On This Day - November 21
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Friday | $55,139,942 | $337,135,885 |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Saturday | $42,288,881 | $296,623,634 |
| 2008 | Twilight | Friday | $35,978,348 | $192,769,854 |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Saturday | $33,841,369 | $281,723,902 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | Sunday | $25,106,568 | $297,414,693 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | Wednesday | $18,340,440 | $201,091,711 |
| 2009 | The Blind Side | Saturday | $13,742,443 | $255,959,475 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Wednesday | $12,779,287 | $292,324,737 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Wednesday | $12,655,000 | $317,871,467 |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Saturday | $11,935,000 | $100,494,685 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Friday | $55,139,942 | $337,135,885 |
| 2008 | Twilight | Friday | $35,978,348 | $192,769,854 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks The Internet | Wednesday | $18,340,440 | $201,091,711 |
| 2018 | Creed II | Wednesday | $11,576,440 | $115,715,889 |
| 2003 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | Friday | $11,200,000 | $101,018,283 |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Wednesday | $7,967,766 | $127,706,877 |
| 2008 | Bolt | Friday | $7,036,716 | $114,053,579 |
| 2003 | Gothika | Friday | $6,900,000 | $59,588,068 |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Friday | $5,930,000 | $35,927,406 |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Wednesday | $4,837,243 | $103,412,758 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $142,839,137 | $296,623,634 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | $125,017,372 | $297,414,693 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | $44,008,406 | $129,360,575 |
| 2003 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $38,329,160 | $101,018,283 |
| 1999 | The World is Not Enough | $35,519,007 | $126,930,660 |
| 2004 | National Treasure | $35,142,554 | $173,005,002 |
| 2009 | The Blind Side | $34,119,372 | $255,959,475 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Rental Family, Untitled Warner Bros. Film, SISU Sequel, Wicked: For Good
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Eleanor Powell (1912, died on February 11, 1982 at the age of 69), Ralph Meeker (1920, died on August 5, 1988 at the age of 67), Vivian Blaine (1921, died on December 9, 1995 at the age of 74), Helen Horton (1923, died on September 28, 2007 at the age of 83), Niall Toibin (1929, died on November 13, 2019 at the age of 89), Mikijiro Hira (1933, died on October 23, 2016 at the age of 82), Jack Kehoe (1934, died on January 14, 2020 at the age of 85), Laurence Luckinbill (1934, turns 91 this year), Michael Chapman (1935, died on September 21, 2020 at the age of 84), Marlo Thomas (1937, turns 88 this year), Jeannot Szwarc (1939, died on January 15, 2025 at the age of 85), Dr. John (1940, died on June 6, 2019 at the age of 78), Juliet Mills (1941, turns 84 this year), Al Matthews (1942, died on September 23, 2018 at the age of 75), Larry Mahan (1943, died on May 7, 2023 at the age of 79), Harold Ramis (1944, died on February 24, 2014 at the age of 69), Goldie Hawn (1945, turns 80 this year), Andrew Davis (1946, turns 79 this year), Tiny Ron (1947, turns 78 this year), Nickolas Grace (1947, turns 78 this year), Deborah Shelton (1948, turns 77 this year), Lorna Luft (1952, turns 73 this year), Toni Venturi (1955, died on May 18, 2024 at the age of 68), Cherry Jones (1956, turns 69 this year), Cynthia Rhodes (1956, turns 69 this year), Brian McNamara (1960, turns 65 this year), Nicollette Sheridan (1963, turns 62 this year), Kellie Overbey (1964, turns 61 this year), Liza Tarbuck (1964, turns 61 this year), Alexander Siddig (1965, turns 60 this year), Björk (1965, turns 60 this year), Bill Oberst, Jr. (1965, turns 60 this year), Sean Schemmel (1968, turns 57 this year), Tamara Gorski (1968, turns 57 this year), Rib Hillis (1970, turns 55 this year), Michael Strahan (1971, turns 54 this year), Rain Phoenix (1972, turns 53 this year), Jimmi Simpson (1975, turns 50 this year), Thomas Mars (1976, turns 49 this year), Sara Tanaka (1978, turns 47 this year), Ryan Carnes (1982, turns 43 this year), Jena Malone (1984, turns 41 this year), Lindsey Haun (1984, turns 41 this year), Colleen Ballinger (1986, turns 39 this year), Aaron Altaras (1995, turns 30 this year), Grace Van Patten (1996, turns 29 this year), Bryce Cass (1997, turns 28 this year), Isabel May (2000, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Max Baer (1959, at the age of 50), Bill Bixby (1993, at the age of 59), Tayva Patch (2015, at the age of 62), Ron Thornton (2016, at the age of 58), Buzz Belmondo (2017, at the age of 70), Dan Fitzgerald (2017, at the age of 88), Jery Hewitt (2020, at the age of 71), Malcolm Marmorstein (2020, at the age of 92), Joey Morgan (2021, at the age of 27)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.