On This Day - November 17
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Saturday | $41,443,147 | $292,324,737 |
| 2017 | Justice League | Friday | $38,471,202 | $229,024,295 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Saturday | $33,512,941 | $317,871,467 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Sunday | $24,512,232 | $263,581,232 |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Saturday | $21,321,824 | $159,555,901 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Friday | $19,048,744 | $166,350,594 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Saturday | $17,686,995 | $304,360,277 |
| 2018 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | Saturday | $17,070,270 | $272,961,295 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Friday | $15,200,440 | $262,425,630 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Friday | $14,741,135 | $167,365,000 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Justice League | Friday | $38,471,202 | $229,024,295 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Friday | $19,048,744 | $166,350,594 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Friday | $15,200,440 | $262,425,630 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Friday | $14,741,135 | $167,365,000 |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Friday | $12,257,221 | $198,000,317 |
| 2017 | Wonder | Friday | $9,674,292 | $132,422,809 |
| 2023 | Trolls Band Together | Friday | $9,397,780 | $103,974,820 |
| 2000 | Rugrats in Paris | Friday | $4,360,332 | $76,501,438 |
| 2023 | Thanksgiving | Friday | $3,827,521 | $31,945,385 |
| 2000 | Bounce | Friday | $3,075,155 | $36,805,288 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $141,067,634 | $292,324,737 |
| 2017 | Justice League | $93,842,239 | $229,024,295 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $90,294,621 | $317,871,467 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $88,357,488 | $263,581,232 |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | $62,163,104 | $159,555,901 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $55,820,330 | $262,425,630 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | $44,607,143 | $166,350,594 |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | $41,533,432 | $198,000,317 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | $41,104,513 | $304,360,277 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | $40,833,156 | $167,365,000 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lee Strasberg (1901, died on February 17, 1982 at the age of 80), Curt Lowens (1925, died on May 8, 2017 at the age of 91), Rock Hudson (1925, died on October 2, 1985 at the age of 59), Robert Brown (1926, turns 99 this year), Lynn Stalmaster (1927, died on February 12, 2021 at the age of 93), Rance Howard (1928, died on November 25, 2017 at the age of 89), John M. Stephens (1932, died on June 18, 2015 at the age of 82), Sen. James Inhofe (1934, died on July 9, 2024 at the age of 89), Peter Cook (1937, died on January 9, 1995 at the age of 57), Susse Wold (1938, turns 87 this year), Gordon Lightfoot (1938, died on May 1, 2023 at the age of 84), Yuya Uchida (1939, died on March 17, 2019 at the age of 79), Martin Scorsese (1942, turns 83 this year), Lauren Hutton (1943, turns 82 this year), Danny DeVito (1944, turns 81 this year), Lorne Michaels (1944, turns 81 this year), Roland Joffe (1945, turns 80 this year), Will Vinton (1947, died on October 4, 2018 at the age of 70), James Warwick (1947, turns 78 this year), Stephen Root (1951, turns 74 this year), Duwayne Dunham (1952, turns 73 this year), Kelly Ward (1956, turns 69 this year), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958, turns 67 this year), William R. Moses (1959, turns 66 this year), Jonathan Ross (1960, turns 65 this year), Dylan Walsh (1963, turns 62 this year), Ralph Garman (1964, turns 61 this year), David Ramsey (1971, turns 54 this year), Attila Arpa (1971, turns 54 this year), Leonard Roberts (1972, turns 53 this year), Leslie Bibb (1974, turns 51 this year), Diane Neal (1975, turns 50 this year), Brian T. Delaney (1976, turns 49 this year), Rachel McAdams (1978, turns 47 this year), Tom Ellis (1978, turns 47 this year), Zoë Bell (1978, turns 47 this year), Bojana Novakovic (1981, turns 44 this year), Doug Walker (1981, turns 44 this year), Harry Lloyd (1983, turns 42 this year), Viva Bianca (1983, turns 42 this year), Evelyne Brochu (1983, turns 42 this year), Patrick McHale (1983, turns 42 this year), Jon Cor (1984, turns 41 this year), Nick Bateman (1986, turns 39 this year), Justin Cooper (1988, turns 37 this year), Raquel Castro (1994, turns 31 this year), Shadi Mar'i (1994, turns 31 this year), Kara Hayward (1998, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gladys Cooper (1971, at the age of 82), Esther Rolle (1998, at the age of 78), Esther Rolle (1998, at the age of 78), John Paxton (2011, at the age of 91), Alyque Padamsee (2018, at the age of 87), Jerry Frankel (2018, at the age of 87), Art LaFleur (2021, at the age of 78), Suzanne Shepherd (2023, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.