On This Day - January 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | Saturday | $12,292,234 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Saturday | $11,431,150 | $138,141,585 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Saturday | $8,180,679 | $51,580,136 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $7,921,324 | $688,809,501 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Friday | $7,800,000 | $51,100,486 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Saturday | $7,717,150 | $64,321,890 |
| 2006 | Nanny McPhee | Saturday | $6,393,975 | $47,279,279 |
| 2017 | Hidden Figures | Saturday | $6,302,033 | $169,607,287 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Sunday | $6,078,761 | $58,032,443 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Saturday | $5,460,453 | $62,321,039 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Friday | $7,800,000 | $51,100,486 |
| 2011 | The Rite | Friday | $5,296,201 | $33,047,633 |
| 2011 | The Mechanic | Friday | $3,612,617 | $29,121,498 |
| 2000 | Eye of the Beholder | Friday | $2,077,000 | $16,500,786 |
| 2005 | Alone in the Dark | Friday | $900,000 | $5,178,569 |
| 2011 | From Prada to Nada | Friday | $311,302 | $3,033,623 |
| 2022 | Clean | Friday | $59,343 | $318,877 |
| 2022 | Gamestop: Rise of the Players | Friday | $35,261 | $126,297 |
| 2019 | Play the Flute | Monday | $21,538 | $254,475 |
| 2022 | Sundown | Friday | $10,192 | $229,921 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | $27,736,056 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | $25,655,440 | $138,141,585 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | $24,167,011 | $58,032,443 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | $21,959,233 | $51,100,486 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | $18,612,544 | $39,739,367 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $16,346,395 | $82,674,398 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $16,144,874 | $404,508,916 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $15,968,532 | $688,809,501 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: John Banner (1910, died on January 28, 1973 at the age of 63), Tom Neal (1914, died on August 7, 1972 at the age of 58), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927, died on April 14, 2001 at the age of 74), Per Oscarsson (1927, died on December 31, 2010 at the age of 83), Jack Hill (1933, turned 92 this year), Nicholas Pryor (1935, died on October 7, 2024 at the age of 89), Alan Alda (1936, turned 89 this year), John Beck (1943, turned 82 this year), Andrew Jack (1944, died on March 31, 2020 at the age of 76), Marthe Keller (1945, turned 80 this year), Karen Lynn Gorney (1945, turned 80 this year), Richard Glatzer (1952, died on March 10, 2015 at the age of 63), Harley Jane Kozak (1957, turned 68 this year), Frank Darabont (1959, turned 66 this year), Sam Phillips (1962, turned 63 this year), Tyra Ferrell (1962, turned 63 this year), Lynda Boyd (1965, turned 60 this year), Chance Kelly (1967, turned 58 this year), Mo Rocca (1969, turned 56 this year), Kathryn Morris (1969, turned 56 this year), Gillian Vigman (1972, turned 53 this year), Peter McDonald (1972, turned 53 this year), Ty Olsson (1974, turned 51 this year), Lee Ingleby (1976, turned 49 this year), Rick Ross (1976, turned 49 this year), Joey Fatone (1977, turned 48 this year), Stephen Farrelly (1978, turned 47 this year), Peter Youngblood Hills (1978, turned 47 this year), Angelique Cabral (1979, turned 46 this year), Nick Carter (1980, turned 45 this year), Elijah Wood (1981, turned 44 this year), Tom Hopper (1985, turned 40 this year), Shruti Haasan (1986, turned 39 this year), Katie Nolan (1987, turned 38 this year), Henry Mortensen (1988, turned 37 this year), Calum Worthy (1991, turned 34 this year), Will Poulter (1993, turned 32 this year), Ariel Winter (1998, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Banner (1973, at the age of 63), Oscar Homolka (1978, at the age of 79), Hal Smith (1994, at the age of 77), Joe Viterelli (2004, at the age of 66), Richard Portman (2017, at the age of 82), Marj Dusay (2020, at the age of 83), Dyanne Thorne (2020, at the age of 83), Cicely Tyson (2021, at the age of 96), Thida Penn (2021, at the age of 96), Horst Janson (2025, at the age of 89), Sulevi Peltola (2025, at the age of 78)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.