On This Day - January 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $14,626,670 | $138,141,585 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Monday | $10,529,839 | $204,417,855 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Friday | $10,248,416 | $62,318,875 |
| 2015 | American Sniper | Tuesday | $9,924,117 | $350,126,372 |
| 2019 | Glass | Sunday | $9,918,070 | $111,048,468 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Saturday | $9,482,066 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Friday | $9,339,076 | $62,321,039 |
| 2008 | Cloverfield | Sunday | $9,028,443 | $80,048,433 |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | Sunday | $8,900,000 | $108,638,745 |
| 2013 | Mama | Sunday | $7,464,540 | $71,628,180 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $14,626,670 | $138,141,585 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Friday | $10,248,416 | $62,318,875 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Friday | $9,339,076 | $62,321,039 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Friday | $7,104,191 | $44,898,413 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Friday | $5,981,106 | $49,876,377 |
| 2023 | Missing | Friday | $3,433,703 | $32,502,025 |
| 2012 | Haywire | Friday | $2,883,872 | $18,942,396 |
| 2006 | End of the Spear | Friday | $1,500,000 | $11,748,661 |
| 2023 | That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Scarlet Bond (劇場版 転生したらスライムだった件) | Friday | $701,958 | $1,891,488 |
| 2017 | The Resurrection of Gavin Stone | Friday | $380,212 | $2,303,792 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Glass | $40,328,920 | $111,048,468 |
| 2008 | Cloverfield | $40,058,229 | $80,048,433 |
| 2017 | Split | $40,010,975 | $138,141,585 |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | $28,611,736 | $108,638,745 |
| 2013 | Mama | $28,402,310 | $71,628,180 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | $26,857,181 | $62,318,875 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | $25,306,725 | $62,321,039 |
| 2008 | 27 Dresses | $23,007,725 | $76,808,654 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $20,133,106 | $688,809,501 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | $20,130,142 | $44,898,413 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Burns (1896, died on March 9, 1996 at the age of 100), Norma Varden (1898, died on January 19, 1989 at the age of 90), Leon Ames (1902, died on October 12, 1993 at the age of 91), Alex Nicol (1916, died on July 29, 2001 at the age of 85), DeForest Kelley (1920, died on June 11, 1999 at the age of 79), Federico Fellini (1920, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 73), Patricia Neal (1926, died on August 8, 2010 at the age of 84), Jimmy Cobb (1929, died on May 24, 2020 at the age of 91), Tom Baker (1934, turns 92 this year), Krishnam Raju (1940, turns 86 this year), Margaret Avery (1944, turns 82 this year), David Lynch (1946, died on January 16, 2025 at the age of 78), Daniel Benzali (1950, turns 76 this year), Paul Stanley (1952, turns 74 this year), Dave Fennoy (1952, turns 74 this year), Wyatt Knight (1955, turns 71 this year), Bill Maher (1956, turns 70 this year), Christine King (1956, turns 70 this year), Lorenzo Lamas (1958, turns 68 this year), Sophie Thompson (1962, turns 64 this year), James Denton (1963, turns 63 this year), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (1963, turns 63 this year), Francesca Buller (1964, turns 62 this year), Rainn Wilson (1966, turns 60 this year), Stacey Dash (1967, turns 59 this year), Michael Nardone (1967, turns 59 this year), Chris Miller (1968, turns 58 this year), Reno Wilson (1969, turns 57 this year), Skeet Ulrich (1970, turns 56 this year), Branka Katic (1970, turns 56 this year), Jung Woong-in (1971, turns 55 this year), Questlove (1971, turns 55 this year), Jukka Kärkkäinen (1972, turns 54 this year), Omar Sy (1978, turns 48 this year), Will Young (1979, turns 47 this year), Ray Panthaki (1979, turns 47 this year), Kim Jeong-Hoon (1980, turns 46 this year), Crystal Lowe (1981, turns 45 this year), Daniel Cudmore (1981, turns 45 this year), Erin Wasson (1982, turns 44 this year), Rukiya Bernard (1983, turns 43 this year), Evan Peters (1987, turns 39 this year), Pete Ploszek (1987, turns 39 this year), Ciara Hanna (1991, turns 35 this year), Morgane Polanski (1993, turns 33 this year)
Died on this day in history: Barbara Stanwyck (1990, at the age of 82), Audrey Hepburn (1993, at the age of 63), Carrie Hamilton (2002, at the age of 38), Nedra Volz (2003, at the age of 94), Bruce Gordon (2011, at the age of 94), Etta James (2012, at the age of 73), Howard Lew Lewis (2018, at the age of 76), Andrew G. Vajna (2019, at the age of 74), Mira Furlan (2021, at the age of 65), Meat Loaf (2022, at the age of 74), Camillo Milli (2022, at the age of 92), Norman Jewison (2024, at the age of 97), David Emge (2024, at the age of 77), Bertrand Blier (2025, at the age of 85)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.