On This Day - December 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Friday | $119,119,282 | $936,662,225 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Saturday | $73,941,279 | $814,811,535 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Sunday | $37,679,172 | $533,539,991 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Sunday | $36,572,069 | $684,075,767 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Friday | $26,752,099 | $785,221,649 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Wednesday | $26,159,972 | $345,115,396 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Monday | $21,556,373 | $620,181,382 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Thursday | $17,019,987 | $381,472,917 |
| 2005 | King Kong | Sunday | $15,556,225 | $218,080,025 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Saturday | $15,036,169 | $172,062,763 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Friday | $119,119,282 | $936,662,225 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Friday | $26,752,099 | $785,221,649 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Wednesday | $26,159,972 | $345,115,396 |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Wednesday | $8,103,172 | $127,413,176 |
| 1998 | You’ve Got Mail | Friday | $6,020,000 | $115,821,495 |
| 2015 | Sisters | Friday | $4,962,215 | $87,044,645 |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Friday | $4,265,000 | $101,413,188 |
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Friday | $4,126,717 | $85,886,987 |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Friday | $2,338,392 | $29,580,087 |
| 2020 | Monster Hunter | Friday | $824,964 | $15,162,470 |
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 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $260,138,569 | $814,811,535 |
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $247,966,675 | $936,662,225 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $155,081,681 | $533,539,991 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $134,100,226 | $684,075,767 |
| 2009 | Avatar | $77,025,481 | $785,221,649 |
| 2005 | King Kong | $50,130,145 | $218,080,025 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | $44,026,211 | $172,062,763 |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $39,637,079 | $186,848,418 |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | $31,837,683 | $291,710,957 |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $30,061,756 | $118,627,117 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Avengers: Doomsday, Untitled Star Wars Movie, Untitled Warner Bros. Film, Ice Age 6
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Gladys Cooper (1888, died on November 17, 1971 at the age of 82), George Stevens (1904, died on March 8, 1975 at the age of 70), Abe Burrows (1910, died on May 17, 1985 at the age of 74), Jules Dassin (1911, died on March 31, 2008 at the age of 96), Betty Grable (1916, died on July 2, 1973 at the age of 56), Ossie Davis (1917, died on February 4, 2005 at the age of 87), Rosemary Leach (1935, died on October 21, 2017 at the age of 81), Harvey Atkin (1941, died on July 17, 2017 at the age of 75), Alan Rudolph (1943, turns 82 this year), Keith Richards (1943, turns 82 this year), Steven Spielberg (1946, turns 79 this year), Gillian Armstrong (1950, turns 75 this year), Jeff Kober (1953, turns 72 this year), Ray Liotta (1954, died on May 26, 2022 at the age of 67), T.K. Carter (1956, turns 69 this year), Sion Sono (1961, turns 64 this year), Angie Stone (1961, died on March 1, 2025 at the age of 63), Brad Pitt (1963, turns 62 this year), Steve Austin (1964, turns 61 this year), Shawn Christian (1965, turns 60 this year), Robert Wahlberg (1967, turns 58 this year), Casper Van Dien (1968, turns 57 this year), Rachel Griffiths (1968, turns 57 this year), Nina Wadia (1968, turns 57 this year), Craig Mums Grant (1968, died on March 24, 2021 at the age of 52), DMX (1970, died on April 9, 2021 at the age of 50), Victoria Pratt (1970, turns 55 this year), Claudia Gerini (1971, turns 54 this year), Jason Mantzoukas (1972, turns 53 this year), Rah Digga (1972, turns 53 this year), Leila Arcieri (1973, turns 52 this year), Sia Furler (1975, turns 50 this year), Katie Holmes (1978, turns 47 this year), Josh Dallas (1978, turns 47 this year), Ravi Patel (1978, turns 47 this year), Ania Sowinski (1979, turns 46 this year), Neil Fingleton (1980, died on February 25, 2017 at the age of 36), Christina Aguilera (1980, turns 45 this year), Baron Vaughn (1980, turns 45 this year), Krizia Bajos (1985, turns 40 this year), Ashley Benson (1989, turns 36 this year), Emily Atack (1989, turns 36 this year), Bridgit Mendler (1992, turns 33 this year), Billie Eilish (2001, turns 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Steve James (1993, at the age of 41), Sam Wanamaker (1993, at the age of 74), Chris Farley (1997, at the age of 33), Robert Bresson (1999, at the age of 98), Majel Barrett (2008, at the age of 76), Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016, at the age of 99), Claudine Auger (2019, at the age of 78), Peter Lamont (2020, at the age of 91), Lando Buzzanca (2022, at the age of 87), Dan Greenburg (2023, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.