On This Day - December 29
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Tuesday | $29,528,583 | $936,662,225 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Sunday | $21,244,082 | $515,202,542 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Wednesday | $20,327,774 | $814,115,070 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Thursday | $20,117,061 | $684,075,767 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Friday | $19,029,250 | $620,181,382 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Saturday | $18,632,907 | $335,061,807 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Tuesday | $18,290,628 | $785,221,649 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Friday | $17,663,293 | $404,508,916 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Thursday | $16,722,532 | $533,539,991 |
| 2016 | Sing | Thursday | $15,039,855 | $270,329,045 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | El Laberinto del Fauno | Friday | $190,000 | $37,634,615 |
| 1999 | The Hurricane | Wednesday | $76,493 | $50,699,241 |
| 2010 | Blue Valentine | Wednesday | $47,887 | $9,737,892 |
| 2010 | Biutiful | Wednesday | $9,629 | $5,101,237 |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Friday | $3,000 | $3,005,605 |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Friday | $2,000 | $19,875 |
| 2006 | La Tigre e la neve | Friday | $2,000 | $10,167 |
| 2021 | Jockey | Wednesday | $584 | $108,678 |
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 29.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $72,389,590 | $515,202,542 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $52,520,140 | $620,181,382 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | $52,114,571 | $335,061,807 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $50,051,364 | $404,508,916 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $48,875,549 | $342,548,984 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $38,695,582 | $315,544,750 |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | $36,766,905 | $250,863,268 |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | $36,672,708 | $219,961,501 |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $35,249,690 | $316,831,246 |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $31,926,068 | $303,003,568 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Claire Dodd (1911, died on November 23, 1973 at the age of 61), Jo Van Fleet (1915, died on June 10, 1996 at the age of 80), Viveca Lindfors (1920, died on October 25, 1995 at the age of 74), Dina Merrill (1923, died on May 22, 2017 at the age of 93), Mike Nussbaum (1923, died on December 23, 2023 at the age of 99), John W. Corso (1929, died on October 9, 2019 at the age of 89), Serge Merlin (1932, died on February 16, 2019 at the age of 86), Ed Flanders (1934, died on February 22, 1995 at the age of 60), Mary Tyler Moore (1936, died on January 25, 2017 at the age of 80), Barbara Steele (1937, turns 87 this year), William J. Immerman (1937, died on June 24, 2023 at the age of 85), Jon Voight (1938, turns 86 this year), Ed Bruce (1939, died on January 8, 2021 at the age of 81), Rajesh Khanna (1942, turns 82 this year), Vincent Winter (1947, died on November 2, 1998 at the age of 50), Ted Danson (1947, turns 77 this year), Jon Polito (1950, died on September 1, 2016 at the age of 65), Charlayne Woodard (1953, turns 71 this year), Brad Grey (1957, died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 59), Paul Rudnick (1957, turns 67 this year), Patricia Clarkson (1959, turns 65 this year), Dave McKean (1963, turns 61 this year), Michael Cudlitz (1964, turns 60 this year), Kimberly Russell (1964, turns 60 this year), Jason Gould (1966, turns 58 this year), Lilly Wachowski (1967, turns 57 this year), Jennifer Ehle (1969, turns 55 this year), Patrick Fischler (1969, turns 55 this year), Kevin Weisman (1970, turns 54 this year), Brady Smith (1971, turns 53 this year), Jude Law (1972, turns 52 this year), Leonor Varela (1972, turns 52 this year), David Fumero (1972, turns 52 this year), Barry Atsma (1972, turns 52 this year), Mekhi Phifer (1974, turns 50 this year), Twinkle Khanna (1974, turns 50 this year), Maria Dizzia (1974, turns 50 this year), Shawn Hatosy (1975, turns 49 this year), Danny McBride (1976, turns 48 this year), Katherine Moennig (1977, turns 47 this year), Ennis Esmer (1978, turns 46 this year), Ali Hillis (1978, turns 46 this year), Diego Luna (1979, turns 45 this year), Charlotte Riley (1981, turns 43 this year), Alison Brie (1982, turns 42 this year), Ally Maki (1986, turns 38 this year), Iain De Caestecker (1987, turns 37 this year), Jane Levy (1989, turns 35 this year), Cyrina Fiallo (1991, turns 33 this year), Ross Lynch (1995, turns 29 this year), Dylan Minnette (1996, turns 28 this year), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (1998, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Joseph Cornell (1972, at the age of 69), Andrei Tarkovsky (1986, at the age of 54), Don Taylor (1998, at the age of 78), Earl Hindman (2003, at the age of 61), Dinsdale Landen (2003, at the age of 71), Bill Erwin (2010, at the age of 96), Jinpachi Nezu (2016, at the age of 69), Ringo Lam (2018, at the age of 62), Jessica Campbell (2020, at the age of 38), Vivienne Westwood (2022, at the age of 81), Nitin Manmohan (2022, at the age of 59), Ruggero Deodato (2022, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.