On This Day - January 29
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Friday | $10,452,621 | $143,528,619 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Saturday | $8,770,407 | $51,100,486 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | Saturday | $7,523,889 | $82,674,398 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Friday | $7,439,426 | $785,221,649 |
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | Sunday | $7,069,322 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Sunday | $6,320,305 | $138,141,585 |
| 2011 | The Rite | Saturday | $6,010,280 | $33,047,633 |
| 1999 | She’s All That | Friday | $5,955,000 | $63,465,522 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | Saturday | $5,758,627 | $70,662,220 |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Friday | $5,610,820 | $43,313,890 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Friday | $10,452,621 | $143,528,619 |
| 1999 | She’s All That | Friday | $5,955,000 | $63,465,522 |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Friday | $5,610,820 | $43,313,890 |
| 2010 | When in Rome | Friday | $4,347,214 | $32,680,633 |
| 2016 | The Finest Hours | Friday | $3,335,087 | $27,569,558 |
| 2016 | Fifty Shades of Black | Friday | $2,250,509 | $11,686,940 |
| 2016 | Jane Got a Gun | Friday | $276,458 | $1,513,793 |
| 2018 | ‘85 The Greatest Team in Football History | Monday | $115,463 | $115,463 |
| 2010 | Rann | Friday | $35,747 | $165,873 |
| 2021 | Supernova | Friday | $28,532 | $234,220 |
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 29.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $41,282,042 | $143,528,619 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $31,280,029 | $785,221,649 |
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | $27,736,056 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | $25,655,440 | $138,141,585 |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | $21,959,233 | $51,100,486 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | $17,214,384 | $43,313,890 |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | $16,346,395 | $82,674,398 |
| 1999 | She’s All That | $16,065,430 | $63,465,522 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: W.C. Fields (1880, died on December 25, 1946 at the age of 66), Ernst Lubitsch (1892, died on November 30, 1947 at the age of 55), Alan Marshal (1909, died on July 13, 1961 at the age of 52), Victor Mature (1913, died on August 4, 1999 at the age of 86), John Forsythe (1918, died on April 1, 2010 at the age of 92), Dorothy Malone (1924, turns 102 this year), Elio Petri (1929, died on November 10, 1982 at the age of 53), Leslie Bricusse (1931, died on October 19, 2021 at the age of 90), Katharine Ross (1940, turns 86 this year), Claudine Longet (1942, turns 84 this year), Jay Wolpert (1942, died on January 3, 2022 at the age of 79), Tom Selleck (1945, turns 81 this year), Juan Padron (1947, died on March 24, 2020 at the age of 73), Ernie Lively (1947, turns 79 this year), Marc Singer (1948, turns 78 this year), Ann Jillian (1950, turns 76 this year), Lisa Emery (1952, turns 74 this year), Tim Healy (1952, turns 74 this year), Oprah Winfrey (1954, turns 72 this year), Terry Kinney (1954, turns 72 this year), Diane Delano (1957, turns 69 this year), Nicholas Turturro (1962, turns 64 this year), Edward Burns (1968, turns 58 this year), Sam Trammell (1969, turns 57 this year), Heather Graham (1970, turns 56 this year), Sara Gilbert (1975, turns 51 this year), Sharif Atkins (1975, turns 51 this year), Anders Baasmo Christiansen (1976, turns 50 this year), Justin Hartley (1977, turns 49 this year), Sam Jaeger (1977, turns 49 this year), Julee Cerda (1978, turns 48 this year), Andrew Keegan (1979, turns 47 this year), April Scott (1979, turns 47 this year), Jason James Richter (1980, turns 46 this year), Isabel Lucas (1985, turns 41 this year), Jessica Marais (1985, turns 41 this year), Francois Civil (1990, turns 36 this year), Lewis James Pullman (1993, turns 33 this year)
Died on this day in history: Alan Ladd (1964, at the age of 50), Jimmy Durante (1980, at the age of 86), Leif Erickson (1986, at the age of 74), Jacques Rivette (2016, at the age of 87), Rick McKay (2018, at the age of 57), Jo Kendall (2022, at the age of 83), Howard Hesseman (2022, at the age of 81), Adama Niane (2023, at the age of 56)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.