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 | $688,809,501 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Thursday | $24,096,415 | $250,295,254 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Friday | $23,095,046 | $785,221,649 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Tuesday | $21,982,419 | $335,061,807 |
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 |
| 2024 | Nosferatu | Wednesday | $11,552,825 | $95,608,235 |
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 | $688,809,501 |
| 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: 2026: Werwulf
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 118 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, died on December 30, 2024 at the age of 83), Hanna Schygulla (1943, turns 83 this year), Gary Sandy (1945, turns 81 this year), Jimmy Buffett (1946, died on September 1, 2023 at the age of 76), Stuart Wilson (1946, turns 80 this year), Twink Caplan (1947, turns 79 this year), Michael D. Roberts (1947, turns 79 this year), Sissy Spacek (1949, turns 77 this year), CCH Pounder (1952, turns 74 this year), Michael Catt (1952, died on June 12, 2023 at the age of 70), Annie Lennox (1954, turns 72 this year), Cheryl Chase (1958, turns 68 this year), Nicholas Hope (1958, turns 68 this year), Dean Cameron (1962, turns 64 this year), Helena Christensen (1968, turns 58 this year), Patrick Baladi (1971, turns 55 this year), Katie Wright (1971, turns 55 this year), Ewen MacIntosh (1973, died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 50), Eva Melander (1974, turns 52 this year), Dylan Vox (1974, turns 52 this year), Jeremy Strong (1978, turns 48 this year), Elena Lyadova (1980, turns 46 this year), Moneca Delain (1981, turns 45 this year), Hal Scardino (1984, turns 42 this year), Perdita Weeks (1985, turns 41 this year), Eugenia Kuzmina (1987, turns 39 this year), Gaite Jansen (1991, turns 35 this year), Rachel Keller (1992, turns 34 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), Amos Poe (2025, at the age of 76)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.