On This Day - November 27

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2024 Moana 2 Wednesday $57,869,843 $460,405,297
2019 Frozen II Wednesday $24,080,546 $477,373,578
1999 Toy Story 2 Saturday $21,388,000 $245,852,179
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Friday $21,263,932 $281,723,902
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Wednesday $20,808,110 $424,668,047
2024 Wicked Wednesday $20,310,190 $474,983,975
2025 Zootopia 2 Thursday $20,043,787 $238,870,004
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Saturday $18,728,940 $297,414,693
2010 Tangled Saturday $18,553,073 $200,821,936
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Friday $17,711,264 $297,214,449

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2024 Moana 2 Wednesday $57,869,843 $460,405,297
2019 Knives Out Wednesday $8,473,334 $165,364,060
1985 Rocky IV Wednesday $5,684,407 $127,873,716
2002 Eight Crazy Nights Wednesday $2,716,000 $23,607,202
2002 Treasure Planet Wednesday $2,361,000 $38,120,554
2019 Queen & Slim Wednesday $1,739,550 $43,808,310
2013 Homefront Wednesday $1,425,112 $20,158,492
2002 Solaris Wednesday $1,217,000 $14,970,038
2002 They Wednesday $1,111,000 $12,840,842
2013 Black Nativity Wednesday $436,940 $7,018,188

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 27.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
1999 Toy Story 2 $57,388,839 $245,852,179
2016 Moana $56,631,401 $248,757,044
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $54,727,138 $291,147,424
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 $52,004,595 $281,723,902
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I $49,087,101 $297,414,693
2010 Tangled $48,767,052 $200,821,936
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $45,583,904 $453,829,060
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them $45,084,763 $234,037,575
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $42,870,031 $297,214,449
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 $41,683,574 $281,791,883

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Connie Sawyer (1912, died on January 21, 2018 at the age of 105), Claude Lanzmann (1925, died on July 5, 2018 at the age of 92), Marshall Thompson (1925, died on May 18, 1992 at the age of 66), Les Blank (1935, died on April 7, 2013 at the age of 77), Bruce Lee (1940, died on July 20, 1973 at the age of 32), John Alderton (1940, turned 85 this year), Gregory Hoblit (1944, turned 81 this year), James Avery (1945, died on December 31, 2013 at the age of 68), Gerrit Graham (1949, turned 76 this year), Kathryn Bigelow (1951, turned 74 this year), Bappi Lahiri (1952, died on February 15, 2022 at the age of 69), Curtis Armstrong (1953, turned 72 this year), Don Yesso (1954, turned 71 this year), Kimmy Robertson (1954, turned 71 this year), Bill Nye (1955, turned 70 this year), William Fichtner (1956, turned 69 this year), Michael Rispoli (1960, turned 65 this year), Samantha Bond (1961, turned 64 this year), Steve Oedekerk (1961, turned 64 this year), Fisher Stevens (1963, turned 62 this year), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963, turned 62 this year), Vladimir Mashkov (1963, turned 62 this year), Ronit Elkabetz (1964, died on April 19, 2016 at the age of 51), Robin Givens (1964, turned 61 this year), Adam Shankman (1964, turned 61 this year), Rebecca Ferratti (1964, turned 61 this year), Michael Vartan (1968, turned 57 this year), Elizabeth Marvel (1969, turned 56 this year), Chin Han (1969, turned 56 this year), Brooke Langton (1970, turned 55 this year), Kirk Acevedo (1971, turned 54 this year), Randal Reeder (1971, turned 54 this year), Shane Salerno (1972, turned 53 this year), Sharlto Copley (1973, turned 52 this year), Tadanobu Asano (1973, turned 52 this year), Robert Hall (1973, died on May 24, 2021 at the age of 47), Alec Newman (1974, turned 51 this year), Joanne Boland (1975, turned 50 this year), Jaleel White (1976, turned 49 this year), Cherien Dabis (1976, turned 49 this year), Unax Ugalde (1978, turned 47 this year), Arjay Smith (1983, turned 42 this year), Alison Pill (1985, turned 40 this year), Lashana Lynch (1987, turned 38 this year), Noémie Merlant (1988, turned 37 this year), Aubrey Peeples (1993, turned 32 this year), Ricardo Hoyos (1995, turned 30 this year), Ali Astin (1996, turned 29 this year), Morgana Davies (2001, turned 24 this year), Zoe Margaret Colletti (2001, turned 24 this year), Nicole Elizabeth Berger (2003, turned 22 this year)

Died on this day in history: John Carradine (1988, at the age of 82), Angela Aames (1988, at the age of 32), David White (1990, at the age of 74), Billie Bird (2002, at the age of 94), Irvin Kershner (2010, at the age of 87), Ken Russell (2011, at the age of 84), Lewis Collins (2013, at the age of 67), Frank Yablans (2014, at the age of 79), James Kisicki (2017, at the age of 79), Godfrey Gao (2019, at the age of 35), Jonathan W. Miller (2019, at the age of 85), Tony Hsieh (2020, at the age of 46), Jonshel Alexander (2021, at the age of 46), Eddie Mekka (2021, at the age of 69), Victor J. Kemper (2023, at the age of 96), Frances Sternhagen (2023, at the age of 93), Adam Somner (2024, at the age of 93)

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