On This Day - October 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Friday | $23,310,401 | $160,891,007 |
| 2019 | Joker | Tuesday | $13,908,626 | $335,451,311 |
| 2011 | Real Steel | Saturday | $10,815,610 | $85,463,309 |
| 2018 | Venom | Monday | $9,631,343 | $213,511,408 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | Saturday | $9,537,175 | $75,395,035 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | Friday | $9,089,444 | $213,550,366 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Sunday | $8,856,061 | $92,054,159 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Sunday | $8,286,000 | $166,225,040 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Friday | $8,100,000 | $161,412,000 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Sunday | $7,454,350 | $132,384,315 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Friday | $23,310,401 | $160,891,007 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Friday | $7,000,000 | $61,255,921 |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It | Friday | $5,227,215 | $53,374,681 |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Friday | $4,070,000 | $31,054,924 |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Friday | $4,040,833 | $59,699,513 |
| 1999 | Superstar | Friday | $2,719,000 | $30,628,981 |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take | Friday | $2,649,160 | $14,744,435 |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Friday | $1,400,000 | $10,411,980 |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Friday | $675,287 | $6,363,628 |
| 1997 | Gang Related | Wednesday | $511,007 | $5,906,773 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | $55,225,007 | $160,891,007 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | $32,753,122 | $92,054,159 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | $31,753,623 | $213,550,366 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $31,330,299 | $161,412,000 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | $28,623,300 | $166,225,040 |
| 2011 | Real Steel | $27,319,677 | $85,463,309 |
| 2006 | The Departed | $26,887,467 | $132,384,315 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | $26,497,600 | $65,537,395 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | $24,536,265 | $75,395,035 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | $20,269,025 | $61,255,921 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Julien Duvivier (1896, died on October 29, 1967 at the age of 71), Rouben Mamoulian (1897, turned 127 this year), Gabriel Dell (1919, died on July 3, 1988 at the age of 68), Frank Herbert (1920, died on February 11, 1986 at the age of 65), Eileen Essell (1922, died on February 15, 2015 at the age of 92), Daniel C. Striepeke (1930, died on January 19, 2019 at the age of 88), James Olson (1930, turned 94 this year), Kamala Devi (1933, died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 77), Paul Hogan (1940, turned 84 this year), R.L. Stine (1943, turned 81 this year), Chevy Chase (1943, turned 81 this year), Dale Dye (1944, turned 80 this year), William Broyles Jr. (1944, turned 80 this year), Paulo Thiago (1945, died on June 5, 2021 at the age of 75), Peter Sherayko (1946, turned 78 this year), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946, died on January 13, 2022 at the age of 75), Sigourney Weaver (1949, turned 75 this year), Maggie Ollerenshaw (1949, turned 75 this year), Edward Zwick (1952, turned 72 this year), Michael Dudikoff (1954, turned 70 this year), Darrell Hammond (1955, turned 69 this year), Stephanie Zimbalist (1956, turned 68 this year), Roger Wilson (1956, turned 68 this year), Ewan Stewart (1957, turned 67 this year), Nick Bakay (1959, turned 65 this year), Brad Greenquist (1959, turned 65 this year), Simon Burke (1961, turned 63 this year), Shira Piven (1961, turned 63 this year), Richard Lintern (1962, turned 62 this year), David Yates (1963, turned 61 this year), Todd Bryant (1963, turned 61 this year), Ian Hart (1964, turned 60 this year), Peter Greene (1965, turned 59 this year), Burr Steers (1965, turned 59 this year), Igor Jijikine (1965, turned 59 this year), Karyn Parsons (1966, turned 58 this year), Emily Procter (1968, turned 56 this year), Dylan Neal (1969, turned 55 this year), Jeremy Davies (1969, turned 55 this year), Kara Zediker (1969, turned 55 this year), Matt Damon (1970, turned 54 this year), Anne-Marie Duff (1970, turned 54 this year), Robert Kelly (1970, turned 54 this year), Gauri Khan (1970, turned 54 this year), Tricia Vessey (1972, turned 52 this year), Martin Henderson (1974, turned 50 this year), Richard Short (1975, turned 49 this year), Kida Khodr Ramadan (1976, turned 48 this year), Jamie Marchi (1977, turned 47 this year), Travis Wester (1977, turned 47 this year), Daniel Bess (1977, turned 47 this year), Kristanna Loken (1979, turned 45 this year), Mike “The Miz” Mizanin (1980, turned 44 this year), Nick Cannon (1980, turned 44 this year), J.R. Ramirez (1980, turned 44 this year), Tonya Kay (1981, turned 43 this year), Casey Messer (1983, turned 41 this year), Bruno Mars (1985, turned 39 this year), Michael Obiora (1986, turned 38 this year), Barbara Palvin (1993, turned 31 this year), Molly Quinn (1993, turned 31 this year), Angus T. Jones (1993, turned 31 this year), Arthur Hakalahti (1995, turned 29 this year), Courtney Taylor Burness (1995, turned 29 this year), Bella Thorne (1997, turned 27 this year), Lilou Siauvaud (2011, turned 13 this year)
Died on this day in history: Nigel Bruce (1953, at the age of 58), Karl Swenson (1978, at the age of 70), Fernando Lamas (1982, at the age of 66), Joan Hackett (1983, at the age of 49), Arnold Kopelson (2018, at the age of 83), Burt Young (2023, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.