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 $296,837,581
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 $290,201,752

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 $290,201,752
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 $296,837,581

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Universal Event Film

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 87 this year), Gemma Jones (1942, turns 82 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 75 this year), Patricia Wettig (1951, turns 73 this year), Mick Garris (1951, turns 73 this year), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (1953, turns 71 this year), Tony Todd (1954, turns 70 this year), Marisa Tomei (1964, turns 60 this year), Chelsea Noble (1964, turns 60 this year), Jonathan Goldstein (1964, turns 60 this year), Alex de la Iglesia (1965, turns 59 this year), Anthony DeSando (1965, turns 59 this year), Veronica Taylor (1965, turns 59 this year), Fred Armisen (1966, turns 58 this year), Carey Means (1966, turns 58 this year), Jay Z (1969, turns 55 this year), Kevin Sussman (1970, turns 54 this year), Tyra Banks (1973, turns 51 this year), Ryan Kavanaugh (1974, turns 50 this year), Ellen Dorrit Petersen (1975, turns 49 this year), Alec Secareanu (1984, turns 40 this year), Lindsay Felton (1984, turns 40 this year), Orlando Brown (1987, turns 37 this year), Dree Hemingway (1987, turns 37 this year), Nafessa Williams (1989, turns 35 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.