On This Day - November 27

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2024 Moana 2 Wednesday $57,869,843 $460,405,297
2019 Frozen II Wednesday $24,080,546 $477,373,578
1999 Toy Story 2 Saturday $21,388,000 $245,852,179
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Friday $21,263,932 $281,723,902
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Wednesday $20,808,110 $424,668,047
2024 Wicked Wednesday $20,310,190 $474,983,975
2025 Zootopia 2 Thursday $20,043,787 $378,748,741
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Saturday $18,728,940 $297,414,693
2010 Tangled Saturday $18,553,073 $200,821,936
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Friday $17,711,264 $297,214,449

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2024 Moana 2 Wednesday $57,869,843 $460,405,297
2019 Knives Out Wednesday $8,473,334 $165,364,060
1985 Rocky IV Wednesday $5,684,407 $127,873,716
2002 Eight Crazy Nights Wednesday $2,716,000 $23,607,202
2002 Treasure Planet Wednesday $2,361,000 $38,120,554
2019 Queen & Slim Wednesday $1,739,550 $43,808,310
2013 Homefront Wednesday $1,425,112 $20,158,492
2002 Solaris Wednesday $1,217,000 $14,970,038
2002 They Wednesday $1,111,000 $12,840,842
2013 Black Nativity Wednesday $436,940 $7,018,188

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 27.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
1999 Toy Story 2 $57,388,839 $245,852,179
2016 Moana $56,631,401 $248,757,044
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $54,727,138 $291,997,603
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 $52,004,595 $281,723,902
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I $49,087,101 $297,414,693
2010 Tangled $48,767,052 $200,821,936
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $45,583,904 $453,829,060
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them $45,084,763 $234,037,575
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $42,870,031 $297,214,449
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 $41,683,574 $281,791,883

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Connie Sawyer (1912, died on January 21, 2018 at the age of 105), Claude Lanzmann (1925, died on July 5, 2018 at the age of 92), Marshall Thompson (1925, died on May 18, 1992 at the age of 66), Les Blank (1935, died on April 7, 2013 at the age of 77), Bruce Lee (1940, died on July 20, 1973 at the age of 32), John Alderton (1940, turns 86 this year), Gregory Hoblit (1944, turns 82 this year), James Avery (1945, died on December 31, 2013 at the age of 68), Gerrit Graham (1949, turns 77 this year), Kathryn Bigelow (1951, turns 75 this year), Bappi Lahiri (1952, died on February 15, 2022 at the age of 69), Curtis Armstrong (1953, turns 73 this year), Mohammad Bakri (1953, died on December 24, 2025 at the age of 72), Don Yesso (1954, turns 72 this year), Kimmy Robertson (1954, turns 72 this year), Bill Nye (1955, turns 71 this year), William Fichtner (1956, turns 70 this year), Michael Rispoli (1960, turns 66 this year), Samantha Bond (1961, turns 65 this year), Steve Oedekerk (1961, turns 65 this year), Fisher Stevens (1963, turns 63 this year), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963, turns 63 this year), Vladimir Mashkov (1963, turns 63 this year), Ronit Elkabetz (1964, died on April 19, 2016 at the age of 51), Robin Givens (1964, turns 62 this year), Adam Shankman (1964, turns 62 this year), Rebecca Ferratti (1964, turns 62 this year), Michael Vartan (1968, turns 58 this year), Elizabeth Marvel (1969, turns 57 this year), Chin Han (1969, turns 57 this year), Brooke Langton (1970, turns 56 this year), Kirk Acevedo (1971, turns 55 this year), Randal Reeder (1971, turns 55 this year), Shane Salerno (1972, turns 54 this year), Sharlto Copley (1973, turns 53 this year), Tadanobu Asano (1973, turns 53 this year), Robert Hall (1973, died on May 24, 2021 at the age of 47), Alec Newman (1974, turns 52 this year), Joanne Boland (1975, turns 51 this year), Jaleel White (1976, turns 50 this year), Cherien Dabis (1976, turns 50 this year), Unax Ugalde (1978, turns 48 this year), Arjay Smith (1983, turns 43 this year), Alison Pill (1985, turns 41 this year), Lashana Lynch (1987, turns 39 this year), Noémie Merlant (1988, turns 38 this year), Aubrey Peeples (1993, turns 33 this year), Ricardo Hoyos (1995, turns 31 this year), Ali Astin (1996, turns 30 this year), Morgana Davies (2001, turns 25 this year), Zoe Margaret Colletti (2001, turns 25 this year), Nicole Elizabeth Berger (2003, turns 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: John Carradine (1988, at the age of 82), Angela Aames (1988, at the age of 32), David White (1990, at the age of 74), Billie Bird (2002, at the age of 94), Irvin Kershner (2010, at the age of 87), Ken Russell (2011, at the age of 84), Lewis Collins (2013, at the age of 67), Frank Yablans (2014, at the age of 79), James Kisicki (2017, at the age of 79), Godfrey Gao (2019, at the age of 35), Jonathan W. Miller (2019, at the age of 85), Tony Hsieh (2020, at the age of 46), Jonshel Alexander (2021, at the age of 46), Eddie Mekka (2021, at the age of 69), Victor J. Kemper (2023, at the age of 96), Frances Sternhagen (2023, at the age of 93), Adam Somner (2024, at the age of 93)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.