On This Day - January 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | Saturday | $12,292,234 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Saturday | $11,431,150 | $138,141,585 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Saturday | $8,180,679 | $51,580,136 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $7,921,324 | $688,809,501 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Friday | $7,800,000 | $51,100,486 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Saturday | $7,717,150 | $64,321,890 |
| 2006 | Nanny McPhee | Saturday | $6,393,975 | $47,279,279 |
| 2017 | Hidden Figures | Saturday | $6,302,033 | $169,607,287 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Sunday | $6,078,761 | $58,032,443 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Saturday | $5,460,453 | $62,321,039 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Friday | $7,800,000 | $51,100,486 |
| 2011 | The Rite | Friday | $5,296,201 | $33,047,633 |
| 2011 | The Mechanic | Friday | $3,612,617 | $29,121,498 |
| 2000 | Eye of the Beholder | Friday | $2,077,000 | $16,500,786 |
| 2005 | Alone in the Dark | Friday | $900,000 | $5,178,569 |
| 2011 | From Prada to Nada | Friday | $311,302 | $3,033,623 |
| 2022 | Clean | Friday | $59,343 | $318,877 |
| 2022 | Gamestop: Rise of the Players | Friday | $35,261 | $126,297 |
| 2019 | Play the Flute | Monday | $21,538 | $254,475 |
| 2022 | Sundown | Friday | $10,192 | $229,921 |
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 28.
| 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 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | $21,959,233 | $51,100,486 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | $18,612,544 | $39,739,367 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $16,346,395 | $82,674,398 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $16,144,874 | $404,508,916 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $15,968,532 | $688,809,501 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: John Banner (1910, died on January 28, 1973 at the age of 63), Tom Neal (1914, died on August 7, 1972 at the age of 58), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927, died on April 14, 2001 at the age of 74), Per Oscarsson (1927, died on December 31, 2010 at the age of 83), Jack Hill (1933, turns 93 this year), Nicholas Pryor (1935, died on October 7, 2024 at the age of 89), Alan Alda (1936, turns 90 this year), John Beck (1943, turns 83 this year), Andrew Jack (1944, died on March 31, 2020 at the age of 76), Marthe Keller (1945, turns 81 this year), Karen Lynn Gorney (1945, turns 81 this year), Richard Glatzer (1952, died on March 10, 2015 at the age of 63), Harley Jane Kozak (1957, turns 69 this year), Frank Darabont (1959, turns 67 this year), Sam Phillips (1962, turns 64 this year), Tyra Ferrell (1962, turns 64 this year), Lynda Boyd (1965, turns 61 this year), Chance Kelly (1967, turns 59 this year), Mo Rocca (1969, turns 57 this year), Kathryn Morris (1969, turns 57 this year), Gillian Vigman (1972, turns 54 this year), Peter McDonald (1972, turns 54 this year), Ty Olsson (1974, turns 52 this year), Lee Ingleby (1976, turns 50 this year), Rick Ross (1976, turns 50 this year), Joey Fatone (1977, turns 49 this year), Stephen Farrelly (1978, turns 48 this year), Peter Youngblood Hills (1978, turns 48 this year), Angelique Cabral (1979, turns 47 this year), Nick Carter (1980, turns 46 this year), Elijah Wood (1981, turns 45 this year), Tom Hopper (1985, turns 41 this year), Shruti Haasan (1986, turns 40 this year), Katie Nolan (1987, turns 39 this year), Henry Mortensen (1988, turns 38 this year), Calum Worthy (1991, turns 35 this year), Will Poulter (1993, turns 33 this year), Ariel Winter (1998, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Banner (1973, at the age of 63), Oscar Homolka (1978, at the age of 79), Hal Smith (1994, at the age of 77), Joe Viterelli (2004, at the age of 66), Richard Portman (2017, at the age of 82), Marj Dusay (2020, at the age of 83), Dyanne Thorne (2020, at the age of 83), Cicely Tyson (2021, at the age of 96), Thida Penn (2021, at the age of 96), Horst Janson (2025, at the age of 89), Sulevi Peltola (2025, at the age of 78)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.