On This Day - October 24
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 24.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | Friday | $18,617,000 | $110,000,082 |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Friday | $16,961,393 | $90,559,416 |
| 2008 | Saw V | Friday | $14,345,874 | $56,746,769 |
| 2021 | Dune | Sunday | $9,780,000 | $109,987,830 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Sunday | $8,986,659 | $110,359,362 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | Saturday | $8,638,987 | $107,918,810 |
| 2014 | Ouija | Friday | $8,301,410 | $50,856,010 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Sunday | $7,528,877 | $84,752,907 |
| 2015 | The Martian | Saturday | $7,265,327 | $228,433,663 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Saturday | $7,041,435 | $80,069,458 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 24.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | Friday | $18,617,000 | $110,000,082 |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Friday | $16,961,393 | $90,559,416 |
| 2008 | Saw V | Friday | $14,345,874 | $56,746,769 |
| 2014 | Ouija | Friday | $8,301,410 | $50,856,010 |
| 2014 | John Wick | Friday | $5,449,563 | $43,037,835 |
| 2003 | Radio | Friday | $4,432,000 | $52,333,738 |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory | Friday | $2,308,933 | $15,740,721 |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Friday | $1,390,000 | $12,532,777 |
| 1997 | Fairytale: A True Story | Friday | $770,000 | $14,059,077 |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Friday | $725,000 | $4,287,595 |
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 24.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | $48,113,770 | $110,000,082 |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $42,030,184 | $90,559,416 |
| 2021 | Dune | $41,011,174 | $109,987,830 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $40,678,424 | $84,752,907 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | $39,128,715 | $110,359,362 |
| 2008 | Saw V | $30,053,954 | $56,746,769 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | $21,313,815 | $117,229,692 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | $21,104,070 | $107,918,810 |
| 2014 | Ouija | $19,875,995 | $50,856,010 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $15,732,907 | $228,433,663 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Mortal Kombat 2
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Bob Kane (1915, died on November 3, 1998 at the age of 83), Mary Lee (1924, died on June 6, 1996 at the age of 71), Mark Lenard (1924, turned 100 this year), Clifford Rose (1929, died on November 6, 2021 at the age of 92), Jack Angel (1930, died on October 19, 2021 at the age of 90), Tony Walton (1934, died on March 2, 2022 at the age of 87), David Nelson (1936, died on January 11, 2011 at the age of 74), F. Murray Abraham (1939, turned 85 this year), Martin Campbell (1943, turned 81 this year), Kevin Kline (1947, turned 77 this year), Karen Austin (1950, turned 74 this year), Robert Clotworthy (1955, turned 69 this year), John Kassir (1957, turned 67 this year), Brad Johnson (1959, turned 65 this year), B.D. Wong (1960, turned 64 this year), Grant Gee (1964, turned 60 this year), Zahn McClarnon (1966, turned 58 this year), Conrad Pla (1966, turned 58 this year), Jacqueline McKenzie (1967, turned 57 this year), Rick Ravanello (1967, turned 57 this year), Mark Walton (1968, turned 56 this year), Toddy Walters (1969, turned 55 this year), Raelee Hill (1972, turned 52 this year), Burgess Jenkins (1973, turned 51 this year), Joakim Natterqvist (1974, turned 50 this year), Catherine Sutherland (1974, turned 50 this year), Mallika Sherawat (1976, turned 48 this year), Casey Wilson (1980, turned 44 this year), Monica (1980, turned 44 this year), Jemima Rooper (1981, turned 43 this year), Adrienne Eliza Houghton (1983, turned 41 this year), Adrienne Eliza Houghton (1983, turned 41 this year), Emily Brobst (1984, turned 40 this year), Emily Barclay (1984, turned 40 this year), Drake (1986, turned 38 this year), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (1986, turned 38 this year), Eliza Taylor (1989, turned 35 this year), Kirby Bliss Blanton (1990, turned 34 this year), Ashton Sanders (1995, turned 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gene Roddenberry (1991, at the age of 70), Raul Julia (1994, at the age of 54), Don Messick (1997, at the age of 71), Lamont Johnson (2010, at the age of 88), Marcia Strassman (2014, at the age of 66), Maureen O’Hara (2015, at the age of 95), Robert Guillaume (2017, at the age of 89), James Karen (2018, at the age of 94), Kaoru Yachigusa (2019, at the age of 88), Leslie Jordan (2022, at the age of 67), Richard Roundtree (2023, at the age of 81)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.