On This Day - December 29

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 29.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens Tuesday $29,528,583 $936,662,225
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Sunday $21,244,082 $515,202,542
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Wednesday $20,327,774 $814,811,535
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Thursday $20,117,061 $684,075,767
2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi Friday $19,029,250 $620,181,382
2018 Aquaman Saturday $18,632,907 $335,061,807
2009 Avatar Tuesday $18,290,628 $785,221,649
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Friday $17,663,293 $404,508,916
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Thursday $16,722,532 $533,539,991
2016 Sing Thursday $15,039,855 $270,329,045

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 29.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2006 El Laberinto del Fauno Friday $190,000 $37,634,615
1999 The Hurricane Wednesday $76,493 $50,699,241
2010 Blue Valentine Wednesday $47,887 $9,737,892
2010 Biutiful Wednesday $9,629 $5,101,237
2006 Miss Potter Friday $3,000 $3,005,605
2006 The Dead Girl Friday $2,000 $19,875
2006 La Tigre e la neve Friday $2,000 $10,167
2021 Jockey Wednesday $584 $108,678

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 29.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker $72,389,590 $515,202,542
2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi $52,520,140 $620,181,382
2018 Aquaman $52,114,571 $335,061,807
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $50,051,364 $404,508,916
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $48,875,549 $345,115,396
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $38,695,582 $318,651,105
2006 Night at the Museum $36,766,905 $250,863,268
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets $36,672,708 $219,961,501
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level $35,249,690 $316,831,246
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $31,926,068 $303,003,568

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Claire Dodd (1911, died on November 23, 1973 at the age of 61), Jo Van Fleet (1915, died on June 10, 1996 at the age of 80), Viveca Lindfors (1920, died on October 25, 1995 at the age of 74), Dina Merrill (1923, died on May 22, 2017 at the age of 93), Mike Nussbaum (1923, died on December 23, 2023 at the age of 99), John W. Corso (1929, died on October 9, 2019 at the age of 89), Serge Merlin (1932, died on February 16, 2019 at the age of 86), Ed Flanders (1934, died on February 22, 1995 at the age of 60), aydemir akbas (1935, died on August 16, 2024 at the age of 88), Mary Tyler Moore (1936, died on January 25, 2017 at the age of 80), Barbara Steele (1937, turns 87 this year), William J. Immerman (1937, died on June 24, 2023 at the age of 85), Jon Voight (1938, turns 86 this year), Ed Bruce (1939, died on January 8, 2021 at the age of 81), Rajesh Khanna (1942, turns 82 this year), Vincent Winter (1947, died on November 2, 1998 at the age of 50), Ted Danson (1947, turns 77 this year), Jon Polito (1950, died on September 1, 2016 at the age of 65), Charlayne Woodard (1953, turns 71 this year), Brad Grey (1957, died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 59), Paul Rudnick (1957, turns 67 this year), Patricia Clarkson (1959, turns 65 this year), Dave McKean (1963, turns 61 this year), Michael Cudlitz (1964, turns 60 this year), Kimberly Russell (1964, turns 60 this year), Jason Gould (1966, turns 58 this year), Lilly Wachowski (1967, turns 57 this year), Jennifer Ehle (1969, turns 55 this year), Patrick Fischler (1969, turns 55 this year), Kevin Weisman (1970, turns 54 this year), Brady Smith (1971, turns 53 this year), Jude Law (1972, turns 52 this year), Leonor Varela (1972, turns 52 this year), David Fumero (1972, turns 52 this year), Barry Atsma (1972, turns 52 this year), Mekhi Phifer (1974, turns 50 this year), Twinkle Khanna (1974, turns 50 this year), Maria Dizzia (1974, turns 50 this year), Shawn Hatosy (1975, turns 49 this year), Danny McBride (1976, turns 48 this year), Katherine Moennig (1977, turns 47 this year), Ennis Esmer (1978, turns 46 this year), Ali Hillis (1978, turns 46 this year), Diego Luna (1979, turns 45 this year), Charlotte Riley (1981, turns 43 this year), Alison Brie (1982, turns 42 this year), Ally Maki (1986, turns 38 this year), Iain De Caestecker (1987, turns 37 this year), Jane Levy (1989, turns 35 this year), Cyrina Fiallo (1991, turns 33 this year), Ross Lynch (1995, turns 29 this year), Dylan Minnette (1996, turns 28 this year), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (1998, turns 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: Joseph Cornell (1972, at the age of 69), Andrei Tarkovsky (1986, at the age of 54), Don Taylor (1998, at the age of 78), Earl Hindman (2003, at the age of 61), Dinsdale Landen (2003, at the age of 71), Bill Erwin (2010, at the age of 96), Jinpachi Nezu (2016, at the age of 69), Ringo Lam (2018, at the age of 62), Jessica Campbell (2020, at the age of 38), Vivienne Westwood (2022, at the age of 81), Nitin Manmohan (2022, at the age of 59), Ruggero Deodato (2022, at the age of 83)

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