Wikipedia. The following is an overview of events in 2. Highest grossing filmseditHighest grossing films of 2. Rank. Title. Distributor. Worldwide gross. 1. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest. Disney1,0. 66,1. The Da Vinci Code. Highestgrossing films of 2006 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest Disney 1,066,179,725 2. The Da Vinci Code. Links to movie scripts, screenplays, transcripts, and excerpts from classic movies to current flicks to future films. Columbia7. 58,2. Ice Age The Meltdown. Century Fox6. 60,9. Casino Royale. MGM Columbia5. Night at the Museum. Century Fox5. 74,4. Crank 2 Screenplay Pdf' title='Crank 2 Screenplay Pdf' />Cars. Disney4. 62,2. X Men The Last Stand. Century Fox4. 59,3. Mission Impossible IIIParamount3. Superman Returns. Warner Bros. 3. 91,0. Happy Feet3. 84,3. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest became the third film in cinema history to gross over 1 billion and is the 2. Month. Day. Event. January. 4The 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, I Tried, The 4. 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. Jon Stewart is named host of the 7. Academy Awards. 9. The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics Choice Awards for the best films of 2. 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. The winners of the 6. Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director. The 2. 00. 6 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah. Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar. The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2. Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood. 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. The 2. 6th 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 Mc. Carthy and Tara Reid for worst actress. The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six. February. 5The 3. 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 2. TV production, Lilo Stitch 2 Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider Man won the new best video game award. 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. 4Dirty Love dominates the 2. Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny Mc. Carthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax. Academy Awards Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time in 5. 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 Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film. Major awards as follows 1. Empire Awards Pride Prejudice and Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two. April. 18. Tom Cruise and fiance Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri. The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as United 9. Mission Impossible III. TV double act Ant Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy. May. 17. The 2. 00. Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 2. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition included Babel by Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, 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 Almodvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach. Brad Pitt and Oscar winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia. June. 3The 2. 00. MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 1. Years. series, AFIs 1. Years. 1. 00 Cheers recognizing 1. Frank Capras Its a Wonderful Life is named the most inspirational film of all time. July. 7Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest opens later grossing 5. Friday gross of all time the previous record was held by Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith with 5. It also surpassed the opening weekend gross at 1. July 79 previously set by Spider Man in 2. May 35. 2. 8Actor 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. 7Ellen De. Generes is named host of the 7. Academy Awards. 7 1. The 2. 00. 6 Toronto International Film Festival takes place. Anthem Arizona Business License. December. 76. 4th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven. Wide release filmseditJanuaryMarchedit Films that achieved wide release status after initial release. Opening. Title. Studio. Cast and crew. Genre. JANUARY6. Blood. Rayne. 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 Par, Meat Loaf. Fantasy, Action, Horror. Grandmas 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. Lions Gate Entertainment. Eli Roth directorscreenplay Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eyr Gujnsson, Barbara Nedeljkov, Rick Hoffman, Jennifer Lim. Horror. 13. Glory Road. Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films.