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.