On This Day - January 20
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $14,626,670 | $138,141,585 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Monday | $10,529,839 | $204,417,855 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Friday | $10,248,416 | $62,318,875 |
| 2015 | American Sniper | Tuesday | $9,924,117 | $350,126,372 |
| 2019 | Glass | Sunday | $9,918,070 | $111,048,468 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Saturday | $9,482,066 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Friday | $9,339,076 | $62,321,039 |
| 2008 | Cloverfield | Sunday | $9,028,443 | $80,048,433 |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | Sunday | $8,900,000 | $108,638,745 |
| 2013 | Mama | Sunday | $7,464,540 | $71,628,180 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $14,626,670 | $138,141,585 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Friday | $10,248,416 | $62,318,875 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Friday | $9,339,076 | $62,321,039 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Friday | $7,104,191 | $44,898,413 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Friday | $5,981,106 | $49,876,377 |
| 2023 | Missing | Friday | $3,433,703 | $32,502,025 |
| 2012 | Haywire | Friday | $2,883,872 | $18,942,396 |
| 2006 | End of the Spear | Friday | $1,500,000 | $11,748,661 |
| 2023 | That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Scarlet Bond (劇場版 転生したらスライムだった件) | Friday | $701,958 | $1,891,488 |
| 2017 | The Resurrection of Gavin Stone | Friday | $380,212 | $2,303,792 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was January 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Glass | $40,328,920 | $111,048,468 |
| 2008 | Cloverfield | $40,058,229 | $80,048,433 |
| 2017 | Split | $40,010,975 | $138,141,585 |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | $28,611,736 | $108,638,745 |
| 2013 | Mama | $28,402,310 | $71,628,180 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | $26,857,181 | $62,318,875 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | $25,306,725 | $62,321,039 |
| 2008 | 27 Dresses | $23,007,725 | $76,808,654 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $20,133,106 | $684,075,767 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | $20,130,142 | $44,898,413 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Aang: The Last Airbender
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Burns (1896, died on March 9, 1996 at the age of 100), Norma Varden (1898, died on January 19, 1989 at the age of 90), Leon Ames (1902, died on October 12, 1993 at the age of 91), Alex Nicol (1916, died on July 29, 2001 at the age of 85), DeForest Kelley (1920, died on June 11, 1999 at the age of 79), Federico Fellini (1920, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 73), Patricia Neal (1926, died on August 8, 2010 at the age of 84), Jimmy Cobb (1929, died on May 24, 2020 at the age of 91), Tom Baker (1934, turned 90 this year), Krishnam Raju (1940, turned 84 this year), Margaret Avery (1944, turned 80 this year), David Lynch (1946, turned 78 this year), Daniel Benzali (1950, turned 74 this year), Paul Stanley (1952, turned 72 this year), Dave Fennoy (1952, turned 72 this year), Wyatt Knight (1955, turned 69 this year), Bill Maher (1956, turned 68 this year), Lorenzo Lamas (1958, turned 66 this year), Sophie Thompson (1962, turned 62 this year), James Denton (1963, turned 61 this year), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (1963, turned 61 this year), Francesca Buller (1964, turned 60 this year), Rainn Wilson (1966, turned 58 this year), Stacey Dash (1967, turned 57 this year), Michael Nardone (1967, turned 57 this year), Chris Miller (1968, turned 56 this year), Reno Wilson (1969, turned 55 this year), Skeet Ulrich (1970, turned 54 this year), Branka Katic (1970, turned 54 this year), Jung Woong-in (1971, turned 53 this year), Questlove (1971, turned 53 this year), Omar Sy (1978, turned 46 this year), Will Young (1979, turned 45 this year), Ray Panthaki (1979, turned 45 this year), Kim Jeong-Hoon (1980, turned 44 this year), Crystal Lowe (1981, turned 43 this year), Daniel Cudmore (1981, turned 43 this year), Erin Wasson (1982, turned 42 this year), Rukiya Bernard (1983, turned 41 this year), Evan Peters (1987, turned 37 this year), Pete Ploszek (1987, turned 37 this year), Ciara Hanna (1991, turned 33 this year), Morgane Polanski (1993, turned 31 this year)
Died on this day in history: Barbara Stanwyck (1990, at the age of 82), Audrey Hepburn (1993, at the age of 63), Carrie Hamilton (2002, at the age of 38), Nedra Volz (2003, at the age of 94), Bruce Gordon (2011, at the age of 94), Etta James (2012, at the age of 73), Howard Lew Lewis (2018, at the age of 76), Andrew G. Vajna (2019, at the age of 74), Mira Furlan (2021, at the age of 65), Meat Loaf (2022, at the age of 74), Camillo Milli (2022, at the age of 92), Norman Jewison (2024, at the age of 97), David Emge (2024, at the age of 77)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.