On This Day - January 26

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2020 Bad Boys For Life Sunday $9,570,111 $204,417,855
2019 Glass Saturday $8,652,565 $111,048,468
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure Friday $8,448,249 $58,032,443
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Saturday $8,276,687 $55,703,475
2002 Black Hawk Down Saturday $7,939,000 $108,638,745
2008 Meet the Spartans Saturday $7,647,828 $38,233,676
2007 Epic Movie Friday $6,833,845 $39,739,367
2008 Rambo Saturday $6,726,805 $42,754,105
2002 Snow Dogs Saturday $6,356,000 $81,150,692
2013 Mama Saturday $6,289,290 $71,628,180

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure Friday $8,448,249 $58,032,443
2007 Epic Movie Friday $6,833,845 $39,739,367
2007 Smokin' Aces Friday $5,090,310 $35,662,731
2001 The Wedding Planner Friday $4,820,000 $60,400,856
2007 Catch and Release Friday $2,726,461 $15,432,542
2001 Sugar and Spice Friday $2,022,000 $13,276,953
2007 Blood and Chocolate Friday $790,000 $3,526,588
2023 Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist Thursday $611,022 $3,649,422
2007 Seraphim Falls Friday $38,000 $418,296
2024 American Star Friday $3,290 $14,523

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 26.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2020 Bad Boys For Life $34,011,714 $204,417,855
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure $24,167,011 $58,032,443
2014 Ride Along $21,299,495 $134,202,565
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $19,690,956 $55,703,475
2019 Glass $18,884,440 $111,048,468
2007 Epic Movie $18,612,544 $39,739,367
2008 Meet the Spartans $18,505,530 $38,233,676
2008 Rambo $18,203,876 $42,754,105
2002 Black Hawk Down $17,012,268 $108,638,745
2018 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $16,144,874 $404,508,916

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Charles Lane (1905, died on July 9, 2007 at the age of 102), William Hopper (1915, died on March 6, 1970 at the age of 55), Vito Scotti (1918, died on June 5, 1996 at the age of 78), Joan Leslie (1925, died on October 12, 2015 at the age of 90), Paul Newman (1925, died on September 26, 2008 at the age of 83), Roger Vadim (1928, died on February 11, 2000 at the age of 72), Joe Smith (1928, died on December 2, 2019 at the age of 91), Jules Feiffer (1929, turned 96 this year), Mary Murphy (1931, died on May 4, 2011 at the age of 80), Eldar Shengelaya (1933, died on August 4, 2025 at the age of 92), Bob Uecker (1934, died on January 16, 2025 at the age of 90), Henry Jaglom (1938, died on September 22, 2025 at the age of 87), Scott Glenn (1939, turned 86 this year), Kathryn Leigh Scott (1943, turned 82 this year), Michel Delpech (1946, died on January 2, 2016 at the age of 69), Christopher Hampton (1946, turned 79 this year), Redmond Morris (1947, turned 78 this year), David Strathairn (1949, turned 76 this year), David Strathairn (1949, turned 76 this year), Deep Roy (1949, turned 76 this year), Mimi Leder (1952, turned 73 this year), Björn Andrésen (1955, died on October 25, 2025 at the age of 70), Ellen DeGeneres (1958, turned 67 this year), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959, turned 66 this year), Wayne Gretzky (1961, turned 64 this year), Paul Johansson (1964, turned 61 this year), Bryan Callen (1967, turned 58 this year), Ravi Teja (1968, turned 57 this year), Tracy Middendorf (1970, turned 55 this year), Dorian Gregory (1971, turned 54 this year), Melvil Poupaud (1973, turned 52 this year), Jennifer Crystal Foley (1973, turned 52 this year), Gilles Marini (1976, turned 49 this year), Hemky Madera (1977, turned 48 this year), Kelly Stables (1978, turned 47 this year), Sara Rue (1979, turned 46 this year), Edward Hogg (1979, turned 46 this year), Colin O'Donoghue (1981, turned 44 this year), Kelli Barrett (1984, turned 41 this year), Edwin Hodge (1985, turned 40 this year), Alix Wilton Regan (1986, turned 39 this year), Ciera Payton (1986, turned 39 this year), Hannah Arterton (1989, turned 36 this year), Rachel DiPillo (1991, turned 34 this year), Nico Mirallegro (1991, turned 34 this year), Cameron Bright (1993, turned 32 this year), Addison Riecke (2004, turned 21 this year)

Died on this day in history: Helene Costello (1957, at the age of 50), Edward G. Robinson (1973, at the age of 79), José Ferrer (1992, at the age of 80), Ian Abercrombie (2012, at the age of 77), Margery Mason (2014, at the age of 100), Abe Vigoda (2016, at the age of 94), Barbara Hale (2017, at the age of 94), Mike Connors (2017, at the age of 91), Michel Legrand (2019, at the age of 86), Kobe Bryant (2020, at the age of 41), Michael Terra (2020, at the age of 41), Peter Vere-Jones (2021, at the age of 81)

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