On This Day - January 4
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Saturday | $14,319,903 | $515,202,542 |
| 2026 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Sunday | $11,048,150 | $321,290,528 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Saturday | $10,819,924 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saturday | $10,699,493 | $345,607,787 |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Friday | $10,227,996 | $34,341,945 |
| 2025 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Saturday | $9,920,629 | $254,567,693 |
| 2003 | Catch Me if You Can | Saturday | $9,494,159 | $164,606,800 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | Friday | $9,388,082 | $335,061,807 |
| 2025 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Saturday | $8,954,488 | $236,115,100 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Sunday | $8,889,792 | $674,460,013 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Friday | $10,227,996 | $34,341,945 |
| 2019 | Escape Room | Friday | $7,615,748 | $57,000,756 |
| 2008 | One Missed Call | Friday | $5,215,419 | $26,890,041 |
| 2002 | Impostor | Friday | $1,065,000 | $6,114,237 |
| 2019 | La religieuse | Friday | $1,599 | $30,245 |
| 2019 | State Like Sleep | Friday | $1,117 | $4,282 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | $41,419,407 | $321,290,528 |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $34,524,815 | $515,202,542 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $33,315,278 | $674,460,013 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | $31,003,280 | $335,061,807 |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $28,180,378 | $381,518,844 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $26,227,346 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $25,017,279 | $345,607,787 |
| 2009 | Marley & Me | $24,263,763 | $143,153,751 |
| 2025 | Mufasa: The Lion King | $23,461,633 | $254,567,693 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $23,006,447 | $319,740,348 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Sterling Holloway (1905, died on November 22, 1992 at the age of 87), Robert Parrish (1916, died on December 4, 1995 at the age of 79), Barbara Rush (1927, died on March 31, 2024 at the age of 97), Sorrell Booke (1930, turned 96 this year), Carlos Saura (1932, died on February 10, 2023 at the age of 91), Dyan Cannon (1937, turned 89 this year), Jim Norton (1938, turned 88 this year), George P. Cosmatos (1941, died on April 19, 2005 at the age of 64), Salvatore Piscicelli (1948, died on July 21, 2024 at the age of 76), Sergey Kolesnikov (1955, died on April 29, 2023 at the age of 68), Ann Magnuson (1956, turned 70 this year), Julian Sands (1958, turned 68 this year), Matt Frewer (1958, turned 68 this year), Vanity (1959, died on February 15, 2016 at the age of 57), Graham McTavish (1961, turned 65 this year), Michael France (1962, died on April 12, 2013 at the age of 51), Harlan Coben (1962, turned 64 this year), Dave Foley (1963, turned 63 this year), Dot-Marie Jones (1964, turned 62 this year), Julia Ormond (1965, turned 61 this year), Yvan Attal (1965, turned 61 this year), Tigran Keosayan (1966, died on September 26, 2025 at the age of 59), Josh Stamberg (1970, turned 56 this year), Jeremy Licht (1971, turned 55 this year), Harmony Korine (1973, turned 53 this year), Claudie Blakley (1973, turned 53 this year), Jill Marie Jones (1975, turned 51 this year), August Diehl (1976, turned 50 this year), Samantha Sloyan (1979, turned 47 this year), Jeannie Elise Mai (1979, turned 47 this year), June Diane Raphael (1980, turned 46 this year), Erin Cahill (1980, turned 46 this year), D’Arcy Carden (1980, turned 46 this year), Greg Cipes (1980, turned 46 this year), Alexandra Jimenez (1980, turned 46 this year), Kang Hye-jung (1982, turned 44 this year), Lenora Crichlow (1985, turned 41 this year), Charlyne Yi (1986, turned 40 this year), Katie Parker (1986, turned 40 this year), Julie Estelle (1989, turned 37 this year), Michelle Mylett (1990, turned 36 this year), Olivia Tennet (1991, turned 35 this year), Maddie Hasson (1995, turned 31 this year), Emma Mackey (1996, turned 30 this year), Liza Soberano (1998, turned 28 this year), Gage Munroe (1999, turned 27 this year), Tunisha Sharma (2002, died on December 24, 2022 at the age of 20), Jaeden Lieberher (2003, turned 23 this year), Jaeden Martell (2003, turned 23 this year), Peyton Kennedy (2004, turned 22 this year), Dafne Keen (2005, turned 21 this year)
Died on this day in history: Mae Questel (1998, at the age of 89), Conrad L. Hall (2003, at the age of 76), Brian Gibson (2004, at the age of 59), Maja Maranow (2016, at the age of 54), Michel Galabru (2016, at the age of 93), Suzanne Hevner (2019, at the age of 58), Norman Snider (2019, at the age of 73), Harold Brown (2019, at the age of 91), Tom Long (2020, at the age of 51), Barbara Shelley (2021, at the age of 88), Tanya Roberts (2021, at the age of 65), Gregory Sierra (2021, at the age of 83), Wyllie Longmore (2023, at the age of 82), Glynis Johns (2024, at the age of 100), David Soul (2024, at the age of 80), Julien Poulin (2025, at the age of 78), Emilio Echevarria (2025, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.