2006 in film
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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. | |
| 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 primarly independent films. Brokeback Mountain lead 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 upsetting win for Best Picture over favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time, 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.
Major awards as follows: |
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Upcoming Events
| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| May | 17 | The 2006 Cannes Film Festival will begin in Cannes, France. |
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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 April 18, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), April 16, 2006 (UK) and Apr 17, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
| 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. | Ice Age: The Meltdown | 20th Century Fox | $427,905,412 | $152,036,035 | £19,503,104 | $13,043,531 |
| 2. | The Pink Panther | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures | $154,755,046 | $81,954,023 | £5,752,427 | $4,470,011 |
| 3. | Big Momma's House 2 | 20th Century Fox | $132,894,836 | $69,796,089 | £9,078,398 | $5,491,547 |
| 4. | Inside Man | Universal Pictures | $131,407,012 | $76,572,985 | £6,366,774 | $6,019,113 |
| 5. | Nanny McPhee | Universal Studios | $115,372,081 | $46,902,845 | £16,428,714 | $8,339,155 |
| 6. | Failure to Launch | Warner Bros. Pictures | $108,219,512 | $83,699,641 | £2,657,334 | $1,886,739 |
| 7. | Underworld: Evolution | Screen Gems | $106,857,688 | $62,318,875 | £2,875,957 | $5,390,388 |
| 8. | V for Vendetta | Warner Bros. Pictures | $104,831,177 | $66,531,177 | £3,456,546 | $4,449,833 |
| 9. | Final Destination 3 | New Line | $96,270,262 | $54,098,051 | £8,870,775 | April 27 debut |
| 10. | Eight Below | Walt Disney Pictures | $91,757,930 | $80,169,930 | April 20 debut | April 20 debut |
As of April 18, 2006, one film released in 2006, Ice Age: The Meltdown, 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/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
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Notable Deaths
| Month | Day | Name | Age | Cinematic Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Mapita Cortés | 75 | Actress |
| 2 | Osa Massen | 91 | Actress | |
| 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 | 18 | Richard Bright | 68 | Actor |
| 24 | Don Knotts | 81 | Actor | |
| 24 | Dennis Weaver | 81 | Actor | |
| 25 | Darren McGavin | 83 | Actor | |
| March | 13 | Maureen Stapleton | 80 | Actress |
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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:
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January-February
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March
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April-May
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Other movies released
This section lists films which either did not achieve wide-release status in North America, or were not released in North America. Release dates refer to the North American release unless otherwise stated.
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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.
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By release date
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April-June
Release dates:
- "LR": Limited release in select cities
- "WR": Wide-release to theaters
- "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters
April
May
June
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July-September
Release dates:
- "LR": Limited release in select cities
- "WR": Wide-release to theaters
- "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters
July
August
September
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October-December
Release dates:
- "LR": Limited release in select cities
- "WR": Wide-release to theaters
- "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters
October
November
| Film | Date | Studio | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across The Universe | November 3 WR | Julie Taymor (director) | |
| Flushed Away | November 3 WR | DreamWorks | Hugh Jackman (voice), Kate Winslet (voice) |
| The Santa Clause 3 | November 3 WR | Walt Disney Pictures | Tim Allen, Martin Short |