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Revision as of 22:21, 7 November 2006

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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 Deuce Bigalow: 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, 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 began in Cannes, France. It continued until the 28th. 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 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 "insprational" film of all time.
July 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: 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 Star Wars 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.

Upcoming Events

These are upcoming events set to happen in the film industry. Dates are subject to change.

Month Day Event
December 11 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will announce the nominees for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

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 October 5, 2006 (U.S. & Canada and Interantional); October 1, 2006 (UK) and October 1, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

U.S. & Canada and International 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 Box Office Gross
Total World U.S./Canada Total Int.l U. K. Australia
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Walt Disney Pictures $1,052,950,126 $420,331,126 $631,619,000 £51,735,498 $37,896,546
2. The Da Vinci Code Columbia Pictures $754,261,280 $217,536,138 $536,725,142 £30,405,163 $26,920,579
3. Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox $645,925,320 $195,330,621 $450,594,699 £29,140,955 $24,460,223
4. X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox $455,648,929 $234,362,462 $221,286,467 £19,066,987 $16,478,403
5. Cars Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar $447,515,463 $243,735,463 $203,780,000 £12,820,576 $17,589,501
6. Mission: Impossible III Paramount Pictures $395,679,065 $133,501,348 $262,177,717 £15,342,575 $10,959,994
7. Superman Returns Warner Bros. $389,056,144 $199,056,144 $190,000,000 £15,426,329 $13,830,282
8. - - $33,610,391 $155,019,340 $159,967,628 £12,086,727 $16,254,588
9. The Break Up Universal Pictures $199,975,048 $118,703,275 $81,271,809 £10,049,790 $9,712,060
10. Click Universal Pictures $196,889,610 $137,340,146 $59,549,464 £1,797,073 $14,031,847

As of October 1, 2006, five films released in 2006 had grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status and as of September 11, 2006, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the third and fastest film in Hollywood history to reach the billion dollar worldwide Box Office mark with a $1,004,100,000.

For a complete list of 2006's top-grossing films, follow these links:

Notable Deaths

Month Day Name Age Cinematic Notability
January 1 Mapita Cortés 75 Actress
2 Osa Massen 91 Actress
9 Mikk Mikiver 68 Actor
14 Henri Colpi 84 Film editor
Shelley Winters 85 Actress
19 Anthony Franciosa 77 Actor
24 Fayard Nicholas 91 Tap dancer
Chris Penn 40 Actor
31 Moira Shearer 80 Actress
February 9 Phil Brown 89 Actor
18 Richard Bright 68 Actor
24 Don Knotts 81 Actor
Dennis Weaver 81 Actor
25 Darren McGavin 83 Actor
March 2 Jack Wild 53 Actor
13 Maureen Stapleton 80 Actress
25 Richard Fleischer 89 Director
April 11 Shin Sang-ok 79 Director and Producer
22 Alida Valli 84 Actress
May 5 Naushad 85 Film score composer
10 Val Guest 94 Director
24 Henry Bumstead 91 Art director
27 Paul Gleason 62 Actor
30 Shohei Imamura 79 Director
June 17 Arthur Franz 86 Actor
18 Vincent Sherman 99 Director
23 Aaron Spelling 83 Producer
25 Kenneth Griffith 84 Actor and documentary film-maker
July 8 June Allyson 88 Actress
12 Kurt Kreuger 89 Actor
13 Red Buttons 87 Actor and Comedian
19 Jack Warden 85 Actor
August 13 Tony Jay 71 Voice Actor and Actor
14 Bruno Kirby 57 Actor
25 Joseph Stefano 84 Screenwriter
27 Hrishikesh Mukherjee 83 Director
30 Glenn Ford 90 Actor
September 4 Steve Irwin 44 Documentary film-maker
9 Gérard Brach 79 Director and screenwriter
20 Sven Nykvist 83 Cinematographer

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
Underworld: Evolution 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, Channing Tatum
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
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector 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
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling
Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox animated, voices of: Ray Romano John Leguizamo Denis Leary Queen Latifah , Seann William Scott (), Josh Peck , Jay Leno ), Will Arnett ()
Slither Universal Pictures Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker

April-June

‡ 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 Heder, Jon Lovitz
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, Bruce Willis
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 Animated, Voices Of: Kiefer Sutherland, William Shatner, Greg Cipes, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind, James Belushi
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
Mission: Impossible III 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 Animated, Voices Of: Bruce Willis , Garry Shandling , Steve Carell , William Shatner , Avril Lavigne , Wanda Sykes
See No Evil Lions Gate Films Glen Jacobs
26 X-Men: The Last Stand 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 Animated, Voices Of: Paul Newman ), Owen Wilson , Larry the Cable Guy , George Carlin
A Prairie Home Companion Picturehouse Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones
16 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Universal Pictures Lucas Black, Bow Wow
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties 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 Warner Bros. Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
30 The Devil Wears Prada 20th Century Fox Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci

July-September

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month Day Title Studio Notable Cast/Crew
July 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Walt Disney Pictures Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
14 Little Man Revolution Studios Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kerry Washington
You, Me and Dupree Universal Pictures Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon
21 Clerks II Weinstein Co./MGM Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Lady in the Water Warner Bros. Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard
Monster House Columbia Pictures
My Super Ex-Girlfriend 20th Century Fox/Regency Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris
26 Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight Pictures Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano
28 The Ant Bully Warner Bros. Zach Tyler Eisen, Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep
John Tucker Must Die 20th Century Fox Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti Douglas
Miami Vice Universal Pictures Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li
August 4 Barnyard Paramount Pictures animated, voices of Kevin James, Courteney Cox
The Descent Lions Gate MyAnna Buring, Nora Jane Noone, Alex Reid
The Night Listener Miramax Films Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Columbia Pictures Will Ferrell
9 World Trade Center Paramount Pictures Nicolas Cage, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oliver Stone (director)
11 Pulse Christina Milian, Kristen Bell
Step Up Buena Vista Channing Tatum
Zoom Columbia Pictures Tim Allen, Courteney Cox
18 Accepted Universal Pictures Justin Long, Blake Lively
The Illusionist Yari Film Group Releasing Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti
Material Girls Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Angelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Lukas Haas
Snakes on a Plane New Line Cinema Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Phillips
25 Beerfest Warner Bros. Broken Lizard
How to Eat Fried Worms New Line Cinema
Idlewild Universal Pictures/HBO Films China Anderson, Macy Gray, Terrence Howard, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen
Invincible Buena Vista Mark Wahlberg
September 1 Crank Lions Gate Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, and Dwight Yoakam
Crossover Sony Anthony Mackie
The Wicker Man Warner Bros. Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn
8 The Covenant Screen Gems Toby Hemingway
Hollywoodland Focus Features Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins
The Protector Weinstein Company Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones
15 The Black Dahlia Universal Pictures Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart
Everyone's Hero 20th Century Fox
Gridiron Gang Columbia Pictures The Rock, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell
The Last Kiss DreamWorks Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson
22 All the King's Men Columbia Pictures Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet
Fearless Rogue Pictures Jet Li, Collin Chou
Flyboys Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer James Franco, Jean Reno, Martin Henderson
Jackass: Number Two Paramount Pictures Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Dave England, Steve-O, Jason Acuña
29 The Guardian Buena Vista Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher
Open Season Columbia Pictures Animated, Voices of: Martin Lawrence Ashton Kutcher
School for Scoundrels The Weinstein Company Jacinda Barrett, Jon Heder, Billy Bob Thornton

October-December

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month Day Title Studio Notable Cast/Crew
October 6 The Departed Warner Bros. Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
Employee of the Month Lions Gate Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning New Line Cinema Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster
13 The Grudge 2 Columbia Pictures Sarah Michelle Gellar
Man of the Year Universal Pictures Robin Williams, Laura Linney
The Marine 20th Century Fox John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Jeff Chase, Christina Lindley
One Night With The King Gener8Xion Entertainment Tiffany DuPont, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, John Rhys-Davies, Luke Goss
20 Flags of Our Fathers DreamWorks Paul Walker, Ryan Phillippe, Clint Eastwood (director)
Flicka 20th Century Fox Alison Lohman, Daniel Pino, Dallas Roberts
Marie-Antoinette Columbia Pictures Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan
The Prestige Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson
27 Catch a Fire Focus Features
Saw III Lions Gate Films Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose, Barry Flatman, Leigh Whannell
November 3
Borat 20th Century Fox Sacha Baron Cohen
Flushed Away DreamWorks Animated, Voices of: Hugh Jackman , Kate Winslet
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Walt Disney Pictures Tim Allen, Martin Short

Other films 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
10th & Wolf August 18 ThinkFilm James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro
Adam & Steve March 31 TLA Releasing Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey
Al Franken: God Spoke September 13 Balcony Releasing Al Franken
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
American Hardcore September 22 Sony Pictures Classics
Artie Lange's Beer League September 15 Echo Bridge Entertainment Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio
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)
Bandidas September 22 20th Century Fox Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn
Black Book September 14 A-Film Paul Verhoeven (director), Carice van Houten
Bon Cop, Bad Cop August 4 Alliance Atlantis Colm Feore, Patrick Huard
Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration August 31 Citizens United/Peace River Company J.D. Hayworth
Broken Bridges September 8 Paramount Pictures Toby Keith
Bubble January 27 Magnolia Pictures Steven Soderbergh (director)
Chup Chup Ke June 9 Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Neha Dhupia
Clean April 28 Palm Pictures Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte
Confetti September 15 Fox Searchlight Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson
Dead Man's Shoes May 12 Magnolia Pictures Paddy Considine
The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu April 26 Tartan Films 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
Edmond July 14 First Independent Pictures William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna
L'Enfant March 24 Sony Pictures Classics the Dardenne brothers (directors)
Facing the Giants September 29 Destination Films
Factotum August 18 IFC Films Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor
Fanaa May 26 Yash Raj Films Aamir Khan, Kajol
Fateless January 6 ThinkFilm Lajos Koltai (director)
Fatwa March 24, 2006 (Omaha Film Festival) Capital City Entertainment
Lab 601 Inc. (in association with)
Lauren Holly, Lacey Chabert
Feast September 22 The Weinstein Company Eric Dane, Navi Rawat, Krista Allen
Find Me Guilty March 17 Freestyle Releasing Vin Diesel
Gabrielle July 14 Wellspring Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Huppert
The Godfather July 21 Paramount Pictures re-release
A Good Woman February 3 Lions Gate Films Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson
The Great New Wonderful June 23 First Independent Pictures Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Groomsmen July 14 Bauer Martinez Entertainment Edward Burns, Donal Logue, Jay Mohr
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints September 29 First Look Pictures Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson
Half Nelson August 11 THINKFilm Ryan Gosling
Haven September 15 Freestyle Releasing Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Parker Posey
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Palm Pictures Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan and Cole Sprouse
The Heart of the Game June 9 Miramax Films
Hollywood Dreams April 8 Karen Black, Justin Kirk, Melissa Leo
The House of Sand August 11 Sony Pictures Classics
Idiocracy September 1 20th Century Fox Luke Wilson
An Inconvenient Truth May 24 Paramount Classics Al Gore
Jesus Camp September 15 Magnolia Pictures
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna August 11 Dharma Productions Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji
Keeping Mum September 15 ThinkFilm Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
Kinky Boots April 14 Miramax Films Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Krrish June 28 Yash Raj Films Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah
Land of the Blind June 16 Bauer Martinez Entertainment Donald Sutherland, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hollander
Lassie September 1 Roadside Attractions
The Last King of Scotland September 27 Fox Searchlight Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson
The Legend Trip June 6 Jamie Bilke, Jason Paul Collum, Mark Metcalf
Looking for Comedy
in the Muslim World
January 20 Warner Independent Pictures Albert Brooks
The Lost City April 28 Magnolia Pictures Andy García
Loverboy June 16 THINKFilm Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon
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
Mini's First Time July 14 First Independent Pictures Alec Baldwin, Nikki Reed, Luke Wilson
La mujer de mi hermano April 14 Lions Gate Films Bárbara Mori, Manolo Cardona, Bruno Bichir
Night Watch February 17 Fox Searchlight Pictures Konstantin Khabensky
The Nightmare Before Christmas October 20 Walt Disney Pictures animated, remastered 3-D re-release, voices of Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens
The Notorious Bettie Page Picturehouse Gretchen Mol, Christian Bauer, Jared Harris
The OH in Ohio July 14 Cyan Pictures Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito
Omkara July 28 Big Screen Entertainer Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Vivek Oberoi
Once in a Lifetime July 7 Miramax Films Matt Dillon
Peaceful Warrior June 2 Lions Gate Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart
Premium January 20 Palm-Star Entertainment Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper, Eva Pigford
Princesas August 23 IFC Films Candela Peña
The Promise May 5 Warner Independent Pictures Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse
The Proposition May 5 First Look Pictures Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson
The Queen September 30 Pathé Pictures Helen Mirren, James Cromwell
The Quiet August 25 Sony Pictures Classics Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert
Quinceañera August 4 Sony Pictures Classics
R-Point January 13 Tartan Films
Rang De Basanti January 27 Sony Pictures Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, R. Madhavan
Renaissance September 22 Miramax Films Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm
Revolver January 26 Redbus Guy Ritchie (director), Jason Statham, Ray Liotta
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles September 1 Sony Pictures Classics Zhang Yimou (director), Ken Takakura
The Road to Guantanamo June 23
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss Indican Pictures October 27 animated, Phil Nibbelink (director)
Russian Dolls May 10 IFC Films
A Scanner Darkly July 7 Warner Independent Pictures Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder
The Science of Sleep September 22 Warner Independent Pictures Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michel Gondry (director)
Scoop July 28 Focus Features Woody Allen (director), Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson
Shadowboxer July 21 Freestyle Releasing Cuba Gooding, Jr., Helen Mirren, Stephen Dorff
Sherrybaby September 8 IFC Films Maggie Gyllenhaal
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 THINKFilm 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 Films Park Chan-wook (director)
Temporada de patos Warner Independent Pictures
Le Temps qui reste July 21 Strand Releasing Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
This Film Is Not Yet Rated September 1 IFC Films Kirby Dick (director)
Tlatelolco: Mexico 68 February 10 Green Dog Films John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story January 27 Picturehouse Steve Coogan
Trust the Man August 18 Fox Searchlight Pictures David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup
12 and Holding May 19 IFC Films
Typhoon June 2 Lions Gate Jang Dong-gun
The U.S. Versus John Lennon September 15 Lions Gate
Wah-Wah May 12 Roadside Attractions Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant (director)
Wassup Rockers June 23 First Look Pictures directed by Larry Clark
Water April 28 Fox Searchlight Pictures Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas
Who Killed the Electric Car? June 28 Sony Pictures Classics Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Martin Sheen
Why We Fight January 20 Sony Pictures Classics
Zen Noir September 15 Magic Lamp Kim Chan
Zinda January 13 Eros Pictures Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham

Films scheduled to be released in 2006

Template:Future film 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

November-December

Release dates:

  • "LR": Limited release in select cities
  • "WR": Wide-release to theaters
  • "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters

November

Film Date Studio Other notes
A Good Year November 10 WR 20th Century Fox Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Ridley Scott (director)
Harsh Times November 10 WR Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria
Night of the Living Dead 3D November 10 LR Lux Digital Pictures Sid Haig, Greg Travis
The Return November 10 WR Rogue Pictures Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Sam Shepard
Stranger Than Fiction November 10 WR Columbia Pictures Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman
Bobby November 17 LR MGM Anthony Hopkins, Elijah Wood, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Shia LaBeouf
Casino Royale November 17 WR Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright
For Your Consideration November 17 LR Warner Independent Pictures Christopher Guest, Ricky Gervais, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey
Happy Feet November 17 WR Warner Bros. Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Robin Williams
Let's Go to Prison November 17 WR Universal Studios Dax Shepard, Will Arnett
Deck the Halls November 22 WR 20th Century Fox Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick
Déjà Vu November 22 WR Buena Vista Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel
The Fountain November 22 WR Warner Bros. Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny November 22 WR New Line Cinema Jack Black, Kyle Gass

December

Film Date Studio Other notes
Bug December 1 WR Lions Gate Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr.
The Nativity Story December 1 WR New Line Cinema Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Turistas December 1 WR 20th Century Fox Josh Duhamel, Melissa George
Van Wilder 2: Rise of the Taj December 1 WR MGM Kal Penn
Apocalypto December 8 WR Buena Vista Mel Gibson (director)
DOA: Dead or Alive December 8 WR Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter
The Good German December 8 LR Warner Bros. George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire
Holiday December 8 WR Columbia Pictures Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Unaccompanied Minors December 8 WR Warner Bros.
Arthur and the Invisibles December 15 LR MGM Freddie Highmore
The Blood Diamond December 15 WR Warner Bros. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou
Eragon December 15 WR 20th Century Fox Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
The Painted Veil December 15 LR Warner Independent Pictures Edward Norton, Naomi Watts
The Pursuit of Happyness December 15 WR Columbia Pictures Will Smith, Thandie Newton
Dreamgirls December 15 LR DreamWorks/Paramount Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover
Charlotte's Web December 20 WR Paramount Pictures Dakota Fanning, Voice of: Julia Roberts
The Good Shepherd December 22 WR Universal Pictures Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon
Night at the Museum December 22 WR 20th Century Fox Ben Stiller
Rocky Balboa December 22 WR Revolution Studios Sylvester Stallone
We Are Marshall December 22 WR Warner Bros. Matthew McConaughey, Kate Mara, Anthony Mackie
Black Christmas December 25 WR Dimension Studios Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Children of Men December 25 LR Universal Pictures Clive Owen, Julianne Moore

Unannounced release date

The following films are scheduled to be released in North American cinemas during 2006 without a specific release date:

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