On This Day - January 7
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $20,688,606 | $688,809,501 |
| 2012 | The Devil Inside | Saturday | $11,780,138 | $53,262,945 |
| 2023 | M3GAN | Saturday | $11,703,535 | $95,159,005 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sunday | $10,663,927 | $404,508,916 |
| 2017 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $9,558,458 | $533,539,991 |
| 2017 | Sing | Saturday | $9,104,685 | $270,329,045 |
| 2012 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | Saturday | $9,021,674 | $209,397,903 |
| 2005 | White Noise | Friday | $8,900,000 | $56,094,360 |
| 2017 | Hidden Figures | Saturday | $8,835,181 | $169,607,287 |
| 2005 | Meet the Fockers | Friday | $8,800,000 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | White Noise | Friday | $8,900,000 | $56,094,360 |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Friday | $3,762,152 | $24,827,228 |
| 2022 | The 355 | Friday | $1,722,760 | $14,570,455 |
| 2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Friday | $66,352 | $442,036 |
| 2022 | Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story | Friday | $7,098 | $30,801 |
| 2022 | See For Me | Friday | $6,623 | $55,191 |
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 7.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $45,838,986 | $688,809,501 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $37,233,653 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | The Devil Inside | $33,732,515 | $53,262,945 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $32,617,921 | $814,811,535 |
| 2023 | M3GAN | $30,429,860 | $95,159,005 |
| 2018 | Insidious: The Last Key | $29,581,355 | $67,745,330 |
| 2005 | Meet the Fockers | $28,498,160 | $279,167,575 |
| 2005 | White Noise | $24,113,565 | $56,094,360 |
| 2007 | Night at the Museum | $23,743,960 | $250,863,268 |
| 2018 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $23,728,944 | $620,181,382 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Alan Napier (1903, died on August 8, 1988 at the age of 85), Butterfly McQueen (1911, died on December 22, 1995 at the age of 84), Vincent Gardenia (1920, died on December 9, 1992 at the age of 72), Harry Stradling Jr. (1925, died on October 17, 2017 at the age of 92), William Peter Blatty (1928, died on January 12, 2017 at the age of 89), Terry Moore (1929, turns 97 this year), Nicete Bruno (1933, died on December 20, 2020 at the age of 87), Ian La Frenais (1936, turns 90 this year), Roland Topor (1938, died on April 16, 1997 at the age of 59), John Steiner (1941, died on July 31, 2022 at the age of 81), Jann Wenner (1946, turns 80 this year), Kenny Loggins (1948, turns 78 this year), Steven Williams (1949, turns 77 this year), George Buza (1949, turns 77 this year), Erin Gray (1950, turns 76 this year), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (1952, turns 74 this year), Jodi Long (1954, turns 72 this year), David Caruso (1956, turns 70 this year), Phil Quartararo (1956, died on November 22, 2023 at the age of 67), Katie Couric (1957, turns 69 this year), Linda Kozlowski (1958, turns 68 this year), David Marciano (1960, turns 66 this year), Ian Mercer (1961, turns 65 this year), Lorraine Ashbourne (1961, turns 65 this year), Jeff Richmond (1961, turns 65 this year), Hallie Todd (1962, turns 64 this year), David DeCoteau (1962, turns 64 this year), Nicolas Cage (1964, turns 62 this year), Irrfan Khan (1967, died on April 29, 2020 at the age of 53), Jacob Ericksson (1967, died on October 17, 2025 at the age of 58), Rex Lee (1969, turns 57 this year), Doug E. Doug (1970, turns 56 this year), Essie Davis (1970, turns 56 this year), Jeremy Renner (1971, turns 55 this year), Kevin Rahm (1971, turns 55 this year), Kierston Wareing (1976, turns 50 this year), Dustin Diamond (1977, died on February 1, 2021 at the age of 44), Tomm Moore (1977, turns 49 this year), Aloe Blacc (1979, turns 47 this year), Bipasha Basu (1979, turns 47 this year), Tom Harper (1980, turns 46 this year), Lauren Cohan (1982, turns 44 this year), Ruth Negga (1982, turns 44 this year), Brett Dalton (1983, turns 43 this year), Robert Ri'chard (1983, turns 43 this year), Max Riemelt (1984, turns 42 this year), Lyndsy Fonseca (1987, turns 39 this year), Lim Ju-eun (1988, turns 38 this year), Haley Bennett (1988, turns 38 this year), Robert Sheehan (1988, turns 38 this year), Liam Aiken (1990, turns 36 this year), Camryn Grimes (1990, turns 36 this year), Marcus Scribner (2000, turns 26 this year), Kerri Medders (2000, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Trevor Howard (1988, at the age of 74), Richard Hunt (1992, at the age of 40), Robert Jiras (2000, at the age of 77), Sobhan (2008, at the age of 77), Huell Howser (2013, at the age of 67), Rod Taylor (2015, at the age of 84), Richard Libertini (2016, at the age of 82), Clydie King (2019, at the age of 75), Neil Peart (2020, at the age of 67), Marion Ramsey (2021, at the age of 73), Michael Apted (2021, at the age of 79), Brad Venable (2021, at the age of 43), Deezer D. (2021, at the age of 55), Sidney Poitier (2022, at the age of 94), Vitaliano Trevisan (2022, at the age of 61), Gerson Da Cunha (2022, at the age of 91), Zinaid Memisevic (2023, at the age of 72), Peter Yarrow (2025, at the age of 86)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.