On This Day - August 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Saturday | $19,299,170 | $161,197,785 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Friday | $13,600,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Saturday | $12,613,008 | $115,646,235 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Sunday | $9,594,329 | $103,068,524 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | Sunday | $9,233,792 | $80,281,096 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Saturday | $8,877,365 | $150,201,498 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Friday | $8,208,800 | $110,515,313 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Friday | $8,010,487 | $191,204,754 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Sunday | $7,992,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Sunday | $7,561,697 | $121,626,598 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Friday | $13,600,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Friday | $6,228,973 | $35,161,554 |
| 2014 | The Expendables 3 | Friday | $5,950,169 | $39,322,544 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Wednesday | $5,013,478 | $174,532,921 |
| 2014 | The Giver | Friday | $4,750,489 | $45,090,374 |
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | Friday | $4,307,689 | $37,095,657 |
| 2003 | Open Range | Friday | $4,240,671 | $58,331,254 |
| 2008 | Mirrors | Friday | $4,235,115 | $30,691,439 |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Friday | $4,208,287 | $44,906,632 |
| 2025 | Nobody 2 | Friday | $3,869,645 | $21,604,985 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $38,291,056 | $80,281,096 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | $36,428,066 | $82,622,655 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | $34,825,135 | $103,068,524 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $28,523,147 | $191,204,754 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | $28,365,416 | $121,626,598 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | $110,515,313 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $25,764,991 | $293,506,292 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $25,115,564 | $333,714,112 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Wendy Hiller (1912, died on May 14, 2003 at the age of 90), Philip Perlman (1919, died on August 15, 2015 at the age of 96), Rose Marie (1923, died on December 28, 2017 at the age of 94), Mike Connors (1925, died on January 26, 2017 at the age of 91), Mike Connors (1925, died on January 26, 2017 at the age of 91), Nicolas Roeg (1928, died on November 23, 2018 at the age of 90), George Martin (1929, died on June 1, 2010 at the age of 80), Janice Rule (1931, died on October 17, 2003 at the age of 72), Lori Nelson (1933, died on August 23, 2020 at the age of 87), Mike Henry (1936, turned 89 this year), Renzo Martini (1938, died on January 17, 2019 at the age of 80), Ron Dean (1938, died on October 5, 2025 at the age of 87), Jane Alderman (1939, died on October 23, 2016 at the age of 77), Ze'ev Revach (1940, died on January 18, 2025 at the age of 84), Barbara Bouchet (1943, turned 82 this year), Nigel Terry (1945, died on April 30, 2015 at the age of 69), Phyllis Smith (1949, turned 76 this year), Tess Harper (1950, turned 75 this year), Bobby Caldwell (1951, died on March 14, 2023 at the age of 71), Jacek Koman (1956, turned 69 this year), Zeljko Ivanek (1957, turned 68 this year), Ayhan Ergürsel (1961, died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 57), David Zayas (1962, turned 63 this year), Rob Thomas (1965, turned 60 this year), Peter Hermann (1967, turned 58 this year), Debra Messing (1968, turned 57 this year), Anthony Anderson (1970, turned 55 this year), Maddie Corman (1970, turned 55 this year), Ben Affleck (1972, turned 53 this year), Lubna Azabal (1973, turned 52 this year), Natasha Henstridge (1974, turned 51 this year), Samuel Roukin (1980, turned 45 this year), Ella Thomas (1981, turned 44 this year), Kerry Knuppe (1983, turned 42 this year), Quinton Aaron (1984, turned 41 this year), Emily Kinney (1985, turned 40 this year), Boban Marjanovic (1988, turned 37 this year), Courtney Hope (1989, turned 36 this year), Joe Jonas (1989, turned 36 this year), Carlos PenaVega (1989, turned 36 this year), Jennifer Lawrence (1990, turned 35 this year)
Died on this day in history: Will Rogers (1935, at the age of 55), Joe Seneca (1996, at the age of 77), August Schellenberg (2013, at the age of 77), Julian Bond (2015, at the age of 75), Danny Sembello (2015, at the age of 52), Philip Perlman (2015, at the age of 96), Peter Marshall (2024, at the age of 98), John Aprea (2024, at the age of 83), Greg Iles (2025, at the age of 64)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.