On This Day - December 12
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Scream 2 | Friday | $14,380,000 | $101,363,301 |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Friday | $11,614,781 | $79,366,978 |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Saturday | $10,522,644 | $104,400,899 |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Friday | $8,867,545 | $65,014,513 |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Sunday | $8,683,880 | $125,531,634 |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Saturday | $7,420,000 | $70,187,658 |
| 2009 | The Blind Side | Saturday | $6,878,260 | $255,959,475 |
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Sunday | $6,033,501 | $104,386,950 |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Sunday | $5,575,000 | $245,852,179 |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Friday | $5,300,000 | $124,685,242 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Scream 2 | Friday | $14,380,000 | $101,363,301 |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Friday | $11,614,781 | $79,366,978 |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Friday | $8,867,545 | $65,014,513 |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Friday | $5,300,000 | $124,685,242 |
| 2003 | Stuck On You | Friday | $3,400,000 | $33,832,741 |
| 2014 | Top Five | Friday | $2,516,817 | $25,317,379 |
| 2003 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | Friday | $2,200,000 | $21,897,389 |
| 1997 | For Richer or Poorer | Friday | $1,900,000 | $31,680,796 |
| 1997 | Amistad | Friday | $1,385,000 | $51,504,653 |
| 2008 | Nothing Like the Holidays | Friday | $1,154,103 | $7,503,736 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | $39,153,380 | $125,531,634 |
| 1997 | Scream 2 | $32,926,342 | $101,363,301 |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $30,480,153 | $79,366,978 |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | $24,208,916 | $104,400,899 |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | $24,115,934 | $65,014,513 |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | $18,249,880 | $245,852,179 |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | $18,017,152 | $136,801,374 |
| 2010 | The Tourist | $16,472,458 | $67,631,157 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edward G. Robinson (1893, died on January 26, 1973 at the age of 79), Yasujirō Ozu (1903, died on December 12, 1963 at the age of 60), Frank Sinatra (1915, died on May 14, 1998 at the age of 82), Bob Barker (1923, died on August 26, 2023 at the age of 99), Anne V. Coates (1925, died on May 8, 2018 at the age of 92), Lionel Blair (1928, died on December 12, 1928 at the age of 0), Denise Coffey (1936, died on March 24, 2022 at the age of 85), Connie Francis (1938, turns 86 this year), Leslie Schofield (1938, turns 86 this year), Gianni Russo (1943, turns 81 this year), Phyllis Somerville (1943, turns 81 this year), Kenneth Cranham (1944, turns 80 this year), Wings Hauser (1947, turns 77 this year), Bill Nighy (1949, turns 75 this year), Rajinikanth (1950, turns 74 this year), Darleen Carr (1950, turns 74 this year), Duane Chase (1950, turns 74 this year), Sarah Douglas (1952, turns 72 this year), Serge Larivière (1957, died on September 22, 2018 at the age of 60), Sheree J. Wilson (1958, turns 66 this year), Holly Gagnier (1958, turns 66 this year), Kyeong-Yeong Lee (1960, turns 64 this year), Vitaliano Trevisan (1960, died on January 7, 2022 at the age of 61), Delaney Williams (1962, turns 62 this year), Romano Orzari (1964, turns 60 this year), Anne Bobby (1967, turns 57 this year), Rory Kennedy (1968, turns 56 this year), Jennifer Connelly (1970, turns 54 this year), Regina Hall (1970, turns 54 this year), Melissa Francis (1972, turns 52 this year), Tony Hsieh (1973, died on November 27, 2020 at the age of 46), David McInnis (1973, turns 51 this year), Mayim Bialik (1975, turns 49 this year), Maren Ade (1976, turns 48 this year), Caroline Ducey (1976, turns 48 this year), Gbenga Akinnagbe (1978, turns 46 this year), Siddharth Shukla (1980, died on September 2, 2021 at the age of 40), Shea Buckner (1986, turns 38 this year), Tamara Duarte (1991, turns 33 this year), Wallis Currie-Wood (1991, turns 33 this year), Allie Stamler (1991, turns 33 this year), Félix Maritaud (1992, turns 32 this year), Lucas Hedges (1996, turns 28 this year), Lucas Jade Zumann (2000, turns 24 this year), Patrick McAuley (2004, turns 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lionel Blair (1928, at the age of 0), Yasujirō Ozu (1963, at the age of 60), Tallulah Bankhead (1968, at the age of 66), Jack Cassidy (1976, at the age of 49), Anne Baxter (1985, at the age of 62), Peter Boyle (2006, at the age of 71), Van Johnson (2008, at the age of 92), Val Avery (2009, at the age of 85), Alberto de Mendoza (2011, at the age of 88), Audrey Totter (2013, at the age of 95), Danny Aiello (2019, at the age of 86), John Le Carre (2020, at the age of 89), Ann Reinking (2020, at the age of 71), Tumen (2021, at the age of 71), Stuart Margolin (2022, at the age of 82)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.