On This Day - October 5
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Venom | Friday | $32,503,530 | $213,511,408 |
| 2019 | Joker | Saturday | $32,476,803 | $335,451,311 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Saturday | $23,001,353 | $274,092,705 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Friday | $18,358,057 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Friday | $15,670,638 | $215,288,866 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Saturday | $14,535,810 | $92,955,420 |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Saturday | $11,259,615 | $58,300,287 |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Saturday | $9,966,046 | $119,793,567 |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | Saturday | $9,424,159 | $127,214,072 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Sunday | $9,158,205 | $167,767,189 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Venom | Friday | $32,503,530 | $213,511,408 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Friday | $18,358,057 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Friday | $15,670,638 | $215,288,866 |
| 2001 | Training Day | Friday | $7,530,000 | $76,261,036 |
| 2007 | The Heartbreak Kid | Friday | $4,675,669 | $36,787,257 |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Friday | $4,400,000 | $50,255,310 |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie | Friday | $3,324,779 | $35,287,788 |
| 2001 | Joy Ride | Friday | $1,390,000 | $21,973,182 |
| 2001 | Max Keeble's Big Move | Friday | $1,200,000 | $17,292,381 |
| 2007 | Feel the Noise | Friday | $1,127,007 | $5,867,786 |
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 5.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joker | $96,202,337 | $335,451,311 |
| 2018 | Venom | $80,255,756 | $213,511,408 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $55,785,112 | $274,092,705 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | $49,514,769 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | $42,908,051 | $215,288,866 |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | $37,678,467 | $58,300,287 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | $37,513,109 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | $37,134,255 | $84,273,813 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | $36,540,945 | $92,955,420 |
| 2025 | Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl | $34,062,774 | $34,062,774 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: John Hoyt (1905, died on September 15, 1991 at the age of 85), Woodrow Parfrey (1922, died on July 29, 1984 at the age of 61), Glynis Johns (1923, died on January 4, 2024 at the age of 100), Barbara Kelly (1924, died on January 15, 2007 at the age of 82), Kieron Moore (1924, died on July 15, 2007 at the age of 82), Ben Barenholtz (1935, died on June 27, 2019 at the age of 83), Peter Brown (1935, died on March 21, 2016 at the age of 80), Marie Laforêt (1939, died on November 2, 2019 at the age of 80), Carmen Salinas (1939, died on December 9, 2021 at the age of 82), John Byrne Cooke (1940, died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 76), Thom Christopher (1940, died on December 6, 2024 at the age of 84), Jeff Conaway (1950, died on May 27, 2011 at the age of 60), Bob Geldof (1951, turns 75 this year), Karen Allen (1951, turns 75 this year), Clive Barker (1952, turns 74 this year), Angela Molina (1955, turns 71 this year), Bernie Mac (1957, died on August 9, 2008 at the age of 50), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958, turns 68 this year), Daniel Baldwin (1960, turns 66 this year), Ricky Harris (1965, died on December 26, 2016 at the age of 51), Guy Pearce (1967, turns 59 this year), Josie Bissett (1970, turns 56 this year), Sam Vincent (1971, turns 55 this year), Thomas Roberts (1972, turns 54 this year), Grant Hill (1972, turns 54 this year), Tom Hooper (1972, turns 54 this year), Rich Franklin (1974, turns 52 this year), Heather Headley (1974, turns 52 this year), Kate Winslet (1975, turns 51 this year), Monica Rial (1975, turns 51 this year), Parminder Nagra (1975, turns 51 this year), Scott Weinger (1975, turns 51 this year), Royston Tan (1976, turns 50 this year), Ti West (1980, turns 46 this year), Virginia Kull (1981, turns 45 this year), Jesse Eisenberg (1983, turns 43 this year), Noah Segan (1983, turns 43 this year), Nathalie Kelley (1984, turns 42 this year), Taylour Paige (1990, turns 36 this year), Myles Jeffrey (1990, turns 36 this year), Kara Royster (1993, turns 33 this year), Mary Gibbs (1996, turns 30 this year), Dalila Bela (2001, turns 25 this year), Jacob Tremblay (2006, turns 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Barbara Nichols (1976, at the age of 47), Gloria Grahame (1981, at the age of 57), Leonard Rossiter (1984, at the age of 57), Denis Quilley (2003, at the age of 75), Rodney Dangerfield (2004, at the age of 82), Steve Jobs (2011, at the age of 56), Charles Napier (2011, at the age of 75), Larry Brezner (2015, at the age of 73), Grace Lee Boggs (2015, at the age of 100), Frank Albanese (2015, at the age of 84), Michiyo Yasuda (2016, at the age of 77), Brock Yates (2016, at the age of 82), Thomas Derrah (2017, at the age of 82), Anne Wiazemsky (2017, at the age of 70), Wolfgang Kohlhaase (2022, at the age of 91), Dick Butkus (2023, at the age of 80), Keith Jefferson (2023, at the age of 53), Ron Dean (2025, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.