On This Day - November 23
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Saturday | $52,619,106 | $424,668,047 |
| 2019 | Frozen II | Saturday | $50,041,031 | $477,373,578 |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Sunday | $25,851,819 | $337,135,885 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Friday | $22,987,000 | $317,871,467 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | Friday | $21,711,098 | $201,091,711 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | Saturday | $19,045,657 | $160,942,139 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Saturday | $18,706,328 | $262,233,381 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Friday | $17,546,033 | $292,324,737 |
| 2016 | Moana | Wednesday | $15,519,234 | $248,757,044 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Friday | $14,678,348 | $304,360,277 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Moana | Wednesday | $15,519,234 | $248,757,044 |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Wednesday | $6,510,912 | $88,625,922 |
| 2005 | Rent | Wednesday | $4,751,680 | $29,077,547 |
| 2022 | Strange World | Wednesday | $4,192,614 | $39,089,002 |
| 2005 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Wednesday | $3,181,912 | $53,359,917 |
| 2016 | Allied | Wednesday | $2,702,288 | $40,098,064 |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Wednesday | $2,389,269 | $46,462,469 |
| 2005 | Just Friends | Wednesday | $2,000,000 | $32,596,916 |
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Wednesday | $2,000,000 | $15,000,000 |
| 2022 | Devotion | Wednesday | $1,825,172 | $20,511,938 |
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 23.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $158,074,286 | $424,668,047 |
| 2019 | Frozen II | $130,263,358 | $477,373,578 |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | $121,897,634 | $337,135,885 |
| 2008 | Twilight | $69,637,740 | $192,769,854 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $57,487,755 | $317,871,467 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | $56,237,634 | $201,091,711 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | $47,072,040 | $160,942,139 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $43,641,448 | $292,324,737 |
| 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 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Boris Karloff (1887, died on February 2, 1969 at the age of 81), Bess Flowers (1898, died on July 28, 1984 at the age of 85), George O'Hanlon (1912, died on February 11, 1989 at the age of 76), Ellen Drew (1914, died on December 3, 2003 at the age of 89), John Dehner (1915, died on February 4, 1992 at the age of 76), Michael Gough (1916, died on March 17, 2011 at the age of 94), Paul Richards (1924, died on December 10, 1974 at the age of 50), Elmarie Wendel (1928, died on July 21, 2018 at the age of 89), Leo T. Fong (1928, died on February 18, 2022 at the age of 93), Ricou Browning (1930, died on February 27, 2023 at the age of 92), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933, died on March 29, 2020 at the age of 86), Robert Towne (1934, turns 90 this year), Franco Nero (1941, turns 83 this year), Susan Anspach (1942, died on April 2, 2018 at the age of 75), Joe Eszterhas (1944, turns 80 this year), James Toback (1944, turns 80 this year), Peter Maloney (1944, turns 80 this year), Assi Dayan (1945, died on May 1, 2014 at the age of 68), Bruce Vilanch (1948, turns 76 this year), Dominique Dunne (1959, died on November 4, 1982 at the age of 22), Maxwell Caulfield (1959, turns 65 this year), Rodrigo Prieto (1965, turns 59 this year), Vincent Cassel (1966, turns 58 this year), Michelle Gomez (1966, turns 58 this year), Sally Richardson-Whitfield (1967, turns 57 this year), Brennan Brown (1968, turns 56 this year), Oded Fehr (1970, turns 54 this year), Chris Hardwick (1971, turns 53 this year), Page Kennedy (1976, turns 48 this year), Kayvan Novak (1978, turns 46 this year), Destin Daniel Cretton (1978, turns 46 this year), Kelly Brook (1979, turns 45 this year), Jonathan Sadowski (1979, turns 45 this year), Tim Chiou (1979, turns 45 this year), Lucas Grabeel (1984, turns 40 this year), Nicole Polizzi (1987, turns 37 this year), Miley Cyrus (1992, turns 32 this year), Austin Majors (1995, turns 29 this year), Lia Marie Johnson (1996, turns 28 this year), Chloe Coleman (2008, turns 16 this year), Diana Quick (2020, turns 4 this year)
Died on this day in history: David Rappaport (1951, turns 4 this year), Claire Dodd (1973, at the age of 61), Yasuzô Masumura (1986, at the age of 62), Roald Dahl (1990, at the age of 74), Klaus Kinski (1991, at the age of 65), Louis Malle (1995, at the age of 63), Philippe Noiret (2006, at the age of 76), Larry Hagman (2012, at the age of 81), Andrew Sachs (2016, at the age of 86), Anthony Harvey (2017, at the age of 87), Nicolas Roeg (2018, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.