On This Day - January 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | Friday | $30,338,488 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Saturday | $17,254,108 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Saturday | $13,463,515 | $90,862,685 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Saturday | $12,659,018 | $183,637,894 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Saturday | $11,780,279 | $94,835,059 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Saturday | $11,028,514 | $936,662,225 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Friday | $9,791,368 | $146,336,178 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Sunday | $9,774,944 | $98,780,042 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Friday | $8,877,225 | $88,073,507 |
| 2009 | Notorious | Friday | $8,308,024 | $36,843,682 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Friday | $9,791,368 | $146,336,178 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Friday | $8,877,225 | $88,073,507 |
| 2009 | Notorious | Friday | $8,308,024 | $36,843,682 |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine | Friday | $8,228,858 | $51,545,952 |
| 2019 | Dragon Ball Super: Broly (ドラゴンボール超スーパー ブロリー) | Wednesday | $7,043,068 | $30,376,755 |
| 2015 | The Wedding Ringer | Friday | $6,989,187 | $64,460,211 |
| 2026 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Friday | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 |
| 2015 | Paddington | Friday | $4,654,579 | $76,223,578 |
| 2009 | Hotel for Dogs | Friday | $4,340,784 | $73,178,547 |
| 2004 | Torque | Friday | $3,368,100 | $21,176,322 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | $89,269,066 | $350,126,372 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | $90,862,685 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $33,526,876 | $98,780,042 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | $32,789,494 | $94,835,059 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $31,832,636 | $146,336,178 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | $31,796,633 | $183,637,894 |
| 2022 | Scream | $30,018,805 | $81,641,405 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $30,010,633 | $674,460,013 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | $27,721,185 | $88,073,507 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Harry Carey (1878, died on September 21, 1947 at the age of 69), Karl Freund (1890, died on May 3, 1969 at the age of 79), Irving Rapper (1898, died on December 20, 1999 at the age of 101), Peter Brocco (1903, died on December 20, 1992 at the age of 89), Diana Wynyard (1906, died on May 13, 1964 at the age of 58), Alexander Knox (1907, died on April 25, 1995 at the age of 88), Ethel Merman (1908, died on February 15, 1984 at the age of 76), Leslie H. Martinson (1915, died on September 3, 2016 at the age of 101), Stirling Silliphant (1918, died on April 26, 1996 at the age of 78), Elliott Reid (1920, turned 106 this year), Jean Gaven (1922, turned 104 this year), Katy Jurado (1924, died on July 5, 2002 at the age of 78), Norman Podhoretz (1930, died on December 16, 2025 at the age of 95), Ellen Holly (1931, died on December 6, 2023 at the age of 92), Alain Jessua (1932, turned 94 this year), Lorraine Bayly (1937, turned 89 this year), Michael Pataki (1938, died on April 15, 2010 at the age of 72), Gary McLarty (1941, turned 85 this year), Richard Bohringer (1942, turned 84 this year), Rene Angelil (1942, turned 84 this year), Frederick Coffin (1943, turned 83 this year), Michael Attwell (1943, turned 83 this year), Martin Bell (1943, turned 83 this year), Marilu Tolo (1944, turned 82 this year), Ken Atchity (1944, turned 82 this year), Elizabeth Margoni (1945, turned 81 this year), Kabir Bedi (1946, turned 80 this year), Juliet Berto (1947, died on January 10, 1990 at the age of 42), John Carpenter (1948, turned 78 this year), Kellye Nakahara-Wallett (1948, died on February 16, 2020 at the age of 72), Xavier Marc (1948, turned 78 this year), Caroline Munro (1949, turned 77 this year), Debbie Allen (1950, turned 76 this year), Robin Davies (1954, turned 72 this year), Jennifer Dale (1956, turned 70 this year), Anders Hove (1956, turned 70 this year), Ricardo Darin (1957, turned 69 this year), Liz Larsen (1959, turned 67 this year), Carl Capotorto (1959, turned 67 this year), Jill Sobule (1959, died on May 1, 2025 at the age of 66), Ljubomir Kerekes (1960, turned 66 this year), Bridget O’Connor (1961, died on September 22, 2010 at the age of 49), Maxine Jones (1962, turned 64 this year), Mark Steger (1962, turned 64 this year), Mark Kiely (1963, turned 63 this year), Jeff Skoll (1965, turned 61 this year), Atticus Ross (1968, turned 58 this year), David Chokachi (1968, turned 58 this year), Keong Sim (1969, turned 57 this year), Roy Jones, Jr. (1969, turned 57 this year), Jason Friedberg (1970, turned 56 this year), Jonathan Mangum (1971, turned 55 this year), Dameon Clarke (1972, turned 54 this year), Richard T. Jones (1972, turned 54 this year), Philip Waley (1972, turned 54 this year), Josie Davis (1973, turned 53 this year), Eriko Tamura (1973, turned 53 this year), Kate Moss (1974, turned 52 this year), Julie Ann Emery (1975, turned 51 this year), Gillian White (1975, turned 51 this year), Tsianina Joelson (1975, turned 51 this year), Gabriel Constantin (1975, turned 51 this year), Greg Strause (1975, turned 51 this year), Shaun Benson (1976, turned 50 this year), Eva Habermann (1976, turned 50 this year), Stephanie Sy (1977, turned 49 this year), Ayanna Berkshire (1977, turned 49 this year), Cristina Brondo (1977, turned 49 this year), Ananya Chatterjee (1977, turned 49 this year), Aaliyah (1979, died on August 25, 2001 at the age of 22), Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980, turned 46 this year), Conor Duffy (1980, turned 46 this year), Joey Simmrin (1981, turned 45 this year), Jake Thornton (1981, turned 45 this year), Birgitte Sorensen (1982, turned 44 this year), Diana Garcia (1982, turned 44 this year), Marwan Kenzari (1983, turned 43 this year), Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (1983, turned 43 this year), Jonas Carpignano (1984, turned 42 this year), Sidharth Malhotra (1985, turned 41 this year), Ash Christian (1985, died on August 13, 2020 at the age of 35), Jeremy Gladen (1985, turned 41 this year), Mason Gamble (1986, turned 40 this year), Jake Epstein (1987, turned 39 this year), Manuela Velles (1987, turned 39 this year), FKA Twigs (1988, turned 38 this year), Yvonne Zima (1989, turned 37 this year), Veronica Sixtos (1992, turned 34 this year), Charlotte Best (1994, turned 32 this year), Curran Walters (1998, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Carole Lombard (1942, at the age of 33), Bernard Lee (1981, at the age of 73), Virginia O’Brien (2001, at the age of 81), Russell Johnson (2014, at the age of 89), Eugene Cernan (2017, at the age of 82), Bradford Dillman (2018, at the age of 87), Juan Carlos Copes (2021, at the age of 89), Brian Tufano (2023, at the age of 83), Gina Lollobrigida (2023, at the age of 95), Peter Schickele (2024, at the age of 88), Bob Uecker (2025, at the age of 90), David Lynch (2025, at the age of 78), Joan Plowright (2025, at the age of 95)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.