On This Day - January 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Saturday | $12,655,507 | $98,780,042 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Friday | $11,905,330 | $90,862,685 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Sunday | $11,727,060 | $688,809,501 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Friday | $11,672,970 | $94,835,059 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Friday | $10,394,264 | $785,221,649 |
| 2022 | Scream | Saturday | $10,174,839 | $81,641,405 |
| 2005 | Coach Carter | Saturday | $9,498,710 | $67,264,877 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Friday | $9,292,852 | $183,637,894 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Saturday | $8,689,649 | $814,811,535 |
| 2005 | Meet the Fockers | Saturday | $8,227,615 | $279,167,575 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Friday | $11,905,330 | $90,862,685 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Friday | $11,672,970 | $94,835,059 |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Friday | $5,894,565 | $52,853,219 |
| 1999 | Varsity Blues | Friday | $5,210,000 | $52,894,169 |
| 2010 | The Spy Next Door | Friday | $2,410,798 | $24,307,106 |
| 1999 | At First Sight | Friday | $2,220,000 | $22,365,133 |
| 2020 | Weathering with You (天気の子) | Wednesday | $1,594,427 | $8,056,636 |
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Friday | $1,581,507 | $17,062,499 |
| 1999 | Virus | Friday | $1,565,000 | $14,010,690 |
| 2021 | The Marksman | Friday | $1,050,151 | $15,566,093 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was January 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | $785,221,649 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | $90,862,685 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | $33,526,876 | $98,780,042 |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $32,824,684 | $688,809,501 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | $32,789,494 | $94,835,059 |
| 2016 | The Revenant | $31,796,633 | $183,637,894 |
| 2022 | Scream | $30,018,805 | $81,641,405 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $26,342,117 | $936,662,225 |
| 2012 | Contraband | $24,349,815 | $66,528,000 |
| 2005 | Coach Carter | $24,182,960 | $67,264,877 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Children of Blood and Bone, Untitled Blumhouse Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ernest Thesiger (1879, turns 147 this year), William Beaudine (1892, died on March 18, 1970 at the age of 78), Torin Thatcher (1905, died on March 4, 1981 at the age of 76), Lloyd Bridges (1913, died on March 10, 1998 at the age of 85), Maria Schell (1926, died on April 26, 2005 at the age of 79), William Mims (1927, turns 99 this year), Victor Paul (1927, died on September 13, 2011 at the age of 84), Derek Meddings (1931, died on September 10, 1995 at the age of 64), Joe Dorsey (1932, turns 94 this year), Victor Campos (1935, turns 91 this year), Philip Rosenberg (1935, turns 91 this year), Margaret O'Brien (1937, turns 89 this year), Ray Henwood (1937, died on August 26, 2019 at the age of 82), Julian Mateos (1938, died on December 27, 1996 at the age of 58), Dick Ziker (1940, turns 86 this year), Angela Morant (1941, turns 85 this year), Geoffrey Beevers (1941, turns 85 this year), Barbara Tarbuck (1942, died on December 26, 2016 at the age of 74), Kirin Kiki (1943, died on September 15, 2018 at the age of 75), Carlos Barbosa (1944, died on October 10, 2025 at the age of 81), Andrea Martin (1947, turns 79 this year), Alan Shearman (1947, turns 79 this year), Tom Nolan (1948, turns 78 this year), Pritish Nandy (1951, died on January 8, 2025 at the age of 73), Reine Brynolfsson (1953, turns 73 this year), Tonita Castro (1953, died on May 8, 2016 at the age of 63), Mayumi Tanaka (1955, turns 71 this year), Mario Van Peebles (1957, turns 69 this year), Gakuryû Ishii (1957, turns 69 this year), Robin Mullins (1958, turns 68 this year), Kelly Asbury (1960, died on June 26, 2020 at the age of 60), Ralph Herforth (1960, turns 66 this year), Margherita Buy (1962, turns 64 this year), Danny Sembello (1963, died on August 15, 2015 at the age of 52), Craig Fairbrass (1964, turns 62 this year), James Nesbitt (1965, turns 61 this year), Chad Lowe (1968, turns 58 this year), Alex Lowe (1968, turns 58 this year), Marco Manetti (1968, turns 58 this year), Kellita Smith (1969, turns 57 this year), Meret Becker (1969, turns 57 this year), Jonas Pate (1970, turns 56 this year), Josh Pate (1970, turns 56 this year), Regina King (1971, turns 55 this year), Eric Jacobson (1971, turns 55 this year), Lara Cazalet (1971, turns 55 this year), Ernie Reyes, Jr. (1972, turns 54 this year), Dorian Missick (1976, turns 50 this year), Jimmy Smagula (1976, turns 50 this year), Sampath Raj (1976, turns 50 this year), Ronald Zehrfeld (1977, turns 49 this year), Jennifer Prediger (1977, turns 49 this year), Jamie Clayton (1978, turns 48 this year), Eddie Cahill (1978, turns 48 this year), Trent Ford (1979, turns 47 this year), Drew Brees (1979, turns 47 this year), Heidi Hawking (1980, turns 46 this year), Page Leong (1980, turns 46 this year), Pitbull (1981, turns 45 this year), Charleene Closshey (1981, turns 45 this year), Rich Paul (1981, turns 45 this year), Jade Healy (1981, turns 45 this year), Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (1982, turns 44 this year), Neil Nitin Mukesh (1982, turns 44 this year), Jana Kaderabkova (1982, turns 44 this year), Lena Lauzemis (1983, turns 43 this year), Victor Rasuk (1984, turns 42 this year), Ben Shapiro (1984, turns 42 this year), Evan Dumouchel (1984, turns 42 this year), Jessy Schram (1986, turns 40 this year), Vikram Prabhu (1986, turns 40 this year), Michael Seater (1987, turns 39 this year), Barbie Blank (1987, turns 39 this year), Skrillex (1988, turns 38 this year), Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (1988, turns 38 this year), Ryan Corr (1989, turns 37 this year), Chris Warren (1990, turns 36 this year), Lulu Popplewell (1991, turns 35 this year), Dove Cameron (1996, turns 30 this year), Karis Cameron (1996, turns 30 this year), Grace VanderWaal (2004, turns 22 this year), Sanai Victoria (2007, turns 19 this year), Christopher Convery (2008, turns 18 this year)
Died on this day in history: Shepperd Strudwick (1983, at the age of 75), Ray Bolger (1987, at the age of 83), Gordon Jackson (1990, at the age of 66), Fran Ryan (2000, at the age of 83), Leo Marks (2001, at the age of 80), Barbara Kelly (2007, at the age of 82), Brad Renfro (2008, at the age of 25), Susannah York (2011, at the age of 72), Nagisa Ôshima (2013, at the age of 80), Roger Lloyd-Pack (2014, at the age of 19), Dan Haggerty (2016, at the age of 74), Dolores O’Riordan (2018, at the age of 46), Peter Wyngarde (2018, at the age of 90), Carol Channing (2019, at the age of 97), Bill Anagnos (2019, at the age of 60), Anthony Rhulen (2021, at the age of 51), Jean-Claude Lord (2022, at the age of 78), Jeannot Szwarc (2025, at the age of 85)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.