On This Day - November 9

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 9.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2013 Thor: The Dark World Saturday $32,078,010 $206,362,140
2012 Skyfall Friday $30,504,077 $304,360,277
2018 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Friday $18,641,165 $273,468,675
2002 8 Mile Saturday $18,503,000 $116,724,075
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Sunday $18,020,388 $180,174,880
2014 Big Hero 6 Sunday $16,356,239 $222,527,828
2003 The Matrix Revolutions Sunday $12,420,905 $139,270,910
2014 Interstellar Sunday $12,346,360 $203,225,563
2001 Monsters, Inc. Friday $11,990,000 $290,149,425
2002 The Santa Clause 2 Saturday $10,757,000 $139,225,854

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 9.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2018 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Friday $18,641,165 $273,468,675
2001 Shallow Hal Friday $7,420,000 $70,836,296
2007 Fred Claus Friday $5,329,261 $72,006,777
2018 Overlord Friday $3,794,798 $21,704,844
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Wednesday $3,624,378 $30,981,850
2018 The Girl in the Spider’s Web Friday $3,037,438 $14,828,555
2001 Heist Friday $2,490,000 $23,483,357
2007 Lions for Lambs Friday $2,204,530 $14,998,070
2007 P2 Friday $670,406 $6,348,315
2007 No Country for Old Men Friday $349,000 $74,273,505

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 9.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2012 Skyfall $88,364,714 $304,360,277
2013 Thor: The Dark World $85,737,841 $206,362,140
2018 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch $67,572,855 $273,468,675
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $63,106,589 $180,174,880
2014 Big Hero 6 $56,215,889 $222,527,828
2002 8 Mile $51,240,555 $116,724,075
2003 The Matrix Revolutions $48,475,154 $139,270,910
2014 Interstellar $47,510,360 $203,225,563
2001 Monsters, Inc. $45,551,028 $290,149,425
2025 Predator: Badlands $40,016,853 $91,054,992

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Edna May Oliver (1883, died on November 9, 1942 at the age of 59), Ed Wynn (1886, died on June 19, 1966 at the age of 79), Gertrude Astor (1887, died on November 9, 1977 at the age of 90), Anthony Asquith (1902, died on February 20, 1968 at the age of 65), Hedy Lamarr (1914, died on January 19, 2000 at the age of 85), Dorothy Dandridge (1922, turns 104 this year), Robert Frank (1924, died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94), Severn Darden (1929, died on May 27, 1995 at the age of 65), Ronald Harwood (1934, died on September 8, 2020 at the age of 85), Carl Sagan (1934, died on December 20, 1996 at the age of 62), Robert David Hall (1947, turns 79 this year), Jacques Picoux (1948, died on October 16, 2016 at the age of 67), Bille August (1948, turns 78 this year), Lou Ferrigno (1951, turns 75 this year), Fernando Meirelles (1955, turns 71 this year), Karen Dotrice (1955, turns 71 this year), Thomas F. Duffy (1955, turns 71 this year), Pankaj Dheer (1956, died on October 16, 2025 at the age of 68), Toni Hudson (1960, turns 66 this year), Ryan Murphy (1965, turns 61 this year), Karoline Eichhorn (1965, turns 61 this year), Lori Lively (1966, turns 60 this year), Ramona Milano (1969, turns 57 this year), Jason Antoon (1971, turns 55 this year), Eric Dane (1972, turns 54 this year), Gabrielle Miller (1973, turns 53 this year), Nick Lachey (1973, turns 53 this year), Giovanna Mezzogiorno (1974, turns 52 this year), Ion Overman (1976, turns 50 this year), Sisqo (1978, turns 48 this year), Cory Hardrict (1979, turns 47 this year), Oliver Ackland (1979, turns 47 this year), Scottie Thompson (1981, turns 45 this year), Elysia Rotaru (1984, turns 42 this year), Analeigh Tipton (1988, turns 38 this year), Nikki Blonsky (1988, turns 38 this year), Lio Tipton (1988, turns 38 this year), Billy Howle (1989, turns 37 this year)

Died on this day in history: Edna May Oliver (1942, at the age of 59), Charles Bickford (1967, at the age of 78), Gerald Mohr (1968, at the age of 54), Gertrude Astor (1977, at the age of 90), Yves Montand (1991, at the age of 70), Mabel King (1999, at the age of 66), Merlin Santana (2002, at the age of 26), Art Carney (2003, at the age of 85), John Hillerman (2017, at the age of 84), James Greene (2018, at the age of 91), Israel Horovitz (2020, at the age of 81), Judith Jamison (2024, at the age of 81)

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