On This Day - January 8

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 8.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home Saturday $14,828,927 $814,115,070
2016 The Revenant Friday $14,351,951 $183,637,894
2023 Avatar: The Way of Water Sunday $13,729,301 $684,075,767
2010 Avatar Friday $13,280,653 $785,221,649
2005 Meet the Fockers Saturday $12,944,090 $279,167,575
2016 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens Friday $10,744,380 $936,662,225
2005 White Noise Saturday $9,812,740 $56,094,360
2023 M3GAN Sunday $6,999,770 $95,159,005
2011 True Grit Saturday $6,579,404 $171,243,005
2017 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Sunday $6,420,138 $533,539,991

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 8.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2010 Daybreakers Friday $5,895,356 $30,101,577
2016 The Forest Friday $4,972,757 $26,594,261
2010 Leap Year Friday $3,301,965 $25,918,920
2010 Youth in Revolt Friday $2,715,542 $15,285,588
2016 Wazir Friday $163,407 $586,028
2016 The Masked Saint Friday $40,823 $182,695
2010 Crazy on the Outside Friday $20,776 $88,335
2010 Bitch Slap Friday $4,207 $17,365
2010 In Search of Memory Friday $3,115 $31,052

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 8.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2010 Avatar $50,306,217 $785,221,649
2023 Avatar: The Way of Water $45,838,986 $684,075,767
2016 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens $42,353,785 $936,662,225
2016 The Revenant $39,826,840 $183,637,894
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
2005 Meet the Fockers $28,498,160 $279,167,575
2005 White Noise $24,113,565 $56,094,360
2017 Hidden Figures $22,800,057 $169,607,287

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Richard Cromwell (1910, died on October 11, 1960 at the age of 50), José Ferrer (1912, died on January 26, 1992 at the age of 80), Larry Storch (1923, died on July 8, 2022 at the age of 99), Soupy Sales (1926, died on October 22, 2009 at the age of 83), Saeed Jaffrey (1929, died on November 15, 2015 at the age of 86), Nolan Miller (1933, died on June 7, 2012 at the age of 79), Charles Osgood (1933, died on January 23, 2024 at the age of 91), Roy Kinnear (1934, died on September 20, 1988 at the age of 54), Elvis Presley (1935, died on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42), Bob Eubanks (1938, turned 86 this year), Ruth Maleczech (1939, died on September 30, 2013 at the age of 74), Graham Chapman (1941, died on October 4, 1989 at the age of 48), Stephen Hawking (1942, died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76), Yvette Mimieux (1942, died on January 18, 2022 at the age of 80), Joan Freeman (1942, turned 82 this year), Robin Ellis (1942, turned 82 this year), Norman Garwood (1946, died on April 13, 2019 at the age of 73), David Bowie (1947, died on January 10, 2016 at the age of 69), John McTiernan (1951, turned 73 this year), Damian Alcazar (1953, turned 71 this year), Harriet Sansom Harris (1955, turned 69 this year), Thomas G. Waites (1955, turned 69 this year), Ron Cephas Jones (1957, died on August 19, 2023 at the age of 66), Renee Coleman (1962, turned 62 this year), Michelle Forbes (1965, turned 59 this year), Maria Pitillo (1966, turned 58 this year), R. Kelly (1967, turned 57 this year), Steven Jacobs (1967, turned 57 this year), Ami Dolenz (1969, turned 55 this year), Matt Bushell (1974, turned 50 this year), Jenny Lewis (1976, turned 48 this year), Amber Benson (1977, turned 47 this year), Scott Whyte (1978, turned 46 this year), Sarah Polley (1979, turned 45 this year), Ashraf Barhom (1979, turned 45 this year), Rachel Nichols (1980, turned 44 this year), Sam Riley (1980, turned 44 this year), Gaby Hoffmann (1982, turned 42 this year), Christopher Russell (1983, turned 41 this year), Katlyn Carlson (1983, turned 41 this year), Haruka Abe (1985, turned 39 this year), Freddie Stroma (1987, turned 37 this year), Cynthia Erivo (1987, turned 37 this year), Jenny Zigrino (1987, turned 37 this year), Bella Dayne (1994, turned 30 this year), Ryan Destiny (1995, turned 29 this year), Noah Cyrus (2000, turned 24 this year)

Died on this day in history: Matthew Beard (1981, at the age of 56), Reta Shaw (1982, at the age of 69), Terry Thomas (1990, at the age of 78), Pat Buttram (1994, at the age of 78), Yvonne De Carlo (2007, at the age of 84), Don Galloway (2009, at the age of 71), Patsy Garrett (2015, at the age of 93), Donnelly Rhodes (2018, at the age of 80), Pierre Barillet (2019, at the age of 95), Buck Henry (2020, at the age of 89), Steve Carver (2020, at the age of 74), Ivo Niederle (2021, at the age of 91), David Darling (2021, at the age of 79), Ed Bruce (2021, at the age of 81), Marilyn Bergman (2022, at the age of 93), Ventura Pons (2024, at the age of 78), Adan Canto (2024, at the age of 42)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.