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 | $345,115,396 |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Friday | $10,227,996 | $34,341,945 |
| 2025 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Saturday | $9,920,629 | $254,567,693 |
| 2003 | Catch Me if You Can | Saturday | $9,494,159 | $164,606,800 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | Friday | $9,388,082 | $335,061,807 |
| 2025 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Saturday | $8,954,488 | $236,115,100 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Sunday | $8,889,792 | $674,460,013 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Monday | $8,094,554 | $785,221,649 |
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 | $381,472,917 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $26,227,346 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $25,017,279 | $345,115,396 |
| 2009 | Marley & Me | $24,263,763 | $143,153,751 |
| 2025 | Mufasa: The Lion King | $23,461,633 | $254,567,693 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $23,006,447 | $318,651,105 |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | $21,744,470 | $34,341,945 |
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 95 this year), Carlos Saura (1932, died on February 10, 2023 at the age of 91), Dyan Cannon (1937, turned 88 this year), Jim Norton (1938, turned 87 this year), George P. Cosmatos (1941, died on April 19, 2005 at the age of 64), Salvatore Piscicelli (1948, died on July 21, 2024 at the age of 76), Sergey Kolesnikov (1955, died on April 29, 2023 at the age of 68), Ann Magnuson (1956, turned 69 this year), Julian Sands (1958, turned 67 this year), Matt Frewer (1958, turned 67 this year), Vanity (1959, died on February 15, 2016 at the age of 57), Graham McTavish (1961, turned 64 this year), Michael France (1962, died on April 12, 2013 at the age of 51), Harlan Coben (1962, turned 63 this year), Dave Foley (1963, turned 62 this year), Dot-Marie Jones (1964, turned 61 this year), Julia Ormond (1965, turned 60 this year), Yvan Attal (1965, turned 60 this year), Josh Stamberg (1970, turned 55 this year), Jeremy Licht (1971, turned 54 this year), Harmony Korine (1973, turned 52 this year), Claudie Blakley (1973, turned 52 this year), Jill Marie Jones (1975, turned 50 this year), August Diehl (1976, turned 49 this year), Samantha Sloyan (1979, turned 46 this year), Jeannie Elise Mai (1979, turned 46 this year), June Diane Raphael (1980, turned 45 this year), Erin Cahill (1980, turned 45 this year), D’Arcy Carden (1980, turned 45 this year), Greg Cipes (1980, turned 45 this year), Alexandra Jimenez (1980, turned 45 this year), Kang Hye-jung (1982, turned 43 this year), Lenora Crichlow (1985, turned 40 this year), Charlyne Yi (1986, turned 39 this year), Katie Parker (1986, turned 39 this year), Julie Estelle (1989, turned 36 this year), Michelle Mylett (1990, turned 35 this year), Olivia Tennet (1991, turned 34 this year), Maddie Hasson (1995, turned 30 this year), Emma Mackey (1996, turned 29 this year), Liza Soberano (1998, turned 27 this year), Gage Munroe (1999, turned 26 this year), Tunisha Sharma (2002, died on December 24, 2022 at the age of 20), Jaeden Lieberher (2003, turned 22 this year), Jaeden Martell (2003, turned 22 this year), Peyton Kennedy (2004, turned 21 this year), Dafne Keen (2005, turned 20 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), Julien Poulin (2025, at the age of 78), Emilio Echevarria (2025, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.