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, turns 129 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, turns 96 this year), Kamala Devi (1933, died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 77), Paul Hogan (1940, turns 86 this year), R.L. Stine (1943, turns 83 this year), Chevy Chase (1943, turns 83 this year), Dale Dye (1944, turns 82 this year), William Broyles Jr. (1944, turns 82 this year), Paulo Thiago (1945, died on June 5, 2021 at the age of 75), Peter Sherayko (1946, turns 80 this year), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946, died on January 13, 2022 at the age of 75), Sigourney Weaver (1949, turns 77 this year), Maggie Ollerenshaw (1949, turns 77 this year), Edward Zwick (1952, turns 74 this year), Michael Dudikoff (1954, turns 72 this year), Darrell Hammond (1955, turns 71 this year), Stephanie Zimbalist (1956, turns 70 this year), Roger Wilson (1956, turns 70 this year), Ewan Stewart (1957, turns 69 this year), Nick Bakay (1959, turns 67 this year), Brad Greenquist (1959, turns 67 this year), Simon Burke (1961, turns 65 this year), Shira Piven (1961, turns 65 this year), Richard Lintern (1962, turns 64 this year), David Yates (1963, turns 63 this year), Todd Bryant (1963, turns 63 this year), Ian Hart (1964, turns 62 this year), Peter Greene (1965, died on December 12, 2025 at the age of 60), Burr Steers (1965, turns 61 this year), Igor Jijikine (1965, turns 61 this year), Karyn Parsons (1966, turns 60 this year), Emily Procter (1968, turns 58 this year), Dylan Neal (1969, turns 57 this year), Jeremy Davies (1969, turns 57 this year), Kara Zediker (1969, turns 57 this year), Matt Damon (1970, turns 56 this year), Anne-Marie Duff (1970, turns 56 this year), Robert Kelly (1970, turns 56 this year), Gauri Khan (1970, turns 56 this year), Tricia Vessey (1972, turns 54 this year), Martin Henderson (1974, turns 52 this year), Richard Short (1975, turns 51 this year), Kida Khodr Ramadan (1976, turns 50 this year), Jamie Marchi (1977, turns 49 this year), Travis Wester (1977, turns 49 this year), Daniel Bess (1977, turns 49 this year), Kristanna Loken (1979, turns 47 this year), Mike “The Miz” Mizanin (1980, turns 46 this year), Nick Cannon (1980, turns 46 this year), J.R. Ramirez (1980, turns 46 this year), Tonya Kay (1981, turns 45 this year), Casey Messer (1983, turns 43 this year), Bruno Mars (1985, turns 41 this year), Michael Obiora (1986, turns 40 this year), Barbara Palvin (1993, turns 33 this year), Molly Quinn (1993, turns 33 this year), Angus T. Jones (1993, turns 33 this year), Arthur Hakalahti (1995, turns 31 this year), Courtney Taylor Burness (1995, turns 31 this year), Bella Thorne (1997, turns 29 this year), Lilou Siauvaud (2011, turns 15 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), Paolo Bonacelli (2025, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.