On This Day - January 21

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 21.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 Split Saturday $16,506,700 $138,141,585
2006 Underworld: Evolution Saturday $10,444,898 $62,318,875
2012 Underworld: Awakening Saturday $10,202,990 $62,321,039
2023 Avatar: The Way of Water Saturday $9,454,007 $684,075,767
2012 Red Tails Saturday $8,603,320 $49,876,377
2017 xXx: Return of Xander Cage Saturday $8,244,733 $44,898,413
2015 American Sniper Wednesday $7,555,269 $350,126,372
2011 No Strings Attached Friday $7,289,609 $70,662,220
2017 Hidden Figures Saturday $7,259,890 $169,607,287
2020 Bad Boys For Life Tuesday $6,425,896 $204,417,855

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 21.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2011 No Strings Attached Friday $7,289,609 $70,662,220
2005 Are We There Yet? Friday $5,500,000 $82,674,398
2000 Down to You Friday $3,004,000 $20,035,310
2022 Redeeming Love Friday $1,493,775 $9,214,020
2011 The Way Back Friday $389,538 $2,719,296
2022 The King’s Daughter Friday $250,599 $1,747,263
2011 The Company Men Friday $170,578 $4,444,612
2011 Dhobi Ghat Friday $125,220 $577,485

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 21.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Split $40,010,975 $138,141,585
2006 Underworld: Evolution $26,857,181 $62,318,875
2012 Underworld: Awakening $25,306,725 $62,321,039
2023 Avatar: The Way of Water $20,133,106 $684,075,767
2017 xXx: Return of Xander Cage $20,130,142 $44,898,413
2011 No Strings Attached $19,652,921 $70,662,220
2018 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $19,505,170 $404,508,916
2012 Red Tails $18,782,154 $49,876,377
2005 Are We There Yet? $18,575,214 $82,674,398
2011 The Green Hornet $17,677,565 $98,780,042

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: J. Carrol Naish (1896, died on January 24, 1973 at the age of 77), Rudolph Mate (1898, died on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66), Paul Scofield (1922, died on March 19, 2008 at the age of 86), Telly Savalas (1922, died on January 22, 1994 at the age of 72), Alberto de Mendoza (1923, died on December 12, 2011 at the age of 88), Benny Hill (1924, died on April 20, 1992 at the age of 68), Robert Mugabe (1924, died on September 6, 2019 at the age of 95), Charles Aidman (1925, died on November 7, 1993 at the age of 68), Clive Donner (1926, died on September 6, 2010 at the age of 84), Ann Wedgeworth (1934, died on November 16, 2017 at the age of 83), Doug Lennox (1938, died on November 28, 2015 at the age of 77), William D. Wittliff (1940, died on June 9, 2019 at the age of 79), Mike Medavoy (1941, turned 84 this year), Richie Havens (1941, died on April 22, 2013 at the age of 72), Victoria Carroll (1941, turned 84 this year), Michael G. Wilson (1942, turned 83 this year), Mac Davis (1942, died on September 29, 2020 at the age of 78), Martin Shaw (1945, turned 80 this year), Michel Jonasz (1947, turned 78 this year), Jill Eikenberry (1947, turned 78 this year), Paul G. Allen (1953, died on October 15, 2018 at the age of 65), Geena Davis (1956, turned 69 this year), Robby Benson (1956, turned 69 this year), Jeb Stuart (1956, turned 69 this year), Joe Marinelli (1957, died on June 24, 2025 at the age of 68), Michael Wincott (1958, turned 67 this year), Isabelle Nanty (1962, turned 63 this year), Goro Miyazaki (1967, turned 58 this year), Charlotte Ross (1968, turned 57 this year), Karina Lombard (1969, turned 56 this year), John Ducey (1969, turned 56 this year), Matthew Willig (1969, turned 56 this year), Oren Peli (1970, turned 55 this year), Ken Leung (1970, turned 55 this year), Marina Fois (1970, turned 55 this year), Dylan Kussman (1971, turned 54 this year), Vincent Laresca (1974, turned 51 this year), Florin Serban (1975, turned 50 this year), Zach Helm (1975, turned 50 this year), Lars Eidinger (1976, turned 49 this year), Emma Bunton (1976, turned 49 this year), Jerry Trainor (1977, turned 48 this year), John DeSantis (1977, turned 48 this year), Nana Mizuki (1980, turned 45 this year), David F. Sandberg (1981, turned 44 this year), Izabella Miko (1981, turned 44 this year), Gillian Chung (1981, turned 44 this year), Svetlana Khodchenkova (1983, turned 42 this year), Luke Grimes (1984, turned 41 this year), Romi Aboulafia (1984, turned 41 this year), Sasha Pivovarova (1985, turned 40 this year), Sushant Singh Rajput (1986, died on June 14, 2020 at the age of 34), Tipper Newton (1986, turned 39 this year), John Early (1988, turned 37 this year), Jacob Smith (1990, turned 35 this year), Kelly Rohrbach (1990, turned 35 this year), Craig Roberts (1991, turned 34 this year), Javier Calvo (1991, turned 34 this year), Booboo Stewart (1994, turned 31 this year), Chanelle Peloso (1994, turned 31 this year), Jeremy Shada (1997, turned 28 this year), Rubina Ali (1999, turned 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: Georges Méliès (1938, turned 26 this year), Cecil B. DeMille (1959, at the age of 77), Ann Sheridan (1967, at the age of 51), Peggy Lee (2002, at the age of 81), Theoni V. Aldredge (2011, at the age of 88), Michael Winner (2013, at the age of 77), Hiroki Matsukata (2017, at the age of 74), Joel Freeman (2018, at the age of 95), Connie Sawyer (2018, at the age of 105), Kaye Ballard (2019, at the age of 93), Steve Bean (2019, at the age of 58), Merwin Goldsmith (2019, at the age of 81), Terry Jones (2020, at the age of 77), Louie Anderson (2022, at the age of 68), Mace Neufeld (2022, at the age of 93), Garth Hudson (2025, at the age of 87), Barry Michael Cooper (2025, at the age of 87)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.