On This Day - January 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | Saturday | $34,547,284 | $350,126,372 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Friday | $23,601,382 | $204,417,855 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Sunday | $15,137,240 | $785,221,649 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Friday | $14,406,830 | $134,202,565 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Saturday | $13,235,767 | $146,336,178 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Saturday | $12,357,344 | $674,460,013 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Saturday | $11,354,120 | $88,073,507 |
| 2009 | Gran Torino | Saturday | $10,013,163 | $148,095,302 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Sunday | $9,874,250 | $90,862,685 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Sunday | $9,844,763 | $183,637,894 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Friday | $23,601,382 | $204,417,855 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Friday | $14,406,830 | $134,202,565 |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Friday | $6,210,110 | $77,047,065 |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Friday | $5,350,191 | $50,577,412 |
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Friday | $4,807,000 | $64,251,538 |
| 2003 | National Security | Friday | $4,484,216 | $36,288,951 |
| 2025 | One of Them Days | Friday | $4,480,348 | $50,054,690 |
| 2025 | Wolf Man | Friday | $4,397,315 | $20,707,280 |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Friday | $3,723,227 | $66,723,216 |
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Friday | $3,469,494 | $15,821,461 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Sniper | $89,269,066 | $350,126,372 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | $62,504,105 | $204,417,855 |
| 2010 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | $785,221,649 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | $41,516,170 | $134,202,565 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | $90,862,685 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | $32,789,494 | $94,835,059 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $31,832,636 | $146,336,178 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | $31,796,633 | $183,637,894 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $30,010,633 | $674,460,013 |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | $27,721,185 | $88,073,507 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Betty White (1922, died on December 31, 2021 at the age of 99), Moira Shearer (1926, died on January 31, 2006 at the age of 80), Eartha Kitt (1927, died on December 25, 2008 at the age of 81), Vidal Sassoon (1928, died on May 9, 2012 at the age of 84), James Earl Jones (1931, died on September 9, 2024 at the age of 93), Stuart Nisbet (1934, died on June 23, 2016 at the age of 82), Donald Cammell (1934, died on April 24, 1996 at the age of 62), Maury Povich (1939, turned 87 this year), Muhammad Ali (1942, died on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74), Nancy Parsons (1942, died on January 5, 2001 at the age of 58), Françoise Hardy (1944, died on June 11, 2024 at the age of 80), Meto Jovanovski (1946, died on November 16, 2023 at the age of 77), Joanna David (1947, turned 79 this year), Peter Werner (1947, died on March 21, 2023 at the age of 76), Andy Kaufman (1949, died on May 16, 1984 at the age of 35), Kevin Reynolds (1952, turned 74 this year), Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952, turned 74 this year), Mark Jones (1953, died on January 16, 2026 at the age of 72), Steve Earle (1955, turned 71 this year), Steve Harvey (1957, turned 69 this year), Susanna Hoffs (1959, turned 67 this year), Brian Helgeland (1961, turned 65 this year), Jim Carrey (1962, turned 64 this year), D.J. Caruso (1965, turned 61 this year), Joshua Malina (1966, turned 60 this year), Song Kang-ho (1967, turned 59 this year), Linda Kash (1967, turned 59 this year), Amy Sherman-Palladino (1968, turned 58 this year), Jeff Chase (1968, turned 58 this year), Lukas Moodysson (1969, turned 57 this year), Naveen Andrews (1969, turned 57 this year), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970, turned 56 this year), Sylvie Testud (1971, turned 55 this year), Kid Rock (1971, turned 55 this year), Benno Furmann (1972, turned 54 this year), Nitesh Pandey (1973, died on May 23, 2023 at the age of 50), Freddy Rodriguez (1975, turned 51 this year), Chris William Martin (1975, turned 51 this year), Keith Robinson (1976, died on May 20, 2024 at the age of 48), Leigh Whannell (1977, turned 49 this year), Zooey Deschanel (1980, turned 46 this year), Scott Mechlowicz (1981, turned 45 this year), Diogo Morgado (1981, turned 45 this year), Melody Johnson (1983, turned 43 this year), Adriana Ugarte (1985, turned 41 this year), Hale Appleman (1986, turned 40 this year), Max Adler (1986, turned 40 this year), Jonathan Keltz (1988, turned 38 this year), Kelly Marie Tran (1989, turned 37 this year), Lucy Boynton (1994, turned 32 this year), Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen (2007, turned 19 this year)
Died on this day in history: Richard Crenna (2003, at the age of 76), Noble Willingham (2004, at the age of 72), Virginia Mayo (2005, at the age of 84), Erich Segal (2010, at the age of 72), Renzo Martini (2019, at the age of 80), Michel Subor (2022, at the age of 86), Teodor Corban (2023, at the age of 65), Edward R. Pressman (2023, at the age of 79)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.