On This Day - January 29
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Friday | $10,452,621 | $143,528,619 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Saturday | $8,770,407 | $51,100,486 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | Saturday | $7,523,889 | $82,674,398 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Friday | $7,439,426 | $785,221,649 |
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Sunday | $7,069,322 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Sunday | $6,320,305 | $138,141,585 |
| 2011 | The Rite | Saturday | $6,010,280 | $33,047,633 |
| 1999 | She\'s All That | Friday | $5,955,000 | $63,465,522 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | Saturday | $5,758,627 | $70,662,220 |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Friday | $5,610,820 | $43,313,890 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Friday | $10,452,621 | $143,528,619 |
| 1999 | She\'s All That | Friday | $5,955,000 | $63,465,522 |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Friday | $5,610,820 | $43,313,890 |
| 2010 | When in Rome | Friday | $4,347,214 | $32,680,633 |
| 2016 | The Finest Hours | Friday | $3,335,087 | $27,569,558 |
| 2016 | Fifty Shades of Black | Friday | $2,250,509 | $11,686,940 |
| 2016 | Jane Got a Gun | Friday | $276,458 | $1,513,793 |
| 2018 | ‘85 The Greatest Team in Football History | Monday | $115,463 | $115,463 |
| 2010 | Rann | Friday | $35,747 | $165,873 |
| 2021 | Supernova | Friday | $28,532 | $234,220 |
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 29.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $41,282,042 | $143,528,619 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $31,280,029 | $785,221,649 |
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | $27,736,056 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | $25,655,440 | $138,141,585 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | $21,959,233 | $51,100,486 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | $17,214,384 | $43,313,890 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $16,346,395 | $82,674,398 |
| 1999 | She\'s All That | $16,065,430 | $63,465,522 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: The Angry Birds 3
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: W.C. Fields (1880, died on December 25, 1946 at the age of 66), Ernst Lubitsch (1892, died on November 30, 1947 at the age of 55), Alan Marshal (1909, turned 116 this year), Victor Mature (1913, died on August 4, 1999 at the age of 86), John Forsythe (1918, died on April 1, 2010 at the age of 92), Dorothy Malone (1924, turned 101 this year), Elio Petri (1929, died on November 10, 1982 at the age of 53), Leslie Bricusse (1931, died on October 19, 2021 at the age of 90), Katharine Ross (1940, turned 85 this year), Claudine Longet (1942, turned 83 this year), Jay Wolpert (1942, died on January 3, 2022 at the age of 79), Tom Selleck (1945, turned 80 this year), Juan Padron (1947, died on March 24, 2020 at the age of 73), Ernie Lively (1947, turned 78 this year), Marc Singer (1948, turned 77 this year), Ann Jillian (1950, turned 75 this year), Lisa Emery (1952, turned 73 this year), Tim Healy (1952, turned 73 this year), Oprah Winfrey (1954, turned 71 this year), Terry Kinney (1954, turned 71 this year), Diane Delano (1957, turned 68 this year), Nicholas Turturro (1962, turned 63 this year), Edward Burns (1968, turned 57 this year), Sam Trammell (1969, turned 56 this year), Heather Graham (1970, turned 55 this year), Sara Gilbert (1975, turned 50 this year), Sharif Atkins (1975, turned 50 this year), Anders Baasmo Christiansen (1976, turned 49 this year), Justin Hartley (1977, turned 48 this year), Sam Jaeger (1977, turned 48 this year), Julee Cerda (1978, turned 47 this year), Andrew Keegan (1979, turned 46 this year), April Scott (1979, turned 46 this year), Jason James Richter (1980, turned 45 this year), Isabel Lucas (1985, turned 40 this year), Jessica Marais (1985, turned 40 this year), Francois Civil (1990, turned 35 this year), Lewis James Pullman (1993, turned 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: Alan Ladd (1964, at the age of 50), Jimmy Durante (1980, at the age of 86), Leif Erickson (1986, at the age of 74), Jacques Rivette (2016, at the age of 87), Rick McKay (2018, at the age of 57), Jo Kendall (2022, at the age of 83), Howard Hesseman (2022, at the age of 81), Adama Niane (2023, at the age of 56)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.