On This Day - January 21
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Split | Saturday | $16,506,700 | $138,141,585 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Saturday | $10,444,898 | $62,318,875 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Saturday | $10,202,990 | $62,321,039 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $9,454,007 | $684,075,767 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Saturday | $8,603,320 | $49,876,377 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Saturday | $8,244,733 | $44,898,413 |
| 2015 | American Sniper | Wednesday | $7,555,269 | $350,126,372 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | Friday | $7,289,609 | $70,662,220 |
| 2017 | Hidden Figures | Saturday | $7,259,890 | $169,607,287 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Tuesday | $6,425,896 | $204,417,855 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | Friday | $7,289,609 | $70,662,220 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | Friday | $5,500,000 | $82,674,398 |
| 2000 | Down to You | Friday | $3,004,000 | $20,035,310 |
| 2022 | Redeeming Love | Friday | $1,493,775 | $9,214,020 |
| 2011 | The Way Back | Friday | $389,538 | $2,719,296 |
| 2022 | The King’s Daughter | Friday | $250,599 | $1,747,263 |
| 2011 | The Company Men | Friday | $170,578 | $4,444,612 |
| 2011 | Dhobi Ghat | Friday | $125,220 | $577,485 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Split | $40,010,975 | $138,141,585 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | $26,857,181 | $62,318,875 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | $25,306,725 | $62,321,039 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $20,133,106 | $684,075,767 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | $20,130,142 | $44,898,413 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | $19,652,921 | $70,662,220 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $19,505,170 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | $18,782,154 | $49,876,377 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $18,575,214 | $82,674,398 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $17,677,565 | $98,780,042 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: J. Carrol Naish (1896, died on January 24, 1973 at the age of 77), Rudolph Mate (1898, died on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66), Paul Scofield (1922, died on March 19, 2008 at the age of 86), Telly Savalas (1922, died on January 22, 1994 at the age of 72), Alberto de Mendoza (1923, died on December 12, 2011 at the age of 88), Benny Hill (1924, died on April 20, 1992 at the age of 68), Robert Mugabe (1924, died on September 6, 2019 at the age of 95), Charles Aidman (1925, died on November 7, 1993 at the age of 68), Clive Donner (1926, died on September 6, 2010 at the age of 84), Ann Wedgeworth (1934, died on November 16, 2017 at the age of 83), Doug Lennox (1938, died on November 28, 2015 at the age of 77), William D. Wittliff (1940, died on June 9, 2019 at the age of 79), Mike Medavoy (1941, turned 83 this year), Richie Havens (1941, died on April 22, 2013 at the age of 72), Victoria Carroll (1941, turned 83 this year), Michael G. Wilson (1942, turned 82 this year), Mac Davis (1942, died on September 29, 2020 at the age of 78), Martin Shaw (1945, turned 79 this year), Michel Jonasz (1947, turned 77 this year), Jill Eikenberry (1947, turned 77 this year), Paul G. Allen (1953, died on October 15, 2018 at the age of 65), Geena Davis (1956, turned 68 this year), Robby Benson (1956, turned 68 this year), Jeb Stuart (1956, turned 68 this year), Michael Wincott (1958, turned 66 this year), Isabelle Nanty (1962, turned 62 this year), Goro Miyazaki (1967, turned 57 this year), Charlotte Ross (1968, turned 56 this year), Karina Lombard (1969, turned 55 this year), John Ducey (1969, turned 55 this year), Matthew Willig (1969, turned 55 this year), Oren Peli (1970, turned 54 this year), Ken Leung (1970, turned 54 this year), Marina Fois (1970, turned 54 this year), Dylan Kussman (1971, turned 53 this year), Vincent Laresca (1974, turned 50 this year), Florin Serban (1975, turned 49 this year), Zach Helm (1975, turned 49 this year), Lars Eidinger (1976, turned 48 this year), Emma Bunton (1976, turned 48 this year), Jerry Trainor (1977, turned 47 this year), John DeSantis (1977, turned 47 this year), Nana Mizuki (1980, turned 44 this year), David F. Sandberg (1981, turned 43 this year), Izabella Miko (1981, turned 43 this year), Gillian Chung (1981, turned 43 this year), Svetlana Khodchenkova (1983, turned 41 this year), Luke Grimes (1984, turned 40 this year), Romi Aboulafia (1984, turned 40 this year), Sasha Pivovarova (1985, turned 39 this year), Sushant Singh Rajput (1986, died on June 14, 2020 at the age of 34), Tipper Newton (1986, turned 38 this year), John Early (1988, turned 36 this year), Jacob Smith (1990, turned 34 this year), Kelly Rohrbach (1990, turned 34 this year), Craig Roberts (1991, turned 33 this year), Javier Calvo (1991, turned 33 this year), Booboo Stewart (1994, turned 30 this year), Chanelle Peloso (1994, turned 30 this year), Jeremy Shada (1997, turned 27 this year), Rubina Ali (1999, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Georges Méliès (1938, turned 25 this year), Cecil B. DeMille (1959, at the age of 77), Ann Sheridan (1967, at the age of 51), Peggy Lee (2002, at the age of 81), Theoni V. Aldredge (2011, at the age of 88), Michael Winner (2013, at the age of 77), Hiroki Matsukata (2017, at the age of 74), Joel Freeman (2018, at the age of 95), Connie Sawyer (2018, at the age of 105), Kaye Ballard (2019, at the age of 93), Steve Bean (2019, at the age of 58), Merwin Goldsmith (2019, at the age of 81), Terry Jones (2020, at the age of 77), Louie Anderson (2022, at the age of 68), Mace Neufeld (2022, at the age of 93)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.