On This Day - December 25
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 25.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Friday | $49,325,663 | $936,662,225 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Wednesday | $32,165,681 | $515,202,542 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Saturday | $31,609,749 | $814,811,535 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Sunday | $29,179,791 | $684,075,767 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Monday | $27,459,557 | $620,181,382 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Sunday | $25,865,004 | $533,539,991 |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Friday | $24,608,941 | $209,028,679 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Friday | $23,095,046 | $785,221,649 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Tuesday | $21,982,419 | $335,061,807 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Saturday | $19,542,490 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 25.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Friday | $24,608,941 | $209,028,679 |
| 2023 | The Color Purple | Monday | $18,151,050 | $60,619,191 |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Tuesday | $18,111,665 | $149,260,140 |
| 2015 | Daddy’s Home | Friday | $15,709,618 | $150,357,137 |
| 2014 | Unbroken | Thursday | $15,434,400 | $115,637,895 |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Thursday | $15,089,740 | $128,002,372 |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Tuesday | $15,011,121 | $162,805,434 |
| 2008 | Marley & Me | Thursday | $14,380,980 | $143,153,751 |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Thursday | $11,871,831 | $127,509,326 |
| 2008 | Bedtime Stories | Thursday | $10,529,000 | $110,101,975 |
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 25.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $149,202,860 | $936,662,225 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $84,548,505 | $814,811,535 |
| 2009 | Avatar | $75,617,133 | $785,221,649 |
| 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 |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | $62,304,277 | $209,028,679 |
| 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $48,875,415 | $219,614,612 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | $46,120,980 | $279,167,575 |
| 2015 | Daddy’s Home | $38,740,203 | $150,357,137 |
| 2016 | Sing | $35,258,145 | $270,329,045 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: The Fire Inside, Nosferatu, Better Man, Babygirl, A Complete Unknown, Vermiglio, 2025: Untitled Universal Event Film, Untitled Angel Studios Film, Sarah’s Oil, 2026: Dune: Messiah
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Humphrey Bogart (1899, died on January 14, 1957 at the age of 57), Humphrey Bogart (1899, died on January 14, 1957 at the age of 57), Barton MacLane (1902, died on January 1, 1969 at the age of 66), Mike Mazurki (1907, died on December 9, 1990 at the age of 82), Cab Calloway (1907, died on November 18, 1994 at the age of 86), Quentin Crisp (1908, turns 116 this year), Tony Martin (1913, died on July 27, 2012 at the age of 98), Rod Serling (1924, died on June 28, 1975 at the age of 50), Dick Miller (1928, died on January 30, 2019 at the age of 90), Mabel King (1932, died on November 9, 1999 at the age of 66), Ismail Merchant (1936, died on May 25, 2005 at the age of 68), Royce D. Applegate (1939, died on January 1, 2003 at the age of 63), John Capodice (1941, turns 83 this year), Hanna Schygulla (1943, turns 81 this year), Gary Sandy (1945, turns 79 this year), Jimmy Buffett (1946, died on September 1, 2023 at the age of 76), Stuart Wilson (1946, turns 78 this year), Twink Caplan (1947, turns 77 this year), Michael D. Roberts (1947, turns 77 this year), Sissy Spacek (1949, turns 75 this year), CCH Pounder (1952, turns 72 this year), Michael Catt (1952, died on June 12, 2023 at the age of 70), Annie Lennox (1954, turns 70 this year), Cheryl Chase (1958, turns 66 this year), Nicholas Hope (1958, turns 66 this year), Dean Cameron (1962, turns 62 this year), Helena Christensen (1968, turns 56 this year), Patrick Baladi (1971, turns 53 this year), Katie Wright (1971, turns 53 this year), Ewen MacIntosh (1973, died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 50), Eva Melander (1974, turns 50 this year), Dylan Vox (1974, turns 50 this year), Jeremy Strong (1978, turns 46 this year), Elena Lyadova (1980, turns 44 this year), Moneca Delain (1981, turns 43 this year), Hal Scardino (1984, turns 40 this year), Perdita Weeks (1985, turns 39 this year), Eugenia Kuzmina (1987, turns 37 this year), Gaite Jansen (1991, turns 33 this year), Rachel Keller (1992, turns 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: W.C. Fields (1946, at the age of 66), Charlie Chaplin (1977, at the age of 88), Joan Blondell (1979, at the age of 73), Curt Bois (1991, at the age of 90), Dean Martin (1995, at the age of 78), James Brown (2006, at the age of 73), Eartha Kitt (2008, at the age of 81), Ann Savage (2008, at the age of 87), Qi Lin (2020, at the age of 87), Tom Priestley (2023, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.