On This Day - January 7
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $20,688,606 | $684,075,767 |
| 2012 | The Devil Inside | Saturday | $11,780,138 | $53,262,945 |
| 2023 | M3GAN | Saturday | $11,703,535 | $95,159,005 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sunday | $10,663,927 | $404,508,916 |
| 2017 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $9,558,458 | $533,539,991 |
| 2017 | Sing | Saturday | $9,104,685 | $270,329,045 |
| 2012 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | Saturday | $9,021,674 | $209,397,903 |
| 2005 | White Noise | Friday | $8,900,000 | $56,094,360 |
| 2017 | Hidden Figures | Saturday | $8,835,181 | $169,607,287 |
| 2005 | Meet the Fockers | Friday | $8,800,000 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | White Noise | Friday | $8,900,000 | $56,094,360 |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Friday | $3,762,152 | $24,827,228 |
| 2022 | The 355 | Friday | $1,722,760 | $14,570,455 |
| 2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Friday | $66,352 | $442,036 |
| 2022 | Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story | Friday | $7,098 | $30,801 |
| 2022 | See For Me | Friday | $6,623 | $55,191 |
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 7.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $45,838,986 | $684,075,767 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $37,233,653 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | The Devil Inside | $33,732,515 | $53,262,945 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $32,617,921 | $814,115,070 |
| 2023 | M3GAN | $30,429,860 | $95,159,005 |
| 2018 | Insidious: The Last Key | $29,581,355 | $67,745,330 |
| 2005 | Meet the Fockers | $28,498,160 | $279,167,575 |
| 2005 | White Noise | $24,113,565 | $56,094,360 |
| 2007 | Night at the Museum | $23,743,960 | $250,863,268 |
| 2018 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $23,728,944 | $620,181,382 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Alan Napier (1903, died on August 8, 1988 at the age of 85), Butterfly McQueen (1911, died on December 22, 1995 at the age of 84), Vincent Gardenia (1920, died on December 9, 1992 at the age of 72), Harry Stradling Jr. (1925, died on October 17, 2017 at the age of 92), William Peter Blatty (1928, died on January 12, 2017 at the age of 89), Terry Moore (1929, turned 95 this year), Nicete Bruno (1933, died on December 20, 2020 at the age of 87), Ian La Frenais (1936, turned 88 this year), Roland Topor (1938, died on April 16, 1997 at the age of 59), John Steiner (1941, died on July 31, 2022 at the age of 81), Jann Wenner (1946, turned 78 this year), Kenny Loggins (1948, turned 76 this year), Steven Williams (1949, turned 75 this year), George Buza (1949, turned 75 this year), Erin Gray (1950, turned 74 this year), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (1952, turned 72 this year), Jodi Long (1954, turned 70 this year), David Caruso (1956, turned 68 this year), Phil Quartararo (1956, died on November 22, 2023 at the age of 67), Katie Couric (1957, turned 67 this year), Linda Kozlowski (1958, turned 66 this year), David Marciano (1960, turned 64 this year), Ian Mercer (1961, turned 63 this year), Lorraine Ashbourne (1961, turned 63 this year), Jeff Richmond (1961, turned 63 this year), Hallie Todd (1962, turned 62 this year), David DeCoteau (1962, turned 62 this year), Nicolas Cage (1964, turned 60 this year), Irrfan Khan (1967, died on April 29, 2020 at the age of 53), Rex Lee (1969, turned 55 this year), Doug E. Doug (1970, turned 54 this year), Essie Davis (1970, turned 54 this year), Jeremy Renner (1971, turned 53 this year), Kevin Rahm (1971, turned 53 this year), Kierston Wareing (1976, turned 48 this year), Dustin Diamond (1977, died on February 1, 2021 at the age of 44), Tomm Moore (1977, turned 47 this year), Aloe Blacc (1979, turned 45 this year), Bipasha Basu (1979, turned 45 this year), Tom Harper (1980, turned 44 this year), Lauren Cohan (1982, turned 42 this year), Ruth Negga (1982, turned 42 this year), Brett Dalton (1983, turned 41 this year), Robert Ri'chard (1983, turned 41 this year), Max Riemelt (1984, turned 40 this year), Lyndsy Fonseca (1987, turned 37 this year), Lim Ju-eun (1988, turned 36 this year), Haley Bennett (1988, turned 36 this year), Robert Sheehan (1988, turned 36 this year), Liam Aiken (1990, turned 34 this year), Camryn Grimes (1990, turned 34 this year), Marcus Scribner (2000, turned 24 this year), Kerri Medders (2000, turned 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Trevor Howard (1988, at the age of 74), Richard Hunt (1992, at the age of 40), Robert Jiras (2000, at the age of 77), Huell Howser (2013, at the age of 67), Rod Taylor (2015, at the age of 84), Richard Libertini (2016, at the age of 82), Clydie King (2019, at the age of 75), Neil Peart (2020, at the age of 67), Marion Ramsey (2021, at the age of 73), Michael Apted (2021, at the age of 79), Brad Venable (2021, at the age of 43), Deezer D. (2021, at the age of 55), Sidney Poitier (2022, at the age of 94), Vitaliano Trevisan (2022, at the age of 61), Gerson Da Cunha (2022, at the age of 91), Zinaid Memisevic (2023, at the age of 72)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.