On This Day - December 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Friday | $121,964,712 | $814,811,535 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Sunday | $51,331,888 | $620,181,382 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $46,308,115 | $533,539,991 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Saturday | $44,327,887 | $688,809,501 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Wednesday | $34,450,834 | $381,518,844 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Wednesday | $24,452,117 | $255,119,788 |
| 2005 | King Kong | Saturday | $20,105,680 | $218,080,025 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Friday | $17,509,781 | $172,062,763 |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Saturday | $14,694,463 | $186,848,418 |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Saturday | $13,003,508 | $291,710,957 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Friday | $121,964,712 | $814,811,535 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Wednesday | $34,450,834 | $381,518,844 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Wednesday | $24,452,117 | $255,119,788 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Friday | $17,509,781 | $172,062,763 |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events | Friday | $10,500,000 | $118,627,117 |
| 2010 | Yogi Bear | Friday | $4,602,095 | $100,246,011 |
| 1999 | Stuart Little | Friday | $3,688,000 | $140,015,224 |
| 2004 | Spanglish | Friday | $3,000,000 | $42,044,321 |
| 2010 | How Do You Know? | Friday | $2,572,546 | $30,212,620 |
| 2018 | They Shall Not Grow Old | Monday | $2,327,451 | $17,956,913 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $260,138,569 | $814,811,535 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $220,009,584 | $620,181,382 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $155,081,681 | $533,539,991 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $134,100,226 | $688,809,501 |
| 2005 | King Kong | $50,130,145 | $218,080,025 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | $44,026,211 | $172,062,763 |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $39,637,079 | $186,848,418 |
| 2023 | Wonka | $39,005,800 | $218,581,815 |
| 2000 | What Women Want | $33,614,543 | $182,805,123 |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | $31,837,683 | $291,710,957 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Avengers: Secret Wars, Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Katina Paxinou (1900, died on February 22, 1973 at the age of 72), C.O. Erickson (1923, died on June 28, 2017 at the age of 93), Julia Meade (1925, turns 101 this year), Richard Long (1927, died on December 21, 1974 at the age of 47), George Lindsey (1928, died on May 6, 2012 at the age of 83), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930, turns 96 this year), Tommy Steele (1936, turns 90 this year), Novella Nelson (1938, died on September 1, 2017 at the age of 78), Richard Ng (1939, turns 87 this year), Christopher Cazenove (1943, turns 83 this year), Bernard Hill (1944, died on May 5, 2024 at the age of 79), Ernie Hudson (1945, turns 81 this year), Eugene Levy (1946, turns 80 this year), Jayne Eastwood (1946, turns 80 this year), Wes Studi (1947, turns 79 this year), Joel Brooks (1949, turns 77 this year), Samuel Hadida (1953, died on November 26, 2018 at the age of 64), Bill Pullman (1953, turns 73 this year), Barry Livingston (1953, turns 73 this year), Richard Young (1955, turns 71 this year), Peter Farrelly (1956, turns 70 this year), Gregg Araki (1959, turns 67 this year), Leah Lail (1965, turns 61 this year), Juliet Aubrey (1966, turns 60 this year), Matthew Harrison (1968, turns 58 this year), Laurie Holden (1969, turns 57 this year), Chuck Liddell (1969, turns 57 this year), Sean Patrick Thomas (1970, turns 56 this year), Claire Forlani (1971, turns 55 this year), John Abraham (1972, turns 54 this year), Desmond Askew (1972, turns 54 this year), Rian Johnson (1973, turns 53 this year), Giovanni Ribisi (1974, turns 52 this year), Sarah Paulson (1974, turns 52 this year), Marissa Ribisi (1974, turns 52 this year), Milla Jovovich (1975, turns 51 this year), Steve Zissis (1975, turns 51 this year), Katheryn Winnick (1977, turns 49 this year), Riteish Deshmukh (1978, turns 48 this year), Stef Dawson (1983, turns 43 this year), Jamie Tisdale (1983, turns 43 this year), Shannon Woodward (1984, turns 42 this year), Emma Bell (1986, turns 40 this year), Vanessa Zima (1986, turns 40 this year), Aqueela Zoll (1988, turns 38 this year), Graham Rogers (1990, turns 36 this year), Ashley Edner (1990, turns 36 this year), Tyler Young (1990, turns 36 this year), Kiersey Clemons (1993, turns 33 this year), Nat Wolff (1994, turns 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: Dana Andrews (1992, at the age of 83), Dan O’Bannon (2009, at the age of 63), Penny Marshall (2018, at the age of 75), Jeremy Bulloch (2020, at the age of 75), Robert P Cohen (2020, at the age of 76), Mike Hodges (2022, at the age of 90), Otar Iosseliani (2023, at the age of 89), James McCaffrey (2023, at the age of 63), Marisa Paredes (2024, at the age of 78), Rosa von Praunheim (2025, at the age of 83), Kiran Kumar (2025, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.