On This Day - January 23
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | Friday | $18,213,554 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Saturday | $16,326,050 | $785,221,649 |
| 2009 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans | Friday | $8,028,294 | $45,802,315 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Saturday | $7,774,449 | $183,637,894 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Saturday | $7,501,154 | $94,835,059 |
| 2010 | Legion | Saturday | $7,090,356 | $40,168,080 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Friday | $7,031,183 | $674,460,013 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Saturday | $6,814,652 | $936,662,225 |
| 2010 | Tooth Fairy | Saturday | $6,751,764 | $60,022,256 |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | Friday | $6,200,000 | $57,924,679 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans | Friday | $8,028,294 | $45,802,315 |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | Friday | $6,200,000 | $57,924,679 |
| 2015 | The Boy Next Door | Friday | $5,724,990 | $36,006,065 |
| 1998 | Spice World | Friday | $3,085,000 | $29,342,592 |
| 2004 | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Friday | $2,500,000 | $16,980,098 |
| 2009 | Inkheart | Friday | $2,103,467 | $17,303,424 |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | Friday | $1,488,897 | $7,696,134 |
| 2015 | Strange Magic | Friday | $1,305,069 | $12,429,583 |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Friday | $735,000 | $5,755,333 |
| 2015 | Cake | Friday | $266,312 | $1,951,776 |
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 23.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | $64,628,304 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $34,944,081 | $785,221,649 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $25,238,720 | $674,460,013 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $21,623,182 | $146,336,178 |
| 2009 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans | $20,828,511 | $45,802,315 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | $19,652,921 | $70,662,220 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $18,575,214 | $82,674,398 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $17,677,565 | $98,780,042 |
| 2010 | Legion | $17,501,625 | $40,168,080 |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | $17,065,227 | $57,924,679 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Randolph Scott (1898, died on March 2, 1987 at the age of 89), Dan Duryea (1907, died on June 7, 1968 at the age of 61), Frances Bay (1919, died on September 15, 2011 at the age of 92), Jeanne Moreau (1928, died on July 31, 2017 at the age of 89), Chita Rivera (1933, died on January 30, 2024 at the age of 91), Carmine Caridi (1934, died on May 28, 2019 at the age of 85), Gil Gerard (1943, turned 81 this year), Maurice Benichou (1943, died on June 14, 2019 at the age of 76), Rutger Hauer (1944, died on July 19, 2019 at the age of 75), Richard Dean Anderson (1950, turned 74 this year), Richard Gilliland (1950, turned 74 this year), David Patrick Kelly (1951, turned 73 this year), Robert Funaro (1959, turned 65 this year), Rob Garrison (1960, died on September 27, 2019 at the age of 59), Richard Roxburgh (1962, turned 62 this year), Boris McGiver (1962, turned 62 this year), Gail O'Grady (1963, turned 61 this year), Mariska Hargitay (1964, turned 60 this year), Ariadna Gil (1969, turned 55 this year), Claire Rankin (1971, turned 53 this year), Stanislas Merhar (1971, turned 53 this year), Ewen Bremner (1972, turned 52 this year), Lea Drucker (1972, turned 52 this year), S. Craig Zahler (1973, turned 51 this year), Lanei Chapman (1973, turned 51 this year), Mark Boal (1973, turned 51 this year), Tiffani Thiessen (1974, turned 50 this year), Derek Cianfrance (1974, turned 50 this year), Sonita Henry (1977, turned 47 this year), Julia Jones (1981, turned 43 this year), Geoffrey Wigdor (1982, turned 42 this year), Lindsey Kraft (1983, turned 41 this year), Kyle Newacheck (1984, turned 40 this year), Doutzen Kroes (1985, turned 39 this year), Mekenne Melvin (1985, turned 39 this year), April Pearson (1989, turned 35 this year), Chanel Cresswell (1990, turned 34 this year), Joel Basman (1990, turned 34 this year), Jack Reynor (1992, turned 32 this year), Rachel Crow (1998, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Alexander Korda (1956, at the age of 62), Lil Dagover (1980, at the age of 92), Salvador Dalí (1989, at the age of 84), Ian Wolfe (1992, at the age of 95), Jack LaLanne (2011, at the age of 96), Bingham Ray (2012, at the age of 57), Gorden Kaye (2017, at the age of 75), Ezra Swerdlow (2018, at the age of 64), Lari White (2018, at the age of 52), Arnaud Giovaninetti (2018, at the age of 50), Caio Junqueira (2019, at the age of 42), Robert Harper (2020, at the age of 68), Larry King (2021, at the age of 87), Alberto Grimaldi (2021, at the age of 95), Hal Holbrook (2021, at the age of 95), Jean Claude Mezieres (2022, at the age of 83), Eugenio Martín (2023, at the age of 97), Everett Quinton (2023, at the age of 97), Sudheer Varma (2023, at the age of 43), Charles Osgood (2024, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.