On This Day - January 27
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Saturday | $9,640,001 | $58,032,443 |
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Friday | $8,374,500 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $7,903,985 | $138,141,585 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Saturday | $7,713,507 | $39,739,367 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Saturday | $7,631,622 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Friday | $6,481,717 | $51,580,136 |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner | Saturday | $5,595,000 | $60,400,856 |
| 2007 | Smokin' Aces | Saturday | $5,522,820 | $35,662,731 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Sunday | $5,396,098 | $55,703,475 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Friday | $5,281,695 | $64,321,890 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Friday | $8,374,500 | $70,165,972 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Friday | $6,481,717 | $51,580,136 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Friday | $5,281,695 | $64,321,890 |
| 2017 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Friday | $5,048,319 | $26,844,692 |
| 2012 | One for the Money | Friday | $4,100,384 | $26,414,527 |
| 2006 | Nanny McPhee | Friday | $3,571,050 | $47,279,279 |
| 2006 | Annapolis | Friday | $2,662,183 | $17,127,992 |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Friday | $2,491,173 | $18,620,000 |
| 2023 | Billie Eilish Live at the 02 — Extended Cut | Friday | $1,290,000 | $1,290,000 |
| 2017 | Gold | Friday | $1,156,013 | $7,227,038 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | $27,736,056 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | $25,655,440 | $138,141,585 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | $24,167,011 | $58,032,443 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $19,690,956 | $55,703,475 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 2019 | Glass | $18,884,440 | $111,048,468 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | $18,612,544 | $39,739,367 |
| 2008 | Meet the Spartans | $18,505,530 | $38,233,676 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2008 | Rambo | $18,203,876 | $42,754,105 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Donna Reed (1921, died on January 14, 1986 at the age of 64), SABU (1924, turned 100 this year), Mordecai Richler (1931, died on July 2, 2001 at the age of 70), Troy Donahue (1936, died on September 2, 2001 at the age of 65), Reynaldo Rey (1940, died on May 28, 2015 at the age of 75), James Cromwell (1940, turned 84 this year), Jeannie Epper (1941, died on May 5, 2024 at the age of 83), John Witherspoon (1942, died on October 29, 2019 at the age of 77), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948, turned 76 this year), Alex Norton (1950, turned 74 this year), Richard Bremmer (1953, turned 71 this year), John Bloom (1953, turned 71 this year), Mimi Rogers (1956, turned 68 this year), Susanne Blakeslee (1956, turned 68 this year), Frank Miller (1957, turned 67 this year), Susanna Thompson (1958, turned 66 this year), Phil Rosenthal (1960, turned 64 this year), Julie Caitlin Brown (1961, turned 63 this year), Bridget Fonda (1964, turned 60 this year), Hrothgar Mathews (1964, turned 60 this year), Alan Cumming (1965, turned 59 this year), Tamlyn Tomita (1966, turned 58 this year), Patton Oswalt (1969, turned 55 this year), Bobby Deol (1969, turned 55 this year), Amy Hargreaves (1970, turned 54 this year), Todd Louiso (1970, turned 54 this year), Cindy Cheung (1970, turned 54 this year), Mark Owen (1972, turned 52 this year), Josh Randall (1972, turned 52 this year), Andi Osho (1973, turned 51 this year), Renee Humphrey (1975, turned 49 this year), Chris Gauthier (1976, died on February 23, 2024 at the age of 48), Rosamund Pike (1979, turned 45 this year), Brooke Butler (1988, turned 36 this year), Daniel Donskoy (1990, turned 34 this year), Roxane Duran (1993, turned 31 this year), Alex Monner (1995, turned 29 this year), Paulina Gerzon (1995, turned 29 this year), Braeden Lemasters (1996, turned 28 this year), Devin Druid (1998, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Farrow (1963, at the age of 58), Bill Walsh (1975, at the age of 61), Lilli Palmer (1986, at the age of 71), Andre the Giant (1993, at the age of 46), John Updike (2009, at the age of 76), Zelda Rubinstein (2010, at the age of 76), J.D. Salinger (2010, at the age of 91), Pete Seeger (2014, at the age of 94), Robert Ellis Miller (2017, at the age of 89), Emmanuelle Riva (2017, at the age of 89), Maryo J. de los Reyes (2018, at the age of 65), Erica Yohn (2019, at the age of 90), Jack Burns (2020, at the age of 86), Cloris Leachman (2021, at the age of 94), Sylvia Syms (2023, at the age of 89), Gregory Allen Howard (2023, at the age of 70)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.