On This Day - October 29
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | Sunday | $16,076,235 | $137,275,620 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Saturday | $13,804,995 | $149,260,504 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Saturday | $11,812,685 | $168,283,344 |
| 2005 | Saw II | Saturday | $11,061,985 | $87,025,093 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Friday | $10,676,000 | $45,710,178 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Saturday | $7,802,221 | $73,206,343 |
| 2006 | Saw III | Sunday | $7,604,133 | $80,238,724 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Friday | $7,600,000 | $110,359,362 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Saturday | $7,289,921 | $104,028,807 |
| 2004 | Saw | Friday | $6,800,000 | $55,968,727 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Friday | $10,676,000 | $45,710,178 |
| 2004 | Saw | Friday | $6,800,000 | $55,968,727 |
| 2004 | Ray | Friday | $6,700,000 | $75,305,995 |
| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | Friday | $5,420,000 | $40,846,082 |
| 2021 | Boku no Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission | Friday | $2,885,252 | $9,767,647 |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho | Friday | $1,907,305 | $10,127,625 |
| 2021 | Antlers | Friday | $1,701,464 | $10,619,670 |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Friday | $1,115,000 | $14,849,583 |
| 2025 | Stitch Head | Wednesday | $192,044 | $4,562,943 |
| 2021 | A Mouthful of Air | Friday | $46,925 | $269,435 |
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 29.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | $80,001,720 | $137,275,620 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | $34,077,439 | $149,260,504 |
| 2006 | Saw III | $33,610,391 | $80,238,724 |
| 2005 | Saw II | $31,725,652 | $87,025,093 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $27,472,140 | $168,283,344 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | $24,230,123 | $45,710,178 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | $21,817,598 | $110,359,362 |
| 2004 | Ray | $20,039,730 | $75,305,995 |
| 2004 | Saw | $18,276,468 | $55,968,727 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $18,144,516 | $104,028,807 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Akim Tamiroff (1899, died on September 17, 1972 at the age of 72), Edwige Feuillère (1907, died on November 13, 1998 at the age of 91), Eddie Constantine (1917, died on February 25, 1993 at the age of 75), Robert Hardy (1925, died on August 3, 2017 at the age of 91), William Harrison (1933, died on October 22, 2013 at the age of 79), Isao Takahata (1935, died on April 5, 2018 at the age of 82), Peter Watkins (1935, died on October 31, 2025 at the age of 90), Ralph Bakshi (1938, turned 87 this year), Jack Shepherd (1940, died on November 25, 2025 at the age of 85), Don Simpson (1943, died on January 19, 1996 at the age of 52), Carol Burns (1947, died on December 22, 2015 at the age of 68), Richard Dreyfuss (1947, turned 78 this year), Kate Jackson (1948, turned 77 this year), Dan Castellaneta (1957, turned 68 this year), Scott Thomson (1957, turned 68 this year), Finola Hughes (1959, turned 66 this year), Damian Chapa (1963, turned 62 this year), Tyler Collins (1965, turned 60 this year), Rufus Sewell (1967, turned 58 this year), Joely Fisher (1967, turned 58 this year), John Farley (1968, turned 57 this year), Grayson McCouch (1968, turned 57 this year), David Farr (1969, turned 56 this year), Christopher Wiehl (1970, turned 55 this year), Winona Ryder (1971, turned 54 this year), Tracee Ellis Ross (1972, turned 53 this year), Gabrielle Union (1972, turned 53 this year), Kelly Lin (1975, turned 50 this year), Aksel Hennie (1975, turned 50 this year), Joy Osmanski (1975, turned 50 this year), Milena Govich (1976, turned 49 this year), Brendan Fehr (1977, turned 48 this year), Jon Abrahams (1977, turned 48 this year), Andrew Lee Potts (1979, turned 46 this year), Ben Foster (1980, turned 45 this year), Chelan Simmons (1982, turned 43 this year), Richard Brancatisano (1983, turned 42 this year), Johnny Lewis (1983, died on September 26, 2012 at the age of 28), Dillon Casey (1983, turned 42 this year), Lee Chung-Ah (1984, turned 41 this year), Janet Montgomery (1985, turned 40 this year), Italia Ricci (1986, turned 39 this year), Jodi Balfour (1987, turned 38 this year), Cleopatra Coleman (1987, turned 38 this year), Cherilyn Wilson (1988, turned 37 this year), Carlson Young (1990, turned 35 this year), India Eisley (1993, turned 32 this year), Christopher Jordan Wallace (1996, turned 29 this year), Farrah Mackenzie (2005, turned 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Julien Duvivier (1967, at the age of 71), David Morris (2007, at the age of 83), Dennis Banks (2017, at the age of 80), John Witherspoon (2019, at the age of 77), David Rodriguez (2020, at the age of 50), Camille Saviola (2021, at the age of 71), Teri Garr (2024, at the age of 76), Suzanne Osten (2024, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.