On This Day - December 8
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Saturday | $15,500,000 | $183,417,150 |
| 2019 | Frozen II | Sunday | $11,298,128 | $477,373,578 |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Saturday | $10,271,000 | $70,107,728 |
| 2013 | Frozen | Sunday | $9,829,173 | $400,953,009 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | Saturday | $7,762,516 | $201,091,711 |
| 2018 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | Saturday | $7,091,330 | $272,699,130 |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Sunday | $6,487,230 | $424,668,047 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Saturday | $6,388,000 | $317,871,467 |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) | Friday | $5,602,603 | $46,830,188 |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Wednesday | $5,524,000 | $52,397,389 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) | Friday | $5,602,603 | $46,830,188 |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Wednesday | $5,524,000 | $52,397,389 |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | Friday | $5,011,000 | $68,473,360 |
| 2006 | Apocalypto | Friday | $4,904,946 | $50,866,635 |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Friday | $4,441,935 | $63,280,000 |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Friday | $3,270,000 | $32,598,931 |
| 2000 | Dungeons and Dragons | Friday | $2,810,000 | $15,185,241 |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond | Friday | $2,647,260 | $57,377,916 |
| 2006 | Unaccompanied Minors | Friday | $1,557,219 | $16,655,224 |
| 2017 | Just Getting Started | Friday | $1,156,007 | $6,069,605 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | $38,107,822 | $183,417,150 |
| 2019 | Frozen II | $35,165,614 | $477,373,578 |
| 2013 | Frozen | $31,616,230 | $400,953,009 |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $26,185,886 | $424,668,047 |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | $25,783,232 | $70,107,728 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $18,646,520 | $261,939,550 |
| 2017 | Coco | $18,452,315 | $210,460,015 |
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $18,162,837 | $74,888,996 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | $16,253,831 | $201,091,711 |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | $15,507,845 | $68,473,360 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Franziska Buch (1861, turns 163 this year), John Qualen (1899, turns 125 this year), Lee J. Cobb (1911, died on February 11, 1976 at the age of 64), Ernest Lehman (1915, died on July 2, 2005 at the age of 89), Richard Fleischer (1916, died on March 25, 2006 at the age of 89), Ben Hammer (1924, died on September 18, 2017 at the age of 92), Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925, died on May 16, 1990 at the age of 64), Maximilian Schell (1930, turns 94 this year), Johnny Green (1933, turns 91 this year), Ana Ofelia Murguia (1933, died on December 31, 2023 at the age of 90), David Carradine (1936, died on June 3, 2009 at the age of 72), James MacArthur (1937, died on October 28, 2010 at the age of 72), Dariush Mehrjui (1939, died on October 14, 2023 at the age of 83), John Banville (1945, turns 79 this year), John Rubinstein (1946, turns 78 this year), Mary Woronov (1946, turns 78 this year), Belinda Balaski (1947, turns 77 this year), Nancy Meyers (1949, turns 75 this year), Rick Baker (1950, turns 74 this year), Sorapong Chatree (1950, died on March 10, 2022 at the age of 71), Greg Collins (1952, turns 72 this year), Sam Kinison (1953, died on April 10, 1992 at the age of 38), Kim Basinger (1953, turns 71 this year), Manobala (1953, died on May 3, 2023 at the age of 69), Deborra-lee Furness (1955, turns 69 this year), Kevin McNulty (1955, turns 69 this year), Wendell Pierce (1963, turns 61 this year), Teri Hatcher (1964, turns 60 this year), David Harewood (1965, turns 59 this year), Ned Dennehy (1965, turns 59 this year), Tyler Mane (1966, turns 58 this year), Matt Adler (1966, turns 58 this year), Kotono Mitsuishi (1967, turns 57 this year), Corey Taylor (1973, turns 51 this year), Dominic Monaghan (1976, turns 48 this year), Matthias Schoenaerts (1977, turns 47 this year), Ian Somerhalder (1978, turns 46 this year), Margaret Anne Florence (1978, turns 46 this year), Raymond Lam (1979, turns 45 this year), Nick Thune (1979, turns 45 this year), Juliette Danielle (1980, turns 44 this year), Nick Nevern (1980, turns 44 this year), Dov Tiefenbach (1981, turns 43 this year), Nicki Minaj (1982, turns 42 this year), Utkarsh Ambudkar (1983, turns 41 this year), Katie Stevens (1992, turns 32 this year), AnnaSophia Robb (1993, turns 31 this year), Teala Dunn (1996, turns 28 this year), Owen Teague (1998, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Martin Ritt (1990, at the age of 76), Bob Spiers (2008, at the age of 63), Robert Prosky (2008, at the age of 77), Bob Harks (2010, at the age of 83), René Auberjonois (2019, at the age of 79), Caroll Spinney (2019, at the age of 85), Paul Volcker (2019, at the age of 92), Helen Slayton-Hughes (2022, at the age of 91), Ryan O'Neal (2023, at the age of 82)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.