On This Day - January 23
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | Friday | $18,213,554 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Saturday | $16,326,050 | $785,221,649 |
| 2009 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans | Friday | $8,028,294 | $45,802,315 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Saturday | $7,774,449 | $183,637,894 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Saturday | $7,501,154 | $94,835,059 |
| 2010 | Legion | Saturday | $7,090,356 | $40,168,080 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Friday | $7,031,183 | $674,460,013 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Saturday | $6,814,652 | $936,662,225 |
| 2010 | Tooth Fairy | Saturday | $6,751,764 | $60,022,256 |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | Friday | $6,200,000 | $57,924,679 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans | Friday | $8,028,294 | $45,802,315 |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | Friday | $6,200,000 | $57,924,679 |
| 2015 | The Boy Next Door | Friday | $5,724,990 | $36,006,065 |
| 2026 | Mercy | Friday | $5,005,376 | $15,977,819 |
| 1998 | Spice World | Friday | $3,085,000 | $29,342,592 |
| 2004 | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Friday | $2,500,000 | $16,980,098 |
| 2009 | Inkheart | Friday | $2,103,467 | $17,303,424 |
| 2026 | Return to Silent Hill | Friday | $1,600,000 | $3,252,000 |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | Friday | $1,488,897 | $7,696,134 |
| 2015 | Strange Magic | Friday | $1,305,069 | $12,429,583 |
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 23.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | $64,628,304 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $34,944,081 | $785,221,649 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $25,238,720 | $674,460,013 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $21,623,182 | $146,336,178 |
| 2009 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans | $20,828,511 | $45,802,315 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | $19,652,921 | $70,662,220 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $18,575,214 | $82,674,398 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $17,677,565 | $98,780,042 |
| 2010 | Legion | $17,501,625 | $40,168,080 |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | $17,065,227 | $57,924,679 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Randolph Scott (1898, died on March 2, 1987 at the age of 89), Dan Duryea (1907, died on June 7, 1968 at the age of 61), Frances Bay (1919, died on September 15, 2011 at the age of 92), Jeanne Moreau (1928, died on July 31, 2017 at the age of 89), Chita Rivera (1933, died on January 30, 2024 at the age of 91), Carmine Caridi (1934, died on May 28, 2019 at the age of 85), Gil Gerard (1943, died on December 16, 2025 at the age of 82), Maurice Benichou (1943, died on June 14, 2019 at the age of 76), Rutger Hauer (1944, died on July 19, 2019 at the age of 75), Richard Dean Anderson (1950, turned 76 this year), Richard Gilliland (1950, turned 76 this year), David Patrick Kelly (1951, turned 75 this year), Wilfried Hauke (1957, turned 69 this year), Robert Funaro (1959, turned 67 this year), Rob Garrison (1960, died on September 27, 2019 at the age of 59), Richard Roxburgh (1962, turned 64 this year), Boris McGiver (1962, turned 64 this year), Gail O'Grady (1963, turned 63 this year), Mariska Hargitay (1964, turned 62 this year), Ariadna Gil (1969, turned 57 this year), Claire Rankin (1971, turned 55 this year), Stanislas Merhar (1971, turned 55 this year), Ewen Bremner (1972, turned 54 this year), Lea Drucker (1972, turned 54 this year), S. Craig Zahler (1973, turned 53 this year), Lanei Chapman (1973, turned 53 this year), Mark Boal (1973, turned 53 this year), Tiffani Thiessen (1974, turned 52 this year), Derek Cianfrance (1974, turned 52 this year), Sonita Henry (1977, turned 49 this year), Julia Jones (1981, turned 45 this year), Geoffrey Wigdor (1982, turned 44 this year), Lindsey Kraft (1983, turned 43 this year), Kyle Newacheck (1984, turned 42 this year), Doutzen Kroes (1985, turned 41 this year), Mekenne Melvin (1985, turned 41 this year), April Pearson (1989, turned 37 this year), Chanel Cresswell (1990, turned 36 this year), Joel Basman (1990, turned 36 this year), Jack Reynor (1992, turned 34 this year), Rachel Crow (1998, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Alexander Korda (1956, at the age of 62), Lil Dagover (1980, at the age of 92), Salvador Dalí (1989, at the age of 84), Ian Wolfe (1992, at the age of 95), Jack LaLanne (2011, at the age of 96), Bingham Ray (2012, at the age of 57), Gorden Kaye (2017, at the age of 75), Ezra Swerdlow (2018, at the age of 64), Lari White (2018, at the age of 52), Arnaud Giovaninetti (2018, at the age of 50), Caio Junqueira (2019, at the age of 42), Robert Harper (2020, at the age of 68), Larry King (2021, at the age of 87), Alberto Grimaldi (2021, at the age of 95), Hal Holbrook (2021, at the age of 95), Jean Claude Mezieres (2022, at the age of 83), Eugenio Martín (2023, at the age of 97), Everett Quinton (2023, at the age of 97), Sudheer Varma (2023, at the age of 43), Charles Osgood (2024, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.