On This Day - December 15

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi Friday $104,684,491 $620,181,382
2007 I am Legend Saturday $28,795,114 $256,393,010
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Saturday $27,739,815 $303,003,568
2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks Saturday $18,883,832 $217,326,974
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Sunday $18,024,194 $258,241,522
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level Sunday $15,917,973 $316,831,246
2023 Wonka Friday $14,412,706 $218,581,815
2018 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3D Saturday $13,012,817 $190,173,195
2000 What Women Want Friday $11,115,000 $182,805,123
2001 Ocean’s Eleven Saturday $9,321,000 $183,417,150

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi Friday $104,684,491 $620,181,382
2023 Wonka Friday $14,412,706 $218,581,815
2000 What Women Want Friday $11,115,000 $182,805,123
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness Friday $8,951,750 $162,586,036
2006 Eragon Friday $8,742,232 $75,030,163
2000 Dude, Where's My Car? Friday $5,255,000 $46,729,374
2017 Ferdinand Friday $3,627,780 $84,410,380
2006 Charlotte\'s Web Friday $3,425,749 $82,985,708
2012 The Met: Live in HD - Aida Saturday $2,800,000 $2,800,000
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Friday $2,291,000 $89,630,573

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 15.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi $220,009,584 $620,181,382
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $84,617,303 $303,003,568
2007 I am Legend $77,211,321 $256,393,010
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $73,645,197 $258,241,522
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level $59,251,543 $316,831,246
2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks $44,307,417 $217,326,974
2023 Wonka $39,005,800 $218,581,815
2018 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3D $35,363,376 $190,173,195
2000 What Women Want $33,614,543 $182,805,123
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness $26,541,709 $162,586,036

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Gordon Douglas (1907, died on September 29, 1993 at the age of 85), Jeff Chandler (1918, turns 107 this year), Freeman Dyson (1923, died on February 28, 2020 at the age of 96), Tim Conway (1933, died on May 14, 2019 at the age of 85), Melanie Chartoff (1948, turns 77 this year), Don Johnson (1949, turns 76 this year), Julie Taymor (1952, turns 73 this year), Marta DuBois (1952, turns 73 this year), Alex Cox (1954, turns 71 this year), Stephen Lee Davis (1955, died on January 18, 2017 at the age of 61), Sara Driver (1955, turns 70 this year), John Lee Hancock (1956, turns 69 this year), Reginald Hudlin (1961, turns 64 this year), Helen Slater (1963, turns 62 this year), Ellie Cornell (1963, turns 62 this year), Paul Kaye (1964, turns 61 this year), Brett Rickaby (1964, turns 61 this year), Molly Price (1966, turns 59 this year), Ralph Ineson (1969, turns 56 this year), Michael Shanks (1970, turns 55 this year), Karl Makinen (1970, turns 55 this year), Stuart Townsend (1972, turns 53 this year), Andrea Di Stefano (1972, turns 53 this year), Seung-wan Ryoo (1973, turns 52 this year), Gisli Orn Gardarsson (1973, turns 52 this year), P.J. Byrne (1974, turns 51 this year), Geoff Stults (1977, turns 48 this year), Adam Brody (1979, turns 46 this year), Alex Solowitz (1979, turns 46 this year), Yuri Kolokolnikov (1980, turns 45 this year), Brendan Fletcher (1981, turns 44 this year), Michelle Dockery (1981, turns 44 this year), Charlie Cox (1982, turns 43 this year), George Gore, II (1982, turns 43 this year), Camilla Luddington (1983, turns 42 this year), Ester Dean (1986, turns 39 this year), Emily Head (1988, turns 37 this year), Maude Apatow (1997, turns 28 this year), Stefania LaVie Owen (1997, turns 28 this year), Chandler Canterbury (1998, turns 27 this year)

Died on this day in history: Paul Harvey (1955, at the age of 73), Charles Laughton (1962, at the age of 63), Walt Disney (1966, at the age of 65), Anatole Litvak (1974, at the age of 72), Blake Edwards (2010, at the age of 88), Joan Fontaine (2013, at the age of 96), Darlanne Fluegel (2017, at the age of 64), Nicky Henson (2019, at the age of 74), Scott Marshall Smith (2020, at the age of 61), Zakir Hussain (2024, at the age of 73)

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