On This Day - November 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Friday | $29,631,453 | $263,581,232 |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Saturday | $25,831,827 | $169,368,427 |
| 2009 | 2012 | Sunday | $17,097,926 | $166,112,167 |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Saturday | $16,882,856 | $180,174,880 |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Saturday | $16,404,851 | $222,527,828 |
| 2014 | Dumb and Dumber To | Saturday | $13,923,350 | $86,208,010 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Tuesday | $12,636,707 | $453,829,060 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Saturday | $12,510,975 | $203,225,563 |
| 2003 | Elf | Saturday | $11,819,000 | $184,129,376 |
| 2019 | Ford v. Ferrari | Friday | $11,011,525 | $117,624,357 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Friday | $29,631,453 | $263,581,232 |
| 2019 | Ford v. Ferrari | Friday | $11,011,525 | $117,624,357 |
| 2024 | Red One | Friday | $10,793,707 | $97,000,759 |
| 2013 | The Best Man Holiday | Friday | $10,686,720 | $70,525,195 |
| 2019 | Charlie’s Angels | Friday | $3,149,308 | $17,801,306 |
| 2002 | Half Past Dead | Friday | $2,661,236 | $15,567,860 |
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Friday | $1,644,452 | $17,156,058 |
| 2024 | Hello, Love, Again | Friday | $940,000 | $4,800,000 |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Wednesday | $159,963 | $27,000,000 |
| 2024 | Ghost Cat Anzu (化け猫あんずちゃん) | Friday | $51,260 | $218,261 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $88,357,488 | $263,581,232 |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | $67,528,882 | $169,368,427 |
| 2009 | 2012 | $65,237,614 | $166,112,167 |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | $36,586,016 | $206,362,140 |
| 2014 | Dumb and Dumber To | $36,111,775 | $86,208,010 |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $35,017,301 | $180,174,880 |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | $34,662,707 | $222,527,828 |
| 2015 | Spectre | $33,681,104 | $200,074,175 |
| 2024 | Red One | $32,106,112 | $97,000,759 |
| 2019 | Ford v. Ferrari | $31,474,958 | $117,624,357 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Indecipherable
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Francesco Rosi (1922, died on January 10, 2015 at the age of 92), Richard H. Kline (1926, died on August 7, 2018 at the age of 91), Edward Asner (1929, died on August 29, 2021 at the age of 91), Whitman Mayo (1930, died on May 22, 2001 at the age of 70), Petula Clark (1932, turns 93 this year), Jack Burns (1933, died on January 27, 2020 at the age of 86), Gloria Foster (1933, died on September 29, 2001 at the age of 67), Joanna Barnes (1934, died on April 29, 2022 at the age of 87), Danny Kamekona (1935, turns 90 this year), Yaphet Kotto (1939, died on March 14, 2021 at the age of 81), Tony Mendez (1940, died on January 19, 2019 at the age of 78), Sam Waterston (1940, turns 85 this year), Ulf Pilgaard (1940, died on October 28, 2024 at the age of 83), Heathcote Williams (1941, died on July 1, 2017 at the age of 75), Qavi Khan (1942, died on March 5, 2023 at the age of 80), Bob Gunton (1945, turns 80 this year), Roger Donaldson (1945, turns 80 this year), James L. White (1947, died on July 23, 2015 at the age of 67), Bill Richardson (1947, died on September 1, 2023 at the age of 75), Beverly D'Angelo (1951, turns 74 this year), Judith Chapman (1951, turns 74 this year), Randy Savage (1952, died on May 20, 2011 at the age of 58), Ray McKinnon (1957, turns 68 this year), Ron Thomas (1961, turns 64 this year), Judy Gold (1962, turns 63 this year), Kevin J. O’Connor (1963, turns 62 this year), Rachel True (1966, turns 59 this year), Francois Ozon (1967, turns 58 this year), Danny Sapani (1970, turns 55 this year), Jay Harrington (1971, turns 54 this year), Jonny Lee Miller (1972, turns 53 this year), Sydney Tamia Poitier (1973, turns 52 this year), Vanessa Vander Pluym (1973, turns 52 this year), Geir Vegar Hoel (1973, died on November 8, 2021 at the age of 47), Kathleen Rose Perkins (1974, turns 51 this year), Caio Junqueira (1976, died on January 23, 2019 at the age of 42), Virginie Ledoyen (1976, turns 49 this year), Sean Murray (1977, turns 48 this year), Jon Hurwitz (1977, turns 48 this year), Samantha Shelton (1978, turns 47 this year), Ace Young (1980, turns 45 this year), Yaya DaCosta (1982, turns 43 this year), Susie Abromeit (1982, turns 43 this year), Sophia Di Martino (1983, turns 42 this year), Laura Smet (1983, turns 42 this year), Asia Kate Dillon (1984, turns 41 this year), Lily Aldridge (1985, turns 40 this year), Zena Grey (1988, turns 37 this year), Laci J. Mailey (1990, turns 35 this year), Shailene Woodley (1991, turns 34 this year), Emma Dumont (1994, turns 31 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lionel Barrymore (1954, at the age of 76), Lloyd Bacon (1955, at the age of 65), Tyrone Power (1958, at the age of 44), Jean Gabin (1976, at the age of 72), Dorothy Loudon (2003, at the age of 78), John Morgan (2004, at the age of 74), Dennis Cole (2009, at the age of 69), Saeed Jaffrey (2015, at the age of 86), Dora Doll (2015, at the age of 93), Luis Bacalov (2017, at the age of 84), John Bluthal (2018, at the age of 89), Soumitra Chatterjee (2020, at the age of 85), Muhmoud El Lozy (2021, at the age of 63), Jon Kenny (2024, at the age of 66), Bela Karolyi (2024, at the age of 82)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.