On This Day - December 31
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Thursday | $22,932,686 | $936,662,225 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $18,053,159 | $688,809,501 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Friday | $15,407,695 | $814,811,535 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Thursday | $14,738,136 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $14,632,828 | $533,539,991 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Sunday | $13,566,649 | $620,181,382 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Tuesday | $13,217,698 | $515,202,542 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sunday | $12,989,945 | $404,508,916 |
| 2016 | Sing | Saturday | $12,331,855 | $270,329,045 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Friday | $12,000,000 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Defiance | Wednesday | $25,237 | $28,644,813 |
| 2004 | Sky Blue | Friday | $742 | $73,653 |
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 31.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $67,409,155 | $688,809,501 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $56,023,590 | $814,811,535 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $52,520,140 | $620,181,382 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $50,051,364 | $404,508,916 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $49,609,002 | $533,539,991 |
| 2016 | Sing | $42,896,330 | $270,329,045 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | $41,741,785 | $279,167,575 |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | $36,766,905 | $250,863,268 |
| 2000 | Cast Away | $30,977,869 | $233,632,142 |
| 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $29,421,879 | $209,397,903 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Still Friends
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Rhys Williams (1897, died on May 28, 1969 at the age of 71), Suzy Delair (1917, died on March 15, 2020 at the age of 102), Richard Hamilton (1920, turns 106 this year), Edward Bunker (1933, died on July 19, 2005 at the age of 71), Anthony Hopkins (1937, turns 89 this year), Rosalind Cash (1938, died on October 31, 1995 at the age of 56), Sarah Miles (1941, turns 85 this year), Andy Summers (1942, turns 84 this year), Ben Kingsley (1943, turns 83 this year), John Denver (1943, turns 83 this year), Victor Raider-Wexler (1943, turns 83 this year), Taylor Hackford (1944, turns 82 this year), Neil Ross (1944, turns 82 this year), Barbara Carrera (1945, turns 81 this year), Vernon Wells (1945, turns 81 this year), Diane von Fürstenberg (1946, turns 80 this year), Tim Matheson (1947, turns 79 this year), Joe Dallesandro (1948, turns 78 this year), Neil Burrow (1952, died on December 31, 2019 at the age of 67), Charles Ogletree (1952, died on August 4, 2023 at the age of 70), Jane Badler (1953, turns 73 this year), James Remar (1953, turns 73 this year), Bebe Neuwirth (1958, turns 68 this year), Val Kilmer (1959, died on April 1, 2025 at the age of 65), Ronnie del Carmen (1959, turns 67 this year), Julian Stone (1962, turns 64 this year), Michael McDonald (1964, turns 62 this year), Nicholas Sparks (1965, turns 61 this year), Gong Li (1965, turns 61 this year), Geoff Meed (1965, turns 61 this year), Lisa Joyner (1966, turns 60 this year), Adam Rifkin (1966, turns 60 this year), Rebecca Rigg (1967, turns 59 this year), Mia Cottet (1968, turns 58 this year), Claire Lautier (1969, turns 57 this year), Chandra West (1970, turns 56 this year), Joey McIntyre (1972, turns 54 this year), Chris Terrio (1976, turns 50 this year), Steve Byers (1979, turns 47 this year), Elaine Cassidy (1979, turns 47 this year), Agnieszka Grochowska (1979, turns 47 this year), Ricky Whittle (1981, turns 45 this year), Jermaine Williams (1982, turns 44 this year), Erich Bergen (1985, turns 41 this year), Susan Wokoma (1987, turns 39 this year)
Died on this day in history: Raoul Walsh (1980, at the age of 93), Sam Spiegel (1985, at the age of 84), Woody Strode (1994, at the age of 80), Wesley Addy (1996, at the age of 83), Eileen Heckart (2001, at the age of 82), Per Oscarsson (2010, at the age of 83), James Avery (2013, at the age of 68), Edward Herrmann (2014, at the age of 71), Natalie Cole (2015, at the age of 65), Kader Khan (2018, at the age of 81), Martin West (2019, at the age of 82), Joan Micklin Silver (2020, at the age of 85), Robert Hossein (2020, at the age of 93), Gary Klar (2020, at the age of 73), Sherrie Wills (2020, at the age of 53), Betty White (2021, at the age of 99), Shecky Greene (2023, at the age of 97), Ana Ofelia Murguia (2023, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.