On This Day - January 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | Friday | $30,338,488 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Saturday | $17,254,108 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Saturday | $13,463,515 | $90,862,685 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Saturday | $12,659,018 | $183,637,894 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Saturday | $11,780,279 | $94,835,059 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Saturday | $11,028,514 | $936,662,225 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Friday | $9,791,368 | $146,336,178 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Sunday | $9,774,944 | $98,780,042 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Friday | $8,877,225 | $88,073,507 |
| 2009 | Notorious | Friday | $8,308,024 | $36,843,682 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Friday | $9,791,368 | $146,336,178 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Friday | $8,877,225 | $88,073,507 |
| 2009 | Notorious | Friday | $8,308,024 | $36,843,682 |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine | Friday | $8,228,858 | $51,545,952 |
| 2019 | Dragon Ball Super: Broly (ドラゴンボール超スーパー ブロリー) | Wednesday | $7,043,068 | $30,376,755 |
| 2015 | The Wedding Ringer | Friday | $6,989,187 | $64,460,211 |
| 2015 | Paddington | Friday | $4,654,579 | $76,223,578 |
| 2009 | Hotel for Dogs | Friday | $4,340,784 | $73,178,547 |
| 2004 | Torque | Friday | $3,368,100 | $21,176,322 |
| 1998 | Fallen | Friday | $2,615,000 | $25,310,938 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was January 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | $89,269,066 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | $90,862,685 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $33,526,876 | $98,780,042 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | $32,789,494 | $94,835,059 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $31,832,636 | $146,336,178 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | $31,796,633 | $183,637,894 |
| 2022 | Scream | $30,018,805 | $81,641,405 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $30,010,633 | $674,460,013 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | $27,721,185 | $88,073,507 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, A Private Life, Charlie the Wonderdog, A Useful Ghost, Night Patrol, Signing Tony Raymond, All You Need Is Kill, Killer Whale, Deepfaking Sam Altman, Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Harry Carey (1878, died on September 21, 1947 at the age of 69), Karl Freund (1890, died on May 3, 1969 at the age of 79), Irving Rapper (1898, died on December 20, 1999 at the age of 101), Peter Brocco (1903, died on December 20, 1992 at the age of 89), Diana Wynyard (1906, died on May 13, 1964 at the age of 58), Alexander Knox (1907, died on April 25, 1995 at the age of 88), Ethel Merman (1908, died on February 15, 1984 at the age of 76), Leslie H. Martinson (1915, died on September 3, 2016 at the age of 101), Stirling Silliphant (1918, died on April 26, 1996 at the age of 78), Elliott Reid (1920, turns 106 this year), Jean Gaven (1922, turns 104 this year), Katy Jurado (1924, died on July 5, 2002 at the age of 78), Norman Podhoretz (1930, died on December 16, 2025 at the age of 95), Ellen Holly (1931, died on December 6, 2023 at the age of 92), Alain Jessua (1932, turns 94 this year), Lorraine Bayly (1937, turns 89 this year), Michael Pataki (1938, died on April 15, 2010 at the age of 72), Gary McLarty (1941, turns 85 this year), Richard Bohringer (1942, turns 84 this year), Rene Angelil (1942, turns 84 this year), Frederick Coffin (1943, turns 83 this year), Michael Attwell (1943, turns 83 this year), Martin Bell (1943, turns 83 this year), Marilu Tolo (1944, turns 82 this year), Ken Atchity (1944, turns 82 this year), Elizabeth Margoni (1945, turns 81 this year), Kabir Bedi (1946, turns 80 this year), Juliet Berto (1947, died on January 10, 1990 at the age of 42), John Carpenter (1948, turns 78 this year), Kellye Nakahara-Wallett (1948, died on February 16, 2020 at the age of 72), Xavier Marc (1948, turns 78 this year), Caroline Munro (1949, turns 77 this year), Debbie Allen (1950, turns 76 this year), Robin Davies (1954, turns 72 this year), Jennifer Dale (1956, turns 70 this year), Anders Hove (1956, turns 70 this year), Ricardo Darin (1957, turns 69 this year), Liz Larsen (1959, turns 67 this year), Carl Capotorto (1959, turns 67 this year), Jill Sobule (1959, died on May 1, 2025 at the age of 66), Ljubomir Kerekes (1960, turns 66 this year), Bridget O’Connor (1961, died on September 22, 2010 at the age of 49), Maxine Jones (1962, turns 64 this year), Mark Steger (1962, turns 64 this year), Mark Kiely (1963, turns 63 this year), Jeff Skoll (1965, turns 61 this year), Atticus Ross (1968, turns 58 this year), David Chokachi (1968, turns 58 this year), Keong Sim (1969, turns 57 this year), Roy Jones, Jr. (1969, turns 57 this year), Jason Friedberg (1970, turns 56 this year), Jonathan Mangum (1971, turns 55 this year), Dameon Clarke (1972, turns 54 this year), Richard T. Jones (1972, turns 54 this year), Philip Waley (1972, turns 54 this year), Josie Davis (1973, turns 53 this year), Eriko Tamura (1973, turns 53 this year), Kate Moss (1974, turns 52 this year), Julie Ann Emery (1975, turns 51 this year), Gillian White (1975, turns 51 this year), Tsianina Joelson (1975, turns 51 this year), Gabriel Constantin (1975, turns 51 this year), Greg Strause (1975, turns 51 this year), Shaun Benson (1976, turns 50 this year), Eva Habermann (1976, turns 50 this year), Stephanie Sy (1977, turns 49 this year), Ayanna Berkshire (1977, turns 49 this year), Cristina Brondo (1977, turns 49 this year), Ananya Chatterjee (1977, turns 49 this year), Aaliyah (1979, died on August 25, 2001 at the age of 22), Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980, turns 46 this year), Conor Duffy (1980, turns 46 this year), Joey Simmrin (1981, turns 45 this year), Jake Thornton (1981, turns 45 this year), Birgitte Sorensen (1982, turns 44 this year), Diana Garcia (1982, turns 44 this year), Marwan Kenzari (1983, turns 43 this year), Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (1983, turns 43 this year), Jonas Carpignano (1984, turns 42 this year), Sidharth Malhotra (1985, turns 41 this year), Ash Christian (1985, died on August 13, 2020 at the age of 35), Jeremy Gladen (1985, turns 41 this year), Mason Gamble (1986, turns 40 this year), Jake Epstein (1987, turns 39 this year), Manuela Velles (1987, turns 39 this year), FKA Twigs (1988, turns 38 this year), Yvonne Zima (1989, turns 37 this year), Veronica Sixtos (1992, turns 34 this year), Charlotte Best (1994, turns 32 this year), Curran Walters (1998, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Carole Lombard (1942, at the age of 33), Bernard Lee (1981, at the age of 73), Virginia O’Brien (2001, at the age of 81), Russell Johnson (2014, at the age of 89), Eugene Cernan (2017, at the age of 82), Bradford Dillman (2018, at the age of 87), Juan Carlos Copes (2021, at the age of 89), Brian Tufano (2023, at the age of 83), Gina Lollobrigida (2023, at the age of 95), Peter Schickele (2024, at the age of 88), Bob Uecker (2025, at the age of 90), David Lynch (2025, at the age of 78), Joan Plowright (2025, at the age of 95)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.