On This Day - December 19
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 19.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Saturday | $68,294,204 | $936,662,225 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sunday | $64,232,578 | $814,811,535 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Saturday | $25,529,036 | $785,221,649 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Friday | $21,811,549 | $381,472,917 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Tuesday | $20,254,189 | $620,181,382 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Wednesday | $18,214,211 | $318,651,105 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Monday | $17,596,150 | $533,539,991 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Friday | $16,563,371 | $255,119,788 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Monday | $16,257,078 | $684,075,767 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Thursday | $13,878,712 | $345,115,396 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 19.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Wednesday | $18,214,211 | $318,651,105 |
| 1997 | Titanic | Friday | $8,658,814 | $674,460,013 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Friday | $8,570,000 | $125,304,276 |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Friday | $6,495,077 | $97,690,976 |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Friday | $5,655,945 | $113,746,621 |
| 2014 | Annie | Friday | $5,289,149 | $85,911,262 |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds | Friday | $5,199,842 | $69,951,824 |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Wednesday | $4,763,547 | $171,958,438 |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | Friday | $4,300,000 | $63,803,100 |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Friday | $3,538,560 | $50,877,145 |
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 19.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $260,138,569 | $814,811,535 |
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $247,966,675 | $936,662,225 |
| 2009 | Avatar | $77,025,481 | $785,221,649 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $72,629,713 | $381,472,917 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | $54,724,334 | $255,119,788 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | $44,026,211 | $172,062,763 |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $30,061,756 | $118,627,117 |
| 1997 | Titanic | $28,638,131 | $674,460,013 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $25,143,007 | $125,304,276 |
| 1998 | You’ve Got Mail | $18,426,749 | $115,821,495 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Avatar: Fire and Ash, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants, Untitled Warner Bros. Film, Zero A.D., 2031: Avatar 5
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ralph Richardson (1902, died on October 10, 1983 at the age of 80), Lee Rich (1918, died on May 24, 2012 at the age of 93), Gordon Jackson (1923, died on January 15, 1990 at the age of 66), Cicely Tyson (1924, died on January 28, 2021 at the age of 96), Edmund Purdom (1924, died on January 1, 2009 at the age of 84), Gary Morton (1924, died on March 30, 1999 at the age of 74), Robert B. Sherman (1925, died on March 6, 2012 at the age of 86), James Booth (1927, died on August 11, 2005 at the age of 77), Howard Sackler (1929, died on October 12, 1982 at the age of 52), Wayne Tippit (1932, died on April 28, 2009 at the age of 76), A.B.Yehoshua (1936, died on June 14, 2022 at the age of 85), Peter H. Hunt (1938, died on April 26, 2020 at the age of 81), Sam Kelly (1943, died on June 14, 2014 at the age of 70), Tim Reid (1944, turns 81 this year), Elaine Joyce (1945, turns 80 this year), Jack Fisk (1945, turns 80 this year), Robert Urich (1946, died on April 16, 2002 at the age of 55), John Gulager (1957, turns 68 this year), Mike Lookinland (1960, turns 65 this year), Scott Cohen (1961, turns 64 this year), Gary Fleder (1962, turns 63 this year), Jill Talley (1962, turns 63 this year), Aki Aleong (1962, died on June 24, 2025 at the age of 62), Til Schweiger (1963, turns 62 this year), Jennifer Beals (1963, turns 62 this year), Paul Rhys (1963, turns 62 this year), Beatrice Dalle (1964, turns 61 this year), Jessica Steen (1965, turns 60 this year), Robert MacNaughton (1966, turns 59 this year), Ken Marino (1968, turns 57 this year), Kristy Swanson (1969, turns 56 this year), Lauren Sanchez (1969, turns 56 this year), Tyson Beckford (1970, turns 55 this year), Alyssa Milano (1972, turns 53 this year), Rosa Blasi (1972, turns 53 this year), Blake Lindsley (1973, turns 52 this year), Claire Cox (1975, turns 50 this year), Mahie Gill (1975, turns 50 this year), Patrick Casey (1978, turns 47 this year), A.J. Tesler (1978, turns 47 this year), Tara Summers (1979, turns 46 this year), Marla Sokoloff (1980, turns 45 this year), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980, turns 45 this year), Amy Locane (1983, turns 42 this year), Natalia de Molina (1989, turns 36 this year), Libe Barer (1991, turns 34 this year), Hermione Corfield (1993, turns 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: Jacques Tourneur (1977, at the age of 73), Paul Maxwell (1991, at the age of 70), Marcello Mastroianni (1996, at the age of 72), Michael Alldredge (1997, at the age of 56), Desmond Llewelyn (1999, at the age of 85), Hope Lange (2003, at the age of 70), Les Tremayne (2003, at the age of 90), Ned Vizzini (2013, at the age of 32), Dick Latessa (2016, at the age of 87), Richard Venture (2017, at the age of 94), Audrey Geisel (2018, at the age of 97), David Giler (2020, at the age of 77), Rosalind Knight (2020, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.