On This Day - August 9
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | Friday | $24,221,593 | $148,518,266 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Saturday | $22,162,059 | $191,204,754 |
| 2002 | xXx | Friday | $17,311,194 | $141,930,000 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Saturday | $16,947,112 | $333,714,112 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Friday | $15,594,380 | $636,745,858 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Sunday | $14,385,072 | $150,201,498 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Tuesday | $14,261,461 | $325,100,054 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Saturday | $13,042,768 | $116,877,597 |
| 2013 | Elysium | Friday | $11,088,228 | $93,050,117 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Saturday | $10,502,243 | $536,625,724 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | Friday | $24,221,593 | $148,518,266 |
| 2002 | xXx | Friday | $17,311,194 | $141,930,000 |
| 2013 | Elysium | Friday | $11,088,228 | $93,050,117 |
| 2019 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Friday | $8,781,643 | $68,947,075 |
| 2013 | Disney Planes | Friday | $8,158,972 | $90,282,580 |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Friday | $6,463,828 | $60,477,943 |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Wednesday | $4,403,386 | $70,278,893 |
| 2024 | Borderlands | Friday | $3,937,653 | $15,482,668 |
| 2019 | The Art of Racing in the Rain | Friday | $2,971,423 | $26,402,818 |
| 2002 | Blood Work | Friday | $2,347,141 | $26,199,517 |
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 9.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $65,575,105 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $54,713,046 | $150,201,498 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $53,774,969 | $636,745,858 |
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | $50,016,652 | $148,518,266 |
| 2002 | xXx | $44,506,103 | $141,930,000 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $42,124,922 | $333,714,112 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | $37,062,535 | $116,877,597 |
| 2013 | Elysium | $29,807,393 | $93,050,117 |
| 2002 | Signs | $29,454,659 | $227,969,295 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | $28,502,372 | $195,042,377 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: P.L. Travers (1899, died on April 23, 1996 at the age of 96), Paul Kelly (1899, died on November 6, 1956 at the age of 57), Tom Tyler (1903, died on May 3, 1954 at the age of 50), Robert Aldrich (1918, died on December 5, 1983 at the age of 65), John Stephenson (1923, died on May 15, 2015 at the age of 91), Robert Shaw (1927, died on August 28, 1978 at the age of 51), Malcolm Marmorstein (1928, died on November 21, 2020 at the age of 92), Dick Anthony Williams (1934, died on February 16, 2012 at the age of 77), Cynthia Harris (1934, died on October 3, 2021 at the age of 87), Burton Gilliam (1938, turns 87 this year), Christoph Muller (1938, died on September 17, 2024 at the age of 86), Sam Elliott (1944, turns 81 this year), Alf Humphreys (1953, died on January 31, 2018 at the age of 64), Adam Nimoy (1956, turns 69 this year), Melanie Griffith (1957, turns 68 this year), Amanda Bearse (1958, turns 67 this year), Whitney Houston (1963, died on February 11, 2012 at the age of 48), Gillian Anderson (1968, turns 57 this year), Eric Bana (1968, turns 57 this year), Joseph McGinty Nichol (1968, turns 57 this year), Thomas Lennon (1970, turns 55 this year), Nikki Ziering (1971, turns 54 this year), Mark Povinelli (1971, turns 54 this year), Liz Vassey (1972, turns 53 this year), Kevin McKidd (1973, turns 52 this year), Kenya Barris (1974, turns 51 this year), Marya Delver (1974, turns 51 this year), Mahesh Babu (1975, turns 50 this year), Rhona Mitra (1976, turns 49 this year), Audrey Tautou (1976, turns 49 this year), Jessica Capshaw (1976, turns 49 this year), Texas Battle (1976, turns 49 this year), Kelly Albanese (1977, turns 48 this year), Steven Schneider (1980, turns 45 this year), Charlie David (1980, turns 45 this year), Kate Siegel (1982, turns 43 this year), Daniel Henshall (1982, turns 43 this year), Ashley Johnson (1983, turns 42 this year), Anna Kendrick (1985, turns 40 this year), Justine Wachsberger (1988, turns 37 this year), Bill Skarsgård (1990, turns 35 this year), Hagen Mills (1990, died on May 19, 2020 at the age of 29), Adelaide Kane (1990, turns 35 this year), Emily Tennant (1990, turns 35 this year), Burkely Duffield (1992, turns 33 this year), Forrest Landis (1994, turns 31 this year), Justice Smith (1995, turns 30 this year), Kim Hyang-gi (2000, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Harry Davenport (1949, at the age of 83), Sharon Tate (1969, at the age of 26), Gregory Hines (2003, at the age of 57), Jacques Deray (2003, at the age of 74), Matthew McGrory (2005, at the age of 32), Bernie Mac (2008, at the age of 50), Al Freeman, Jr. (2012, at the age of 81), Mel Stuart (2012, at the age of 83), Ed Nelson (2014, at the age of 85), Frank Gifford (2015, at the age of 84), Alex Cord (2021, at the age of 88), Raymond Briggs (2022, at the age of 88), Gene LeBell (2022, at the age of 89), Robert Swan (2023, at the age of 78), Robbie Robertson (2023, at the age of 80), Doreen Mantle (2023, at the age of 97)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.