On This Day - December 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Monday | $31,362,029 | $936,662,225 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Saturday | $25,075,535 | $515,202,542 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Tuesday | $21,346,817 | $814,811,535 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Wednesday | $20,582,014 | $688,809,501 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Thursday | $19,490,329 | $620,181,382 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Monday | $19,418,139 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Wednesday | $18,021,482 | $533,539,991 |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Sunday | $18,003,855 | $227,914,790 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saturday | $17,227,061 | $345,115,396 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Friday | $17,041,113 | $335,061,807 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Simmba | Friday | $512,891 | $5,102,129 |
| 2005 | Match Point | Wednesday | $96,000 | $23,089,926 |
| 2012 | Promised Land | Friday | $53,453 | $7,597,898 |
| 2011 | Pariah | Wednesday | $21,824 | $769,552 |
| 2016 | Paterson | Wednesday | $16,829 | $2,141,423 |
| 2016 | Ocean Waves (海がきこえる) | Wednesday | $1,845 | $87,737 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was December 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $72,389,590 | $515,202,542 |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | $63,087,667 | $227,914,790 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | $52,114,571 | $335,061,807 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $50,598,104 | $381,518,844 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $48,875,549 | $345,115,396 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | $40,921,395 | $255,119,788 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $38,695,582 | $319,232,617 |
| 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $37,010,506 | $236,115,100 |
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King | $36,804,122 | $254,567,693 |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | $36,672,708 | $219,961,501 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: F.W. Murnau (1888, died on March 11, 1931 at the age of 42), Mikhail Kalatozov (1903, died on March 27, 1973 at the age of 69), Lew Ayres (1908, died on December 30, 1996 at the age of 88), Lou Jacobi (1913, died on October 23, 2009 at the age of 95), Stan Lee (1922, died on November 12, 2018 at the age of 95), Andrew Duggan (1923, turned 102 this year), Hildegard Knef (1925, turned 100 this year), Kim Chan (1928, turned 97 this year), Nichelle Nichols (1932, died on July 30, 2022 at the age of 89), Charles Portis (1933, died on February 17, 2020 at the age of 86), Maggie Smith (1934, died on September 27, 2024 at the age of 89), Fernando Lopes (1935, died on May 2, 2012 at the age of 76), William Bassett (1935, turned 90 this year), Lawrence Schiller (1936, turned 89 this year), Frank Kelly (1938, died on February 28, 2016 at the age of 77), Peter MacGregor-Scott (1947, died on October 25, 2017 at the age of 69), Mary Weiss (1948, died on January 19, 2024 at the age of 75), Randle Mell (1951, turned 74 this year), James Foley (1953, died on May 8, 2025 at the age of 71), Denzel Washington (1954, turned 71 this year), Gayle King (1954, turned 71 this year), Chad McQueen (1960, turned 65 this year), Jan Bijvoet (1966, turned 59 this year), Lior Ashkenazi (1969, turned 56 this year), Elaine Hendrix (1970, turned 55 this year), Seth Meyers (1973, turned 52 this year), Alex Dimitriades (1973, turned 52 this year), Maja Classen (1974, turned 51 this year), Tannis Vallely (1975, turned 50 this year), Joe Manganiello (1976, turned 49 this year), Brendan Hines (1976, turned 49 this year), Vanessa Ferlito (1977, turned 48 this year), Michael Spears (1977, turned 48 this year), John Legend (1978, turned 47 this year), Noomi Rapace (1979, turned 46 this year), Rob Stewart (1979, died on January 31, 2017 at the age of 37), André Holland (1979, turned 46 this year), Bree Williamson (1979, turned 46 this year), Sienna Miller (1981, turned 44 this year), Beau Garrett (1982, turned 43 this year), Jennifer Decker (1982, turned 43 this year), Thomas Dekker (1987, turned 38 this year), Hannah Tointon (1987, turned 38 this year), Adam Gregory (1987, turned 38 this year), Jessie Buckley (1989, turned 36 this year), Melissa Bolona (1989, turned 36 this year), Mackenzie Rosman (1989, turned 36 this year), Sarah Sofie Boussnina (1990, turned 35 this year), Jared Gilman (1998, turned 27 this year), Madison De La Garza (2001, turned 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Max Steiner (1971, at the age of 83), Dennis Wilson (1983, at the age of 39), William Demarest (1983, at the age of 91), Sam Peckinpah (1984, at the age of 59), Warren Skaaren (1990, at the age of 44), William Frankfather (1998, at the age of 54), Clayton Moore (1999, at the age of 85), Jerry Orbach (2004, at the age of 69), Patrick Cranshaw (2005, at the age of 86), Joseph Ruskin (2013, at the age of 89), Sean Whitesell (2015, at the age of 52), Debbie Reynolds (2016, at the age of 84), Rose Marie (2017, at the age of 94), Dame June Whitfield (2018, at the age of 93), John Madden (2021, at the age of 72), Harry Reid (2021, at the age of 82), Brigitte Bardot (2025, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.