On This Day - January 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Saturday | $12,655,507 | $98,780,042 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Friday | $11,905,330 | $90,862,685 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Sunday | $11,727,060 | $688,809,501 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Friday | $11,672,970 | $94,835,059 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Friday | $10,394,264 | $785,221,649 |
| 2022 | Scream | Saturday | $10,174,839 | $81,641,405 |
| 2005 | Coach Carter | Saturday | $9,498,710 | $67,264,877 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Friday | $9,292,852 | $183,637,894 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Saturday | $8,689,649 | $814,811,535 |
| 2005 | Meet the Fockers | Saturday | $8,227,615 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Friday | $11,905,330 | $90,862,685 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Friday | $11,672,970 | $94,835,059 |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Friday | $5,894,565 | $52,853,219 |
| 1999 | Varsity Blues | Friday | $5,210,000 | $52,894,169 |
| 2010 | The Spy Next Door | Friday | $2,410,798 | $24,307,106 |
| 1999 | At First Sight | Friday | $2,220,000 | $22,365,133 |
| 2020 | Weathering with You (天気の子) | Wednesday | $1,594,427 | $8,056,636 |
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Friday | $1,581,507 | $17,062,499 |
| 1999 | Virus | Friday | $1,565,000 | $14,010,690 |
| 2021 | The Marksman | Friday | $1,050,151 | $15,566,093 |
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 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | $90,862,685 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $33,526,876 | $98,780,042 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $32,824,684 | $688,809,501 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | $32,789,494 | $94,835,059 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | $31,796,633 | $183,637,894 |
| 2022 | Scream | $30,018,805 | $81,641,405 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $26,342,117 | $936,662,225 |
| 2012 | Contraband | $24,349,815 | $66,528,000 |
| 2005 | Coach Carter | $24,182,960 | $67,264,877 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Children of Blood and Bone, Untitled Blumhouse Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ernest Thesiger (1879, turns 147 today), William Beaudine (1892, died on March 18, 1970 at the age of 78), Torin Thatcher (1905, died on March 4, 1981 at the age of 76), Lloyd Bridges (1913, died on March 10, 1998 at the age of 85), Maria Schell (1926, died on April 26, 2005 at the age of 79), William Mims (1927, turns 99 today), Victor Paul (1927, died on September 13, 2011 at the age of 84), Derek Meddings (1931, died on September 10, 1995 at the age of 64), Joe Dorsey (1932, turns 94 today), Victor Campos (1935, turns 91 today), Philip Rosenberg (1935, turns 91 today), Margaret O'Brien (1937, turns 89 today), Ray Henwood (1937, died on August 26, 2019 at the age of 82), Julian Mateos (1938, died on December 27, 1996 at the age of 58), Dick Ziker (1940, turns 86 today), Angela Morant (1941, turns 85 today), Geoffrey Beevers (1941, turns 85 today), Barbara Tarbuck (1942, died on December 26, 2016 at the age of 74), Kirin Kiki (1943, died on September 15, 2018 at the age of 75), Carlos Barbosa (1944, died on October 10, 2025 at the age of 81), Andrea Martin (1947, turns 79 today), Alan Shearman (1947, turns 79 today), Tom Nolan (1948, turns 78 today), Pritish Nandy (1951, died on January 8, 2025 at the age of 73), Reine Brynolfsson (1953, turns 73 today), Tonita Castro (1953, died on May 8, 2016 at the age of 63), Mayumi Tanaka (1955, turns 71 today), Mario Van Peebles (1957, turns 69 today), Gakuryû Ishii (1957, turns 69 today), Robin Mullins (1958, turns 68 today), Kelly Asbury (1960, died on June 26, 2020 at the age of 60), Ralph Herforth (1960, turns 66 today), Margherita Buy (1962, turns 64 today), Danny Sembello (1963, died on August 15, 2015 at the age of 52), Craig Fairbrass (1964, turns 62 today), James Nesbitt (1965, turns 61 today), Chad Lowe (1968, turns 58 today), Alex Lowe (1968, turns 58 today), Marco Manetti (1968, turns 58 today), Kellita Smith (1969, turns 57 today), Meret Becker (1969, turns 57 today), Jonas Pate (1970, turns 56 today), Josh Pate (1970, turns 56 today), Regina King (1971, turns 55 today), Eric Jacobson (1971, turns 55 today), Lara Cazalet (1971, turns 55 today), Ernie Reyes, Jr. (1972, turns 54 today), Dorian Missick (1976, turns 50 today), Jimmy Smagula (1976, turns 50 today), Sampath Raj (1976, turns 50 today), Ronald Zehrfeld (1977, turns 49 today), Jennifer Prediger (1977, turns 49 today), Jamie Clayton (1978, turns 48 today), Eddie Cahill (1978, turns 48 today), Trent Ford (1979, turns 47 today), Drew Brees (1979, turns 47 today), Heidi Hawking (1980, turns 46 today), Page Leong (1980, turns 46 today), Pitbull (1981, turns 45 today), Charleene Closshey (1981, turns 45 today), Rich Paul (1981, turns 45 today), Jade Healy (1981, turns 45 today), Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (1982, turns 44 today), Neil Nitin Mukesh (1982, turns 44 today), Jana Kaderabkova (1982, turns 44 today), Lena Lauzemis (1983, turns 43 today), Victor Rasuk (1984, turns 42 today), Ben Shapiro (1984, turns 42 today), Evan Dumouchel (1984, turns 42 today), Jessy Schram (1986, turns 40 today), Vikram Prabhu (1986, turns 40 today), Michael Seater (1987, turns 39 today), Barbie Blank (1987, turns 39 today), Skrillex (1988, turns 38 today), Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (1988, turns 38 today), Ryan Corr (1989, turns 37 today), Chris Warren (1990, turns 36 today), Lulu Popplewell (1991, turns 35 today), Dove Cameron (1996, turns 30 today), Karis Cameron (1996, turns 30 today), Grace VanderWaal (2004, turns 22 today), Sanai Victoria (2007, turns 19 today), Christopher Convery (2008, turns 18 today)
Died on this day in history: Shepperd Strudwick (1983, at the age of 75), Ray Bolger (1987, at the age of 83), Gordon Jackson (1990, at the age of 66), Fran Ryan (2000, at the age of 83), Leo Marks (2001, at the age of 80), Barbara Kelly (2007, at the age of 82), Brad Renfro (2008, at the age of 25), Susannah York (2011, at the age of 72), Nagisa Ôshima (2013, at the age of 80), Roger Lloyd-Pack (2014, at the age of 19), Dan Haggerty (2016, at the age of 74), Dolores O’Riordan (2018, at the age of 46), Peter Wyngarde (2018, at the age of 90), Carol Channing (2019, at the age of 97), Bill Anagnos (2019, at the age of 60), Anthony Rhulen (2021, at the age of 51), Jean-Claude Lord (2022, at the age of 78), Jeannot Szwarc (2025, at the age of 85)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.