A Shot in the Dark| Nightmare}} | 17 | Bob Papenbrook | 50 | USA | Voice Actor | Stranger than Fiction| Jeepers Creepers 2|Monsters Unleashed}} | 18 | Michael Attwell | 63 | UK | Actor | Labyrinth| High Heels and Low Lifes}} | 25 | Richard Fleischer | 89 | USA | Director | Tora! Tora! Tora!| Doctor Dolittle|Fantastic Voyage|Soylent Green|The Jazz Singer}} | 29 | Gretchen Rau | 66 | USA | Set and Art Director | Memoirs of a Geisha|The Last Samurai|Crocodile Dundee|The Good Shepherd|Unbreakable}} | April | 4 | Gary Gray | 69 | USA | Actor | Meet Me in St. Louis| Gaslight}} | 9 | Vilgot Sjöman | 82 | Sweden | Director | I Am Curious (Yellow)| I Am Curious (Blue)}} | 11 | June Pointer | 52 | USA | Actress | Revenge of the Fallen| Hot Shots! Part Deux}} | 16 | John Godey | 93 | USA | Author | The Taking of Pelham 123| Johnny Handsome}} | 17 | Henderson Forsythe | 88 | USA | Actor | Silkwood| Species II}} | 22 | Alida Valli | 84 | Italy | Actress | The Third Man| Inferno}} | 23 | Susan Browning | 65 | USA | Actress | Sister Act| The Money Pit}} | 23 | Jennifer Jayne | 74 | UK | Actress, Writer | The Medusa Touch| Dr. Terror's House of Horrors}} | |
May | 1 | Jay Presson Allen | 84 | USA | Writer, Producer | Cabaret| Marnie}} | 1 | Betsy Jones-Moreland | 76 | USA | Actress | Last Woman on Earth| Creature from the Haunted Sea}} | 4 | Michael Taliferro | 44 | USA | Actor, Director, Producer | The Replacements|Bad Boys|Life|You Got Served}} | 8 | George Lutz | 59 | USA | Author, Screenwriter | The Amityville Horror | 10 | Val Guest | 94 | USA | Director, Screenwriter | Casino Royale| The Abominable Snowman}} | 14 | Paul Marco | 78 | USA | Actor | Plan 9 from Outer Space| Hiawatha}} | 21 | Katherine Dunham | 96 | USA | Dancer | Stormy Weather| Casbah}} | 24 | Henry Bumstead | 91 | USA | Art Director | To Kill a Mockingbird| Vertigo|The Sting|Million Dollar Baby|Cape Fear}} | 27 | Paul Gleason | 67 | USA | Actor | The Breakfast Club| Die Hard|Trading Places|She's Having a Baby|Arthur}} | 30 | Shohei Imamura | 79 | Japan | Actor | Endless Desire| The Insect Woman}} | 30 | Robert Sterling | 88 | USA | Actor | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea| Show Boat}} | June | 4 | Alec Bregonzi | 76 | UK | Actor | Revenge of the Pink Panther| Georgy Girl}} | 8 | Robert Donner | 75 | USA | Actor | Cool Hand Luke| El Dorado|Hoot}} | 10 | Gerald James | 88 | UK | Actor | The Man with the Golden Gun| Hope and Glory}} | 12 | Hugh Latimer | 75 | UK | Actor | The Million Pound Note| Jane Eyre}} | 16 | Arthur Franz | 86 | USA | Actor | Invaders from Mars| Sands of Iwo Jima}} | 18 | Vincent Sherman | 99 | USA | Director | The Young Philadelphians| Mr. Skeffington}} | 18 | Richard Stahl | 74 | USA | Actor | The American President| Overboard|Ghosts of Mississippi|9 to 5}} | 23 | Aaron Spelling | 83 | USA | Producer, Actor | Mr. Mom| The Spirit of St. Louis}} | 25 | Kenneth Griffith | 84 | UK | Actor | Four Weddings and a Funeral| Sky Riders}} | July | 2 | Jan Murray | 89 | USA | Actor | Which Way to the Front?| The Busy Body}} | 3 | Jack Smith | 92 | USA | Actor | King Kong| Cannonball Run II}} | 5 | Amzie Strickland | 87 | USA | Actress | Pretty Woman| Shiloh}} | 6 | Kasey Rogers | 80 | USA | Actress | Strangers on a Train| Two Lost Worlds}} | 8 | June Allyson | 88 | USA | Actress | The Glenn Miller Story| The Three Musketeers}} | 9 | Chris Drake | 82 | USA | Actor | Them!| Father of the Bride}} | 11 | Barnard Hughes | 90 | USA | Actor | Tron| Midnight Cowboy|The Lost Boys|Doc Hollywood|Oh, God!}} | 12 | Kurt Kreuger | 89 | Germany | Actor | Sahara| The Enemy Below}} | 13 | Red Buttons | 87 | USA | Actor | Sayonara| Pete's Dragon}} | 18 | David Maloney | 72 | UK | Director, Producer | 19 | Jack Warden | 85 | USA | Actor | Heaven Can Wait| 12 Angry Men|Being There|All the President's Men|Problem Child}} | 20 | Robert O. Cornthwaite | 89 | USA | Actor | The War of the Worlds| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? }} | 21 | Mako | 72 | Japan | Actor | Conan the Barbarian|The Sand Pebbles|Pearl Harbor|Taxi Driver|Memoirs of a Geisha}} | 27 | Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. | 65 | USA | Actor | THX 1138| American Graffiti }} | 28 | Patrick Allen | 79 | Malawi | Actor | Dial M for Murder| Jet Storm}} | August | 4 | John Alderson | 90 | USA | Actor | Blazing Saddles| My Fair Lady}} | 7 | Lois January | 92 | USA | Actress | The Wizard of Oz| The Pace That Kills}} | 13 | Tony Jay | 73 | UK | Voice Actor, Actor | The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Twins|Beauty and the Beast|Time Bandits|My Stepmother Is an Alien}} | 14 | Bruno Kirby | 57 | USA | Actor | The Godfather Part II| City Slickers|The Basketball Diaries|This Is Spinal Tap|Stuart Little}} | 16 | Alan Vint | 61 | USA | Actor | Badlands| The Panic in Needle Park}} | 24 | Earl Jolly Brown | 66 | USA | Actor | Live and Let Die | 25 | Ann Richards | 88 | Australia | Actress | Sorry, Wrong Number| An American Romance}} | 25 | Joseph Stefano | 84 | USA | Screenwriter | Psycho| Two Bits}} | 29 | Bill Stewart | 63 | UK | Actor | 101 Dalmatians| Anna and the King}} | 30 | Glenn Ford | 90 | Canada | Actor | Gilda| 3:10 to Yuma|Superman|Blackboard Jungle|Cimarron}} | 31 | William Aldrich | 61 | USA | Producer, Actor | Flight of the Phoenix| The Sheltering Sky}} | September | 4 | Steve Irwin | 44 | Australia | Wildlife Expert, Actor | Happy Feet| Collision Course}} | 4 | Fernando Siro | 74 | Argentina | Actor, Director | Where the Wind Dies| Un Argentino en New York}} | 5 | Hilary Mason | 89 | UK | Actress | Don't Look Now| Robot Jox}} | 7 | Robert Earl Jones | 96 | USA | Actor | The Sting| Witness|The Cotton Club}} | 8 | Frank Middlemass | 87 | UK | Actor | Barry Lyndon| The Island}} | 9 | Gérard Brach | 79 | France | Director, Writer | The Name of the Rose| Frantic}} | 9 | Herbert Rudley | 96 | USA | Actor | The Court Jester| The Young Lions}} | 11 | Pat Corley | 76 | USA | Actor | Coming Home| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training}} | 14 | Johnny Sekka | 72 | USA | Actor | Mohammad, Messenger of God| The Gathering}} | 14 | Virginia Vale | 86 | USA | Actress | Blonde Comet| Broadway Big Shot}} | 19 | Elizabeth Allen | 77 | USA | Actress | Donovan's Reef| Star Spangled Girl}} | 20 | Sven Nykvist | 83 | Sweden | Cinematographer | Sleepless in Seattle| Chaplin|What's Eating Gilbert Grape|Crimes and Misdemeanors|Cries and Whispers}} | 22 | Edward Albert | 55 | USA | Actor | Butterflies Are Free| 40 Carats}} | 23 | Malcolm Arnold | 84 | UK | Composer | The Bridge on the River Kwai| Suddenly, Last Summer}} | 24 | Sally Gray | 91 | UK | Actress | Green for Danger| The Saint in London}} | 26 | Lionel Murton | 91 | UK | Actor | Patton| The Dirty Dozen}} | 28 | Hy Pyke | 70 | USA | Actor | Blade Runner| White House Madness}} | October | 2 | Frances Bergen | 84 | USA | Actress | American Gigolo| The Muppets Take Manhattan}} | 2 | Tamara Dobson | 59 | USA | Actress, Makeup Artist | Cleopatra Jones| Norman... Is That You?}} | 4 | Tom Bell | 73 | UK | Actor | Wish You Were Here| Feast of July}} | 9 | Danièle Huillet | 70 | France | Director | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach|History Lessons}} | 10 | Jerry Belson | 68 | USA | Producer, Writer | Always| Fun with Dick and Jane}} | 12 | Gillo Pontecorvo | 86 | Italy | Director, Writer | The Battle of Algiers| Kapò}} | 15 | Derek Bond | 86 | UK | Actor | Uncle Silas| When Eight Bells Toll}} | 16 | Ross Davidson | 57 | UK | Actor | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life| The Crimson Permanent Assurance}} | 16 | Jack DeLeon | 81 | USA | Actor, Miscellaneous | The Hobbit| Life Stinks}} | 16 | Tommy Johnson | 71 | USA | Musician | The Matrix| The Godfather}} | 19 | James Glennon | 64 | USA | Cinematographer, Second Assistant Camera | About Schmidt| Election}} | 19 | Phyllis Kirk | 79 | USA | Actress | House of Wax| Back from Eternity}} | 20 | Jane Wyatt | 96 | USA | Actress | The Voyage Home| Lost Horizon}} | 21 | Peter Barkworth | 77 | UK | Actor | Patton| Where Eagles Dare }} | 21 | Daryl Duke | 77 | Canada | Director | The Silent Partner| The Thorn Birds}} | 21 | Milton Selzer | 87 | USA | Actor | Sid and Nancy| The Cincinnati Kid}} | 22 | B. Constance Barry | 93 | USA | Actress | Trading Places| Arthur}} | 22 | Arthur Hill | 84 | Canada | Actor | Harper| The Andromeda Strain}} | 22 | Richard Mayes | 83 | UK | Actor | Gandhi| Top Secret! }} | 29 | Roy Barnes | 70 | USA | Art Director, Set Designer | War of the Worlds| The Last Samurai}} | 29 | Nigel Kneale | 84 | UK | Screenwriter, Actor | Season of the Witch| Quatermass and the Pit}} | 31 | William Franklyn | 81 | UK | Actor, Writer | Cul-de-sac| The Satanic Rites of Dracula}} | November | 1 | Adrienne Shelly | 40 | USA | Actress, Director | Waitress| The Unbelievable Truth}} | 2 | Leonard Schrader | 62 | USA | Screenwriter | Kiss of the Spider Woman| Blue Collar}} | 2 | Milly Vitale | 73 | Italy | Actress | The Seven Little Foys| The Juggler}} | 8 | Basil Poledouris | 61 | USA | Composer | Starship Troopers|RoboCop|The Hunt for Red October|Red Dawn|Free Willy}} | 9 | Wayne Artman | 69 | USA | Sound Re-Recording | Falling Down| Lethal Weapon 3}} | 9 | Marian Marsh | 93 | USA | Actress | The Mad Genius| The Black Room}} | 10 | Diana Coupland | 74 | UK | Actress | The Twelve Chairs| The Millionairess}} | 10 | Chubby Oates | 63 | UK | Actor | Killer's Moon | 10 | Jack Palance | 87 | USA | Actor | Shane| City Slickers|Batman|Tango & Cash|Young Guns}} | 11 | Belinda Emmett | 32 | Australia | Actress | The Nugget | 11 | Ronnie Stevens | 81 | UK | Actor | The Parent Trap| Brassed Off}} | 14 | John Hallam | 65 | UK | Actor | Prince of Thieves| Flash Gordon}} | 15 | Elaine Ives-Cameron | 67 | UK | Actress | Supergirl | 16 | Eustace Lycett | 91 | USA | Special Effects, Visual Effects | Mary Poppins| Bedknobs and Broomsticks}} | 19 | Jeremy Slate | 80 | USA | Actor | The Devil's Brigade| True Grit}} | 20 | Robert Altman | 81 | USA | Director, Screenwriter | MASH| Gosford Park|The Player|Nashville|A Prairie Home Companion}} | 20 | Kevin McClory | 80 | Ireland | Miscellaneous, Producer | The Africa Queen| Never Say Never Again}} | 23 | Betty Comden | 89 | USA | Screenwriter, Lyricist | Singin' in the Rain| The Band Wagon}} | 23 | Philippe Noiret | 76 | France | Actor, Voice Dubbing | Cinema Paradiso| The Postman}} | 24 | Phyllis Cerf | 90 | USA | Actress | Vivacious Lady| Little Men}} | 27 | Alan Freeman | 79 | UK | Actor, Producer | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors| Absolute Beginners}} | 27 | Anthony Jackson | 62 | UK | Actor | Labyrinth | 29 | Leon Niemczyk | 62 | Poland | Actor | Inland Empire | 30 | Shirley Walker | 61 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator | Apocalypse Now|Mask of the Phantasm|Escape from L.A.|Final Destination|True Lies}} | December | 1 | Sid Raymond | 97 | USA | Actor, Voice Actor | Two Much| Herman and Katnip}} | 4 | Adam Williams | 84 | USA | Actor | North by Northwest| Fear Strikes Out}} | 5 | Michael Gilden | 44 | USA | Actor | Return of the Jedi| Pulp Fiction}} | 5 | Gerry Humphreys | 74 | UK | Sound Re-Recording | Blade Runner| Gandhi}} | 6 | Mavis Pugh | 92 | UK | Actress | The Class of Miss MacMichael | 7 | Desmond Briscoe | 81 | UK | Sound Effects | The Haunting| The Man Who Fell to Earth}} | 8 | Martha Tilton | 91 | USA | Singer, Actress | Swing Hostess| Crime, Inc.}} | 9 | Russell Wade | 89 | USA | Actor | Ball of Fire • Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 12 | Ivor Barry | 87 | USA | Actor, Writer | Weird Science • The Andromeda Strain | 12 | Peter Boyle | 71 | USA | Actor | Taxi Driver| Young Frankenstein|Monster's Ball|Malcolm X|The Santa Clause}} | 14 | Hallie D'Amore | 64 | UK | Makeup Artist | Forrest Gump • Apollo 13 | 14 | Mike Evans | 57 | USA | Writer, Actor | Now You See Him, Now You Don't • The House on Skull Mountain | 18 | Joseph Barbera | 95 | USA | Director, Producer | The Flintstones • The Movie | 21 | Lois Hall | 80 | USA | Actress | Gone in 60 Seconds • Flightplan | 22 | Philip Pine | 86 | USA | Actor | D.O.A • The Set-Up | 23 | Charlie Drake | 81 | USA | Actor | The Plank • Sands of the Desert | 24 | Marc Smith | ?? | UK | Actor | Live and Let Die • Moonraker | 25 | James Brown | 73 | USA | Singer, Actor | Jerry Maguire • The Proposal | 27 | Anna Navarro | 73 | USA | Actress | Last Action Hero • Topaz | 30 | Frank Campanella | 87 | USA | Actor | Pretty Woman| Dick Tracy}} | |
Film Debuts- Katie Cassidy – When a Stranger Calls
- Rebecca Hall – Starter for 10
- Armie Hammer – Flicka
- Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
- Rami Malek — Night at the Museum
- Eddie Redmayne – Like Minds
- Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem
Notes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm |title=2006 Worldwide Grosses |work=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=June 14, 2010}}
References- Box Office Mojo film release schedule.
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