On This Day - January 12
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mean Girls | Friday | $11,527,268 | $72,581,770 |
| 2013 | Zero Dark Thirty | Saturday | $9,354,467 | $95,720,716 |
| 2020 | 1917 | Sunday | $9,294,845 | $159,227,644 |
| 2014 | Lone Survivor | Sunday | $8,984,385 | $125,095,601 |
| 2008 | The Bucket List | Saturday | $8,271,248 | $93,466,502 |
| 2019 | The Upside | Saturday | $7,864,742 | $108,235,497 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | Saturday | $7,747,528 | $335,061,807 |
| 2008 | First Sunday | Saturday | $7,673,647 | $37,931,869 |
| 2013 | A Haunted House | Saturday | $7,537,706 | $40,041,683 |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance | Friday | $7,512,000 | $91,038,276 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mean Girls | Friday | $11,527,268 | $72,581,770 |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance | Friday | $7,512,000 | $91,038,276 |
| 2007 | Stomp the Yard | Friday | $7,210,616 | $61,356,221 |
| 2024 | The Beekeeper | Friday | $6,765,012 | $66,220,535 |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Friday | $4,509,520 | $36,343,858 |
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Friday | $3,189,515 | $20,868,638 |
| 2001 | Double Take | Friday | $3,005,000 | $29,823,162 |
| 2000 | Next Friday | Wednesday | $2,696,871 | $57,176,582 |
| 2018 | Paddington 2 | Friday | $2,422,120 | $40,964,849 |
| 2007 | Alpha Dog | Friday | $2,339,535 | $15,309,602 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Lone Survivor | $37,849,910 | $125,095,601 |
| 2020 | 1917 | $37,000,200 | $159,227,644 |
| 2024 | Mean Girls | $28,635,307 | $72,581,770 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $28,101,972 | $404,508,916 |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance | $27,526,443 | $91,038,276 |
| 2013 | Zero Dark Thirty | $24,438,936 | $95,720,716 |
| 2007 | Stomp the Yard | $21,833,312 | $61,356,221 |
| 2019 | The Upside | $20,355,000 | $108,235,497 |
| 2001 | Cast Away | $19,777,426 | $233,632,142 |
| 2008 | The Bucket List | $19,392,416 | $93,466,502 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Bhartha Mahasayulaki Wignyapthi, Mana ShankaraVaraprasad Garu
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Charles Perrault (1628, died on May 16, 1703 at the age of 75), Jack London (1876, died on November 22, 1916 at the age of 40), Jean Delannoy (1908, died on June 18, 2008 at the age of 100), Leah Adler (1920, died on February 17, 2017 at the age of 97), Andrew Laszlo (1926, turns 100 this year), Edgar Lansbury (1930, died on May 2, 2024 at the age of 94), Liliana Cavani (1933, turns 93 this year), Alan Sharp (1934, died on February 8, 2013 at the age of 79), Bob Dishy (1934, turns 92 this year), Shirley Eaton (1937, turns 89 this year), John Gregg (1939, died on May 29, 2021 at the age of 82), Matthias Habich (1940, turns 86 this year), Jed Mills (1941, turns 85 this year), Kenneth Danziger (1945, turns 81 this year), Andre De Shields (1946, turns 80 this year), Alex Thomson (1946, turns 80 this year), Roy H. Wagner (1947, turns 79 this year), William Nicholson (1948, turns 78 this year), Anthony Andrews (1948, turns 78 this year), Wayne Wang (1949, turns 77 this year), Haruki Murakami (1949, turns 77 this year), Hector Mercado (1949, turns 77 this year), Kirstie Alley (1951, died on December 5, 2022 at the age of 71), Walter Mosley (1952, turns 74 this year), Mary Harron (1953, turns 73 this year), Phil Reeves (1953, turns 73 this year), Howard Stern (1954, turns 72 this year), Frank LaLoggia (1954, turns 72 this year), Madhumalti Kapoor (1955, turns 71 this year), John Lasseter (1957, turns 69 this year), Bruno Arena (1957, died on September 28, 2022 at the age of 65), Christiane Amanpour (1958, turns 68 this year), Ralf Moeller (1959, turns 67 this year), Debra Feuer (1959, turns 67 this year), Blixa Bargeld (1959, turns 67 this year), Mike van Diem (1959, turns 67 this year), Oliver Platt (1960, turns 66 this year), Simon Russell Beale (1961, turns 65 this year), Catherine Dao (1961, turns 65 this year), Francois Girard (1963, turns 63 this year), Matt Malloy (1963, turns 63 this year), Johnny Martin (1963, turns 63 this year), Rami Heuberger (1963, died on August 28, 2025 at the age of 62), Jeff Bezos (1964, turns 62 this year), Clare Holman (1964, turns 62 this year), Barry Poltermann (1964, turns 62 this year), Rob Zombie (1965, turns 61 this year), Alexandra Wentworth (1965, turns 61 this year), Olivier Martinez (1966, turns 60 this year), Blanchard Ryan (1967, turns 59 this year), Renata Litvino (1967, turns 59 this year), Rachael Harris (1968, turns 58 this year), Farrah Forke (1968, turns 58 this year), Christopher Gartin (1968, turns 58 this year), Laura Mañá (1968, turns 58 this year), Margaret Nagle (1969, turns 57 this year), Nataliya Vdovina (1969, turns 57 this year), Heidi Jo Markel (1971, turns 55 this year), Jason Sklar (1972, turns 54 this year), Zach Ansley (1972, turns 54 this year), Zabryna Guevara (1972, turns 54 this year), Randy Sklar (1972, turns 54 this year), Sid Owen (1972, turns 54 this year), Jorge Ameer (1972, turns 54 this year), Prashant Bhargava (1973, died on May 16, 2015 at the age of 42), Alex Greenfield (1973, turns 53 this year), Stewart Wright (1974, turns 52 this year), Aaron Seltzer (1974, turns 52 this year), Teuila Blakely (1975, turns 51 this year), Miki Nakatani (1976, turns 50 this year), Piolo Pascual (1977, turns 49 this year), Yohana Cobo (1978, turns 48 this year), Anne Sewitsky (1978, turns 48 this year), Jeremy Camp (1978, turns 48 this year), Bianca Nappi (1979, turns 47 this year), Vanessa Johansson (1980, turns 46 this year), Anjorka Strechel (1982, turns 44 this year), Sara Fletcher (1983, turns 43 this year), Jessie Graff (1984, turns 42 this year), Taraneh Alidoosti (1984, turns 42 this year), Sam Richardson (1984, turns 42 this year), Issa Rae (1985, turns 41 this year), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985, turns 41 this year), Danielle Judovits (1985, turns 41 this year), Jakob Oftebro (1986, turns 40 this year), Naya Rivera (1987, died on July 8, 2020 at the age of 33), Will Rothhaar (1987, turns 39 this year), Andrew Lawrence (1988, turns 38 this year), Tiler Peck (1989, turns 37 this year), Pixie Lott (1991, turns 35 this year), Zayn Malik (1993, turns 33 this year), Mithila Palkar (1993, turns 33 this year), Elit Iscan (1994, turns 32 this year), Ai Hashimoto (1996, turns 30 this year), Nathan Gamble (1998, turns 28 this year), Ally Ioannides (1998, turns 28 this year), Ahn Seo-hyun (2004, turns 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Agatha Christie (1976, at the age of 85), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1977, at the age of 69), Keye Luke (1991, at the age of 86), Betty Lou Gerson (1999, at the age of 84), Maurice Gibb (2003, at the age of 53), Kinji Fukasaku (2003, at the age of 72), Amrish Puri (2005, at the age of 72), Claude Berri (2009, at the age of 74), William Peter Blatty (2017, at the age of 89), Etsuko Ichihara (2019, at the age of 82), William Bogert (2020, at the age of 83), Bogdan Stanoevitch (2021, at the age of 62), Leslie Charleson (2025, at the age of 79), Claude Jarman Jr. (2025, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.