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 | $29,042,056 |
| 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 | $636,730,798 |
| 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, turned 95 this year), Barbara Eden (1931, turned 93 this year), Ronald Falk (1935, died on June 27, 2016 at the age of 80), Viva (1938, turned 86 this year), Richard Sanders (1940, turned 84 this year), Tony Bill (1940, turned 84 this year), Larry Brezner (1942, died on October 5, 2015 at the age of 73), Michael Elwyn (1942, turned 82 this year), Bob Peck (1945, turned 79 this year), Keith Moon (1946, died on September 7, 1978 at the age of 32), David Robb (1947, turned 77 this year), Rick Springfield (1949, turned 75 this year), Shelley Long (1949, turned 75 this year), John Snyder (1952, turned 72 this year), Kirby Dick (1952, turned 72 this year), Charles Busch (1954, turned 70 this year), Marc Vann (1954, turned 70 this year), Jeannie Elias (1954, turned 70 this year), Jennifer Holmes (1955, turned 69 this year), Skipp Sudduth (1956, turned 68 this year), Chris Potter (1960, turned 64 this year), Alexandre Desplat (1961, turned 63 this year), Deron McBee (1961, turned 63 this year), Michael Taliferro (1961, died on May 4, 2006 at the age of 44), Jay Villiers (1961, turned 63 this year), Park Chan-wook (1963, turned 61 this year), Ed Gale (1963, turned 61 this year), Gloria Pires (1963, turned 61 this year), Roger Avary (1965, turned 59 this year), Valery Nikolaev (1965, turned 59 this year), Charley Boorman (1966, turned 58 this year), Adama Niane (1966, died on January 29, 2023 at the age of 56), Erik Stolhanske (1968, turned 56 this year), Tommi Korpela (1968, turned 56 this year), River Phoenix (1970, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 23), Jay Mohr (1970, turned 54 this year), River Phoenix (1970, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 23), Aaron Douglas (1971, turned 53 this year), Ray Park (1974, turned 50 this year), Lexi Alexander (1974, turned 50 this year), Zarah Mahler (1975, turned 49 this year), Scott Caan (1976, turned 48 this year), Andrew Rannells (1978, turned 46 this year), Kobe Bryant (1978, died on January 26, 2020 at the age of 41), Clare Grant (1979, turned 45 this year), Joanne Froggatt (1980, turned 44 this year), Marty York (1980, turned 44 this year), Gary Cairns, II (1980, turned 44 this year), Sam Horrigan (1981, turned 43 this year), Erin Foster (1982, turned 42 this year), Nic Novicki (1982, turned 42 this year), Ruta Gedmintas (1983, turned 41 this year), Annie Ilonzeh (1983, turned 41 this year), Gauhar Khan (1983, turned 41 this year), Chris Galya (1987, turned 37 this year), Rachel Jackson (1987, turned 37 this year), Amy Pemberton (1988, turned 36 this year), Kim Matula (1988, turned 36 this year), Jessica Lee Keller (1990, turned 34 this year), Wesley Singerman (1990, turned 34 this year), Stephen Joffe (1991, turned 33 this year), Lil Yachty (1997, turned 27 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.