On This Day - December 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Frozen II | Sunday | $19,482,892 | $477,373,578 |
| 2013 | Frozen | Sunday | $15,207,908 | $400,953,009 |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Sunday | $14,207,894 | $424,668,047 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | Saturday | $11,908,969 | $201,091,711 |
| 2023 | RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ | Friday | $11,619,984 | $33,889,684 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Saturday | $10,354,000 | $317,871,467 |
| 2018 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | Saturday | $8,378,745 | $272,699,130 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Saturday | $7,643,379 | $304,360,277 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Saturday | $7,525,548 | $292,324,737 |
| 2001 | Behind Enemy Lines | Saturday | $7,507,000 | $58,855,732 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ | Friday | $11,619,984 | $33,889,684 |
| 2023 | Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ最新作) | Friday | $4,726,373 | $56,418,793 |
| 2023 | Animal | Friday | $2,778,329 | $15,000,076 |
| 2021 | Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers | Wednesday | $2,700,000 | $13,388,000 |
| 2006 | The Nativity Story | Friday | $2,400,000 | $37,629,831 |
| 2023 | The Shift | Friday | $1,750,398 | $12,118,219 |
| 2006 | Turistas | Friday | $1,305,115 | $7,027,762 |
| 2023 | Silent Night | Friday | $1,088,202 | $8,012,103 |
| 2006 | Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj | Friday | $878,892 | $4,261,350 |
| 2022 | I Heard the Bells | Thursday | $772,369 | $5,644,104 |
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 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Frozen II | $85,977,773 | $477,373,578 |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $74,179,601 | $424,668,047 |
| 2013 | Frozen | $67,391,326 | $400,953,009 |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | $33,504,025 | $136,189,294 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $32,117,496 | $262,233,381 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | $31,010,183 | $160,942,139 |
| 2017 | Coco | $27,533,304 | $210,460,015 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $27,096,630 | $261,939,550 |
| 2019 | Knives Out | $26,769,548 | $165,364,060 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | $25,566,945 | $201,091,711 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Mary Martin (1913, died on November 3, 1990 at the age of 76), Sylvia Kauders (1921, died on May 5, 2016 at the age of 94), Ralph Manza (1921, turns 103 this year), Dick Shawn (1923, died on April 17, 1987 at the age of 63), Allyn Ann McLerie (1926, died on May 21, 2018 at the age of 91), James Greene (1926, died on November 9, 2018 at the age of 91), Malachi Throne (1928, died on March 13, 2013 at the age of 84), Lou Rawls (1933, died on January 6, 2006 at the age of 72), Bruce Brown (1937, died on December 10, 2017 at the age of 80), Richard Pryor (1940, died on December 10, 2005 at the age of 65), Bette Midler (1945, turns 79 this year), Jonathan Katz (1946, turns 78 this year), Maggie Steed (1946, turns 78 this year), Jinpachi Nezu (1947, died on December 29, 2016 at the age of 69), Remo Girone (1948, turns 76 this year), Obba Babatunde (1951, turns 73 this year), Pegi Young (1952, died on January 1, 2019 at the age of 66), Kim McGuire (1955, died on September 14, 2016 at the age of 60), Verónica Forqué (1955, died on December 1, 1955 at the age of 0), Jeremy Northam (1961, turns 63 this year), Katherine LaNasa (1966, turns 58 this year), Andrew Adamson (1966, turns 58 this year), Nestor Carbonell (1967, turns 57 this year), Justin Chadwick (1968, turns 56 this year), Laith Nakli (1969, turns 55 this year), Sarah Silverman (1970, turns 54 this year), Jouko Ahola (1970, turns 54 this year), Golden Brooks (1970, turns 54 this year), Emily Mortimer (1971, turns 53 this year), Ron Melendez (1972, turns 52 this year), Lombardo Boyar (1973, turns 51 this year), David Hornsby (1975, turns 49 this year), Dean O'Gorman (1976, turns 48 this year), Michael Esper (1976, turns 48 this year), Sophie Guillemin (1977, turns 47 this year), Nate Torrence (1977, turns 47 this year), Akiva Schaffer (1977, turns 47 this year), Mark Ghanime (1977, turns 47 this year), Camille Cottin (1978, turns 46 this year), Stefan Kapicic (1978, turns 46 this year), Xanthe Elbrick (1978, turns 46 this year), Nora von Waldstatten (1981, turns 43 this year), Riz Ahmed (1982, turns 42 this year), Janelle Monáe (1985, turns 39 this year), Zoë Kravitz (1988, turns 36 this year), Olivia Grace Applegate (1991, turns 33 this year), Reign Edwards (1996, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Verónica Forqué (1955, at the age of 0), Byron Webster (1991, at the age of 60), Paul Benedict (2008, at the age of 70), Bill McKinney (2011, at the age of 80), Don Calfa (2016, at the age of 76), Hugh Keays-Byrne (2020, at the age of 73), Julia Reichert (2022, at the age of 76)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.