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 | $272,961,295 |
| 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 | $272,961,295 |
| 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 | $272,961,295 |
| 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 |
| 1996 | Ransom | $34,216,088 | $136,492,681 |
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 103 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 78 this year), Jacques Picoux (1948, died on October 16, 2016 at the age of 67), Bille August (1948, turns 77 this year), Lou Ferrigno (1951, turns 74 this year), Fernando Meirelles (1955, turns 70 this year), Karen Dotrice (1955, turns 70 this year), Thomas F. Duffy (1955, turns 70 this year), Toni Hudson (1960, turns 65 this year), Ryan Murphy (1965, turns 60 this year), Karoline Eichhorn (1965, turns 60 this year), Lori Lively (1966, turns 59 this year), Ramona Milano (1969, turns 56 this year), Jason Antoon (1971, turns 54 this year), Eric Dane (1972, turns 53 this year), Gabrielle Miller (1973, turns 52 this year), Nick Lachey (1973, turns 52 this year), Giovanna Mezzogiorno (1974, turns 51 this year), Ion Overman (1976, turns 49 this year), Sisqo (1978, turns 47 this year), Cory Hardrict (1979, turns 46 this year), Oliver Ackland (1979, turns 46 this year), Scottie Thompson (1981, turns 44 this year), Elysia Rotaru (1984, turns 41 this year), Analeigh Tipton (1988, turns 37 this year), Nikki Blonsky (1988, turns 37 this year), Lio Tipton (1988, turns 37 this year), Billy Howle (1989, turns 36 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.