On This Day - November 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Friday | $71,642,526 | $281,287,133 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Friday | $40,118,363 | $290,201,752 |
| 2017 | Justice League | Saturday | $32,680,117 | $229,024,295 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Friday | $29,661,434 | $234,037,575 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Sunday | $28,456,648 | $292,324,737 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Sunday | $24,448,477 | $317,871,467 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Friday | $17,999,138 | $453,829,060 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Saturday | $17,353,691 | $261,939,550 |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Saturday | $17,128,133 | $198,000,317 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Saturday | $15,414,153 | $167,365,000 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Friday | $71,642,526 | $281,287,133 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Friday | $40,118,363 | $290,201,752 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Friday | $29,661,434 | $234,037,575 |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Friday | $7,611,332 | $119,519,402 |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Friday | $5,850,626 | $64,006,466 |
| 2022 | The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2 | Friday | $3,751,977 | $14,612,089 |
| 2022 | The Menu | Friday | $3,595,005 | $41,280,699 |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Friday | $1,705,597 | $14,431,633 |
| 2016 | Bleed for This | Friday | $895,366 | $5,083,906 |
| 2022 | She Said | Friday | $836,585 | $5,825,995 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $141,067,634 | $292,324,737 |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $138,122,261 | $281,287,133 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $102,685,961 | $290,201,752 |
| 2017 | Justice League | $93,842,239 | $229,024,295 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $90,294,621 | $317,871,467 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $74,403,387 | $234,037,575 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | $66,482,266 | $453,829,060 |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | $62,163,104 | $159,555,901 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $55,820,330 | $261,939,550 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | $44,607,143 | $166,350,594 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Imogene Coca (1908, died on June 2, 2001 at the age of 92), Henrique Espirito Santo (1931, died on January 19, 2020 at the age of 88), Brad Sullivan (1931, turns 93 this year), Trevor Baxter (1932, died on July 16, 2017 at the age of 84), Brenda Vaccaro (1939, turns 85 this year), David Hemmings (1941, died on December 3, 2003 at the age of 62), Linda Evans (1942, turns 82 this year), Susan Sullivan (1942, turns 82 this year), Eileen Saki (1943, died on May 1, 2023 at the age of 79), Peter Brouwer (1945, turns 79 this year), Jameson Parker (1947, turns 77 this year), Andrea Marcovicci (1948, turns 76 this year), Dennis Haskins (1950, turns 74 this year), Eric Pierpoint (1950, turns 74 this year), Delroy Lindo (1952, turns 72 this year), Kevin Nealon (1953, turns 71 this year), Kath Soucie (1953, turns 71 this year), Alan Moore (1953, turns 71 this year), Oscar Nuñez (1958, turns 66 this year), Elizabeth Perkins (1960, turns 64 this year), Daphne Rubin-Vega (1960, turns 64 this year), John Shepherd (1960, turns 64 this year), Nick Chinlund (1961, turns 63 this year), Steven Moffat (1961, turns 63 this year), Tim Guinee (1962, turns 62 this year), Dana Gonzales (1963, turns 61 this year), Owen Wilson (1968, turns 56 this year), Romany Malco (1968, turns 56 this year), Rich Fulcher (1968, turns 56 this year), Dan Bakkedahl (1969, turns 55 this year), Peta Wilson (1970, turns 54 this year), Mike Epps (1970, turns 54 this year), Elizabeth Anne Allen (1970, turns 54 this year), Chloë Sevigny (1974, turns 50 this year), Steven Pasquale (1976, turns 48 this year), Miranda Raison (1977, turns 47 this year), Nate Parker (1979, turns 45 this year), Mathew Baynton (1980, turns 44 this year), Nasim Pedrad (1981, turns 43 this year), Allison Tolman (1981, turns 43 this year), Christina Vidal (1981, turns 43 this year), Robert Kazinsky (1983, turns 41 this year), Nayanthara (1984, turns 40 this year), Georgia King (1986, turns 38 this year), Jake Abel (1987, turns 37 this year), Noemie Schmidt (1990, turns 34 this year), Nathan Kress (1992, turns 32 this year), Noah Ringer (1997, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Cab Calloway (1994, at the age of 86), James Coburn (2002, at the age of 74), Yevgeni Lazarev (2016, at the age of 79), Bill Roberson (2017, at the age of 59), Ken Shapiro (2017, at the age of 75), Michel Robin (2020, at the age of 90), Mick Rock (2021, at the age of 72), George Lois (2022, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.