On This Day - October 30

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 30.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2011 Puss in Boots Sunday $10,703,314 $149,260,504
2004 The Grudge Saturday $8,806,068 $110,359,362
2005 Saw II Sunday $8,551,695 $87,025,093
2004 Ray Saturday $8,425,155 $75,305,995
2022 Black Adam Sunday $8,207,517 $168,283,344
2010 Saw 3D Saturday $7,873,032 $45,710,178
2009 Michael Jackson’s This Is It Friday $7,831,726 $72,091,016
2021 Dune Saturday $6,513,629 $111,031,267
2010 Paranormal Activity 2 Saturday $6,488,577 $84,752,907
2004 Saw Saturday $6,226,011 $55,968,727

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 30.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
1981 Halloween II Friday $2,163,826 $25,533,818
2015 Burnt Friday $1,829,820 $13,651,946
2015 Our Brand is Crisis Friday $1,120,809 $7,002,261
2020 Come Play Friday $1,094,030 $10,475,990
2015 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse Friday $687,089 $3,703,046
2020 Spell Friday $71,434 $500,104
2015 Carter High Friday $30,320 $240,214
2015 Love Friday $15,737 $249,665
2009 Gentlemen Broncos Friday $4,244 $115,155

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 30.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2011 Puss in Boots $34,077,439 $149,260,504
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
2009 Michael Jackson’s This Is It $23,234,394 $72,091,016
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
2016 Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween $17,220,312 $73,206,343

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Ruth Gordon (1896, died on August 25, 1985 at the age of 88), Ruth Hussey (1911, died on April 19, 2005 at the age of 93), Jane White (1922, died on July 24, 2011 at the age of 88), William Campbell (1923, died on April 28, 2011 at the age of 87), Louis Malle (1932, died on November 23, 1995 at the age of 63), Hamilton Camp (1934, died on October 2, 2005 at the age of 70), Michael Winner (1935, died on January 21, 2013 at the age of 77), Claude Lelouch (1937, turned 88 this year), Ed Lauter (1938, turned 87 this year), Vikram Gokhale (1940, died on November 26, 2022 at the age of 82), Henry Winkler (1945, turned 80 this year), Garry McDonald (1948, turned 77 this year), Leon Rippy (1949, turned 76 this year), David Lewis Yewdall (1950, turned 75 this year), Harry Hamlin (1951, turned 74 this year), Emily Kuroda (1952, turned 73 this year), Charles Martin Smith (1953, turned 72 this year), Gina Gallego (1955, turned 70 this year), Juliet Stevenson (1956, turned 69 this year), Kevin Pollak (1957, turned 68 this year), Jayne Heitmeyer (1960, turned 65 this year), Larry Wilmore (1961, turned 64 this year), Kristina Wagner (1962, turned 63 this year), Michael Beach (1963, turned 62 this year), Mark Steven Johnson (1964, turned 61 this year), Gavin Rossdale (1965, turned 60 this year), Zaza Urushadze (1965, died on December 7, 2019 at the age of 54), Franky G. (1965, turned 60 this year), Jack Plotnick (1968, turned 57 this year), Nia Long (1970, turned 55 this year), Michael Polish (1970, turned 55 this year), Peter New (1971, turned 54 this year), Jessica Hynes (1972, turned 53 this year), Steve Monroe (1972, turned 53 this year), The Edge (1973, turned 52 this year), Adam Copeland (1973, turned 52 this year), Maria Thayer (1975, turned 50 this year), Jördis Triebel (1977, turned 48 this year), Matthew Morrison (1978, turned 47 this year), Paul Telfer (1979, turned 46 this year), Kristina Anapau (1979, turned 46 this year), Sarah Carter (1980, turned 45 this year), Fiona Dourif (1981, turned 44 this year), Christopher Backus (1981, turned 44 this year), Shaun Sipos (1981, turned 44 this year), Clémence Poésy (1982, turned 43 this year), Jessica Campbell (1982, died on December 29, 2020 at the age of 38), Eva Marcille (1984, turned 41 this year), Janel Parrish (1988, turned 37 this year), Tequan Richmond (1992, turned 33 this year), Brett Kelly (1993, turned 32 this year)

Died on this day in history: John Young (1996, at the age of 80), Steve Allen (2000, at the age of 78), Robert Goulet (2007, at the age of 73), Tammy Grimes (2016, at the age of 82), Kim Joo-Hyuk (2017, at the age of 45), Whitey Bulger (2018, at the age of 89), Sean Connery (2020, at the age of 90), Robert Fisk (2020, at the age of 74), Kevin Brennan (2023, at the age of 63), Giovanni Cianfriglia (2024, at the age of 89), Adam Greenberg (2025, at the age of 88), Jorunn Kjellsby (2025, at the age of 81)

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