On This Day - December 27
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Sunday | $43,145,665 | $936,662,225 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Friday | $26,069,973 | $515,202,542 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Monday | $24,770,593 | $814,811,535 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Sunday | $24,247,681 | $785,221,649 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Tuesday | $24,128,503 | $684,075,767 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Tuesday | $22,515,612 | $533,539,991 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Wednesday | $21,846,132 | $620,181,382 |
| 2016 | Sing | Tuesday | $17,515,525 | $270,329,045 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saturday | $17,249,267 | $381,472,917 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Friday | $16,873,539 | $345,115,396 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 27.
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $149,202,860 | $936,662,225 |
| 2009 | Avatar | $75,617,133 | $785,221,649 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $72,389,590 | $515,202,542 |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | $62,304,277 | $209,028,679 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $50,598,104 | $381,472,917 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $48,875,549 | $345,115,396 |
| 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $48,875,415 | $219,614,612 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | $40,921,395 | $255,119,788 |
| 2015 | Daddy’s Home | $38,740,203 | $150,357,137 |
| 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $37,010,506 | $236,115,100 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Sydney Greenstreet (1879, died on January 18, 1954 at the age of 74), Thea von Harbou (1888, died on July 1, 1954 at the age of 65), Marlene Dietrich (1901, died on May 6, 1992 at the age of 90), Michel Piccoli (1925, died on May 12, 2020 at the age of 94), Tommy Rall (1929, died on October 6, 2020 at the age of 90), John Amos (1939, died on August 21, 2024 at the age of 84), Aharon Ipalé (1941, died on June 27, 2016 at the age of 74), Jean-Claude Bouillon (1941, died on July 31, 2017 at the age of 75), Charmian Carr (1942, died on September 17, 2016 at the age of 73), Martine Marignac (1946, died on July 18, 2022 at the age of 75), Gerard Depardieu (1948, turns 77 this year), Charles Band (1951, turns 74 this year), Tovah Feldshuh (1952, turns 73 this year), Mandie Fletcher (1954, turns 71 this year), Barbara Crampton (1958, turns 67 this year), Maryam d'Abo (1960, turns 65 this year), Joe Mantello (1962, turns 63 this year), Gaspar Noe (1963, turns 62 this year), Theresa Randle (1964, turns 61 this year), Ian Gomez (1964, turns 61 this year), Salman Khan (1965, turns 60 this year), Eva LaRue (1966, turns 59 this year), Bill Goldberg (1966, turns 59 this year), Mitzi Martin (1968, turns 57 this year), Chyna (1969, died on April 20, 2016 at the age of 46), Sarah Vowell (1969, turns 56 this year), Savannah Guthrie (1971, turns 54 this year), Jason Hawes (1971, turns 54 this year), Thomas Wilson Brown (1972, turns 53 this year), Wilson Cruz (1973, turns 52 this year), Fumiko Orikasa (1974, turns 51 this year), Masi Oka (1974, turns 51 this year), Heather O'Rourke (1975, died on February 1, 1988 at the age of 12), Aaron Stanford (1976, turns 49 this year), Lisa Jakub (1978, turns 47 this year), Tom McKay (1979, turns 46 this year), Elizabeth Rodriguez (1980, turns 45 this year), Emilie de Ravin (1981, turns 44 this year), Jay Ellis (1981, turns 44 this year), Jessica Harmon (1985, turns 40 this year), Lily Cole (1987, turns 38 this year), Hera Hilmar (1988, turns 37 this year), Thea Trinidad (1990, turns 35 this year), Chloe Bridges (1991, turns 34 this year), Olivia Cooke (1993, turns 32 this year), Timothée Chalamet (1995, turns 30 this year), Jae Head (1996, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Hoagy Carmichael (1981, at the age of 82), Hal Ashby (1988, at the age of 59), Julian Mateos (1996, at the age of 58), Pierre Clementi (1999, at the age of 57), George Roy Hill (2002, at the age of 80), Alan Bates (2003, at the age of 69), Harry Carey, Jr. (2012, at the age of 91), Haskell Wexler (2015, at the age of 93), Carrie Fisher (2016, at the age of 60), Claude Gensac (2016, at the age of 89), Patricia Ferreira (2023, at the age of 64), Olivia Hussey (2024, at the age of 73), Dayle Haddon (2024, at the age of 76), Greg Gumbel (2024, at the age of 78), Charles Shyer (2024, at the age of 73)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.