On This Day - November 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Friday | $71,642,526 | $281,791,883 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Friday | $40,118,363 | $291,147,424 |
| 2017 | Justice League | Saturday | $32,680,117 | $229,024,295 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Friday | $29,661,434 | $234,037,575 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Sunday | $28,456,648 | $292,914,737 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Sunday | $24,448,477 | $317,871,467 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Friday | $17,999,138 | $453,829,060 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Saturday | $17,353,691 | $262,425,630 |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Saturday | $17,128,133 | $198,000,317 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Saturday | $15,414,153 | $167,365,000 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Friday | $71,642,526 | $281,791,883 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Friday | $40,118,363 | $291,147,424 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Friday | $29,661,434 | $234,037,575 |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Friday | $7,611,332 | $119,519,402 |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Friday | $5,850,626 | $64,006,466 |
| 2022 | The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2 | Friday | $3,751,977 | $14,612,089 |
| 2022 | The Menu | Friday | $3,595,005 | $38,501,125 |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Friday | $1,705,597 | $14,431,633 |
| 2016 | Bleed for This | Friday | $895,366 | $5,083,906 |
| 2022 | She Said | Friday | $836,585 | $5,825,995 |
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 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $141,067,634 | $292,914,737 |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $138,122,261 | $281,791,883 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $102,685,961 | $291,147,424 |
| 2017 | Justice League | $93,842,239 | $229,024,295 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $90,294,621 | $317,871,467 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $74,403,387 | $234,037,575 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | $66,482,266 | $453,829,060 |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | $62,163,104 | $159,555,901 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $55,820,330 | $262,425,630 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | $44,607,143 | $166,350,594 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Imogene Coca (1908, died on June 2, 2001 at the age of 92), Henrique Espirito Santo (1931, died on January 19, 2020 at the age of 88), Brad Sullivan (1931, turned 94 this year), Trevor Baxter (1932, died on July 16, 2017 at the age of 84), Brenda Vaccaro (1939, turned 86 this year), David Hemmings (1941, died on December 3, 2003 at the age of 62), Linda Evans (1942, turned 83 this year), Susan Sullivan (1942, turned 83 this year), Eileen Saki (1943, died on May 1, 2023 at the age of 79), Peter Brouwer (1945, turned 80 this year), Jameson Parker (1947, turned 78 this year), Andrea Marcovicci (1948, turned 77 this year), Dennis Haskins (1950, turned 75 this year), Eric Pierpoint (1950, turned 75 this year), Delroy Lindo (1952, turned 73 this year), Kevin Nealon (1953, turned 72 this year), Kath Soucie (1953, turned 72 this year), Alan Moore (1953, turned 72 this year), Oscar Nuñez (1958, turned 67 this year), Elizabeth Perkins (1960, turned 65 this year), Daphne Rubin-Vega (1960, turned 65 this year), John Shepherd (1960, turned 65 this year), Nick Chinlund (1961, turned 64 this year), Steven Moffat (1961, turned 64 this year), Tim Guinee (1962, turned 63 this year), Dana Gonzales (1963, turned 62 this year), Owen Wilson (1968, turned 57 this year), Romany Malco (1968, turned 57 this year), Rich Fulcher (1968, turned 57 this year), Dan Bakkedahl (1969, turned 56 this year), Peta Wilson (1970, turned 55 this year), Mike Epps (1970, turned 55 this year), Elizabeth Anne Allen (1970, turned 55 this year), Chloë Sevigny (1974, turned 51 this year), Steven Pasquale (1976, turned 49 this year), Miranda Raison (1977, turned 48 this year), Nate Parker (1979, turned 46 this year), Mathew Baynton (1980, turned 45 this year), Nasim Pedrad (1981, turned 44 this year), Allison Tolman (1981, turned 44 this year), Christina Vidal (1981, turned 44 this year), Robert Kazinsky (1983, turned 42 this year), Nayanthara (1984, turned 41 this year), Georgia King (1986, turned 39 this year), Jake Abel (1987, turned 38 this year), Noemie Schmidt (1990, turned 35 this year), Nathan Kress (1992, turned 33 this year), Noah Ringer (1997, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Cab Calloway (1994, at the age of 86), James Coburn (2002, at the age of 74), Yevgeni Lazarev (2016, at the age of 79), Bill Roberson (2017, at the age of 59), Ken Shapiro (2017, at the age of 75), Michel Robin (2020, at the age of 90), Mick Rock (2021, at the age of 72), George Lois (2022, at the age of 91), Spencer Lofranco (2025, at the age of 33)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.