On This Day - November 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Friday $70,950,136 $424,668,047
2019 Frozen II Friday $42,205,262 $477,373,578
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Saturday $40,905,873 $337,135,885
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sunday $27,846,502 $296,623,634
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Sunday $23,245,556 $281,723,902
2008 Twilight Saturday $21,287,029 $192,769,854
2002 Die Another Day Friday $16,619,731 $160,942,139
2003 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat Saturday $16,402,040 $101,018,283
2017 Coco Wednesday $13,187,576 $210,460,015
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Thursday $12,320,000 $317,871,467

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Friday $70,950,136 $424,668,047
2019 Frozen II Friday $42,205,262 $477,373,578
2002 Die Another Day Friday $16,619,731 $160,942,139
2017 Coco Wednesday $13,187,576 $210,460,015
2023 Wish Wednesday $8,117,419 $63,973,821
2023 Napoleon Wednesday $7,733,795 $61,524,375
1989 Back to the Future Part II Wednesday $7,236,200 $118,450,002
2000 Unbreakable Wednesday $6,813,351 $94,999,143
2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Friday $4,545,333 $61,696,436
2002 Friday After Next Friday $4,420,000 $33,253,609

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 22.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $158,074,286 $424,668,047
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $142,839,137 $296,623,634
2019 Frozen II $130,263,358 $477,373,578
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $121,897,634 $337,135,885
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 $102,665,981 $281,723,902
2008 Twilight $69,637,740 $192,769,854
2002 Die Another Day $47,072,040 $160,942,139
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $42,227,263 $262,233,381
2003 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat $38,329,160 $101,018,283
2009 The Blind Side $34,119,372 $255,959,475

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Gladiator 2, Bonhoeffer

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Hoagy Carmichael (1899, died on December 27, 1981 at the age of 82), Mary Jackson (1910, died on December 10, 2005 at the age of 95), Rodney Dangerfield (1921, died on October 5, 2004 at the age of 82), Arthur Hiller (1923, died on August 17, 2016 at the age of 92), Geraldine Page (1924, died on June 13, 1987 at the age of 62), Peter Hall (1930, died on September 11, 2017 at the age of 86), Jered Barclay (1930, died on July 23, 2022 at the age of 91), Robert Vaughn (1932, died on November 11, 2016 at the age of 83), Sônia Guedes (1932, died on June 3, 2019 at the age of 86), Michael Callan (1935, died on October 10, 2022 at the age of 86), Allen Garfield (1939, died on April 7, 2020 at the age of 80), Andrzej Żuławski (1940, died on February 17, 2016 at the age of 75), Terry Gilliam (1940, turns 84 this year), Tom Conti (1941, turns 83 this year), Paul A. Partain (1946, turns 78 this year), Ian Sander (1947, died on May 3, 2016 at the age of 68), Joe Napolitano (1948, died on July 23, 2016 at the age of 67), Saroj Khan (1948, died on July 3, 2020 at the age of 71), Steven Van Zandt (1950, turns 74 this year), Richard Kind (1956, turns 68 this year), Mackenzie Gray (1957, turns 67 this year), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958, turns 66 this year), Bruce Payne (1958, turns 66 this year), Leos Carax (1960, turns 64 this year), Mariel Hemingway (1961, turns 63 this year), Gary Valentine (1961, turns 63 this year), Brian Robbins (1963, turns 61 this year), Stephen Geoffreys (1964, turns 60 this year), Khalil Kain (1964, turns 60 this year), Mads Mikkelsen (1965, turns 59 this year), Kathrine Narducci (1965, turns 59 this year), Kristin Minter (1965, turns 59 this year), Sanjay Gadhvi (1965, died on November 19, 2023 at the age of 57), Michael Kenneth Williams (1966, died on September 6, 2021 at the age of 54), Nicholas Rowe (1966, turns 58 this year), Richard Stanley (1966, turns 58 this year), Mark Ruffalo (1967, turns 57 this year), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968, turns 56 this year), Cecilia Suarez (1971, turns 53 this year), James Madio (1975, turns 49 this year), Josh Cooke (1979, turns 45 this year), Raul Arevalo (1979, turns 45 this year), Andrew Knott (1979, turns 45 this year), Leeanna Walsman (1979, turns 45 this year), Fiona Glascott (1982, turns 42 this year), Sei Ashina (1983, died on September 14, 2020 at the age of 36), Tyler Hilton (1983, turns 41 this year), Scarlett Johansson (1984, turns 40 this year), Antonio Ibanez (1987, died on July 12, 2022 at the age of 34), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988, turns 36 this year), Alden Ehrenreich (1989, turns 35 this year), Adele Exarchopoulos (1993, turns 31 this year), Dacre Montgomery (1994, turns 30 this year), Katherine McNamara (1995, turns 29 this year), Madison Davenport (1996, turns 28 this year), Mackenzie Lintz (1996, turns 28 this year), Auli'i Cravalho (2000, turns 24 this year)

Died on this day in history: Jack London (1916, at the age of 40), Mae West (1980, at the age of 87), Michael Conrad (1983, at the age of 58), Sterling Holloway (1992, at the age of 87), Christian Marquand (2000, at the age of 73), Adele Jergens (2002, at the age of 84), Joan Barclay (2002, at the age of 88), Noah Gordon (2021, at the age of 95), Pablo Milanes (2022, at the age of 79), Phil Quartararo (2023, at the age of 67)

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