On This Day - December 31
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Thursday | $22,932,686 | $936,662,225 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $18,053,159 | $684,075,767 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Friday | $15,407,695 | $814,811,535 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Thursday | $14,738,136 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $14,632,828 | $533,539,991 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Sunday | $13,566,649 | $620,181,382 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Tuesday | $13,217,698 | $515,202,542 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sunday | $12,989,945 | $404,508,916 |
| 2016 | Sing | Saturday | $12,331,855 | $270,329,045 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Friday | $12,000,000 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Defiance | Wednesday | $25,237 | $28,644,813 |
| 2004 | Sky Blue | Friday | $742 | $73,653 |
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 31.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $67,409,155 | $684,075,767 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $56,023,590 | $814,811,535 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $52,520,140 | $620,181,382 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $50,051,364 | $404,508,916 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $49,609,002 | $533,539,991 |
| 2016 | Sing | $42,896,330 | $270,329,045 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | $41,741,785 | $279,167,575 |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | $36,766,905 | $250,863,268 |
| 2000 | Cast Away | $30,977,869 | $233,632,142 |
| 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $29,421,879 | $209,397,903 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Rhys Williams (1897, died on May 28, 1969 at the age of 71), Suzy Delair (1917, died on March 15, 2020 at the age of 102), Richard Hamilton (1920, turns 105 this year), Edward Bunker (1933, died on July 19, 2005 at the age of 71), Anthony Hopkins (1937, turns 88 this year), Rosalind Cash (1938, died on October 31, 1995 at the age of 56), Sarah Miles (1941, turns 84 this year), Andy Summers (1942, turns 83 this year), Ben Kingsley (1943, turns 82 this year), John Denver (1943, turns 82 this year), Victor Raider-Wexler (1943, turns 82 this year), Taylor Hackford (1944, turns 81 this year), Neil Ross (1944, turns 81 this year), Barbara Carrera (1945, turns 80 this year), Vernon Wells (1945, turns 80 this year), Diane von Fürstenberg (1946, turns 79 this year), Tim Matheson (1947, turns 78 this year), Joe Dallesandro (1948, turns 77 this year), Neil Burrow (1952, died on December 31, 2019 at the age of 67), Charles Ogletree (1952, died on August 4, 2023 at the age of 70), Jane Badler (1953, turns 72 this year), James Remar (1953, turns 72 this year), Bebe Neuwirth (1958, turns 67 this year), Val Kilmer (1959, died on April 1, 2025 at the age of 65), Ronnie del Carmen (1959, turns 66 this year), Julian Stone (1962, turns 63 this year), Michael McDonald (1964, turns 61 this year), Nicholas Sparks (1965, turns 60 this year), Gong Li (1965, turns 60 this year), Geoff Meed (1965, turns 60 this year), Lisa Joyner (1966, turns 59 this year), Adam Rifkin (1966, turns 59 this year), Rebecca Rigg (1967, turns 58 this year), Mia Cottet (1968, turns 57 this year), Claire Lautier (1969, turns 56 this year), Chandra West (1970, turns 55 this year), Joey McIntyre (1972, turns 53 this year), Chris Terrio (1976, turns 49 this year), Steve Byers (1979, turns 46 this year), Elaine Cassidy (1979, turns 46 this year), Agnieszka Grochowska (1979, turns 46 this year), Ricky Whittle (1981, turns 44 this year), Jermaine Williams (1982, turns 43 this year), Erich Bergen (1985, turns 40 this year), Susan Wokoma (1987, turns 38 this year)
Died on this day in history: Raoul Walsh (1980, at the age of 93), Sam Spiegel (1985, at the age of 84), Woody Strode (1994, at the age of 80), Wesley Addy (1996, at the age of 83), Eileen Heckart (2001, at the age of 82), Per Oscarsson (2010, at the age of 83), James Avery (2013, at the age of 68), Natalie Cole (2015, at the age of 65), Kader Khan (2018, at the age of 81), Martin West (2019, at the age of 82), Joan Micklin Silver (2020, at the age of 85), Robert Hossein (2020, at the age of 93), Gary Klar (2020, at the age of 73), Sherrie Wills (2020, at the age of 53), Betty White (2021, at the age of 99), Shecky Greene (2023, at the age of 97), Ana Ofelia Murguia (2023, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.