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 $57,039,734
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.