2006 in film
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This is a list of film-related events in 2006.
Event timeline
Notable events concerning the film industry in 2006.
| Month
| Day
| Event
|
| January
| 4
| The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck., Crash and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced film award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck., Cinderella Man, The 40-Year-Old Virgin 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.
|
| 6
| Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller pulls Brokeback Mountain from one of his Utah movie theaters at the last minute, after learning it features a homosexual love story.
|
| 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 Annual Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include , 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, Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award".
|
| March
| 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. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film.
Major awards as follows:
|
| April
| 18
| Tom Cruise and fiance Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri.
|
| 25
| The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as United 93 and Mission Impossible III.
|
| May
| 17
| The 2006 Cannes Film Festival begins in Cannes, France. It will continue until the 28th. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition include 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
|
Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language
film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the
United States and
Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten of 2006 as of
July 16, 2006 (U.S. and Canada),
July 9, 2006 (UK) and
July 16, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling and Australian results in Australian dollars.
2006
Rank
| Title
| Studio
| Total Int'l
Box Office Gross
| U.S. & Canada
Box Office Gross
| United Kingdom
Box Office Gross
| Australia
Box Office Gross
|
| 1.
| The Da Vinci Code
| Columbia Pictures
| 5,919,829
| 4,891,691
| £29,954,179
| ,726,056
|
| 2.
|
| 20th Century Fox
| 1,450,114
| 4,631,351
| £29,140,955
| ,348,321
|
| 3.
|
| 20th Century Fox
| 7,679,997
| 2,329,982
| £18,973,585
| ,478,403
|
| 4.
|
| Walt Disney Pictures
| 2,364,766
| 8,364,766
| £13,740,784
| ,944,969
|
| 5.
|
| Paramount Pictures
| 1,379,134
| 3,382,309
| £15,342,575
| ,645,069
|
| 6.
| Cars
| Walt Disney Pictures Pixar
| 1,451,446
| 0,001,446
| July 28 debut
| ,804,999
|
| 7.
| Superman Returns
| Warner Bros.
| 1,316,103
| 4,316,103
| July 14 debut
| ,461,583
|
| 8.
| Over the Hedge
| DreamWorks
| 9,092,633
| 0,898,980
| £6,953,508
| ,339,219
|
| 9.
| Inside Man
| Universal Pictures
| 2,661,299
| ,513,495
| £8,106,743
| ,087,829
|
| 10.
| Scary Movie 4
| Dimension Films
| 4,884,358
| ,612,358
| £5,635,403
| ,651,543
|
As of April 18, 2006, three films released in 2006 had grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2006's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
- *U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
- *United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/cinemagoing/boxoffice/
- *Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
Notable Deaths
Wide-release movies
In the
film industry, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:
January-March
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| Month
| Day
| Title
| Studio
| Notable Cast/Crew
|
| January
| 6
| BloodRayne
| Romar Entertainment
| Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriguez
|
| Grandma's Boy
| 20th Century Fox
| Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Shirley Jones
|
| Hostel
| Lions Gate Films
| Jay Hernandez
|
| 13
| Glory Road
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight
|
| Last Holiday
| Paramount Pictures
| Queen Latifah, Gérard Depardieu, LL Cool J
|
| Tristan and Isolde
| 20th Century Fox
| James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell
|
| 20
| End of the Spear
| Jungle Films
| Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman
|
|
| Screen Gems
| Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy
|
| 27
| Annapolis
| Touchstone Pictures
| James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster
|
| Big Momma's House 2
| 20th Century Fox
| Martin Lawrence, Nia Long
|
| Nanny McPhee
| Universal Pictures
| Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury
|
| February
| 3
| Something New
| Focus Features
| Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps
|
| When a Stranger Calls
| Screen Gems
| Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy
|
| 10
| Curious George
| Universal Pictures
| voices of: Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke
|
| Final Destination 3
| New Line Cinema
| Ryan Merriman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
|
| Firewall
| Warner Bros.
| Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen
|
| The Pink Panther
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures
| Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyoncé Knowles
|
| 17
| Date Movie
| 20th Century Fox
| Alyson Hannigan, Jennifer Coolidge
|
| Eight Below
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Paul Walker, Jason Biggs
|
| Freedomland
| Revolution Studios
| Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore
|
| 24
| Doogal
| The Weinstein Co.
| Jim Broadbent, Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy
|
| Madea's Family Reunion
| Lions Gate Films
| Tyler Perry
|
| Running Scared
| New Line Cinema
| Paul Walker
|
| March
| 3
| 16 Blocks
| Warner Bros.
| Bruce Willis, Mos Def
|
| Aquamarine
| 20th Century Fox
| Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo
|
| Ultraviolet
| Screen Gems
| Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund
|
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party
| Rogue Pictures
| Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def
|
| 10
| Failure to Launch
| Paramount
| Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates
|
| The Hills Have Eyes
| Fox Searchlight Pictures
| Vinessa Shaw, Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford
|
| The Shaggy Dog
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Danny Glover
|
| 17
| She's the Man
| DreamWorks
| Amanda Bynes
|
Thank You for Smoking ‡
| Fox Searchlight Pictures
| Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Katie Holmes
|
| V For Vendetta
| Warner Brothers
| Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving
|
| 24
| Inside Man
| Universal Pictures
| Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
|
|
| Lions Gate Films
| Larry The Cable Guy
|
| Stay Alive
| Buena Vista Pictures
| Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz
|
| 31
| ATL
| Warner Bros.
| T.I., Lauren London, Evan Ross Naess
|
|
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling
|
|
| 20th Century Fox
| Ray Romano (voice), John Leguizamo (voice), Denis Leary (voice), Queen Latifah (voice), Seann William Scott (voice), Josh Peck (voice), Jay Leno (voice), Will Arnett (voice)
|
| Slither
| Universal Pictures
| Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker
|
April-July
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| Month
| Day
| Title
| Studio
| Notable Cast/Crew
|
| April
| 7
| The Benchwarmers
| Revolution Studios
| Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Lovitz, Jon Heder
|
| Friends with Money ‡
| Sony Pictures Classics
| Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack
|
| Lucky Number Slevin
| The Weinstein Co.
| Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley
|
| Phat Girlz
| Fox Searchlight Pictures
| Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
|
| Take the Lead
| New Line Cinema
| Antonio Banderas
|
| 14
| Scary Movie 4
| The Weinstein Co.
| Anna Faris
|
| The Wild
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Kiefer Sutherland, William Shatner, Greg Cipes, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind, James Belushi (voices)
|
| 21
| American Dreamz
| Universal Pictures
| Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid
|
| The Sentinel
| 20th Century Fox
| Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger
|
| Silent Hill
| TriStar Pictures
| Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean
|
| 28
| Akeelah and the Bee
| Lions Gate Films
| Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett
|
| RV
| Columbia Pictures
| Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth
|
| Stick It
| Touchstone Pictures
| Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies
|
| United 93
| Universal Pictures
|
|
| May
| 5
| An American Haunting
| Freestyle Releasing
| Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy
|
| Art School Confidential ‡
| United Artists
| Max Minghella, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Anjelica Huston, Joel Moore
|
| Hoot
| New Line Cinema
| Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson
|
|
| Paramount Pictures
| Tom Cruise, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman
|
| 12
| Goal! The Dream Begins
| Touchstone Pictures
| Kuno Becker, Marcel Iureş, Anna Friel
|
| Just My Luck
| 20th Century Fox
| Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love
|
| Poseidon
| Warner Bros.
| Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum
|
| 19
| The Da Vinci Code
| Columbia Pictures
| Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Audrey Tautou
|
| Over the Hedge
| Paramount Pictures
| Bruce Willis (voice), Garry Shandling (voice), Steve Carell (voice), William Shatner (voice), Avril Lavigne (voice), Wanda Sykes (voice)
|
| See No Evil
| Lions Gate Films
| Glen Jacobs
|
| 26
|
| 20th Century Fox
| Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer
|
| June
| 2
| The Break-Up
| Universal Pictures
| Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn
|
| 6
| The Omen
| 20th Century Fox
| Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow
|
| 9
| Cars
| Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures
| Paul Newman (voice), Owen Wilson (voice), Larry the Cable Guy (voice), George Carlin (voice)
|
| A Prairie Home Companion
| Picturehouse
| Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones
|
| 16
|
| Universal Pictures
| Lucas Black, Bow Wow
|
|
| 20th Century Fox
| Breckin Meyer
|
| The Lake House
| Warner Bros.
| Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock
|
| Nacho Libre
| Paramount Pictures
| Jack Black
|
| 23
| Click
| Columbia Pictures
| Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken
|
| Waist Deep
| Focus Features
| Tyrese Gibson, The Game, Larenz Tate
|
| 28
| Superman Returns
| June 28 Warner Bros.
| Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
|
| 30
| The Devil Wears Prada
| 20th Century Fox
| Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci
|
July-September
Other movies released
This section lists films which either did not achieve wide-release status in North America, or were not released before in North America. Release dates refer to the North American release unless otherwise stated.
| Title
| Release date
| Studio
| Other notes
|
| Adam & Steve
| March 31
| TLA Releasing
| Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey
|
| American Gun
| March 22
| IFC Films
| Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda Cardellini, Nikki Reed, Arlen Escarpeta, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Schuyler Fisk, Tony Goldwyn, Melissa Leo
|
| Arthur's Missing Pal
| July 1-July 30 (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)
| Lions Gate Films/Kidtoon Films Inc.
| animated, voices of Carr Thompson, Daniel Brochu, Jodie Resther
|
| Ask the Dust
| March 10
| Paramount Pictures
| Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek
|
| Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
| March 31
| ThinkFilm
| Mike D, Ad Rock, MCA (the Beastie Boys)
|
| Bubble
| January 27
| Magnolia Pictures
| Steven Soderbergh (director)
|
| Clean
| April 28
| Palm Pictures
| Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte
|
| Dead Man's Shoes
| May 12
| Magnolia Pictures
| Paddy Considine
|
| The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu
| April 26
| Tartan Pictures
| Cristi Puiu (director)
|
| Deep Sea 3D
| March 3
| Warner Bros.
| Johnny Depp (Narrator), Kate Winslet (Narrator)
|
| District B13
| June 2
| IFC Films
| Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle
|
| Don't Come Knocking
|
| Sony Pictures Classics
| Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Eva Marie Saint
|
| Fanaa
| May 26
| Yash Raj Films
| Aamir Khan, Kajol
|
| Fateless
| January 6
| ThinkFilm
| Lajos Koltai (director)
|
| Find Me Guilty
| March 17
| Freestyle Releasing
| Vin Diesel
|
| A Good Woman
| February 3
| Lions Gate Films
| Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson
|
| An Inconvenient Truth
| May 24
| Paramount Classics
| Al Gore
|
| The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
|
| Palm Pictures
| Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan and Cole Sprouse
|
| Kinky Boots
| April 14
| Miramax Films
| Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor
|
| La mujer de mi hermano
| April 14
| Lions Gate Films
| Bárbara Mori, Manolo Cardona, Bruno Bichir
|
| The Legend Trip
| June 6
|
| Jamie Bilke, Jason Paul Collum, Mark Metcalf
|
| L'Enfant
| March 24
| Sony Pictures Classics
|
|
Looking for Comedy
in the Muslim World
| January 20
| Warner Independent Pictures
| Albert Brooks
|
| The Lost City
| April 28
| Lions Gate Films
| Andy García
|
| Manderlay
| January 27
| IFC Films
| Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe, Danny Glover
|
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
| March 31
| Samuel Goldwyn Films
| Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen
|
| Night Watch
| February 17
| Fox Searchlight Pictures
| Konstantin Khabensky
|
| The Notorious Bettie Page
|
| Picturehouse
| Gretchen Mol, Christian Bauer, Jared Harris
|
| Peaceful Warrior
| June 2
| Lions Gate
| Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart
|
| Premium
| 20 January
| Palm-Star Entertainment
| Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper, Eva Pigford
|
| The Promise
| May 5
| Warner Independent Pictures
| Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse
|
| The Proposition
| May 5
| First Look Pictures
| Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson
|
| R-Point
| January 13
| Tartan Pictures
|
|
| Rang De Basanti
| January 27
| Sony Pictures
| Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, R. Madhavan
|
| Revolver
| 26 January
| Redbus
| Guy Ritchie (director), Jason Statham, Ray Liotta
|
| Russian Dolls
| May 10
| IFC Films
|
|
| A Scanner Darkly
| July 7
| Warner Independent Pictures
| Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder
|
| The Shining
| June 30
| Warner Bros.
| re-release, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
|
The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
| February 1
| Fantastical Cinema
| Tony Todd, Tracy Scoggins
|
| Strangers With Candy
| June 28
| Paramount Pictures
| Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Matthew Broderick, Dan Hedaya, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ian Holm, Todd Oldham, Sarah Jessica Parker
|
| Swimmers
| March 31
| Skouras Pictures
| Tara Devon Gallagher, Sarah Paulson, Robert Knott
|
| Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
| April 28
| Tartan Pictures
| Park Chan-wook (director)
|
| Temporada de patos
|
| Warner Independent Pictures
|
|
|
| February 10
| Green Dog Films
| John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe
|
|
| June 3-June 25 (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)
| Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Kidtoon Films Inc.
| animated, voices of Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Tom Kenny
|
|
| January 27
| Picturehouse
| Steve Coogan
|
| Twelve and Holding
| May 19
| IFC Films
|
|
| Typhoon
| June 2
| Lions Gate
| Jang Dong-gun
|
| Wah-Wah
| May 12
| Roadside Attractions
| Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant (director)
|
| Water
| April 28
| Fox Searchlight Pictures
| Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas
|
| Why We Fight
| January 20
| Sony Pictures Classics
|
|
| Zinda
| January 13
| Eros Pictures
| Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham
|
Films scheduled to be released in 2006
| This article or section contains information about one or more . The content may change dramatically as the film's release approaches and more information becomes available.
|
The following are two lists:
- The first is a list of movies sorted by their release date
- The second is a list of movies with no entered release date
- This list is based on U.S. and Canadian release dates. If you are seeking release date information for a different country, check the appropriate page in that film's IMDB entry.
By release date
July-September
July-September
Release dates:
- "LR": Limited release in select cities
- "WR": Wide-release to theaters
- "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters
July
| Film
| Date
| Studio
| Other notesfe
|
| Clerks II
| July 21
| Weinstein Co./MGM
| Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
|
| Lady in the Water
| July 21 WR
| Warner Bros.
| Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard
|
| Monster House
| July 21 WR
| Columbia Pictures
|
|
| My Super Ex-Girlfriend
| July 21 WR
| 20th Century Fox/Regency
| Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris
|
| The Ant Bully
| July 28 WR
| Warner Bros.
| Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage
|
| John Tucker Must Die
| July 28 WR
| 20th Century Fox
| Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti Douglas
|
| Miami Vice
| July 28 WR
| Universal Pictures
| Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li
|
| Scoop
| July 28 LR
| Focus Features
| Woody Allen (director), Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson,
|
August
| Film
| Date
| Studio
| Other notes
|
| Barnyard
| August 4 WR
| Paramount Pictures
| Kevin James (voice), Courteney Cox (voice)
|
| The Descent
| August 4 WR
| Lions Gate
| MyAnna Buring, Nora Jane Noone, Alex Reid
|
| The Night Listener
| August 4 WR
| Miramax
| Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale
|
| Talladega Nights
| August 4 WR
| TriStar Pictures
| Will Ferrell
|
| World Trade Center
| August 9 WR
| Paramount Pictures
| Nicolas Cage, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oliver Stone (director)
|
| Accepted
| August 11 WR
| Universal Pictures
| Justin Long, Blake Lively
|
| Pulse
| August 11 WR
|
| Christina Milian, Kristen Bell
|
| Conversations with Other Women
| August 11 LR
|
| Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart
|
| Step Up
| August 11 WR
| Buena Vista
| Channing Tatum
|
| Zoom
| August 11 WR
| Columbia Pictures
| Tim Allen, Courteney Cox
|
| 10th & Wolf
| August 18 LR
| ThinkFilm
| James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro
|
| The Illusionist
| August 18 LR
| Yari Film Group Releasing
| Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti
|
| Material Girls
| August 18 WR
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Angelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Lukas Haas
|
| Snakes on a Plane
| August 18 WR
| New Line Cinema
| Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Phillips, Benjamin McKenzie
|
| Beerfest
| August 25 WR
| Warner Bros.
| Broken Lizard
|
|
| August 25 WR
| Dimension Films
| Devon Aoki, Jaime Pressly, Kevin Nash, Brian J. White
|
| How to Eat Fried Worms
| August 25 WR
| New Line Cinema
|
|
| Idlewild
| August 25
| Universal Pictures/HBO Films
| China Anderson, Macy Gray, Terrence Howard, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen
|
| Invincible
| August 25
| Buena Vista
| Mark Wahlberg
|
| The Protector
| August 25
| Dragon Dynasty
| Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones
|
| The Quiet
| August 25 LR
| Sony Pictures Classics
| Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert
|
September
| Film
| Date
| Studio
| Other notes
|
| Crank
| September 1 WR
| Lions Gate
| Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, and Dwight Yoakam
|
| Crossover
| September 1 WR
| Sony
| Anthony Mackie
|
|
| September 1 WR
| Walt Disney
|
|
| Idiocracy
| September 1 WR
| 20th Century Fox
| Luke Wilson
|
| The Wicker Man
| September 1 WR
| Warner Bros.
| Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn
|
| The Covenant
| September 8 WR
| Screen Gems
| Toby Hemingway
|
| Hollywoodland
| September 8 WR
| Focus Features
| Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins
|
| I Could Never Be Your Woman
| September 8 WR
| MGM
| Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Tracey Ullman
|
| Pathfinder
| September 8 WR
| 20th Century Fox
| Karl Urban
|
| The Black Dahlia
| September 15 WR
| Universal Pictures
| Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart
|
| Black Snake Moan
| September 15 WR
| Paramount Classics
| Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake
|
| Everyone's Hero
| September 15 WR
| 20th Century Fox
|
|
| Gridiron Gang
| September 15 WR
| Columbia Pictures
| The Rock
|
| Keeping Mum
| September 15 lR
| ThinkFilm
| Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
|
| The Last Kiss
| September 15 WR
| DreamWorks
| Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson
|
| Lucky You
| September 15
|
| Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Jean Smart, Debra Messing, Robert Downey Jr.
|
| Night of the Living Dead 3-D
| September 15 WR
| Lux Digital Pictures
| Sid Haig, Greg Travis
|
| Confetti
| September 22 LR
|
| Jimmy Carr, Olivia Colman, Ron Cook, Julia Davis, Martin Freeman, Mark Heap, Stephen Mangan, Felicity Montagu, Alison Steadman, Robert Webb, Marc Wootton
|
| Fearless
| September 22 WR
| Rogue Pictures
| Jet Li, Collin Chou
|
| Feast
| September 22 WR
| The Weinstein Company
| Eric Dane, Navi Rawat, Krista Allen
|
| The Guardian
| September 22 WR
| Buena Vista
| Kevin Costner
|
|
| September 22 WR
| Paramount Pictures
| Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Dave England, Steve-O, Jason Acuña
|
| Killshot
| September 22 WR
| MGM
| Rosario Dawson, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke
|
| The Painted Veil
| September 22 LR
| Warner Independent Pictures
| Edward Norton, Naomi Watts
|
| Renaissance (film)
| September 22 LR
| Miramax Films
| Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Jonathan Pryce and Ian Holm
|
| The Children of Men
| September 29 WR
| Universal Pictures
| Clive Owen
|
| Employee of the Month
| September 29 WR
| Lions Gate
| Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson
|
| The Last King of Scotland
| September 29 LR
| Fox Searchlight
| Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson
|
| Open Season
| September 29 WR
| Columbia Pictures
| Martin Lawrence (voice), Ashton Kutcher (voice)
|
| School for Scoundrels
| September 29 WR
| The Weinstein Company
| Jacinda Barrett, Jon Heder, Billy Bob Thornton
|
October-December
Release dates:
- "LR": Limited release in select cities
- "WR": Wide-release to theaters
- "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters
October
November
December
Unannounced release date
The following films are scheduled to be released in North American cinemas during 2006 without a specific release date:
#-H
- 88 Minutes - starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Benjamin McKenzie, Deborah Kara Unger, William Forsythe, Neal McDonough, Brendan Fletcher
- The Adventures of Beatle Boyin - Ever Carradine, Orlando Jones, Sarah Shahi
- Autopsy - starring Kelli Garner
- Awake - Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba,
- Caffeine - starring Katherine Heigl, Callum Blue, Breckin Meyer, Mena Suvari, Marsha Thomason, Mike Vogel
- The Children - Screen Gems - Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz, Geoffrey Lewis
- Coming Out - starring Alan Cumming, Gavin Henson, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Deadwood Park - October 2006
- Fido - Carrie-Anne Moss
- Half-Life - Jennifer Phang (writer & director)
- High Rise
- - Lions Gate - Adrian Paul
- Hollywood Dreams - Karen Black, Justin Kirk, Melissa Leo
- Hood of Horror - Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Danny Trejo, Aries Spears, Dallas Page
- Hui Buh - Das Schlossgespenst - Michael Herbig
I-R
- Inkheart - December 2006 -
- I Remember - Jamie-Lynn DiScala, Andrew Keegan, Jeremy London, Beverley Mitchell
- Isolated
- Jadesoturi
- Lovewrecked - Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Fred Willard, Lance Bass
- My Name is Bruce - Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi
- Night Skies - Jason Connery, A. J. Cook, Ashley Peldon, George Stults, Gwendoline Yeo
- Nobel Son - Alan Rickman, Ted Danson, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman
- Romance & Cigarettes - United Artists - John Turturro (director), James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Eddie Izzard
S-Z
- Sicko - September 2006 - Weinstein Company
- Simon Says - Crispin Glover, Margo Harshman, Greg Cipes
- Soul Searchers - Billy Drago
- Southland Tales - Universal Pictures - The Rock, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Miranda Richardson, Kevin Smith, Curtis Armstrong, Bai Ling, Nora Dunn, Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Lambert, Jon Lovitz, Mandy Moore, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Will Sasso, Justin Timberlake
- Starter for Ten - Picturehouse - Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Catherine Tate
- Tideland - August 2006 LR- Terry Gilliam (director), Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly
- Toto - Gael García Bernal
- Tales from Earthsea (Gedo senki) - Japan on July 2006
- ''Valley of Flowers'
- - Nathan Fillion, Katee Sackhoff
- The Woods - Colleen Williams, Bruce Campbell
- Yesterday Was a Lie - Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton
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