On This Day - December 10

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 10.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Saturday $25,326,015 $291,710,957
2004 Ocean's Twelve Friday $14,500,000 $125,531,634
2016 Moana Saturday $8,726,486 $248,757,044
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Friday $8,255,202 $104,386,950
2016 Office Christmas Party Saturday $6,744,721 $54,767,494
2017 Coco Sunday $6,077,052 $210,460,015
2010 The Tourist Friday $6,033,091 $67,631,157
1999 The Green Mile Friday $5,749,000 $136,801,374
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Sunday $5,584,000 $261,939,550
2004 Blade: Trinity Friday $5,500,000 $52,397,389

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 10.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2004 Ocean's Twelve Friday $14,500,000 $125,531,634
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Friday $8,255,202 $104,386,950
2010 The Tourist Friday $6,033,091 $67,631,157
1999 The Green Mile Friday $5,749,000 $136,801,374
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Friday $4,398,000 $65,535,067
2021 West Side Story Friday $4,133,219 $38,530,322
2022 Met Opera: The Hours Saturday $791,374 $791,374
2021 National Champions Friday $121,311 $475,488
2010 The Fighter Friday $98,521 $93,617,009
2021 Red Rocket Friday $39,660 $1,039,866

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was December 10.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $65,556,312 $291,710,957
2004 Ocean's Twelve $39,153,380 $125,531,634
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader $24,005,069 $104,386,950
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $18,646,520 $261,939,550
2016 Moana $18,533,804 $248,757,044
2017 Coco $18,452,315 $210,460,015
1999 Toy Story 2 $18,249,880 $245,852,179
1999 The Green Mile $18,017,152 $136,801,374
2016 Office Christmas Party $16,890,204 $54,767,494
2010 The Tourist $16,472,458 $67,631,157

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Victor McLaglen (1886, died on November 7, 1959 at the age of 72), Ray Collins (1889, died on July 11, 1965 at the age of 75), Una Merkel (1903, died on January 2, 1986 at the age of 82), Dorothy Lamour (1914, died on September 22, 1996 at the age of 81), Harold Gould (1923, died on September 11, 2010 at the age of 86), Barbara Bolton (1925, died on September 24, 2019 at the age of 93), Barbara Nichols (1928, died on October 5, 1976 at the age of 47), John Colicos (1928, turns 96 this year), Mako (1933, died on July 21, 2006 at the age of 72), Fionnula Flanagan (1941, turns 83 this year), Ken Campbell (1941, died on August 31, 2008 at the age of 66), Tommy Kirk (1941, died on September 28, 2021 at the age of 79), Peter Michael Goetz (1941, turns 83 this year), Douglas Kenney (1946, died on August 27, 1980 at the age of 33), Susan Dey (1952, turns 72 this year), Kristine DeBell (1954, turns 70 this year), Camelia Kath (1954, turns 70 this year), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957, died on September 3, 2012 at the age of 54), Udi Aloni (1959, turns 65 this year), Kenneth Branagh (1960, turns 64 this year), Nia Peeples (1961, turns 63 this year), Stephen Billington (1964, turns 60 this year), Arnold Pinnock (1967, turns 57 this year), Amanda Anka (1968, turns 56 this year), Daniel Betts (1971, turns 53 this year), Tara Subkoff (1972, turns 52 this year), Arden Myrin (1973, turns 51 this year), Beth Lacke (1974, turns 50 this year), Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975, turns 49 this year), Summer Phoenix (1978, turns 46 this year), Kate Reinders (1980, turns 44 this year), Xavier Samuel (1983, turns 41 this year), Patrick John Flueger (1983, turns 41 this year), Raven-Symoné Pearman (1985, turns 39 this year), Vivien Endicott Douglas (1990, turns 34 this year), Melissa Roxburgh (1992, turns 32 this year), Alicia von Rittberg (1993, turns 31 this year)

Died on this day in history: Paul Richards (1974, at the age of 50), Ann Dvorak (1979, at the age of 68), Susan Cabot (1986, at the age of 59), Marie Windsor (2000, at the age of 80), Sean McClory (2003, at the age of 79), Richard Pryor (2005, at the age of 65), Mary Jackson (2005, at the age of 95), Bruce Brown (2017, at the age of 80), Alvin Epstein (2018, at the age of 93), Philip McKeon (2019, at the age of 55), Tommy Lister (2020, at the age of 62), Barbara Windsor (2020, at the age of 83), Mort Engelberg (2023, at the age of 83)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.