On This Day - January 26
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Sunday | $9,570,111 | $204,417,855 |
| 2019 | Glass | Saturday | $8,652,565 | $111,048,468 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Friday | $8,448,249 | $58,032,443 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Saturday | $8,276,687 | $55,703,475 |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | Saturday | $7,939,000 | $108,638,745 |
| 2008 | Meet the Spartans | Saturday | $7,647,828 | $38,233,676 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Friday | $6,833,845 | $39,739,367 |
| 2008 | Rambo | Saturday | $6,726,805 | $42,754,105 |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | Saturday | $6,356,000 | $81,150,692 |
| 2013 | Mama | Saturday | $6,289,290 | $71,628,180 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Friday | $8,448,249 | $58,032,443 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Friday | $6,833,845 | $39,739,367 |
| 2007 | Smokin' Aces | Friday | $5,090,310 | $35,662,731 |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner | Friday | $4,820,000 | $60,400,856 |
| 2007 | Catch and Release | Friday | $2,726,461 | $15,432,542 |
| 2001 | Sugar and Spice | Friday | $2,022,000 | $13,276,953 |
| 2007 | Blood and Chocolate | Friday | $790,000 | $3,526,588 |
| 2023 | Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist | Thursday | $611,022 | $3,649,422 |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Friday | $38,000 | $418,296 |
| 2024 | American Star | Friday | $3,290 | $14,523 |
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 26.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | $34,011,714 | $204,417,855 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | $24,167,011 | $58,032,443 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | $21,299,495 | $134,202,565 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $19,690,956 | $55,703,475 |
| 2019 | Glass | $18,884,440 | $111,048,468 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | $18,612,544 | $39,739,367 |
| 2008 | Meet the Spartans | $18,505,530 | $38,233,676 |
| 2008 | Rambo | $18,203,876 | $42,754,105 |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | $17,012,268 | $108,638,745 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $16,144,874 | $404,508,916 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Charles Lane (1905, died on July 9, 2007 at the age of 102), William Hopper (1915, died on March 6, 1970 at the age of 55), Vito Scotti (1918, died on June 5, 1996 at the age of 78), Joan Leslie (1925, died on October 12, 2015 at the age of 90), Paul Newman (1925, died on September 26, 2008 at the age of 83), Roger Vadim (1928, died on February 11, 2000 at the age of 72), Joe Smith (1928, died on December 2, 2019 at the age of 91), Jules Feiffer (1929, turns 97 this year), Mary Murphy (1931, died on May 4, 2011 at the age of 80), Eldar Shengelaya (1933, died on August 4, 2025 at the age of 92), Bob Uecker (1934, died on January 16, 2025 at the age of 90), Henry Jaglom (1938, died on September 22, 2025 at the age of 87), Scott Glenn (1939, turns 87 this year), Kathryn Leigh Scott (1943, turns 83 this year), Michel Delpech (1946, died on January 2, 2016 at the age of 69), Christopher Hampton (1946, turns 80 this year), Redmond Morris (1947, turns 79 this year), David Strathairn (1949, turns 77 this year), David Strathairn (1949, turns 77 this year), Deep Roy (1949, turns 77 this year), Mimi Leder (1952, turns 74 this year), Björn Andrésen (1955, died on October 25, 2025 at the age of 70), Ellen DeGeneres (1958, turns 68 this year), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959, turns 67 this year), Wayne Gretzky (1961, turns 65 this year), Paul Johansson (1964, turns 62 this year), Bryan Callen (1967, turns 59 this year), Ravi Teja (1968, turns 58 this year), Tracy Middendorf (1970, turns 56 this year), Dorian Gregory (1971, turns 55 this year), Melvil Poupaud (1973, turns 53 this year), Jennifer Crystal Foley (1973, turns 53 this year), Gilles Marini (1976, turns 50 this year), Hemky Madera (1977, turns 49 this year), Kelly Stables (1978, turns 48 this year), Sara Rue (1979, turns 47 this year), Edward Hogg (1979, turns 47 this year), Colin O'Donoghue (1981, turns 45 this year), Kelli Barrett (1984, turns 42 this year), Edwin Hodge (1985, turns 41 this year), Alix Wilton Regan (1986, turns 40 this year), Ciera Payton (1986, turns 40 this year), Hannah Arterton (1989, turns 37 this year), Rachel DiPillo (1991, turns 35 this year), Nico Mirallegro (1991, turns 35 this year), Cameron Bright (1993, turns 33 this year), Addison Riecke (2004, turns 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Helene Costello (1957, at the age of 50), Edward G. Robinson (1973, at the age of 79), José Ferrer (1992, at the age of 80), Ian Abercrombie (2012, at the age of 77), Margery Mason (2014, at the age of 100), Abe Vigoda (2016, at the age of 94), Barbara Hale (2017, at the age of 94), Mike Connors (2017, at the age of 91), Michel Legrand (2019, at the age of 86), Kobe Bryant (2020, at the age of 41), Michael Terra (2020, at the age of 41), Peter Vere-Jones (2021, at the age of 81)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.