On This Day - October 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Halloween | Saturday | $27,081,225 | $159,366,015 |
| 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | Friday | $10,418,191 | $180,760,722 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Sunday | $10,183,290 | $113,929,605 |
| 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | Saturday | $9,420,228 | $53,900,335 |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Friday | $9,401,256 | $68,035,488 |
| 2019 | Joker | Sunday | $8,225,918 | $335,451,311 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Saturday | $8,040,826 | $215,288,866 |
| 2018 | Venom | Saturday | $7,915,856 | $213,511,408 |
| 2012 | Argo | Saturday | $7,478,006 | $136,025,503 |
| 2017 | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Friday | $7,451,354 | $47,319,572 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Friday | $9,401,256 | $68,035,488 |
| 2017 | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Friday | $7,451,354 | $47,319,572 |
| 2006 | The Prestige | Friday | $5,142,402 | $53,089,891 |
| 2017 | Geostorm | Friday | $4,304,551 | $33,700,160 |
| 2000 | Bedazzled | Friday | $4,216,000 | $37,879,996 |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Friday | $3,529,984 | $33,602,376 |
| 2000 | Pay it Forward | Friday | $3,115,000 | $33,508,922 |
| 2006 | Flicka | Friday | $2,509,518 | $21,000,147 |
| 2017 | Only the Brave | Friday | $2,128,564 | $18,340,051 |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | Friday | $1,920,658 | $15,962,471 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Halloween | $76,221,545 | $159,366,015 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | $36,948,713 | $113,929,605 |
| 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | $33,222,621 | $180,760,722 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $30,027,161 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | $29,251,840 | $335,451,311 |
| 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $29,003,866 | $53,900,335 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | $26,803,104 | $73,118,130 |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | $23,253,655 | $68,035,488 |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | $23,021,692 | $69,012,586 |
| 2017 | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | $21,226,953 | $47,319,572 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Bela Lugosi (1882, died on August 16, 1956 at the age of 73), Morrie Ryskind (1895, died on August 24, 1985 at the age of 89), Rex Ingram (1895, died on September 19, 1969 at the age of 73), Barney Phillips (1913, died on August 17, 1982 at the age of 68), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917, died on August 2, 1973 at the age of 55), John Anderson (1922, died on August 7, 1992 at the age of 69), Dr. Joyce Brothers (1927, died on May 13, 2013 at the age of 85), Timothy West (1934, died on November 12, 2024 at the age of 90), Jerry Orbach (1935, died on December 28, 2004 at the age of 69), Dolores Hart (1938, turns 87 this year), Earl Hindman (1942, died on December 29, 2003 at the age of 61), Robert Costanzo (1942, turns 83 this year), Robert Swan (1944, died on August 9, 2023 at the age of 78), George Wyner (1945, turns 80 this year), Richard Loncraine (1946, turns 79 this year), Luigi Maria Burruano (1948, died on September 10, 2017 at the age of 68), Sandra Dickinson (1948, turns 77 this year), George Harris (1949, turns 76 this year), Tom Petty (1950, died on October 2, 2017 at the age of 66), William Russ (1950, turns 75 this year), Bill Nunn (1952, died on September 24, 2016 at the age of 63), Melanie Mayron (1952, turns 73 this year), Thomas Newman (1955, turns 70 this year), Danny Boyle (1956, turns 69 this year), Viggo Mortensen (1958, turns 67 this year), Valerie Faris (1958, turns 67 this year), Mark Little (1959, turns 66 this year), Niamh Cusack (1959, turns 66 this year), David M. Evans (1962, turns 63 this year), William Zabka (1965, turns 60 this year), Elizabeth Carling (1967, turns 58 this year), Snoop Dogg (1971, turns 54 this year), Rachel House (1971, turns 54 this year), Kenneth Choi (1971, turns 54 this year), Calvin Broadus (1971, turns 54 this year), Bashar Rahal (1974, turns 51 this year), Sunil Malhotra (1975, turns 50 this year), Dan Fogler (1976, turns 49 this year), Sam Witwer (1977, turns 48 this year), Jennifer Hall (1977, turns 48 this year), Alberto Ammann (1978, turns 47 this year), John Krasinski (1979, turns 46 this year), Nargis Fakhri (1979, turns 46 this year), Katharina Schuttler (1979, turns 46 this year), Anna Boden (1979, turns 46 this year), Niall Matter (1980, turns 45 this year), Katie Featherston (1982, turns 43 this year), Alona Tal (1983, turns 42 this year), Jennifer Nicole Freeman (1985, turns 40 this year), Adam Butcher (1988, turns 37 this year)
Died on this day in history: May Robson (1942, at the age of 84), Werner Krauss (1959, at the age of 75), Anthony Quayle (1989, at the age of 76), Joel McCrea (1990, at the age of 84), Burt Lancaster (1994, at the age of 80), Sergey Bondarchuk (1994, at the age of 74), Jane Wyatt (2006, at the age of 96), L.M. Kit Carson (2014, at the age of 73), Michael Massee (2016, at the age of 64), Federico Luppi (2017, at the age of 81), Haydn Gwynne (2023, at the age of 66), Adamo Dionisi (2024, at the age of 59), Michael Newman (2024, at the age of 68)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.