On This Day - August 29

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 The Final Destination Saturday $10,159,266 $66,477,700
2009 Inglourious Basterds Saturday $8,072,638 $120,774,594
2009 Halloween 2 Saturday $5,646,967 $33,392,973
1999 The Sixth Sense Sunday $5,567,000 $293,506,292
2015 Straight Outta Compton Saturday $5,561,340 $161,197,785
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Friday $5,312,000 $35,623,801
2010 Takers Sunday $5,286,462 $57,744,720
2021 Candyman Sunday $4,838,975 $61,186,570
2004 Jet Li’s Hero Sunday $4,700,000 $53,652,140
1998 Blade Saturday $4,470,000 $70,141,876

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Friday $5,312,000 $35,623,801
2014 As Above, So Below Friday $3,233,935 $21,222,315
2025 Caught Stealing Friday $3,221,978 $19,005,242
2008 Babylon A.D. Friday $3,120,314 $22,532,572
2025 The Roses Friday $2,420,182 $15,298,844
2008 Disaster Movie Friday $2,023,130 $14,190,901
1997 Excess Baggage Friday $1,786,405 $14,351,432
2007 Balls of Fury Wednesday $1,690,000 $32,886,940
2012 Lawless Wednesday $1,136,084 $37,397,291
2018 Operation Finale Wednesday $1,001,204 $17,612,099

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 29.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2009 The Final Destination $27,408,309 $66,477,700
2021 Candyman $22,001,750 $61,186,570
2010 Takers $20,512,304 $57,744,720
2010 The Last Exorcism $20,366,613 $41,034,350
1999 The Sixth Sense $20,099,149 $293,506,292
2009 Inglourious Basterds $19,303,653 $120,774,594
2004 Jet Li’s Hero $18,004,319 $53,652,140
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $17,082,262 $333,714,112
2009 Halloween 2 $16,349,565 $33,392,973
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 $15,269,324 $35,623,801

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Preston Sturges (1898, died on August 6, 1959 at the age of 60), George Macready (1899, died on July 2, 1973 at the age of 73), Joe Sawyer (1906, died on April 21, 1982 at the age of 75), Lurene Tuttle (1907, died on May 28, 1986 at the age of 78), Steve Fisher (1912, died on March 27, 1980 at the age of 67), Barry Sullivan (1912, died on June 6, 1994 at the age of 81), Ingrid Bergman (1915, died on August 29, 1982 at the age of 67), Isabel Sanford (1917, died on July 9, 2004 at the age of 86), Iris Apfel (1921, died on March 1, 2024 at the age of 102), Arthur Anderson (1922, died on April 9, 2016 at the age of 93), Richard Attenborough (1923, died on August 24, 2014 at the age of 90), Dick Cusack (1925, turned 100 this year), Charles Gray (1928, died on March 7, 2000 at the age of 71), Dick O’Neill (1928, turned 97 this year), Susan Shaw (1929, turned 96 this year), William Friedkin (1935, died on August 7, 2023 at the age of 87), John McCain (1936, turned 89 this year), Elliott Gould (1938, turned 87 this year), Joel Schumacher (1939, died on June 22, 2020 at the age of 80), Ellen Geer (1941, turned 84 this year), Orestes Matacena (1941, turned 84 this year), Sam Freed (1948, turned 77 this year), Frank Henenlotter (1950, turned 75 this year), Toni Kalem (1950, turned 75 this year), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (1952, turned 73 this year), Michael Jackson (1958, died on June 25, 2009 at the age of 50), Lenny Henry (1958, turned 67 this year), Rebecca De Mornay (1959, turned 66 this year), Nagarjuna Akkineni (1959, turned 66 this year), Ian James Corlett (1962, turned 63 this year), Lycia Naff (1962, turned 63 this year), Stacey Travis (1964, turned 61 this year), Dina Spybey (1965, turned 60 this year), Jeremy Applegate (1965, turned 60 this year), Frances Ruffelle (1965, turned 60 this year), Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (1968, died on April 30, 2021 at the age of 52), Jennifer Crittenden (1969, turned 56 this year), Derek Basco (1970, turned 55 this year), Carla Gugino (1971, turned 54 this year), Mark Bomback (1971, turned 54 this year), Tom Six (1973, turned 52 this year), Dante Basco (1975, turned 50 this year), Juan Diego Botto (1975, turned 50 this year), Maria Bertrand (1975, turned 50 this year), John Hensley (1977, turned 48 this year), Chris Johnson (1977, turned 48 this year), Jacque Gray (1977, turned 48 this year), Beth Dover (1978, turned 47 this year), Maite Schwartz (1979, turned 46 this year), William Levy (1980, turned 45 this year), Jovanna Burke (1980, turned 45 this year), Jay Ryan (1981, turned 44 this year), Emily Hampshire (1981, turned 44 this year), Brandon Trost (1981, turned 44 this year), Emilie Dequenne (1981, died on March 16, 2025 at the age of 43), Ignacia Allamand (1981, turned 44 this year), Jennifer Landon (1983, turned 42 this year), Saadet Isil Aksoy (1983, turned 42 this year), Aimee Conn (1985, turned 40 this year), Lea Michele (1986, turned 39 this year), Lea Michele (1986, turned 39 this year), Lauren Collins (1986, turned 39 this year), Charlotte Ritchie (1989, turned 36 this year), Laura Ashley Samuels (1990, turned 35 this year), Nicole Gale Anderson (1990, turned 35 this year), Liam Payne (1993, died on October 16, 2024 at the age of 31), Courtney Stodden (1994, turned 31 this year)

Died on this day in history: Ingrid Bergman (1982, at the age of 67), Simon Oakland (1983, at the age of 68), Evelyn Ankers (1985, at the age of 67), Lee Marvin (1987, at the age of 63), Frank Perry (1995, at the age of 65), Lee 'Scratch' Perry (2021, at the age of 85), Edward Asner (2021, at the age of 91), Charlbi Dean (2022, at the age of 32), Pradip Mukherjee (2022, at the age of 76), Jamie Christopher (2023, at the age of 51), Nancy Buirski (2023, at the age of 51), Debi Connor (2025, at the age of 69)

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