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 | 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: Untitled Disney Film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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, turned 105 this year), Jean Gaven (1922, turned 103 this year), Katy Jurado (1924, died on July 5, 2002 at the age of 78), Ellen Holly (1931, died on December 6, 2023 at the age of 92), Alain Jessua (1932, turned 93 this year), Lorraine Bayly (1937, turned 88 this year), Michael Pataki (1938, died on April 15, 2010 at the age of 72), Gary McLarty (1941, turned 84 this year), Richard Bohringer (1942, turned 83 this year), Rene Angelil (1942, turned 83 this year), Frederick Coffin (1943, turned 82 this year), Michael Attwell (1943, turned 82 this year), Martin Bell (1943, turned 82 this year), Marilu Tolo (1944, turned 81 this year), Ken Atchity (1944, turned 81 this year), Elizabeth Margoni (1945, turned 80 this year), Kabir Bedi (1946, turned 79 this year), Juliet Berto (1947, died on January 10, 1990 at the age of 42), John Carpenter (1948, turned 77 this year), Kellye Nakahara-Wallett (1948, died on February 16, 2020 at the age of 72), Xavier Marc (1948, turned 77 this year), Caroline Munro (1949, turned 76 this year), Debbie Allen (1950, turned 75 this year), Robin Davies (1954, turned 71 this year), Jennifer Dale (1956, turned 69 this year), Anders Hove (1956, turned 69 this year), Ricardo Darin (1957, turned 68 this year), Liz Larsen (1959, turned 66 this year), Carl Capotorto (1959, turned 66 this year), Jill Sobule (1959, died on May 1, 2025 at the age of 66), Ljubomir Kerekes (1960, turned 65 this year), Bridget O’Connor (1961, died on September 22, 2010 at the age of 49), Maxine Jones (1962, turned 63 this year), Mark Steger (1962, turned 63 this year), Mark Kiely (1963, turned 62 this year), Jeff Skoll (1965, turned 60 this year), Atticus Ross (1968, turned 57 this year), David Chokachi (1968, turned 57 this year), Keong Sim (1969, turned 56 this year), Roy Jones, Jr. (1969, turned 56 this year), Jason Friedberg (1970, turned 55 this year), Jonathan Mangum (1971, turned 54 this year), Dameon Clarke (1972, turned 53 this year), Richard T. Jones (1972, turned 53 this year), Philip Waley (1972, turned 53 this year), Josie Davis (1973, turned 52 this year), Eriko Tamura (1973, turned 52 this year), Kate Moss (1974, turned 51 this year), Julie Ann Emery (1975, turned 50 this year), Gillian White (1975, turned 50 this year), Tsianina Joelson (1975, turned 50 this year), Gabriel Constantin (1975, turned 50 this year), Greg Strause (1975, turned 50 this year), Shaun Benson (1976, turned 49 this year), Eva Habermann (1976, turned 49 this year), Stephanie Sy (1977, turned 48 this year), Ayanna Berkshire (1977, turned 48 this year), Cristina Brondo (1977, turned 48 this year), Ananya Chatterjee (1977, turned 48 this year), Aaliyah (1979, died on August 25, 2001 at the age of 22), Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980, turned 45 this year), Conor Duffy (1980, turned 45 this year), Joey Simmrin (1981, turned 44 this year), Jake Thornton (1981, turned 44 this year), Birgitte Sorensen (1982, turned 43 this year), Diana Garcia (1982, turned 43 this year), Marwan Kenzari (1983, turned 42 this year), Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (1983, turned 42 this year), Jonas Carpignano (1984, turned 41 this year), Sidharth Malhotra (1985, turned 40 this year), Ash Christian (1985, died on August 13, 2020 at the age of 35), Jeremy Gladen (1985, turned 40 this year), Mason Gamble (1986, turned 39 this year), Jake Epstein (1987, turned 38 this year), Manuela Velles (1987, turned 38 this year), FKA Twigs (1988, turned 37 this year), Yvonne Zima (1989, turned 36 this year), Veronica Sixtos (1992, turned 33 this year), Charlotte Best (1994, turned 31 this year), Curran Walters (1998, turned 27 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.