On This Day - November 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Friday | $71,642,526 | $281,791,883 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Friday | $40,118,363 | $291,997,603 |
| 2017 | Justice League | Saturday | $32,680,117 | $229,024,295 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Friday | $29,661,434 | $234,037,575 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Sunday | $28,456,648 | $292,914,737 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Sunday | $24,448,477 | $321,934,230 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Friday | $17,999,138 | $453,829,060 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Saturday | $17,353,691 | $265,489,295 |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Saturday | $17,128,133 | $198,000,317 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Saturday | $15,414,153 | $167,365,000 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | Friday | $71,642,526 | $281,791,883 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Friday | $40,118,363 | $291,997,603 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Friday | $29,661,434 | $234,037,575 |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Friday | $7,611,332 | $119,519,402 |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Friday | $5,850,626 | $64,006,466 |
| 2022 | The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2 | Friday | $3,751,977 | $14,612,089 |
| 2022 | The Menu | Friday | $3,595,005 | $38,501,125 |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Friday | $1,705,597 | $14,431,633 |
| 2016 | Bleed for This | Friday | $895,366 | $5,083,906 |
| 2022 | She Said | Friday | $836,585 | $5,825,995 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $141,067,634 | $292,914,737 |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $138,122,261 | $281,791,883 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $102,685,961 | $291,997,603 |
| 2017 | Justice League | $93,842,239 | $229,024,295 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $90,294,621 | $321,934,230 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $74,403,387 | $234,037,575 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | $66,482,266 | $453,829,060 |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | $62,163,104 | $159,555,901 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $55,820,330 | $265,489,295 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | $44,607,143 | $166,350,594 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Imogene Coca (1908, died on June 2, 2001 at the age of 92), Henrique Espirito Santo (1931, died on January 19, 2020 at the age of 88), Brad Sullivan (1931, turns 95 this year), Trevor Baxter (1932, died on July 16, 2017 at the age of 84), Brenda Vaccaro (1939, turns 87 this year), David Hemmings (1941, died on December 3, 2003 at the age of 62), Linda Evans (1942, turns 84 this year), Susan Sullivan (1942, turns 84 this year), Eileen Saki (1943, died on May 1, 2023 at the age of 79), Peter Brouwer (1945, turns 81 this year), Jameson Parker (1947, turns 79 this year), Andrea Marcovicci (1948, turns 78 this year), Dennis Haskins (1950, turns 76 this year), Eric Pierpoint (1950, turns 76 this year), Delroy Lindo (1952, turns 74 this year), Kevin Nealon (1953, turns 73 this year), Kath Soucie (1953, turns 73 this year), Alan Moore (1953, turns 73 this year), Oscar Nuñez (1958, turns 68 this year), Elizabeth Perkins (1960, turns 66 this year), Daphne Rubin-Vega (1960, turns 66 this year), John Shepherd (1960, turns 66 this year), Nick Chinlund (1961, turns 65 this year), Steven Moffat (1961, turns 65 this year), Tim Guinee (1962, turns 64 this year), Dana Gonzales (1963, turns 63 this year), Owen Wilson (1968, turns 58 this year), Romany Malco (1968, turns 58 this year), Rich Fulcher (1968, turns 58 this year), Dan Bakkedahl (1969, turns 57 this year), Peta Wilson (1970, turns 56 this year), Mike Epps (1970, turns 56 this year), Elizabeth Anne Allen (1970, turns 56 this year), Chloë Sevigny (1974, turns 52 this year), Steven Pasquale (1976, turns 50 this year), Miranda Raison (1977, turns 49 this year), Nate Parker (1979, turns 47 this year), Mathew Baynton (1980, turns 46 this year), Nasim Pedrad (1981, turns 45 this year), Allison Tolman (1981, turns 45 this year), Christina Vidal (1981, turns 45 this year), Robert Kazinsky (1983, turns 43 this year), Nayanthara (1984, turns 42 this year), Georgia King (1986, turns 40 this year), Jake Abel (1987, turns 39 this year), Noemie Schmidt (1990, turns 36 this year), Nathan Kress (1992, turns 34 this year), Noah Ringer (1997, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Cab Calloway (1994, at the age of 86), James Coburn (2002, at the age of 74), Yevgeni Lazarev (2016, at the age of 79), Bill Roberson (2017, at the age of 59), Ken Shapiro (2017, at the age of 75), Michel Robin (2020, at the age of 90), Mick Rock (2021, at the age of 72), George Lois (2022, at the age of 91), Spencer Lofranco (2025, at the age of 33)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.