On This Day - January 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | Saturday | $34,547,284 | $350,126,372 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Friday | $23,601,382 | $204,417,855 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Sunday | $15,137,240 | $785,221,649 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Friday | $14,406,830 | $134,202,565 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Saturday | $13,235,767 | $146,336,178 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Saturday | $12,357,344 | $674,460,013 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Saturday | $11,354,120 | $88,073,507 |
| 2009 | Gran Torino | Saturday | $10,013,163 | $148,095,302 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Sunday | $9,874,250 | $90,862,685 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Sunday | $9,844,763 | $183,637,894 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Friday | $23,601,382 | $204,417,855 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Friday | $14,406,830 | $134,202,565 |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Friday | $6,210,110 | $77,047,065 |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Friday | $5,350,191 | $50,577,412 |
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Friday | $4,807,000 | $64,251,538 |
| 2003 | National Security | Friday | $4,484,216 | $36,288,951 |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Friday | $3,723,227 | $66,723,216 |
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Friday | $3,469,494 | $15,821,461 |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Friday | $2,464,001 | $15,543,862 |
| 2003 | Divine Intervention | Friday | $3,422 | $421,187 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | $89,269,066 | $350,126,372 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | $62,504,105 | $204,417,855 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | $785,221,649 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | $41,516,170 | $134,202,565 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | $90,862,685 |
| 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 |
| 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: 2025: Levon’s Trade, Paddington in Peru, Wolf Man, In the Grey, Presence, I’m Still Here
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Betty White (1922, died on December 31, 2021 at the age of 99), Moira Shearer (1926, died on January 31, 2006 at the age of 80), Eartha Kitt (1927, died on December 25, 2008 at the age of 81), Vidal Sassoon (1928, died on May 9, 2012 at the age of 84), James Earl Jones (1931, died on September 9, 2024 at the age of 93), Stuart Nisbet (1934, died on June 23, 2016 at the age of 82), Donald Cammell (1934, died on April 24, 1996 at the age of 62), Maury Povich (1939, turned 85 this year), Muhammad Ali (1942, died on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74), Nancy Parsons (1942, died on January 5, 2001 at the age of 58), Françoise Hardy (1944, died on June 11, 2024 at the age of 80), Meto Jovanovski (1946, died on November 16, 2023 at the age of 77), Joanna David (1947, turned 77 this year), Peter Werner (1947, died on March 21, 2023 at the age of 76), Andy Kaufman (1949, died on May 16, 1984 at the age of 35), Kevin Reynolds (1952, turned 72 this year), Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952, turned 72 this year), Steve Earle (1955, turned 69 this year), Steve Harvey (1957, turned 67 this year), Susanna Hoffs (1959, turned 65 this year), Brian Helgeland (1961, turned 63 this year), Jim Carrey (1962, turned 62 this year), D.J. Caruso (1965, turned 59 this year), Joshua Malina (1966, turned 58 this year), Song Kang-ho (1967, turned 57 this year), Linda Kash (1967, turned 57 this year), Amy Sherman-Palladino (1968, turned 56 this year), Jeff Chase (1968, turned 56 this year), Lukas Moodysson (1969, turned 55 this year), Naveen Andrews (1969, turned 55 this year), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970, turned 54 this year), Sylvie Testud (1971, turned 53 this year), Kid Rock (1971, turned 53 this year), Benno Furmann (1972, turned 52 this year), Nitesh Pandey (1973, died on May 23, 2023 at the age of 50), Freddy Rodriguez (1975, turned 49 this year), Chris William Martin (1975, turned 49 this year), Keith Robinson (1976, died on May 20, 2024 at the age of 48), Leigh Whannell (1977, turned 47 this year), Zooey Deschanel (1980, turned 44 this year), Scott Mechlowicz (1981, turned 43 this year), Diogo Morgado (1981, turned 43 this year), Melody Johnson (1983, turned 41 this year), Adriana Ugarte (1985, turned 39 this year), Hale Appleman (1986, turned 38 this year), Max Adler (1986, turned 38 this year), Jonathan Keltz (1988, turned 36 this year), Kelly Marie Tran (1989, turned 35 this year), Lucy Boynton (1994, turned 30 this year), Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen (2007, turned 17 this year)
Died on this day in history: Richard Crenna (2003, at the age of 76), Noble Willingham (2004, at the age of 72), Virginia Mayo (2005, at the age of 84), Erich Segal (2010, at the age of 72), Renzo Martini (2019, at the age of 80), Michel Subor (2022, at the age of 86), Teodor Corban (2023, at the age of 65), Edward R. Pressman (2023, at the age of 79)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.