On This Day - September 19

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 19.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
1998 Rush Hour Saturday $13,385,000 $141,186,864
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Saturday $13,152,744 $124,870,275
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Saturday $12,247,195 $81,697,192
2014 The Maze Runner Friday $11,260,861 $102,427,862
2003 Underworld Friday $8,998,000 $51,970,690
2015 Black Mass Saturday $8,766,424 $62,575,678
2025 Him Friday $6,486,440 $25,009,605
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sunday $6,050,069 $224,543,292
2010 The Town Sunday $6,036,163 $92,186,262
1999 Blue Streak Sunday $5,600,000 $68,208,190

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 19.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2014 The Maze Runner Friday $11,260,861 $102,427,862
2003 Underworld Friday $8,998,000 $51,970,690
2025 Him Friday $6,486,440 $25,009,605
2008 Lakeview Terrace Friday $5,144,974 $39,263,506
2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones Friday $4,759,560 $26,017,685
1997 In & Out Friday $4,541,277 $63,826,569
2014 This is Where I Leave You Friday $3,868,724 $34,296,320
2003 The Fighting Temptations Friday $3,752,000 $30,238,577
2003 Secondhand Lions Friday $3,661,000 $42,070,939
2008 My Best Friend's Girl Friday $3,097,060 $19,219,250

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 19.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
1998 Rush Hour $33,001,803 $141,186,864
2014 The Maze Runner $32,512,804 $102,427,862
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials $30,316,510 $81,697,192
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $30,304,648 $124,870,275
2010 The Town $23,808,032 $92,186,262
2015 Black Mass $22,635,037 $62,575,678
2003 Underworld $21,753,759 $51,970,690
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $21,670,751 $224,543,292
1999 Blue Streak $19,208,806 $68,208,190
2010 Easy A $17,734,040 $58,401,464

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Porter Hall (1888, died on October 6, 1953 at the age of 65), Ricardo Cortez (1900, died on April 28, 1977 at the age of 76), Elvia Allman (1904, turns 122 this year), Margaret Lindsay (1910, died on May 9, 1981 at the age of 70), Germán Valdés (1915, died on June 29, 1973 at the age of 57), James Lipton (1926, died on March 2, 2020 at the age of 93), Rosemary Harris (1927, turns 99 this year), Harold Brown (1927, died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 91), Adam West (1928, died on June 9, 2017 at the age of 88), Mel Stewart (1929, turns 97 this year), Antonio Margheriti (1930, died on November 4, 2002 at the age of 72), Jean-Claude Carriere (1931, died on February 8, 2021 at the age of 89), David McCallum (1933, died on September 25, 2023 at the age of 90), Carl Schultz (1939, turns 87 this year), Paul Williams (1940, turns 86 this year), Mariangela Melato (1941, died on January 11, 2013 at the age of 71), Freda Payne (1942, turns 84 this year), Diana Bellamy (1943, died on June 17, 2001 at the age of 57), Michael Elphick (1946, died on September 7, 2002 at the age of 55), Jeremy Irons (1948, turns 78 this year), Twiggy (1949, turns 77 this year), Ernie Sabella (1949, turns 77 this year), Sally Potter (1949, turns 77 this year), Scott Colomby (1952, turns 74 this year), David Bamber (1954, turns 72 this year), Ranjit Chowdhry (1955, died on April 15, 2020 at the age of 64), Kevin Hooks (1958, turns 68 this year), Richard Ridings (1958, turns 68 this year), Lita Ford (1958, turns 68 this year), Carolyn McCormick (1959, turns 67 this year), Cheri Oteri (1962, turns 64 this year), Spencer Garrett (1963, turns 63 this year), Jarvis Cocker (1963, turns 63 this year), Lars Simonsen (1963, turns 63 this year), Patrick Marber (1964, turns 62 this year), Kim Richards (1964, turns 62 this year), Goldie (1965, turns 61 this year), Mamoru Hosoda (1967, turns 59 this year), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 48), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 48), Victor Williams (1970, turns 56 this year), Sanaa Lathan (1971, turns 55 this year), Kristoffer Joner (1972, turns 54 this year), Jeremy Jordan (1973, turns 53 this year), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (1973, turns 53 this year), Nic Bishop (1973, turns 53 this year), Jimmy Fallon (1974, turns 52 this year), Victoria Silvstedt (1974, turns 52 this year), Marcus Dunstan (1975, turns 51 this year), Daniel Eric Gold (1975, turns 51 this year), Marty Belafsky (1975, turns 51 this year), Alison Sweeney (1976, turns 50 this year), Kyle Cease (1977, turns 49 this year), Erica Ash (1977, died on July 28, 2024 at the age of 46), Ramin Karimloo (1978, turns 48 this year), Tijuana Ricks (1978, turns 48 this year), Noemie Lenoir (1979, turns 47 this year), Tanja Reichert (1980, turns 46 this year), Sara Quin (1980, turns 46 this year), Columbus Short (1982, turns 44 this year), Lisa Henni (1982, turns 44 this year), Kevin Zegers (1984, turns 42 this year), Natalie Eva Marie (1984, turns 42 this year), Lydia Hearst (1984, turns 42 this year), Song Joong-ki (1985, turns 41 this year), Liam Boyle (1985, turns 41 this year), Peter Vack (1986, turns 40 this year), Alessandro Borghi (1986, turns 40 this year), Mandy Musgrave (1986, turns 40 this year), Danielle Panabaker (1987, turns 39 this year), Katrina Bowden (1988, turns 38 this year), Lorenza Izzo (1989, turns 37 this year), Alex Etel (1994, turns 32 this year), Rachel Sennott (1995, turns 31 this year), Taylor Geare (2001, turns 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Rex Ingram (1969, at the age of 73), Patricia Hayes (1998, at the age of 88), Ann Doran (2000, at the age of 89), Gloria Talbott (2000, at the age of 69), Bernie Casey (2017, at the age of 78), Jake LaMotta (2017, at the age of 95), José Salcedo (2017, at the age of 95), John Grissmer (2024, at the age of 91)

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