On This Day - January 4
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Saturday | $14,319,903 | $515,202,542 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Saturday | $10,819,924 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saturday | $10,699,493 | $342,548,984 |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Friday | $10,227,996 | $34,341,945 |
| 2003 | Catch Me if You Can | Saturday | $9,494,159 | $164,606,800 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | Friday | $9,388,082 | $335,061,807 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Sunday | $8,889,792 | $674,460,013 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Monday | $8,094,554 | $785,221,649 |
| 2014 | Frozen | Saturday | $8,037,475 | $400,953,009 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Monday | $8,021,882 | $936,662,225 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Friday | $10,227,996 | $34,341,945 |
| 2019 | Escape Room | Friday | $7,615,748 | $57,000,756 |
| 2008 | One Missed Call | Friday | $5,215,419 | $26,890,041 |
| 2002 | Impostor | Friday | $1,065,000 | $6,114,237 |
| 2019 | La religieuse | Friday | $1,599 | $30,245 |
| 2019 | State Like Sleep | Friday | $1,117 | $4,282 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $34,524,815 | $515,202,542 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $33,315,278 | $674,460,013 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | $31,003,280 | $335,061,807 |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $28,180,378 | $379,021,990 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $26,227,346 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $25,017,279 | $342,548,984 |
| 2009 | Marley & Me | $24,263,763 | $143,153,751 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $23,006,447 | $315,544,750 |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | $21,744,470 | $34,341,945 |
| 2015 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | $21,732,090 | $255,119,788 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Sterling Holloway (1905, died on November 22, 1992 at the age of 87), Robert Parrish (1916, died on December 4, 1995 at the age of 79), Barbara Rush (1927, died on March 31, 2024 at the age of 97), Sorrell Booke (1930, turned 94 this year), Carlos Saura (1932, died on February 10, 2023 at the age of 91), Dyan Cannon (1937, turned 87 this year), Jim Norton (1938, turned 86 this year), George P. Cosmatos (1941, died on April 19, 2005 at the age of 64), Sergey Kolesnikov (1955, died on April 29, 2023 at the age of 68), Ann Magnuson (1956, turned 68 this year), Julian Sands (1958, turned 66 this year), Matt Frewer (1958, turned 66 this year), Vanity (1959, died on February 15, 2016 at the age of 57), Graham McTavish (1961, turned 63 this year), Michael France (1962, died on April 12, 2013 at the age of 51), Harlan Coben (1962, turned 62 this year), Dave Foley (1963, turned 61 this year), Dot-Marie Jones (1964, turned 60 this year), Julia Ormond (1965, turned 59 this year), Yvan Attal (1965, turned 59 this year), Josh Stamberg (1970, turned 54 this year), Jeremy Licht (1971, turned 53 this year), Harmony Korine (1973, turned 51 this year), Claudie Blakley (1973, turned 51 this year), Jill Marie Jones (1975, turned 49 this year), August Diehl (1976, turned 48 this year), Samantha Sloyan (1979, turned 45 this year), Jeannie Elise Mai (1979, turned 45 this year), June Diane Raphael (1980, turned 44 this year), Erin Cahill (1980, turned 44 this year), D’Arcy Carden (1980, turned 44 this year), Greg Cipes (1980, turned 44 this year), Alexandra Jimenez (1980, turned 44 this year), Kang Hye-jung (1982, turned 42 this year), Lenora Crichlow (1985, turned 39 this year), Charlyne Yi (1986, turned 38 this year), Katie Parker (1986, turned 38 this year), Julie Estelle (1989, turned 35 this year), Michelle Mylett (1990, turned 34 this year), Olivia Tennet (1991, turned 33 this year), Maddie Hasson (1995, turned 29 this year), Emma Mackey (1996, turned 28 this year), Liza Soberano (1998, turned 26 this year), Gage Munroe (1999, turned 25 this year), Tunisha Sharma (2002, died on December 24, 2022 at the age of 20), Jaeden Lieberher (2003, turned 21 this year), Jaeden Martell (2003, turned 21 this year), Peyton Kennedy (2004, turned 20 this year), Dafne Keen (2005, turned 19 this year)
Died on this day in history: Mae Questel (1998, at the age of 89), Conrad L. Hall (2003, at the age of 76), Brian Gibson (2004, at the age of 59), Maja Maranow (2016, at the age of 54), Michel Galabru (2016, at the age of 93), Suzanne Hevner (2019, at the age of 58), Norman Snider (2019, at the age of 73), Harold Brown (2019, at the age of 91), Tom Long (2020, at the age of 51), Barbara Shelley (2021, at the age of 88), Tanya Roberts (2021, at the age of 65), Gregory Sierra (2021, at the age of 83), Wyllie Longmore (2023, at the age of 82), Glynis Johns (2024, at the age of 100), David Soul (2024, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.