On This Day - January 5
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on January 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Aquaman | Saturday | $13,053,690 | $335,061,807 |
| 2018 | Insidious: The Last Key | Friday | $12,723,575 | $67,745,330 |
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Friday | $10,748,632 | $404,508,916 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saturday | $10,285,000 | $318,651,105 |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Sunday | $9,166,472 | $515,202,542 |
| 2008 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Saturday | $8,754,230 | $219,961,501 |
| 2013 | Django Unchained | Saturday | $8,426,744 | $162,805,434 |
| 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Tuesday | $7,967,428 | $936,662,225 |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Saturday | $7,920,329 | $34,341,945 |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saturday | $7,629,018 | $303,003,568 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on January 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Insidious: The Last Key | Friday | $12,723,575 | $67,745,330 |
| 2024 | Night Swim | Friday | $5,246,275 | $32,494,740 |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | Friday | $3,402,212 | $36,605,602 |
| 2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Friday | $2,114,314 | $15,849,032 |
| 2007 | Code Name: The Cleaner | Friday | $1,300,000 | $8,135,024 |
| 2007 | Thr3e | Friday | $170,000 | $1,008,849 |
| 2024 | Weak Layers | Friday | $15,547 | $154,445 |
| 2024 | Farang | Friday | $2,289 | $8,510 |
| 2018 | Bar Bahar | Friday | $1,131 | $107,977 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was January 5.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $37,233,653 | $404,508,916 |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $34,524,815 | $515,202,542 |
| 2019 | Aquaman | $31,003,280 | $335,061,807 |
| 2018 | Insidious: The Last Key | $29,581,355 | $67,745,330 |
| 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $26,227,346 | $316,831,246 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $25,017,279 | $345,115,396 |
| 2007 | Night at the Museum | $23,743,960 | $250,863,268 |
| 2018 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $23,728,944 | $620,181,382 |
| 2025 | Mufasa: The Lion King | $23,461,633 | $254,567,693 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $23,006,447 | $318,651,105 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Reeves (1914, died on June 16, 1959 at the age of 45), Jane Wyman (1917, died on September 10, 2007 at the age of 90), Lou Carneseca (1925, died on November 30, 2024 at the age of 99), Robert Duvall (1931, turned 94 this year), Umberto Eco (1932, died on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84), Phil Ramone (1934, died on March 30, 2013 at the age of 79), David Ryall (1935, turned 90 this year), Piro Milkani (1939, died on May 24, 2025 at the age of 86), Enrique Rocha (1940, died on November 7, 2021 at the age of 81), Hayao Miyazaki (1941, turned 84 this year), Charlie Rose (1942, turned 83 this year), Roger Spottiswoode (1945, turned 80 this year), Diane Keaton (1946, turned 79 this year), Ted Lange (1948, turned 77 this year), Wilhelmenia Fernandez (1949, died on February 6, 2024 at the age of 75), Christian De Sica (1951, turned 74 this year), Laszlo Krasznahorkai (1954, turned 71 this year), Cisse Cameron (1954, turned 71 this year), Jeep Swenson (1957, turned 68 this year), Clancy Brown (1959, turned 66 this year), Pomaika'i Brown (1961, turned 64 this year), Suzy Amis (1962, turned 63 this year), David DeCoteau (1962, turned 63 this year), Vinnie Jones (1965, turned 60 this year), Joe Flanigan (1967, turned 58 this year), Emily Longstreth (1967, turned 58 this year), Carrie Ann Inaba (1968, turned 57 this year), Marilyn Manson (1969, turned 56 this year), Shea Whigham (1969, turned 56 this year), Paul McGillion (1969, turned 56 this year), Sakis Rouvas (1972, turned 53 this year), Luciana Pedraza (1972, turned 53 this year), Uday Chopra (1973, turned 52 this year), Derek Cecil (1973, turned 52 this year), Bradley Cooper (1975, turned 50 this year), Olunike Adeliyi (1977, turned 48 this year), Hadewych Minis (1977, turned 48 this year), January Jones (1978, turned 47 this year), America Olivo (1978, turned 47 this year), Garette Ratliff Henson (1980, turned 45 this year), Brooklyn Sudano (1981, turned 44 this year), Deepika Padukone (1986, turned 39 this year), Elizabeth Masucci (1986, turned 39 this year), Kristin Cavallari (1987, turned 38 this year), Mandip Gill (1988, turned 37 this year), Suki Waterhouse (1992, turned 33 this year), Franz Drameh (1993, turned 32 this year), Maxim Baldry (1996, turned 29 this year), Calli Taylor (1998, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Hans Conried (1982, at the age of 64), John Paxton (1985, at the age of 73), Arthur Kennedy (1990, at the age of 75), Sonny Bono (1998, at the age of 62), Nancy Parsons (2001, at the age of 58), Carmen Zapata (2014, at the age of 86), Mungau Dain (2019, at the age of 86), John Richardson (2021, at the age of 86), Earl Boen (2023, at the age of 81), Hector Travieso (2025, at the age of 72)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.