On This Day - January 3
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Sunday | $21,479,271 | $936,662,225 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Sunday | $17,381,129 | $785,221,649 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Saturday | $12,726,625 | $674,460,013 |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Friday | $11,038,440 | $515,202,542 |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saturday | $10,563,221 | $379,021,990 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Tuesday | $10,544,729 | $684,075,767 |
| 2009 | Marley & Me | Saturday | $9,177,480 | $143,153,751 |
| 2014 | Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | Friday | $8,722,144 | $32,462,372 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Friday | $8,690,304 | $316,831,246 |
| 2004 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Saturday | $8,283,475 | $138,614,544 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | Friday | $8,722,144 | $32,462,372 |
| 2020 | The Grudge | Friday | $5,355,614 | $21,216,148 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was January 3.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $90,241,673 | $936,662,225 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $68,490,688 | $785,221,649 |
| 2010 | Sherlock Holmes | $36,612,481 | $209,028,679 |
| 2010 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $35,189,653 | $219,614,612 |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $34,524,815 | $515,202,542 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $33,315,278 | $674,460,013 |
| 2016 | Daddy’s Home | $29,205,583 | $150,357,137 |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $28,180,378 | $379,021,990 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $26,227,346 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $25,017,279 | $342,548,984 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Josephine Hull (1877, died on March 12, 1957 at the age of 80), J.R.R. Tolkien (1892, died on September 2, 1973 at the age of 81), ZaSu Pitts (1894, died on June 7, 1963 at the age of 69), Ray Milland (1907, died on March 10, 1986 at the age of 79), John Sturges (1911, died on August 18, 1992 at the age of 81), Robert Flemying (1912, died on May 22, 1995 at the age of 83), Betty Furness (1916, died on April 2, 1994 at the age of 78), Mag Bodard (1916, died on February 26, 2019 at the age of 103), Bill Travers (1922, died on March 29, 1994 at the age of 72), Charles "Bud" Tingwell (1923, turned 101 this year), George Martin (1926, died on March 8, 2016 at the age of 90), Sergio Leone (1929, died on April 30, 1989 at the age of 60), Robert Loggia (1930, died on December 4, 2015 at the age of 85), Barbara Stuart (1930, turned 94 this year), Mara Corday (1930, turned 94 this year), Conrad Brooks (1931, died on December 6, 2017 at the age of 86), Dabney Coleman (1932, turned 92 this year), Jeremy Kemp (1935, died on July 19, 2019 at the age of 84), Tom Bower (1938, turned 86 this year), Thelma Schoonmaker (1940, turned 84 this year), Derrick O’Connor (1941, died on June 29, 2018 at the age of 77), John Thaw (1942, died on February 21, 2002 at the age of 60), Van Dyke Parks (1943, turned 81 this year), Mel Gibson (1956, turned 68 this year), Hyung-rae Shim (1958, turned 66 this year), Kerry Armstrong (1958, turned 66 this year), Simon Greenall (1958, turned 66 this year), Vincent Riotta (1959, turned 65 this year), Bruce LaBruce (1964, turned 60 this year), John Ales (1969, turned 55 this year), Matt Ross (1970, turned 54 this year), Dan Harmon (1973, turned 51 this year), Yorgos Karamihos (1974, turned 50 this year), Danica McKellar (1975, turned 49 this year), Jason Marsden (1975, turned 49 this year), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976, turned 48 this year), Alisen Down (1976, turned 48 this year), Gul Panag (1977, turned 47 this year), Kate Levering (1979, turned 45 this year), Zak Santiago (1981, turned 43 this year), Katie McGrath (1983, turned 41 this year), Kerry Condon (1983, turned 41 this year), Lee Wan (1984, turned 40 this year), Brooke Williams (1984, turned 40 this year), Leah Gibson (1985, turned 39 this year), Nicole Beharie (1985, turned 39 this year), Jeananne Goossen (1985, turned 39 this year), Nicole Laplaca (1986, turned 38 this year), Alex D. Linz (1989, turned 35 this year), Florence Pugh (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Ivan Triesault (1980, at the age of 81), Pat Hingle (2009, at the age of 84), Saul Zaentz (2014, at the age of 92), Robert Blanche (2020, at the age of 57), Jay Wolpert (2022, at the age of 79), James D. Brubaker (2023, at the age of 85), Joseph Koo (2023, at the age of 91), Lillian Crombie (2024, at the age of 65)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.