On This Day - October 6
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Venom | Saturday | $26,371,927 | $213,511,408 |
| 2019 | Joker | Sunday | $24,374,841 | $335,451,311 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Saturday | $18,942,416 | $139,854,287 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Sunday | $15,298,941 | $274,092,705 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Saturday | $14,916,280 | $215,288,866 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Friday | $12,595,704 | $92,054,159 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Friday | $11,826,255 | $65,537,395 |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Saturday | $11,794,655 | $148,313,048 |
| 2001 | Training Day | Saturday | $9,350,000 | $76,261,036 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Friday | $8,689,561 | $132,384,315 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Friday | $12,595,704 | $92,054,159 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Friday | $11,826,255 | $65,537,395 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Friday | $8,689,561 | $132,384,315 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Friday | $8,561,000 | $166,225,040 |
| 2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Friday | $7,400,000 | $39,517,763 |
| 2006 | Employee of the Month | Friday | $4,216,360 | $28,444,855 |
| 2017 | The Mountain Between Us | Friday | $3,526,771 | $30,348,555 |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Friday | $2,971,940 | $21,885,107 |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Friday | $1,997,000 | $14,967,182 |
| 2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Friday | $1,233,000 | $9,628,751 |
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 6.
| 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 | $58,201,917 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | $36,540,945 | $92,955,420 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | $32,753,122 | $92,054,159 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | $28,623,300 | $166,225,040 |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $27,053,395 | $148,313,048 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jerome Cowan (1897, died on January 24, 1972 at the age of 74), Mitchell Leisen (1898, turned 126 this year), Janet Gaynor (1906, died on September 14, 1984 at the age of 77), Carole Lombard (1908, died on January 16, 1942 at the age of 33), Lou Cutell (1930, turned 94 this year), Anna Quayle (1932, died on August 16, 2019 at the age of 86), Anthea Sylbert (1939, died on June 18, 2024 at the age of 84), Fred Travalena (1942, died on June 28, 2009 at the age of 66), Britt Ekland (1942, turned 82 this year), Michael Durrell (1943, turned 81 this year), Vinod Khanna (1946, died on April 27, 2017 at the age of 70), Kevin Cronin (1951, turned 73 this year), Wendy Robie (1953, turned 71 this year), Mark Herrier (1954, turned 70 this year), Lisa Pescia (1954, turned 70 this year), Mike Tollin (1955, turned 69 this year), Miyuki Matsuda (1961, turned 63 this year), John Knoll (1962, turned 62 this year), Elisabeth Shue (1963, turned 61 this year), Jsu Garcia (1963, turned 61 this year), Jacqueline Obradors (1966, turned 58 this year), Dolores Heredia (1966, turned 58 this year), Bruno Bichir (1967, turned 57 this year), Amy Jo Johnson (1970, turned 54 this year), Shauna MacDonald (1970, turned 54 this year), Matt Vogel (1970, turned 54 this year), Lamman Rucker (1971, turned 53 this year), Lola Duenas (1971, turned 53 this year), Jessica Hausner (1972, turned 52 this year), Ioan Gruffudd (1973, turned 51 this year), Jeff B. Davis (1973, turned 51 this year), Jeff Bryan Davis (1973, turned 51 this year), Jeremy Sisto (1974, turned 50 this year), Fernando Chien (1974, turned 50 this year), Barbie Hsu (1976, turned 48 this year), John McAlary (1977, turned 47 this year), James Dahl (1978, died on February 13, 2013 at the age of 34), Karimah Westbrook (1978, turned 46 this year), Lex Shrapnel (1979, turned 45 this year), Sareh Bayat (1979, turned 45 this year), Sudheer Varma (1979, died on January 23, 2023 at the age of 43), Jenny Wade (1980, turned 44 this year), Moa Gammel (1980, turned 44 this year), Bronagh Waugh (1982, turned 42 this year), Cheryl Texiera (1982, turned 42 this year), Michael Arden (1982, turned 42 this year), Hilary Jardine (1983, turned 41 this year), Andrew Jones (1983, turned 41 this year), Ida Engvoll (1985, turned 39 this year), Olivia Thirlby (1986, turned 38 this year), Luisa D'Oliverira (1986, turned 38 this year), Trey Edward Shults (1988, turned 36 this year), Sophia Thomalla (1989, turned 35 this year), Stefanie Martini (1990, turned 34 this year), Roshon Fegan (1991, turned 33 this year), Rhyon Nicole Brown (1992, turned 32 this year), Dante Brown (1999, turned 25 this year), Will Shadley (1999, turned 25 this year), Isobelle Molloy (2000, turned 24 this year), Rio Mangini (2002, turned 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Porter Hall (1953, at the age of 65), Dennis Price (1973, at the age of 58), Sidney Blackmer (1973, at the age of 78), Bette Davis (1989, at the age of 81), Denholm Elliott (1992, at the age of 70), Richard Farnsworth (2000, at the age of 80), Marian Seldes (2014, at the age of 86), Kevin Corcoran (2015, at the age of 66), Scott Wilson (2018, at the age of 76), Quentin Kenihan (2018, at the age of 43), Rip Taylor (2019, at the age of 88), Ginger Baker (2019, at the age of 80), Vladimir Yordanoff (2020, at the age of 66), Tommy Rall (2020, at the age of 90), Arun Bali (2022, at the age of 79)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.