On This Day - December 6

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2025 Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Saturday $20,801,885 $126,054,850
2025 Zootopia 2 Saturday $19,229,065 $368,744,584
2024 Moana 2 Friday $11,682,456 $460,405,297
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Saturday $9,914,689 $337,135,885
2024 Wicked Friday $9,517,890 $474,983,975
2003 The Last Samurai Saturday $9,195,348 $111,110,575
2019 Frozen II Friday $7,816,954 $477,373,578
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Friday $7,775,778 $424,668,047
2025 Wicked: For Good Saturday $7,359,125 $340,812,550
2008 Four Christmases Saturday $6,969,302 $120,146,040

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2002 Analyze That Friday $3,765,000 $32,122,249
2002 Empire Friday $2,177,000 $17,504,595
2024 Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- Friday $1,091,224 $3,350,693
2024 Y2K Friday $923,110 $3,763,863
2024 Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl Friday $488,014 $845,370
2024 The Order Friday $450,183 $2,010,901
2024 Werewolves Friday $410,307 $1,903,905
2002 Equilibrium Friday $186,000 $1,190,018
2019 PLAYMOBIL Friday $174,657 $1,115,008
2024 The Return Friday $130,318 $703,978

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 6.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2025 Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 $64,007,430 $126,054,850
2024 Moana 2 $51,287,053 $460,405,297
2025 Zootopia 2 $43,433,854 $368,744,584
2024 Wicked $36,448,420 $474,983,975
2019 Frozen II $35,165,614 $477,373,578
2013 Frozen $31,616,230 $400,953,009
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $26,185,886 $424,668,047
2003 The Last Samurai $24,271,354 $111,110,575
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $22,026,762 $337,135,885
2009 The Blind Side $20,043,181 $255,959,475

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Agnes Moorehead (1900, died on April 30, 1974 at the age of 73), Sergio Corbucci (1926, turns 100 this year), Vladimir Naumov (1927, died on November 29, 2021 at the age of 93), Alain Tanner (1929, died on September 11, 2022 at the age of 92), Jack Fincher (1930, died on April 10, 2003 at the age of 72), Robert Getchell (1936, died on October 21, 2017 at the age of 80), David Ossman (1936, turns 90 this year), Patricia Carr (1937, turns 89 this year), Patrick Bauchau (1938, turns 88 this year), Richard Edlund (1940, turns 86 this year), Leon Russom (1941, turns 85 this year), Arnon Milchan (1944, turns 82 this year), Shekhar Kapur (1945, turns 81 this year), James Naughton (1945, turns 81 this year), JoBeth Williams (1948, turns 78 this year), Gina Hecht (1952, turns 74 this year), Tom Hulce (1953, turns 73 this year), Steven Wright (1955, turns 71 this year), Nick Park (1958, turns 68 this year), Janine Turner (1962, turns 64 this year), Colin Salmon (1962, turns 64 this year), Ulrich Thomsen (1963, turns 63 this year), Jens Hulten (1963, turns 63 this year), Judd Apatow (1967, turns 59 this year), Oliver Masucci (1968, turns 58 this year), Torri Higginson (1969, turns 57 this year), Craig Brewer (1971, turns 55 this year), Craig Brewer (1971, turns 55 this year), Sarah Rafferty (1972, turns 54 this year), Noel Clarke (1975, turns 51 this year), Lindsay Price (1976, turns 50 this year), Colleen Haskell (1976, turns 50 this year), K.D. Aubert (1978, turns 48 this year), Jack Thorne (1978, turns 48 this year), Tommy Wirkola (1979, turns 47 this year), Ryan Kennedy (1982, turns 44 this year), Nora Kirkpatrick (1984, turns 42 this year), America Young (1984, turns 42 this year), Max Kasch (1985, turns 41 this year), Jack De Sena (1987, turns 39 this year), Sabrina Ouazani (1988, turns 38 this year), Molly Gordon (1994, turns 32 this year), Stefanie Scott (1996, turns 30 this year)

Died on this day in history: Janet Munro (1972, at the age of 38), Roy Orbison (1988, at the age of 52), John Payne (1989, at the age of 77), Don Ameche (1993, at the age of 85), Gian Maria Volontè (1994, at the age of 61), Holly Woodlawn (2015, at the age of 69), Nicholas Smith (2015, at the age of 81), Peter Vaughan (2016, at the age of 93), Conrad Brooks (2017, at the age of 86), Tim Rossovich (2018, at the age of 72), Ron Leibman (2019, at the age of 82), Marisa Pavan (2023, at the age of 91), Ellen Holly (2023, at the age of 92), Thom Christopher (2024, at the age of 84), Martin Parr (2025, at the age of 72)

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