The Numbers - On This Day - December 23
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Wednesday | $38,022,183 | $936,662,225 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Monday | $29,389,847 | $515,202,542 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Thursday | $29,333,622 | $814,811,535 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Saturday | $29,172,415 | $620,181,382 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Friday | $22,860,256 | $533,539,991 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Friday | $19,289,141 | $684,075,767 |
| 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Wednesday | $18,801,277 | $219,614,612 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Sunday | $18,793,733 | $335,061,807 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Wednesday | $16,445,291 | $785,221,649 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Sunday | $15,143,000 | $318,651,105 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Wednesday | $18,801,277 | $219,614,612 |
| 2016 | Why Him? | Friday | $3,900,804 | $60,323,786 |
| 2011 | We Bought a Zoo | Friday | $2,984,875 | $75,624,550 |
| 2005 | The Ringer | Friday | $2,376,983 | $35,428,675 |
| 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Friday | $1,979,797 | $23,708,080 |
| 2022 | Babylon | Friday | $1,469,479 | $16,596,054 |
| 2005 | Munich | Friday | $1,372,560 | $47,379,090 |
| 2009 | 3 Idiots | Wednesday | $180,514 | $6,533,849 |
| 2016 | Silence | Friday | $63,750 | $7,100,177 |
| 2022 | Women Talking | Friday | $15,650 | $5,456,531 |
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 23.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $71,565,498 | $620,181,382 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | $67,873,522 | $335,061,807 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $64,033,768 | $533,539,991 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $63,338,220 | $684,075,767 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $47,211,490 | $318,651,105 |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | $44,783,772 | $219,961,501 |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $36,888,365 | $303,003,568 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $36,169,328 | $404,508,916 |
| 2016 | Sing | $35,258,145 | $270,329,045 |
| 2007 | I am Legend | $33,503,201 | $256,393,010 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Shrek 5
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Eric Blore (1887, died on March 2, 1959 at the age of 71), James Gregory (1911, died on September 16, 2002 at the age of 90), Dino Risi (1916, died on June 7, 2008 at the age of 91), Harry Guardino (1925, turns 100 this year), Frederic Forrest (1936, died on June 23, 2023 at the age of 86), Peter Medak (1937, turns 88 this year), Arun Bali (1942, died on October 6, 2022 at the age of 79), Harry Shearer (1943, turns 82 this year), Elizabeth Hartman (1943, died on June 10, 1987 at the age of 43), Susan Lucci (1946, turns 79 this year), Mark Wheeler (1947, turns 78 this year), John Callahan (1953, died on March 28, 2020 at the age of 66), Cheryl Howard (1953, turns 72 this year), Dan Shea (1954, turns 71 this year), Joan Severance (1958, turns 67 this year), Jennifer Van Dyck (1962, turns 63 this year), Jess Harnell (1963, turns 62 this year), Reg Rogers (1964, turns 61 this year), Shelley Malil (1964, turns 61 this year), Eddie Vedder (1964, turns 61 this year), Carla Bruni (1967, turns 58 this year), Nick Moran (1969, turns 56 this year), Anatole Taubman (1970, turns 55 this year), Corey Haim (1971, died on March 10, 2010 at the age of 38), Christian Potenza (1972, turns 53 this year), Estella Warren (1978, turns 47 this year), Summer Altice (1979, turns 46 this year), Daryl Wein (1983, turns 42 this year), Alison Sudol (1984, turns 41 this year), Noël Wells (1986, turns 39 this year), Spencer Daniels (1992, turns 33 this year), Finn Wolfhard (2002, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Charles Ruggles (1970, at the age of 84), Jack Webb (1982, at the age of 62), Sebastian Shaw (1994, at the age of 89), Patric Knowles (1995, at the age of 84), David Manners (1998, at the age of 97), Lois Hamilton (1999, at the age of 56), Billy Barty (2000, at the age of 76), Kim Parker (2010, at the age of 78), Leslie West (2020, at the age of 75), Joan Didion (2021, at the age of 87), Mike Nussbaum (2023, at the age of 99), Shyam Benegal (2024, at the age of 90), Angus MacInnes (2024, at the age of 77)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.