On This Day - December 22
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on December 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Sunday | $40,301,011 | $515,202,542 |
| 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | Tuesday | $37,361,729 | $936,662,225 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Wednesday | $27,846,311 | $814,811,535 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | Friday | $24,763,084 | $620,181,382 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Saturday | $21,346,634 | $335,061,807 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Sunday | $20,031,131 | $345,115,396 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saturday | $17,025,000 | $318,651,105 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Thursday | $16,773,075 | $533,539,991 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Tuesday | $16,086,461 | $785,221,649 |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Saturday | $15,344,648 | $219,961,501 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on December 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Friday | $13,681,754 | $124,481,226 |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Friday | $12,134,015 | $250,863,268 |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Wednesday | $12,066,740 | $279,167,575 |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Friday | $11,755,000 | $233,632,142 |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Friday | $10,625,150 | $104,897,530 |
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Wednesday | $8,134,635 | $162,790,990 |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Wednesday | $7,142,775 | $148,438,600 |
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections | Wednesday | $6,371,768 | $40,463,197 |
| 2023 | Migration | Friday | $5,747,620 | $127,630,880 |
| 2010 | True Grit | Wednesday | $5,539,010 | $171,243,005 |
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 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $177,383,864 | $515,202,542 |
| 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi | $71,565,498 | $620,181,382 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | $67,873,522 | $335,061,807 |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $62,007,528 | $345,115,396 |
| 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $60,102,146 | $236,115,100 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $47,211,490 | $318,651,105 |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | $44,783,772 | $219,961,501 |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $36,888,365 | $303,003,568 |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $36,169,328 | $404,508,916 |
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King | $35,409,365 | $254,567,693 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Illumination Event Film, Untitled Warner Bros. Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Gustaf Gründgens (1899, died on October 7, 1963 at the age of 63), Pierre Brasseur (1905, died on August 16, 1972 at the age of 66), Peggy Ashcroft (1907, died on June 14, 1991 at the age of 83), Patricia Hayes (1909, died on September 19, 1998 at the age of 88), Freddie Francis (1917, died on March 17, 2007 at the age of 89), Ruth Roman (1922, died on September 9, 1999 at the age of 76), Károly Makk (1925, died on August 30, 2017 at the age of 91), Hector Elizondo (1936, turns 89 this year), Elizabeth James (1944, turns 81 this year), Lynne Thigpen (1948, died on March 12, 2003 at the age of 54), Robin Gibb (1949, died on May 20, 2012 at the age of 62), Maurice Gibb (1949, died on January 12, 2003 at the age of 53), Graham Beckel (1949, turns 76 this year), Franc Luz (1950, turns 75 this year), Dan Martin (1951, turns 74 this year), Jay Brazeau (1953, turns 72 this year), Gregor Fisher (1953, turns 72 this year), Hugh Quarshie (1954, turns 71 this year), Philippe Eidel (1956, died on September 6, 2018 at the age of 61), David Heavener (1958, turns 67 this year), Lenny von Dohlen (1958, turns 67 this year), Ralph Fiennes (1962, turns 63 this year), David S. Goyer (1965, turns 60 this year), Sergi Lopez (1965, turns 60 this year), Jonathan Joss (1965, died on June 1, 2025 at the age of 59), Chiara Caselli (1967, turns 58 this year), Dina Meyer (1968, turns 57 this year), Pat Mastroianni (1971, turns 54 this year), Vanessa Paradis (1972, turns 53 this year), Poorna Jagannathan (1972, turns 53 this year), Heather Donahue (1974, turns 51 this year), Omar J. Dorsey (1975, turns 50 this year), Joanne Kelly (1978, turns 47 this year), Darri Ingolfsson (1979, turns 46 this year), Chris Carmack (1980, turns 45 this year), Brooke Nevin (1982, turns 43 this year), Joe Dinicol (1983, turns 42 this year), Greg Finley (1984, turns 41 this year), Anna Prochniak (1988, turns 37 this year), Jordin Sparks (1989, turns 36 this year), Logan Huffman (1989, turns 36 this year), Ashton Moio (1991, turns 34 this year), Shioli Kutsuna (1992, turns 33 this year), Shioli Kutsuna (1992, turns 33 this year), Meghan Trainor (1993, turns 32 this year), G Hannelius (1998, turns 27 this year), Neel Sethi (2003, turns 22 this year), Madeleine McGraw (2008, turns 17 this year)
Died on this day in history: Darryl F. Zanuck (1979, at the age of 77), Don DeFore (1993, at the age of 80), Alexander Mackendrick (1993, at the age of 81), Butterfly McQueen (1995, at the age of 84), Michelle Thomas (1998, at the age of 30), William Duell (2011, at the age of 88), Christine Cavanaugh (2014, at the age of 51), Joseph Sargent (2014, at the age of 89), Carol Burns (2015, at the age of 68), Brooke McCarter (2015, at the age of 52), Ram Dass (2019, at the age of 88), David Foster (2019, at the age of 89), Claude Brasseur (2020, at the age of 84), Ronan Vibert (2022, at the age of 58)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.