On This Day - December 25

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 25.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens Friday $49,325,663 $936,662,225
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Wednesday $32,165,681 $515,202,542
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Saturday $31,609,749 $814,115,070
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Sunday $29,179,791 $684,075,767
2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi Monday $27,459,557 $620,181,382
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Sunday $25,865,004 $533,539,991
2009 Sherlock Holmes Friday $24,608,941 $209,028,679
2009 Avatar Friday $23,095,046 $785,221,649
2018 Aquaman Tuesday $21,982,419 $335,061,807
2004 Meet the Fockers Saturday $19,542,490 $279,167,575

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 25.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2009 Sherlock Holmes Friday $24,608,941 $209,028,679
2023 The Color Purple Monday $18,151,050 $60,619,191
2012 Les Misérables Tuesday $18,111,665 $149,260,140
2015 Daddy’s Home Friday $15,709,618 $150,357,137
2014 Unbroken Thursday $15,434,400 $115,637,895
2014 Into the Woods Thursday $15,089,740 $128,002,372
2012 Django Unchained Tuesday $15,011,121 $162,805,434
2008 Marley & Me Thursday $14,380,980 $143,153,751
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Thursday $11,871,831 $127,509,326
2008 Bedtime Stories Thursday $10,529,000 $110,101,975

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 25.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2015 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens $149,202,860 $936,662,225
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home $84,548,505 $814,115,070
2009 Avatar $75,617,133 $785,221,649
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story $64,033,768 $533,539,991
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water $63,338,220 $684,075,767
2009 Sherlock Holmes $62,304,277 $209,028,679
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $48,875,415 $219,614,612
2004 Meet the Fockers $46,120,980 $279,167,575
2015 Daddy’s Home $38,740,203 $150,357,137
2016 Sing $35,258,145 $270,329,045

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Nosferatu, Better Man

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Humphrey Bogart (1899, died on January 14, 1957 at the age of 57), Humphrey Bogart (1899, died on January 14, 1957 at the age of 57), Barton MacLane (1902, died on January 1, 1969 at the age of 66), Mike Mazurki (1907, died on December 9, 1990 at the age of 82), Cab Calloway (1907, died on November 18, 1994 at the age of 86), Quentin Crisp (1908, turns 116 this year), Tony Martin (1913, died on July 27, 2012 at the age of 98), Rod Serling (1924, died on June 28, 1975 at the age of 50), Dick Miller (1928, died on January 30, 2019 at the age of 90), Mabel King (1932, died on November 9, 1999 at the age of 66), Ismail Merchant (1936, died on May 25, 2005 at the age of 68), Royce D. Applegate (1939, died on January 1, 2003 at the age of 63), John Capodice (1941, turns 83 this year), Hanna Schygulla (1943, turns 81 this year), Gary Sandy (1945, turns 79 this year), Jimmy Buffett (1946, died on September 1, 2023 at the age of 76), Stuart Wilson (1946, turns 78 this year), Twink Caplan (1947, turns 77 this year), Michael D. Roberts (1947, turns 77 this year), Sissy Spacek (1949, turns 75 this year), CCH Pounder (1952, turns 72 this year), Michael Catt (1952, died on June 12, 2023 at the age of 70), Annie Lennox (1954, turns 70 this year), Cheryl Chase (1958, turns 66 this year), Nicholas Hope (1958, turns 66 this year), Dean Cameron (1962, turns 62 this year), Helena Christensen (1968, turns 56 this year), Patrick Baladi (1971, turns 53 this year), Katie Wright (1971, turns 53 this year), Ewen MacIntosh (1973, died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 50), Eva Melander (1974, turns 50 this year), Dylan Vox (1974, turns 50 this year), Jeremy Strong (1978, turns 46 this year), Elena Lyadova (1980, turns 44 this year), Moneca Delain (1981, turns 43 this year), Hal Scardino (1984, turns 40 this year), Perdita Weeks (1985, turns 39 this year), Eugenia Kuzmina (1987, turns 37 this year), Gaite Jansen (1991, turns 33 this year), Rachel Keller (1992, turns 32 this year)

Died on this day in history: W.C. Fields (1946, at the age of 66), Charlie Chaplin (1977, at the age of 88), Joan Blondell (1979, at the age of 73), Curt Bois (1991, at the age of 90), Dean Martin (1995, at the age of 78), James Brown (2006, at the age of 73), Eartha Kitt (2008, at the age of 81), Ann Savage (2008, at the age of 87), Qi Lin (2020, at the age of 87), Tom Priestley (2023, at the age of 91)

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