On This Day - December 4
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Saturday | $13,109,000 | $245,852,179 |
| 2010 | Tangled | Saturday | $9,947,510 | $200,821,936 |
| 2016 | Moana | Sunday | $8,766,289 | $248,757,044 |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Saturday | $7,666,947 | $173,005,002 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | Saturday | $7,446,074 | $297,414,693 |
| 2009 | The Blind Side | Friday | $6,768,826 | $255,959,475 |
| 2015 | Krampus | Friday | $6,021,050 | $42,725,475 |
| 2021 | Encanto | Saturday | $5,816,182 | $96,093,622 |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Friday | $5,664,847 | $281,723,902 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sunday | $5,620,827 | $291,147,424 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Krampus | Friday | $6,021,050 | $42,725,475 |
| 1998 | Psycho | Friday | $4,125,000 | $21,541,218 |
| 2009 | Brothers | Friday | $3,574,150 | $28,544,157 |
| 2009 | Armored | Friday | $2,393,949 | $15,988,876 |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Friday | $1,322,215 | $9,208,876 |
| 2015 | Chi-raq | Friday | $434,313 | $2,653,031 |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Friday | $329,119 | $83,823,381 |
| 2015 | The Letters | Friday | $246,492 | $1,647,416 |
| 2020 | Half Brothers | Friday | $237,450 | $2,241,980 |
| 2020 | All My Life | Friday | $141,710 | $913,935 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Moana | $28,270,989 | $248,757,044 |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | $27,760,276 | $245,852,179 |
| 2010 | Tangled | $21,608,891 | $200,821,936 |
| 2009 | The Blind Side | $20,043,181 | $255,959,475 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $19,878,136 | $291,147,424 |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $18,857,547 | $281,723,902 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $18,118,111 | $234,037,575 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | $17,540,051 | $453,829,060 |
| 1998 | A Bug’s Life | $17,174,218 | $162,798,565 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | $17,018,475 | $297,414,693 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Violent Night 2
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lloyd Bacon (1889, died on November 15, 1955 at the age of 65), Horst Buchholz (1933, died on March 3, 2003 at the age of 69), James Cossins (1933, died on February 12, 1997 at the age of 63), Donnelly Rhodes (1937, died on January 8, 2018 at the age of 80), David Bailie (1937, turns 88 this year), Gemma Jones (1942, turns 83 this year), Dennis Wilson (1944, died on December 28, 1983 at the age of 39), Dafydd Hywel (1945, died on March 23, 2023 at the age of 77), Pei-pei Cheng (1946, died on July 18, 2024 at the age of 77), Jeff Bridges (1949, turns 76 this year), Patricia Wettig (1951, turns 74 this year), Mick Garris (1951, turns 74 this year), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (1953, turns 72 this year), Tony Todd (1954, died on November 6, 2024 at the age of 69), Marisa Tomei (1964, turns 61 this year), Chelsea Noble (1964, turns 61 this year), Jonathan Goldstein (1964, turns 61 this year), Alex de la Iglesia (1965, turns 60 this year), Anthony DeSando (1965, turns 60 this year), Veronica Taylor (1965, turns 60 this year), Fred Armisen (1966, turns 59 this year), Carey Means (1966, turns 59 this year), Jay Z (1969, turns 56 this year), Kevin Sussman (1970, turns 55 this year), Tyra Banks (1973, turns 52 this year), Ryan Kavanaugh (1974, turns 51 this year), Ellen Dorrit Petersen (1975, turns 50 this year), Alec Secareanu (1984, turns 41 this year), Lindsay Felton (1984, turns 41 this year), Orlando Brown (1987, turns 38 this year), Dree Hemingway (1987, turns 38 this year), Nafessa Williams (1989, turns 36 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bert Lahr (1967, at the age of 72), Robert Parrish (1995, at the age of 79), Adam Williams (2006, at the age of 84), Robert Loggia (2015, at the age of 85), Margaret Whitton (2016, at the age of 67), Shashi Kapoor (2017, at the age of 79), Manuel Tejada (2019, at the age of 79), Leonard Goldberg (2019, at the age of 85), William Kittredge (2020, at the age of 88), David L. Lander (2020, at the age of 73), Martha De Laurentiis (2021, at the age of 67), Bob McGrath (2022, at the age of 90), Peter R. Adam (2023, at the age of 66)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.