On This Day - December 1

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 1.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2024 Moana 2 Sunday $34,821,470 $460,405,297
2024 Wicked Sunday $20,272,345 $474,983,975
2019 Frozen II Sunday $19,482,892 $477,373,578
2013 Frozen Sunday $15,207,908 $400,953,009
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Sunday $14,207,894 $424,668,047
2018 Ralph Breaks The Internet Saturday $11,908,969 $201,091,711
2023 RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ Friday $11,619,984 $33,889,684
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Saturday $10,354,000 $317,871,467
2018 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Saturday $8,378,745 $272,961,295
2012 Skyfall Saturday $7,643,379 $304,360,277

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 1.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2023 RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ Friday $11,619,984 $33,889,684
2023 Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ最新作) Friday $4,726,373 $57,144,669
2023 Animal Friday $2,778,329 $15,000,076
2021 Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers Wednesday $2,700,000 $13,388,000
2006 The Nativity Story Friday $2,400,000 $37,629,831
2023 The Shift Friday $1,750,398 $12,118,219
2006 Turistas Friday $1,305,115 $7,027,762
2023 Silent Night Friday $1,088,202 $8,012,103
2006 Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj Friday $878,892 $4,261,350
2022 I Heard the Bells Thursday $772,369 $5,644,104

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was December 1.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2024 Moana 2 $139,787,385 $460,405,297
2019 Frozen II $85,977,773 $477,373,578
2024 Wicked $81,173,815 $474,983,975
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $74,179,601 $424,668,047
2013 Frozen $67,391,326 $400,953,009
1996 101 Dalmatians $33,504,025 $136,189,294
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $32,117,496 $263,581,232
2024 Gladiator II $31,030,194 $172,438,016
2002 Die Another Day $31,010,183 $160,942,139
2017 Coco $27,533,304 $210,460,015

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Mary Martin (1913, died on November 3, 1990 at the age of 76), Sylvia Kauders (1921, died on May 5, 2016 at the age of 94), Ralph Manza (1921, turned 104 this year), Dick Shawn (1923, died on April 17, 1987 at the age of 63), Allyn Ann McLerie (1926, died on May 21, 2018 at the age of 91), James Greene (1926, died on November 9, 2018 at the age of 91), Malachi Throne (1928, died on March 13, 2013 at the age of 84), Lou Rawls (1933, died on January 6, 2006 at the age of 72), Bruce Brown (1937, died on December 10, 2017 at the age of 80), Richard Pryor (1940, died on December 10, 2005 at the age of 65), Bette Midler (1945, turned 80 this year), Jonathan Katz (1946, turned 79 this year), Maggie Steed (1946, turned 79 this year), Jinpachi Nezu (1947, died on December 29, 2016 at the age of 69), Remo Girone (1948, died on October 3, 2025 at the age of 76), Obba Babatunde (1951, turned 74 this year), Pegi Young (1952, died on January 1, 2019 at the age of 66), Kim McGuire (1955, died on September 14, 2016 at the age of 60), Verónica Forqué (1955, died on December 1, 1955 at the age of 0), Jeremy Northam (1961, turned 64 this year), Xavier Durringer (1963, died on October 4, 2025 at the age of 61), Katherine LaNasa (1966, turned 59 this year), Andrew Adamson (1966, turned 59 this year), Nestor Carbonell (1967, turned 58 this year), Justin Chadwick (1968, turned 57 this year), Laith Nakli (1969, turned 56 this year), Sarah Silverman (1970, turned 55 this year), Jouko Ahola (1970, turned 55 this year), Golden Brooks (1970, turned 55 this year), Emily Mortimer (1971, turned 54 this year), Ron Melendez (1972, turned 53 this year), Lombardo Boyar (1973, turned 52 this year), David Hornsby (1975, turned 50 this year), Dean O'Gorman (1976, turned 49 this year), Michael Esper (1976, turned 49 this year), Sophie Guillemin (1977, turned 48 this year), Nate Torrence (1977, turned 48 this year), Akiva Schaffer (1977, turned 48 this year), Mark Ghanime (1977, turned 48 this year), Camille Cottin (1978, turned 47 this year), Stefan Kapicic (1978, turned 47 this year), Xanthe Elbrick (1978, turned 47 this year), Nora von Waldstatten (1981, turned 44 this year), Riz Ahmed (1982, turned 43 this year), Janelle Monáe (1985, turned 40 this year), Zoë Kravitz (1988, turned 37 this year), Olivia Grace Applegate (1991, turned 34 this year), Reign Edwards (1996, turned 29 this year)

Died on this day in history: Verónica Forqué (1955, at the age of 0), Byron Webster (1991, at the age of 60), Paul Benedict (2008, at the age of 70), Bill McKinney (2011, at the age of 80), Don Calfa (2016, at the age of 76), Hugh Keays-Byrne (2020, at the age of 73), Julia Reichert (2022, at the age of 76), Niels Arestrup (2024, at the age of 75), Vinci Vogue Anzlovar (2024, at the age of 61)

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