On This Day - August 23

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 23.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Sunday $10,596,508 $120,774,594
2019 Angel Has Fallen Friday $7,958,653 $69,030,436
2015 Straight Outta Compton Sunday $7,547,350 $161,197,785
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Saturday $7,480,888 $333,714,112
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday $7,287,234 $191,204,754
2008 Tropic Thunder Saturday $6,477,403 $110,515,313
2014 If I Stay Saturday $5,618,206 $50,474,843
2009 District 9 Sunday $5,439,229 $115,646,235
2003 Freddy vs. Jason Saturday $5,288,000 $82,622,655
2008 The House Bunny Saturday $5,228,893 $48,237,389

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 23.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2019 Angel Has Fallen Friday $7,958,653 $69,030,436
2013 The World’s End Friday $3,514,854 $26,004,851
2019 Overcomer Friday $3,043,455 $34,700,142
2013 You're Next Friday $2,985,205 $18,494,006
2024 Blink Twice Friday $2,900,405 $23,093,906
2024 The Forge Friday $2,428,794 $29,123,632
2002 Serving Sara Friday $2,042,344 $16,930,185
2024 The Crow Friday $2,002,268 $9,275,659
2002 Undisputed Friday $1,600,000 $12,398,628
2002 S1m0ne Friday $1,200,000 $9,680,913

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 23.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds $38,054,676 $120,774,594
2015 Straight Outta Compton $26,364,020 $161,197,785
2019 Angel Has Fallen $21,380,987 $69,030,436
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $18,310,240 $636,745,858
2009 District 9 $18,213,546 $115,646,235
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $17,202,212 $333,714,112
1998 Blade $17,073,856 $70,141,876
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $16,725,447 $191,204,754
2013 Lee Daniels' The Butler $16,503,812 $116,632,095
2024 Alien: Romulus $16,364,012 $105,313,091

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Gene Kelly (1912, died on February 2, 1996 at the age of 83), Frank De Felitta (1921, died on March 29, 2016 at the age of 94), Robert Mulligan (1925, died on December 20, 2008 at the age of 83), Peter Wyngarde (1927, died on January 15, 2018 at the age of 90), Marian Seldes (1928, died on October 6, 2014 at the age of 86), Vera Miles (1929, turns 96 this year), Barbara Eden (1931, turns 94 this year), Ronald Falk (1935, died on June 27, 2016 at the age of 80), Viva (1938, turns 87 this year), Richard Sanders (1940, turns 85 this year), Tony Bill (1940, turns 85 this year), Larry Brezner (1942, died on October 5, 2015 at the age of 73), Michael Elwyn (1942, turns 83 this year), Bob Peck (1945, turns 80 this year), Keith Moon (1946, died on September 7, 1978 at the age of 32), David Robb (1947, turns 78 this year), Rick Springfield (1949, turns 76 this year), Shelley Long (1949, turns 76 this year), John Snyder (1952, turns 73 this year), Kirby Dick (1952, turns 73 this year), Charles Busch (1954, turns 71 this year), Marc Vann (1954, turns 71 this year), Jeannie Elias (1954, turns 71 this year), Jennifer Holmes (1955, turns 70 this year), Skipp Sudduth (1956, turns 69 this year), Chris Potter (1960, turns 65 this year), Alexandre Desplat (1961, turns 64 this year), Deron McBee (1961, turns 64 this year), Michael Taliferro (1961, died on May 4, 2006 at the age of 44), Jay Villiers (1961, turns 64 this year), Park Chan-wook (1963, turns 62 this year), Ed Gale (1963, died on May 27, 2025 at the age of 61), Gloria Pires (1963, turns 62 this year), Roger Avary (1965, turns 60 this year), Valery Nikolaev (1965, turns 60 this year), Charley Boorman (1966, turns 59 this year), Adama Niane (1966, died on January 29, 2023 at the age of 56), Erik Stolhanske (1968, turns 57 this year), Tommi Korpela (1968, turns 57 this year), River Phoenix (1970, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 23), Jay Mohr (1970, turns 55 this year), River Phoenix (1970, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 23), Saafir (1970, died on November 19, 2024 at the age of 54), Aaron Douglas (1971, turns 54 this year), Ray Park (1974, turns 51 this year), Lexi Alexander (1974, turns 51 this year), Zarah Mahler (1975, turns 50 this year), Scott Caan (1976, turns 49 this year), Andrew Rannells (1978, turns 47 this year), Kobe Bryant (1978, died on January 26, 2020 at the age of 41), Clare Grant (1979, turns 46 this year), Joanne Froggatt (1980, turns 45 this year), Marty York (1980, turns 45 this year), Gary Cairns, II (1980, turns 45 this year), Sam Horrigan (1981, turns 44 this year), Erin Foster (1982, turns 43 this year), Nic Novicki (1982, turns 43 this year), Ruta Gedmintas (1983, turns 42 this year), Annie Ilonzeh (1983, turns 42 this year), Gauhar Khan (1983, turns 42 this year), Chris Galya (1987, turns 38 this year), Rachel Jackson (1987, turns 38 this year), Amy Pemberton (1988, turns 37 this year), Kim Matula (1988, turns 37 this year), Jessica Lee Keller (1990, turns 35 this year), Wesley Singerman (1990, turns 35 this year), Stephen Joffe (1991, turns 34 this year), Lil Yachty (1997, turns 28 this year)

Died on this day in history: Sidney Buchman (1975, at the age of 73), Kathleen Freeman (2001, at the age of 82), Brock Peters (2005, at the age of 78), Steven Hill (2016, at the age of 94), Evita Muñoz (2016, at the age of 79), Viola Harris (2017, at the age of 91), Lori Nelson (2020, at the age of 87), Benny Chan (2020, at the age of 87), Mary Cook (2021, at the age of 87), Terry Funk (2023, at the age of 79)

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