On This Day - December 3
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Moana | Saturday | $12,960,057 | $248,757,044 |
| 2017 | Coco | Sunday | $9,381,292 | $210,460,015 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Saturday | $8,886,217 | $291,997,603 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Sunday | $8,316,000 | $265,489,295 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Saturday | $8,171,837 | $453,829,060 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Saturday | $8,105,554 | $234,037,575 |
| 2024 | Moana 2 | Tuesday | $8,084,803 | $460,405,297 |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Saturday | $7,080,431 | $281,791,883 |
| 2024 | Wicked | Tuesday | $6,961,250 | $474,983,975 |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Friday | $6,551,000 | $245,852,179 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Closer | Friday | $2,600,000 | $33,987,757 |
| 2010 | The Warrior's Way | Friday | $1,119,875 | $5,666,340 |
| 2010 | Black Swan | Friday | $415,822 | $107,770,258 |
| 2021 | True To The Game 3 | Friday | $200,513 | $1,038,255 |
| 2021 | Benedetta | Friday | $52,002 | $354,481 |
| 2021 | Wolf | Friday | $38,095 | $147,595 |
| 2010 | I Love You, Phillip Morris | Friday | $30,623 | $2,037,459 |
| 2014 | Wild | Wednesday | $25,931 | $37,880,356 |
| 2021 | Tadap | Friday | $17,669 | $130,934 |
| 2021 | Flee | Friday | $10,517 | $339,754 |
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 3.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Moana | $28,270,989 | $248,757,044 |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | $27,760,276 | $245,852,179 |
| 2017 | Coco | $27,533,304 | $210,460,015 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $27,096,630 | $265,489,295 |
| 2023 | RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ | $21,801,216 | $33,889,684 |
| 2010 | Tangled | $21,608,891 | $200,821,936 |
| 1995 | Toy Story | $20,164,662 | $199,244,616 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $19,878,136 | $291,997,603 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $18,118,111 | $234,037,575 |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | $17,545,418 | $198,000,317 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Carlo Giuffre (1928, died on November 1, 2018 at the age of 89), Jean-Luc Godard (1930, died on September 13, 2022 at the age of 91), Rosalind Knight (1933, died on December 19, 2020 at the age of 87), Nicolas Coster (1933, died on June 26, 2023 at the age of 89), Don Calfa (1939, died on December 1, 2016 at the age of 76), Mary Alice (1941, turns 85 this year), Paul Nicholas (1944, turns 82 this year), Ozzy Osbourne (1948, died on July 22, 2025 at the age of 76), Heather Menzies (1949, died on December 24, 2017 at the age of 68), Mel Smith (1952, turns 74 this year), Melody Anderson (1955, turns 71 this year), Steven Culp (1955, turns 71 this year), Michael Glawogger (1959, died on April 23, 2014 at the age of 54), Julianne Moore (1960, turns 66 this year), Daryl Hannah (1960, turns 66 this year), Andrew Stanton (1965, turns 61 this year), Steve Harris (1965, turns 61 this year), Barbara Garrick (1965, turns 61 this year), Mark Deklin (1967, turns 59 this year), Afton Smith (1967, turns 59 this year), Brendan Fraser (1968, turns 58 this year), Pema Tseden (1969, died on May 8, 2023 at the age of 53), Keegan Connor Tracy (1971, turns 55 this year), Ola Rapace (1971, turns 55 this year), Ethan Sandler (1972, turns 54 this year), Holly Marie Combs (1973, turns 53 this year), Bruno Campos (1973, turns 53 this year), Joseph Gatt (1974, turns 52 this year), Jonathan Cherry (1978, turns 48 this year), Tiffany Haddish (1979, turns 47 this year), Rainbow Francks (1979, turns 47 this year), Jenna Dewan (1980, turns 46 this year), Anna Chlumsky (1980, turns 46 this year), Maddy Curley (1981, turns 45 this year), Adam Wingard (1982, turns 44 this year), Chairun Nissa (1984, turns 42 this year), Amanda Seyfried (1985, turns 41 this year), Michael Angarano (1987, turns 39 this year), Hedda Stiernstedt (1987, turns 39 this year), Kevin Clark (1988, died on May 26, 2021 at the age of 32), Shanley Caswell (1991, turns 35 this year), Jake T. Austin (1994, turns 32 this year), Isabelle Nelisse (2003, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Maria Ouspenskaya (1949, at the age of 73), Madeline Kahn (1999, at the age of 57), David Hemmings (2003, at the age of 62), Ellen Drew (2003, at the age of 89), Richard Todd (2009, at the age of 90), Geoff Murphy (2018, at the age of 80), Philip Bosco (2018, at the age of 88), Antony Sher (2021, at the age of 72), Andrea F. Friedman (2023, at the age of 53), Steve Cropper (2025, at the age of 84), Epy Kusnandar (2025, at the age of 61)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.