On This Day - October 1

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 1.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage Friday $37,417,184 $213,550,366
2004 Shark Tale Friday $12,700,000 $161,412,000
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Saturday $12,004,974 $87,242,834
2022 Smile Saturday $8,615,905 $105,935,048
2016 Deepwater Horizon Saturday $8,300,007 $61,433,527
2010 The Social Network Friday $8,000,169 $96,962,694
2004 Ladder 49 Friday $7,500,000 $74,541,707
2006 Open Season Sunday $7,179,211 $85,105,259
2016 The Magnificent Seven Saturday $6,987,266 $93,432,655
2005 Flightplan Saturday $6,723,052 $89,706,988

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 1.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage Friday $37,417,184 $213,550,366
2004 Shark Tale Friday $12,700,000 $161,412,000
2010 The Social Network Friday $8,000,169 $96,962,694
2004 Ladder 49 Friday $7,500,000 $74,541,707
2021 The Addams Family 2 Friday $5,627,051 $56,489,153
1999 Three Kings Friday $4,993,000 $60,652,036
1999 Drive Me Crazy Friday $2,161,000 $17,843,379
2010 Let Me In Friday $1,913,696 $12,134,935
2010 Case 39 Friday $1,828,478 $13,261,851
1999 Mystery, Alaska Friday $966,000 $8,891,623

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 1.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage $90,033,210 $213,550,366
2004 Shark Tale $47,604,606 $161,412,000
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $28,871,140 $87,242,834
2006 Open Season $23,624,548 $85,105,259
2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $22,764,354 $65,343,309
2022 Smile $22,609,925 $105,935,048
2010 The Social Network $22,445,653 $96,962,694
2004 Ladder 49 $22,088,204 $74,541,707
2000 Remember the Titans $20,905,831 $115,719,751
2016 Deepwater Horizon $20,223,544 $61,433,527

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: The Batman: Part II

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Stanley Holloway (1890, died on January 30, 1982 at the age of 91), Ted Healy (1896, died on December 21, 1937 at the age of 41), Richard Loo (1903, died on November 20, 1983 at the age of 80), George Coulouris (1903, died on April 25, 1989 at the age of 85), Everett Sloane (1909, died on August 6, 1965 at the age of 55), Michael Goodliffe (1914, died on March 20, 1976 at the age of 61), Walter Matthau (1920, died on July 1, 2000 at the age of 79), Lonny Chapman (1920, died on October 12, 2007 at the age of 87), James Whitmore (1921, died on February 6, 2009 at the age of 87), Jimmy Carter (1924, died on December 29, 2024 at the age of 100), Tom Bosley (1927, died on October 19, 2010 at the age of 83), George Peppard (1928, died on May 8, 1994 at the age of 65), Erica Yohn (1928, died on January 27, 2019 at the age of 90), Philippe Noiret (1930, died on November 23, 2006 at the age of 76), Richard Harris (1930, died on October 25, 2002 at the age of 72), Loren Janes (1931, died on June 24, 2017 at the age of 85), Julie Andrews (1935, turned 90 this year), Lelia Goldoni (1936, turned 89 this year), Stella Stevens (1938, died on February 17, 2023 at the age of 84), Denise Cronenberg (1938, died on May 22, 2020 at the age of 81), Tony Darrow (1938, turned 87 this year), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943, turned 82 this year), Rosanna Norton (1944, died on May 7, 2025 at the age of 80), Stephen Collins (1947, turned 78 this year), Larry Lamb (1947, turned 78 this year), Randy Quaid (1950, turned 75 this year), Natalija Nogulich (1950, turned 75 this year), Heddy Honigmann (1951, died on May 21, 2022 at the age of 70), Bingham Ray (1954, died on January 23, 2012 at the age of 57), Yvette Freeman (1957, turned 68 this year), Brian Wimmer (1959, turned 66 this year), Elizabeth Dennehy (1960, turned 65 this year), Esai Morales (1962, turned 63 this year), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962, turned 63 this year), Siddique (1962, died on August 8, 2023 at the age of 60), Christopher Titus (1964, turned 61 this year), Barbara Tyson (1964, turned 61 this year), John Ridley (1964, turned 61 this year), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964, turned 61 this year), Cindy Margolis (1965, turned 60 this year), Stefano Dionisi (1966, turned 59 this year), Jay Underwood (1968, turned 57 this year), Michael Brandt (1968, turned 57 this year), Zach Galifianakis (1969, turned 56 this year), Charles Edwards (1969, turned 56 this year), Stephen Lord (1972, turned 53 this year), Leila Hatami (1972, turned 53 this year), Christian Borle (1973, turned 52 this year), Brandon Keener (1974, turned 51 this year), Chulpan Khamatova (1975, turned 50 this year), Danielle Bisutti (1976, turned 49 this year), Katie Aselton (1978, turned 47 this year), Marielle Heller (1979, turned 46 this year), Sarah Drew (1980, turned 45 this year), Roxane Mesquida (1981, turned 44 this year), Olga Fonda (1982, turned 43 this year), Anna Drijver (1983, turned 42 this year), Beck Bennett (1984, turned 41 this year), Josh Brener (1984, turned 41 this year), Sam Saletta (1984, turned 41 this year), Catrinel Marlon (1985, turned 40 this year), Emerald Fennell (1985, turned 40 this year), Jurnee Smollett (1986, turned 39 this year), Brooke Peoples (1987, turned 38 this year), Cariba Heine (1988, turned 37 this year), Brie Larson (1989, turned 36 this year), Gus Kenworthy (1991, turned 34 this year), Danika Yarosh (1998, turned 27 this year)

Died on this day in history: Tom Clancy (2013, at the age of 66), Ian Liston (2016, at the age of 68), Peter Sissons (2019, at the age of 77), Murray Schisgal (2020, at the age of 93), Jake Abraham (2023, at the age of 55), Tim Wakefield (2023, at the age of 57), Jane Goodall (2025, at the age of 91)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.