On This Day - September 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | Saturday | $25,835,611 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | Friday | $8,919,921 | $423,981,226 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Friday | $6,818,682 | $67,328,130 |
| 2016 | Sully | Friday | $6,533,032 | $125,070,033 |
| 2006 | Gridiron Gang | Saturday | $6,239,520 | $38,432,823 |
| 2023 | The Nun II | Saturday | $6,231,652 | $86,270,590 |
| 2018 | The Predator | Sunday | $5,934,704 | $51,024,708 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Friday | $5,601,505 | $48,318,130 |
| 2017 | American Assassin | Saturday | $5,475,601 | $36,249,674 |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Saturday | $5,394,011 | $42,471,412 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Woman King | Friday | $6,818,682 | $67,328,130 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Friday | $5,601,505 | $48,318,130 |
| 2016 | Blair Witch | Friday | $4,011,022 | $20,777,061 |
| 2011 | Drive | Friday | $4,009,445 | $35,060,689 |
| 2005 | Lord of War | Friday | $3,131,489 | $24,149,632 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones’s Baby | Friday | $3,109,180 | $24,139,805 |
| 2016 | Snowden | Friday | $3,046,669 | $21,587,519 |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Friday | $1,979,631 | $10,324,441 |
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Friday | $1,565,681 | $9,659,074 |
| 2005 | Cry Wolf | Friday | $1,500,000 | $10,047,674 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was September 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | $60,103,110 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | $29,156,757 | $423,981,226 |
| 2018 | The Predator | $24,632,284 | $51,024,708 |
| 2016 | Sully | $21,653,017 | $125,070,033 |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $21,052,227 | $42,345,531 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | $19,051,442 | $67,328,130 |
| 2018 | The Nun | $18,238,263 | $117,450,119 |
| 2012 | Finding Nemo | $16,687,773 | $380,529,370 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | $16,408,718 | $48,318,130 |
| 2018 | A Simple Favor | $16,011,689 | $53,548,586 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Alexander Korda (1893, died on January 23, 1956 at the age of 62), Guy Hamilton (1922, died on April 20, 2016 at the age of 93), Janis Paige (1922, died on June 2, 2024 at the age of 101), Lauren Bacall (1924, died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89), Raoul Coutard (1924, died on November 8, 2016 at the age of 92), Lauren Bacall (1924, died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89), B.B. King (1925, died on May 14, 2015 at the age of 89), Morgan Woodward (1925, died on February 22, 2019 at the age of 93), Jack Kelly (1927, died on November 7, 1992 at the age of 65), Peter Falk (1927, died on June 23, 2011 at the age of 83), Anne Francis (1930, died on January 2, 2011 at the age of 80), Jules Bass (1935, died on October 25, 2022 at the age of 87), Mardik Martin (1936, died on September 11, 2019 at the age of 82), Jim McBride (1941, turned 83 this year), Constantine Gregory (1942, turned 82 this year), Linda Miller (1942, turned 82 this year), Michael Edwards (1944, turned 80 this year), Susan Ruttan (1948, turned 76 this year), Ed Begley, Jr. (1949, turned 75 this year), Mickey Rourke (1952, turned 72 this year), Kurt Fuller (1953, turned 71 this year), Lenny Clarke (1953, turned 71 this year), David Copperfield (1956, turned 68 this year), Peter Francis James (1956, turned 68 this year), Jennifer Tilly (1958, turned 66 this year), Peter Keleghan (1959, turned 65 this year), Gary Poulter (1959, turned 65 this year), Jayne Brook (1960, turned 64 this year), Danny John-Jules (1960, turned 64 this year), James Moses Black (1962, turned 62 this year), Richard Marx (1963, turned 61 this year), Leslie Wing (1963, turned 61 this year), Molly Shannon (1964, turned 60 this year), Sean Frye (1966, turned 58 this year), Walt Becker (1968, turned 56 this year), Marc Anthony (1968, turned 56 this year), Doug Cockle (1970, turned 54 this year), Tamron Hall (1970, turned 54 this year), Amy Poehler (1971, turned 53 this year), Mike Doyle (1972, turned 52 this year), Alex Rice (1972, turned 52 this year), Justin Haythe (1973, turned 51 this year), Ed Stoppard (1974, turned 50 this year), Thekla Reuten (1975, turned 49 this year), Toks Olagundoye (1975, turned 49 this year), Amy Price-Francis (1975, turned 49 this year), Erik Aadahl (1976, turned 48 this year), Philip Ng (1977, turned 47 this year), Michael Mosley (1978, turned 46 this year), Ebonie Smith (1978, turned 46 this year), Alexis Bledel (1981, turned 43 this year), Fan Bingbing (1981, turned 43 this year), Michelle Lombardo (1983, turned 41 this year), Tanner Beard (1984, turned 40 this year), Max Minghella (1985, turned 39 this year), Madeline Zima (1985, turned 39 this year), Kyla Pratt (1986, turned 38 this year), Travis Wall (1987, turned 37 this year), Daren Kagasoff (1987, turned 37 this year), Anthony Padilla (1987, turned 37 this year), Teddy Geiger (1988, turned 36 this year), Sarah Steele (1988, turned 36 this year), Greta Bellamacina (1990, turned 34 this year), Nick Jonas (1992, turned 32 this year), Chase Stokes (1992, turned 32 this year), Tayla Parx (1993, turned 31 this year), Elena Kampouris (1997, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: James Gregory (2002, at the age of 90), Sheb Wooley (2003, at the age of 82), Kim Hamilton (2013, at the age of 81), Edward Albee (2016, at the age of 88), Todd Kimsey (2016, at the age of 54), John Cohen (2019, at the age of 87), Stanley Crouch (2020, at the age of 74), Jane Powell (2021, at the age of 92)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.