On This Day - November 21

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 21.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2025 Wicked: For Good Friday $69,117,615 $303,595,295
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Friday $55,139,942 $337,135,885
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Saturday $42,288,881 $297,214,449
2008 Twilight Friday $35,978,348 $194,318,433
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Saturday $33,841,369 $281,723,902
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Sunday $25,106,568 $297,414,693
2018 Ralph Breaks The Internet Wednesday $18,340,440 $201,091,711
2009 The Blind Side Saturday $13,742,443 $255,959,475
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Wednesday $12,779,287 $292,914,737
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Wednesday $12,655,000 $317,871,467

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 21.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2025 Wicked: For Good Friday $69,117,615 $303,595,295
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Friday $55,139,942 $337,135,885
2008 Twilight Friday $35,978,348 $194,318,433
2018 Ralph Breaks The Internet Wednesday $18,340,440 $201,091,711
2018 Creed II Wednesday $11,576,440 $115,715,889
2003 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat Friday $11,200,000 $101,018,283
2007 Enchanted Wednesday $7,967,766 $127,706,877
2008 Bolt Friday $7,036,716 $114,053,579
2003 Gothika Friday $6,900,000 $59,588,068
1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Friday $5,930,000 $35,927,406

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 21.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2025 Wicked: For Good $147,004,640 $303,595,295
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $142,839,137 $297,214,449
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I $125,017,372 $297,414,693
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $121,897,634 $337,135,885
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 $102,665,981 $281,723,902
2008 Twilight $69,637,740 $194,318,433
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife $44,008,406 $129,360,575
2003 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat $38,329,160 $101,018,283
1999 The World is Not Enough $35,519,007 $126,930,660
2004 National Treasure $35,142,554 $173,005,002

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Eleanor Powell (1912, died on February 11, 1982 at the age of 69), Ralph Meeker (1920, died on August 5, 1988 at the age of 67), Vivian Blaine (1921, died on December 9, 1995 at the age of 74), Helen Horton (1923, died on September 28, 2007 at the age of 83), Niall Toibin (1929, died on November 13, 2019 at the age of 89), Mikijiro Hira (1933, died on October 23, 2016 at the age of 82), Jack Kehoe (1934, died on January 14, 2020 at the age of 85), Laurence Luckinbill (1934, turned 91 this year), Michael Chapman (1935, died on September 21, 2020 at the age of 84), Marlo Thomas (1937, turned 88 this year), Jeannot Szwarc (1939, died on January 15, 2025 at the age of 85), Dr. John (1940, died on June 6, 2019 at the age of 78), Juliet Mills (1941, turned 84 this year), Al Matthews (1942, died on September 23, 2018 at the age of 75), Larry Mahan (1943, died on May 7, 2023 at the age of 79), Harold Ramis (1944, died on February 24, 2014 at the age of 69), Goldie Hawn (1945, turned 80 this year), Andrew Davis (1946, turned 79 this year), Tiny Ron (1947, turned 78 this year), Nickolas Grace (1947, turned 78 this year), Deborah Shelton (1948, turned 77 this year), Lorna Luft (1952, turned 73 this year), Toni Venturi (1955, died on May 18, 2024 at the age of 68), Cherry Jones (1956, turned 69 this year), Cynthia Rhodes (1956, turned 69 this year), Brian McNamara (1960, turned 65 this year), Nicollette Sheridan (1963, turned 62 this year), Kellie Overbey (1964, turned 61 this year), Liza Tarbuck (1964, turned 61 this year), Alexander Siddig (1965, turned 60 this year), Björk (1965, turned 60 this year), Bill Oberst, Jr. (1965, turned 60 this year), Sean Schemmel (1968, turned 57 this year), Tamara Gorski (1968, turned 57 this year), Rib Hillis (1970, turned 55 this year), Michael Strahan (1971, turned 54 this year), Rain Phoenix (1972, turned 53 this year), Jimmi Simpson (1975, turned 50 this year), Thomas Mars (1976, turned 49 this year), Sara Tanaka (1978, turned 47 this year), Ryan Carnes (1982, turned 43 this year), Jena Malone (1984, turned 41 this year), Lindsey Haun (1984, turned 41 this year), Colleen Ballinger (1986, turned 39 this year), Aaron Altaras (1995, turned 30 this year), Grace Van Patten (1996, turned 29 this year), Bryce Cass (1997, turned 28 this year), Isabel May (2000, turned 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Max Baer (1959, at the age of 50), Bill Bixby (1993, at the age of 59), Tayva Patch (2015, at the age of 62), Ron Thornton (2016, at the age of 58), Buzz Belmondo (2017, at the age of 70), Dan Fitzgerald (2017, at the age of 88), Jery Hewitt (2020, at the age of 71), Malcolm Marmorstein (2020, at the age of 92), Joey Morgan (2021, at the age of 27), Llyn Foulkes (2025, at the age of 91)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.