Top grossing movies for 2006 in the USA Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they are probably not the top grossing films for calendar year 2006. Gross Movie 422,543,393 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) 244,052,771 Cars (2006) 234,360,014 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) 217,536,138 The Da Vinci Code (2006) 200,069,408 Superman Returns (2006) 195,329,763 Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) 155,019,340 Over the Hedge (2006) 148,213,377 alladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) 137,340,146 Click (2006/I) 133,382,309 Mission: Impossible III (2006)   Transitions Coretta Scott King Date of birth: April 27th, 1927 Marion, Alabama. Date of death: January 30th, 2006 Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico. Died from respiratory pneumonia. Trivia: Is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Patsy Ramsey Patsy and her husband, John Ramsey, wrote a book, "The Death of Innocence", which was published in 2000, about the death of their daughter, JonBenet. Children: Son Burke (1987) and daughter JonBenet (1990). Held the title of Miss West Virginia 1977.Sister, Pam, was also a beauty contest winner. Two months after her death, a suspect, former second grade teacher John Mark Karr, was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand after he had confessed having committed Jonbenet Ramsey's murder August 16th, 2006. Don Knotts Add/change photo Date of birth: July 21st, 1924 Morgantown, West Virginia. Date of death: February 24th, 2006 Beverly Hills, California. Died from pulmonary and respiratory complications. Don Knotts, the legendary television character actor, was born Jesse Donald. Willy Ninja William R. Leake Considered the 'godfather' of the dance art form called "voguing". Godfather of the dance art form, Voguing, and was the inspiration for Madonna's Vogue music video. Also was a choreographer who trained models how to walk on the catwalk and celebrities how to pose for the paparazzi. Featured in the documentary Paris Is Burning (1990) which chronicled the Harlem drag ball competitions. A steady presence at gay Harlem ballrooms in New York from the 1980s. Coccinelle Birth name Jacques Charles Dufresnoy France's most famous transexual. "Coccinelle" is French for"Ladybird". Following the sex-change she adopted the name Jaqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy. Having her sex change operation in Morocco in 1958, her biography is entitled Coccinelle par Coccinelle (1987). She was known in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Canada and performed up until the time of her death. A natural brunette who turned platinum blonde, she later married and divorced. Pioneer transsexual French star who debuted in 1953 at Chex Madame Arthur, a popular transvestite cabaret show. She then became the stunningly beautiful star and main attraction at Le Carrousel de Paris. Her act consisted of singing and dancing, and she was the choreographer of her own shows.   Top 10 best-selling albums during the year worldwide Based on Mediatraffic data from January 14 to November 16. Mediatraffic cumulative sales consider data only from weeks where albums stay in the Top 40, more accurate sales data is not available until the end of the year. 1.James Blunt: Back To Bedlam     2.Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium     3.Cast of High School Musical: High School Musical     4.Pussycat Dolls: PCD     5.Madonna: Confessions On A Dance Floor       6.Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway       7.Shakira: Oral Fixation Vol. 2   8.Black Eyed Peas: Monkey Business       9.Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds       10.Nickelback: All The Right Reasons