On This Day - January 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Saturday | $9,640,001 | $58,032,443 |
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | Friday | $8,374,500 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | Friday | $7,903,985 | $138,141,585 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Saturday | $7,713,507 | $39,739,367 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Saturday | $7,631,622 | $404,508,916 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Friday | $6,481,717 | $51,580,136 |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner | Saturday | $5,595,000 | $60,400,856 |
| 2007 | Smokin' Aces | Saturday | $5,522,820 | $35,662,731 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Sunday | $5,396,098 | $55,703,475 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Friday | $5,281,695 | $64,321,890 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | Friday | $8,374,500 | $70,165,972 |
| 2012 | The Grey | Friday | $6,481,717 | $51,580,136 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Friday | $5,281,695 | $64,321,890 |
| 2017 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Friday | $5,048,319 | $26,844,692 |
| 2012 | One for the Money | Friday | $4,100,384 | $26,414,527 |
| 2006 | Nanny McPhee | Friday | $3,571,050 | $47,279,279 |
| 2006 | Annapolis | Friday | $2,662,183 | $17,127,992 |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Friday | $2,491,173 | $18,620,000 |
| 2023 | Billie Eilish Live at the 02 — Extended Cut | Friday | $1,290,000 | $1,290,000 |
| 2017 | Gold | Friday | $1,156,013 | $7,227,038 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Momma’s House 2 | $27,736,056 | $70,165,972 |
| 2017 | Split | $25,655,440 | $138,141,585 |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | $24,167,011 | $58,032,443 |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $19,690,956 | $55,703,475 |
| 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | $51,580,136 |
| 2019 | Glass | $18,884,440 | $111,048,468 |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | $18,612,544 | $39,739,367 |
| 2008 | Meet the Spartans | $18,505,530 | $38,233,676 |
| 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | $64,321,890 |
| 2008 | Rambo | $18,203,876 | $42,754,105 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Donna Reed (1921, died on January 14, 1986 at the age of 64), SABU (1924, turns 102 this year), Mordecai Richler (1931, died on July 2, 2001 at the age of 70), Troy Donahue (1936, died on September 2, 2001 at the age of 65), Reynaldo Rey (1940, died on May 28, 2015 at the age of 75), James Cromwell (1940, turns 86 this year), Jeannie Epper (1941, died on May 5, 2024 at the age of 83), John Witherspoon (1942, died on October 29, 2019 at the age of 77), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948, turns 78 this year), Alex Norton (1950, turns 76 this year), Richard Bremmer (1953, turns 73 this year), John Bloom (1953, turns 73 this year), Mimi Rogers (1956, turns 70 this year), Susanne Blakeslee (1956, turns 70 this year), Frank Miller (1957, turns 69 this year), Susanna Thompson (1958, turns 68 this year), Phil Rosenthal (1960, turns 66 this year), Julie Caitlin Brown (1961, turns 65 this year), Bridget Fonda (1964, turns 62 this year), Hrothgar Mathews (1964, turns 62 this year), Alan Cumming (1965, turns 61 this year), Tamlyn Tomita (1966, turns 60 this year), Patton Oswalt (1969, turns 57 this year), Bobby Deol (1969, turns 57 this year), Amy Hargreaves (1970, turns 56 this year), Todd Louiso (1970, turns 56 this year), Cindy Cheung (1970, turns 56 this year), Mark Owen (1972, turns 54 this year), Josh Randall (1972, turns 54 this year), Andi Osho (1973, turns 53 this year), Renee Humphrey (1975, turns 51 this year), Chris Gauthier (1976, died on February 23, 2024 at the age of 48), Rosamund Pike (1979, turns 47 this year), Brooke Butler (1988, turns 38 this year), Daniel Donskoy (1990, turns 36 this year), Roxane Duran (1993, turns 33 this year), Alex Monner (1995, turns 31 this year), Paulina Gerzon (1995, turns 31 this year), Braeden Lemasters (1996, turns 30 this year), Devin Druid (1998, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Farrow (1963, at the age of 58), Bill Walsh (1975, at the age of 61), Lilli Palmer (1986, at the age of 71), Andre the Giant (1993, at the age of 46), John Updike (2009, at the age of 76), Zelda Rubinstein (2010, at the age of 76), J.D. Salinger (2010, at the age of 91), Pete Seeger (2014, at the age of 94), Robert Ellis Miller (2017, at the age of 89), Emmanuelle Riva (2017, at the age of 89), Maryo J. de los Reyes (2018, at the age of 65), Erica Yohn (2019, at the age of 90), Jack Burns (2020, at the age of 86), Cloris Leachman (2021, at the age of 94), Sylvia Syms (2023, at the age of 89), Gregory Allen Howard (2023, at the age of 70)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.