On This Day - October 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Friday | $12,551,906 | $113,929,605 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Saturday | $10,755,000 | $80,571,655 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | Friday | $10,534,700 | $73,118,130 |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | Friday | $9,498,562 | $52,647,434 |
| 2014 | Fury | Saturday | $9,122,797 | $85,817,906 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Friday | $9,016,073 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | Friday | $8,584,376 | $335,451,311 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Sunday | $8,282,574 | $77,233,467 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Saturday | $7,781,167 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | The Book of Life | Saturday | $6,913,670 | $50,151,543 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Friday | $12,551,906 | $113,929,605 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | Friday | $10,534,700 | $73,118,130 |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | Friday | $9,498,562 | $52,647,434 |
| 2013 | Carrie | Friday | $6,515,486 | $35,266,619 |
| 2002 | The Ring | Friday | $4,843,291 | $129,094,024 |
| 2013 | Escape Plan | Friday | $3,398,330 | $25,135,965 |
| 2002 | Abandon | Friday | $1,939,913 | $10,719,367 |
| 2002 | Formula 51 | Friday | $921,328 | $5,204,007 |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | Friday | $589,301 | $3,254,172 |
| 2013 | I'm in Love with a Church Girl | Friday | $349,849 | $2,387,730 |
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 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | $36,948,713 | $113,929,605 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | $77,233,467 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $30,027,161 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | $29,251,840 | $335,451,311 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $28,094,014 | $80,571,655 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | $26,803,104 | $73,118,130 |
| 2014 | Fury | $23,702,421 | $85,817,906 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | $23,618,556 | $80,069,458 |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | $23,021,692 | $52,647,434 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $21,300,120 | $228,433,663 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Roy Del Ruth (1893, died on April 27, 1961 at the age of 67), Miriam Hopkins (1902, died on October 9, 1972 at the age of 69), Melina Mercouri (1920, died on March 6, 1994 at the age of 73), Chuck Berry (1926, died on March 18, 2017 at the age of 90), John Morris (1926, died on January 25, 2018 at the age of 91), Klaus Kinski (1926, died on November 23, 1991 at the age of 65), George C. Scott (1927, died on September 22, 1999 at the age of 71), Inger Stevens (1934, died on April 30, 1970 at the age of 35), Calvin Lockhart (1934, died on March 29, 2007 at the age of 72), Peter Boyle (1935, died on December 12, 2006 at the age of 71), Dawn Wells (1938, died on December 30, 2020 at the age of 82), Cynthia Weil (1940, died on June 1, 2023 at the age of 82), Huell Howser (1945, died on January 7, 2013 at the age of 67), Howard Shore (1946, turned 78 this year), Joe Egan (1946, died on July 6, 2024 at the age of 77), Joe Morton (1947, turned 77 this year), Om Puri (1950, died on January 6, 2017 at the age of 66), Pam Dawber (1951, turned 73 this year), Bob Weinstein (1954, turned 70 this year), Arliss Howard (1954, turned 70 this year), David Twohy (1955, turned 69 this year), Craig Bartlett (1956, turned 68 this year), Jon Lindstrom (1957, turned 67 this year), Corinne Bohrer (1958, turned 66 this year), Milcho Manchevski (1959, turned 65 this year), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960, turned 64 this year), Vincent Spano (1962, turned 62 this year), Ralph Eggleston (1965, died on August 28, 2022 at the age of 56), Sam Sorbo (1966, turned 58 this year), Eric Stuart (1967, turned 57 this year), Lucky Yates (1967, turned 57 this year), Lisa Chappell (1968, turned 56 this year), Zhou Xun (1974, turned 50 this year), Joy Bryant (1974, turned 50 this year), Nic Pizzolatto (1975, turned 49 this year), Christopher L. McKenna (1977, turned 47 this year), Peter Sohn (1977, turned 47 this year), Kunal Kapoor (1978, turned 46 this year), Wesley Jonathan (1978, turned 46 this year), Gloria Garayua (1978, turned 46 this year), Jyothika (1978, turned 46 this year), Marcus Coloma (1978, turned 46 this year), Ne-Yo (1979, turned 45 this year), Natasha Rothwell (1980, turned 44 this year), Freida Pinto (1984, turned 40 this year), Jennifer Ulrich (1984, turned 40 this year), Zac Efron (1987, turned 37 this year), Tessa Schram (1988, turned 36 this year), Peter Gilroy (1989, turned 35 this year), Carly Schroeder (1990, turned 34 this year), Tyler Posey (1991, turned 33 this year), Toby Regbo (1991, turned 33 this year), Spencer Lofranco (1992, turned 32 this year), Emily Robinson (1998, turned 26 this year), Sophie Thatcher (2000, turned 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Jon-Erik Hexum (1984, at the age of 26), Paddi Edwards (1999, at the age of 67), Gwen Verdon (2000, at the age of 75), Sidney Salkow (2000, at the age of 91), Brent Briscoe (2017, at the age of 56), Danny Leiner (2018, at the age of 57), Nigel Goldsack (2019, at the age of 62), Chris Ayres (2021, at the age of 56)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.