On This Day - December 11

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 11.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sunday $17,223,441 $291,710,957
2004 Ocean’s Twelve Saturday $15,730,244 $125,531,634
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Saturday $9,716,366 $104,386,950
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Friday $9,020,000 $70,187,658
1999 Toy Story 2 Saturday $8,309,000 $245,852,179
1999 The Green Mile Saturday $7,621,000 $136,801,374
2009 The Princess and the Frog Friday $7,022,735 $104,400,899
2010 Tangled Saturday $6,690,021 $200,821,936
2004 Blade: Trinity Saturday $6,636,000 $52,397,389
2010 The Tourist Saturday $6,635,494 $67,631,157

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 11.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Friday $9,020,000 $70,187,658
2015 In the Heart of the Sea Friday $3,849,684 $25,020,758
2009 Invictus Friday $2,922,572 $37,491,364
1998 Jack Frost Friday $1,630,000 $34,645,374
2015 The Big Short Friday $221,931 $70,259,870
2009 A Single Man Friday $62,468 $9,176,000
2009 The Lovely Bones Friday $43,532 $44,114,232
2020 Wild Mountain Thyme Friday $37,030 $213,441
2015 O Menino e o Mundo Friday $2,725 $129,479
2015 The Girl in the Book Friday $1,456 $8,245

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 11.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $65,556,312 $291,710,957
2004 Ocean’s Twelve $39,153,380 $125,531,634
2009 The Princess and the Frog $24,208,916 $104,400,899
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader $24,005,069 $104,386,950
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection $22,052,836 $70,187,658
2016 Moana $18,533,804 $248,757,044
1999 Toy Story 2 $18,249,880 $245,852,179
1999 The Green Mile $18,017,152 $136,801,374
2016 Office Christmas Party $16,890,204 $54,767,494
2010 The Tourist $16,472,458 $67,631,157

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Jumanji 3

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Gilbert Roland (1905, died on May 15, 1994 at the age of 88), Val Guest (1911, died on May 10, 2006 at the age of 94), Carlo Ponti (1912, died on January 10, 2007 at the age of 94), Marie Windsor (1919, died on December 10, 2000 at the age of 80), Liz Smith (1921, died on December 24, 2016 at the age of 95), Dilip Kumar (1922, died on July 7, 2021 at the age of 98), Betsy Blair (1923, died on March 13, 2009 at the age of 85), Axel Anderson (1929, died on December 16, 2012 at the age of 83), Chus Lampreave (1930, died on April 4, 2016 at the age of 85), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930, died on June 17, 2022 at the age of 91), Rita Moreno (1931, turns 94 this year), Jim Harrison (1937, died on March 26, 2016 at the age of 78), Tom Hayden (1939, died on October 23, 2016 at the age of 76), Donna Mills (1940, turns 85 this year), Teri Garr (1947, died on October 29, 2024 at the age of 76), Bess Armstrong (1953, turns 72 this year), Richard Carter (1953, died on July 13, 2019 at the age of 65), Donna Bullock (1955, turns 70 this year), Tom Shadyac (1958, turns 67 this year), Isabella Hofmann (1958, turns 67 this year), Nikki Sixx (1958, turns 67 this year), Kimberly A. Scott (1961, turns 64 this year), Ben Browder (1962, turns 63 this year), Leon Lai (1966, turns 59 this year), Gary Dourdan (1966, turns 59 this year), Mo’Nique (1967, turns 58 this year), Peter Kelamis (1967, turns 58 this year), Mary Gallagher (1967, turns 58 this year), Max Martini (1969, turns 56 this year), Rusty Joiner (1972, turns 53 this year), Yasiin Bey (1973, turns 52 this year), Courtney Henggeler (1978, turns 47 this year), Rider Strong (1979, turns 46 this year), Sandra Echeverria (1984, turns 41 this year), Xosha Roquemore (1984, turns 41 this year), Karla Souza (1985, turns 40 this year), Condola Rashad (1986, turns 39 this year), Gary Carr (1986, turns 39 this year), Miranda Tapsell (1987, turns 38 this year), Alex Russell (1987, turns 38 this year), Moe Dunford (1987, turns 38 this year), Ashley Hinshaw (1988, turns 37 this year), Alexa Demie (1990, turns 35 this year), Nesta Cooper (1993, turns 32 this year), Yalitza Aparicio (1993, turns 32 this year), Hailee Steinfeld (1996, turns 29 this year), Jack Griffo (1996, turns 29 this year), Ben Cook (1997, turns 28 this year), Taylor Hickson (1997, turns 28 this year)

Died on this day in history: Reed Hadley (1974, at the age of 63), Ashleigh Aston Moore (2007, at the age of 26), Bettie Page (2008, at the age of 85), Bill Siegel (2018, at the age of 55), Kim Ki-Duk (2020, at the age of 59), Carol Sutton (2020, at the age of 87), Anne Rice (2021, at the age of 80), Jack Hedley (2021, at the age of 92), Angelo Badalamenti (2022, at the age of 85), Richard Kerr (2023, at the age of 78), Andre Braugher (2023, at the age of 61), Camden Toy (2023, at the age of 68), John Rambo Stevens (2023, at the age of 68), Ken Kelsch (2023, at the age of 76)

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