On This Day - December 19
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 19.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Saturday | $68,294,204 | $936,662,225 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sunday | $64,232,578 | $814,115,070 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Saturday | $25,529,036 | $785,221,649 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Friday | $21,811,549 | $379,021,990 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Tuesday | $20,254,189 | $620,181,382 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Wednesday | $18,214,211 | $315,544,750 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Monday | $17,596,150 | $533,539,991 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Friday | $16,563,371 | $255,119,788 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Monday | $16,257,078 | $684,075,767 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Thursday | $13,878,712 | $342,548,984 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 19.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Wednesday | $18,214,211 | $315,544,750 |
| 1997 | Titanic | Friday | $8,658,814 | $674,460,013 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Friday | $8,570,000 | $125,304,276 |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Friday | $6,495,077 | $97,690,976 |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Friday | $5,655,945 | $113,746,621 |
| 2014 | Annie | Friday | $5,289,149 | $85,911,262 |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds | Friday | $5,199,842 | $69,951,824 |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Wednesday | $4,763,547 | $171,958,438 |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | Friday | $4,300,000 | $63,803,100 |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Friday | $3,538,560 | $50,877,145 |
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 19.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $260,138,569 | $814,115,070 |
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $247,966,675 | $936,662,225 |
| 2009 | Avatar | $77,025,481 | $785,221,649 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $72,629,713 | $379,021,990 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | $54,724,334 | $255,119,788 |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | $44,026,211 | $172,062,763 |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $30,061,756 | $118,627,117 |
| 1997 | Titanic | $28,638,131 | $674,460,013 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $25,143,007 | $125,304,276 |
| 1998 | You’ve Got Mail | $18,426,749 | $115,821,495 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Warner Bros. Film, Avatar 3, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants, 2031: Avatar 5
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ralph Richardson (1902, died on October 10, 1983 at the age of 80), Lee Rich (1918, died on May 24, 2012 at the age of 93), Gordon Jackson (1923, died on January 15, 1990 at the age of 66), Cicely Tyson (1924, died on January 28, 2021 at the age of 96), Edmund Purdom (1924, died on January 1, 2009 at the age of 84), Gary Morton (1924, died on March 30, 1999 at the age of 74), Robert B. Sherman (1925, died on March 6, 2012 at the age of 86), James Booth (1927, died on August 11, 2005 at the age of 77), Howard Sackler (1929, died on October 12, 1982 at the age of 52), Wayne Tippit (1932, died on April 28, 2009 at the age of 76), A.B.Yehoshua (1936, died on June 14, 2022 at the age of 85), Peter H. Hunt (1938, died on April 26, 2020 at the age of 81), Sam Kelly (1943, died on June 14, 2014 at the age of 70), Tim Reid (1944, turns 80 this year), Elaine Joyce (1945, turns 79 this year), Jack Fisk (1945, turns 79 this year), Robert Urich (1946, died on April 16, 2002 at the age of 55), John Gulager (1957, turns 67 this year), Mike Lookinland (1960, turns 64 this year), Scott Cohen (1961, turns 63 this year), Gary Fleder (1962, turns 62 this year), Jill Talley (1962, turns 62 this year), Aki Aleong (1962, turns 62 this year), Til Schweiger (1963, turns 61 this year), Jennifer Beals (1963, turns 61 this year), Paul Rhys (1963, turns 61 this year), Beatrice Dalle (1964, turns 60 this year), Jessica Steen (1965, turns 59 this year), Robert MacNaughton (1966, turns 58 this year), Ken Marino (1968, turns 56 this year), Kristy Swanson (1969, turns 55 this year), Lauren Sanchez (1969, turns 55 this year), Tyson Beckford (1970, turns 54 this year), Alyssa Milano (1972, turns 52 this year), Rosa Blasi (1972, turns 52 this year), Blake Lindsley (1973, turns 51 this year), Claire Cox (1975, turns 49 this year), Mahie Gill (1975, turns 49 this year), Patrick Casey (1978, turns 46 this year), A.J. Tesler (1978, turns 46 this year), Tara Summers (1979, turns 45 this year), Marla Sokoloff (1980, turns 44 this year), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980, turns 44 this year), Amy Locane (1983, turns 41 this year), Natalia de Molina (1989, turns 35 this year), Libe Barer (1991, turns 33 this year), Hermione Corfield (1993, turns 31 this year)
Died on this day in history: Jacques Tourneur (1977, at the age of 73), Paul Maxwell (1991, at the age of 70), Marcello Mastroianni (1996, at the age of 72), Michael Alldredge (1997, at the age of 56), Desmond Llewelyn (1999, at the age of 85), Hope Lange (2003, at the age of 70), Les Tremayne (2003, at the age of 90), Ned Vizzini (2013, at the age of 32), Dick Latessa (2016, at the age of 87), Richard Venture (2017, at the age of 94), Audrey Geisel (2018, at the age of 97), David Giler (2020, at the age of 77), Rosalind Knight (2020, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.