On This Day - January 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Saturday | $9,640,001 | $58,032,443 |
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Friday | $8,374,500 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $7,903,985 | $138,141,585 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Saturday | $7,713,507 | $39,739,367 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Saturday | $7,631,622 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Friday | $6,481,717 | $51,580,136 |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner | Saturday | $5,595,000 | $60,400,856 |
| 2007 | Smokin' Aces | Saturday | $5,522,820 | $35,662,731 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Sunday | $5,396,098 | $55,703,475 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Friday | $5,281,695 | $64,321,890 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Friday | $8,374,500 | $70,165,972 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Friday | $6,481,717 | $51,580,136 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Friday | $5,281,695 | $64,321,890 |
| 2017 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Friday | $5,048,319 | $26,844,692 |
| 2012 | One for the Money | Friday | $4,100,384 | $26,414,527 |
| 2006 | Nanny McPhee | Friday | $3,571,050 | $47,279,279 |
| 2006 | Annapolis | Friday | $2,662,183 | $17,127,992 |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Friday | $2,491,173 | $18,620,000 |
| 2023 | Billie Eilish Live at the 02 — Extended Cut | Friday | $1,290,000 | $1,290,000 |
| 2017 | Gold | Friday | $1,156,013 | $7,227,038 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | $27,736,056 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | $25,655,440 | $138,141,585 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | $24,167,011 | $58,032,443 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $19,690,956 | $55,703,475 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 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 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2008 | Rambo | $18,203,876 | $42,754,105 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Donna Reed (1921, died on January 14, 1986 at the age of 64), SABU (1924, turned 101 this year), Mordecai Richler (1931, died on July 2, 2001 at the age of 70), Troy Donahue (1936, died on September 2, 2001 at the age of 65), Reynaldo Rey (1940, died on May 28, 2015 at the age of 75), James Cromwell (1940, turned 85 this year), Jeannie Epper (1941, died on May 5, 2024 at the age of 83), John Witherspoon (1942, died on October 29, 2019 at the age of 77), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948, turned 77 this year), Alex Norton (1950, turned 75 this year), Richard Bremmer (1953, turned 72 this year), John Bloom (1953, turned 72 this year), Mimi Rogers (1956, turned 69 this year), Susanne Blakeslee (1956, turned 69 this year), Frank Miller (1957, turned 68 this year), Susanna Thompson (1958, turned 67 this year), Phil Rosenthal (1960, turned 65 this year), Julie Caitlin Brown (1961, turned 64 this year), Bridget Fonda (1964, turned 61 this year), Hrothgar Mathews (1964, turned 61 this year), Alan Cumming (1965, turned 60 this year), Tamlyn Tomita (1966, turned 59 this year), Patton Oswalt (1969, turned 56 this year), Bobby Deol (1969, turned 56 this year), Amy Hargreaves (1970, turned 55 this year), Todd Louiso (1970, turned 55 this year), Cindy Cheung (1970, turned 55 this year), Mark Owen (1972, turned 53 this year), Josh Randall (1972, turned 53 this year), Andi Osho (1973, turned 52 this year), Renee Humphrey (1975, turned 50 this year), Chris Gauthier (1976, died on February 23, 2024 at the age of 48), Rosamund Pike (1979, turned 46 this year), Brooke Butler (1988, turned 37 this year), Daniel Donskoy (1990, turned 35 this year), Roxane Duran (1993, turned 32 this year), Alex Monner (1995, turned 30 this year), Paulina Gerzon (1995, turned 30 this year), Braeden Lemasters (1996, turned 29 this year), Devin Druid (1998, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Farrow (1963, at the age of 58), Bill Walsh (1975, at the age of 61), Lilli Palmer (1986, at the age of 71), Andre the Giant (1993, at the age of 46), John Updike (2009, at the age of 76), Zelda Rubinstein (2010, at the age of 76), J.D. Salinger (2010, at the age of 91), Pete Seeger (2014, at the age of 94), Robert Ellis Miller (2017, at the age of 89), Emmanuelle Riva (2017, at the age of 89), Maryo J. de los Reyes (2018, at the age of 65), Erica Yohn (2019, at the age of 90), Jack Burns (2020, at the age of 86), Cloris Leachman (2021, at the age of 94), Sylvia Syms (2023, at the age of 89), Gregory Allen Howard (2023, at the age of 70)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.