On This Day - December 15
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Friday | $104,684,491 | $620,181,382 |
| 2007 | I am Legend | Saturday | $28,795,114 | $256,393,010 |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saturday | $27,739,815 | $303,003,568 |
| 2007 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Saturday | $18,883,832 | $217,326,974 |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Sunday | $18,024,194 | $258,241,522 |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Sunday | $15,917,973 | $316,831,246 |
| 2023 | Wonka | Friday | $14,412,706 | $218,581,815 |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3D | Saturday | $13,012,817 | $190,173,195 |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Friday | $11,115,000 | $182,805,123 |
| 2001 | Ocean’s Eleven | Saturday | $9,321,000 | $183,417,150 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Friday | $104,684,491 | $620,181,382 |
| 2023 | Wonka | Friday | $14,412,706 | $218,581,815 |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Friday | $11,115,000 | $182,805,123 |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Friday | $8,951,750 | $162,586,036 |
| 2006 | Eragon | Friday | $8,742,232 | $75,030,163 |
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Friday | $5,255,000 | $46,729,374 |
| 2017 | Ferdinand | Friday | $3,627,780 | $84,410,380 |
| 2006 | Charlotte\'s Web | Friday | $3,425,749 | $82,985,708 |
| 2012 | The Met: Live in HD - Aida | Saturday | $2,800,000 | $2,800,000 |
| 2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Friday | $2,291,000 | $89,630,573 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was December 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $220,009,584 | $620,181,382 |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $84,617,303 | $303,003,568 |
| 2007 | I am Legend | $77,211,321 | $256,393,010 |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | $73,645,197 | $258,241,522 |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $59,251,543 | $316,831,246 |
| 2007 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | $44,307,417 | $217,326,974 |
| 2023 | Wonka | $39,005,800 | $218,581,815 |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3D | $35,363,376 | $190,173,195 |
| 2000 | What Women Want | $33,614,543 | $182,805,123 |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $26,541,709 | $162,586,036 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Gordon Douglas (1907, died on September 29, 1993 at the age of 85), Jeff Chandler (1918, turns 107 this year), Freeman Dyson (1923, died on February 28, 2020 at the age of 96), Tim Conway (1933, died on May 14, 2019 at the age of 85), Melanie Chartoff (1948, turns 77 this year), Don Johnson (1949, turns 76 this year), Julie Taymor (1952, turns 73 this year), Marta DuBois (1952, turns 73 this year), Alex Cox (1954, turns 71 this year), Stephen Lee Davis (1955, died on January 18, 2017 at the age of 61), Sara Driver (1955, turns 70 this year), John Lee Hancock (1956, turns 69 this year), Reginald Hudlin (1961, turns 64 this year), Helen Slater (1963, turns 62 this year), Ellie Cornell (1963, turns 62 this year), Paul Kaye (1964, turns 61 this year), Brett Rickaby (1964, turns 61 this year), Molly Price (1966, turns 59 this year), Ralph Ineson (1969, turns 56 this year), Michael Shanks (1970, turns 55 this year), Karl Makinen (1970, turns 55 this year), Stuart Townsend (1972, turns 53 this year), Andrea Di Stefano (1972, turns 53 this year), Seung-wan Ryoo (1973, turns 52 this year), Gisli Orn Gardarsson (1973, turns 52 this year), P.J. Byrne (1974, turns 51 this year), Geoff Stults (1977, turns 48 this year), Adam Brody (1979, turns 46 this year), Alex Solowitz (1979, turns 46 this year), Yuri Kolokolnikov (1980, turns 45 this year), Brendan Fletcher (1981, turns 44 this year), Michelle Dockery (1981, turns 44 this year), Charlie Cox (1982, turns 43 this year), George Gore, II (1982, turns 43 this year), Camilla Luddington (1983, turns 42 this year), Ester Dean (1986, turns 39 this year), Emily Head (1988, turns 37 this year), Maude Apatow (1997, turns 28 this year), Stefania LaVie Owen (1997, turns 28 this year), Chandler Canterbury (1998, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Paul Harvey (1955, at the age of 73), Charles Laughton (1962, at the age of 63), Walt Disney (1966, at the age of 65), Anatole Litvak (1974, at the age of 72), Blake Edwards (2010, at the age of 88), Joan Fontaine (2013, at the age of 96), Darlanne Fluegel (2017, at the age of 64), Nicky Henson (2019, at the age of 74), Scott Marshall Smith (2020, at the age of 61), Zakir Hussain (2024, at the age of 73)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.