On This Day - September 24

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 24.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Magnificent Seven Saturday $13,685,923 $93,432,655
2005 Flightplan Saturday $10,450,659 $89,706,988
2016 Storks Saturday $9,415,563 $72,679,278
2011 The Lion King Saturday $9,239,018 $423,981,226
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Sunday $9,072,928 $100,234,838
2011 Dolphin Tale Saturday $8,636,208 $72,286,779
2011 Moneyball Saturday $8,374,497 $75,605,492
2004 The Forgotten Friday $8,000,000 $66,711,892
1999 Double Jeopardy Friday $7,520,000 $116,735,231
2005 Corpse Bride Saturday $7,504,507 $53,359,111

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 24.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2004 The Forgotten Friday $8,000,000 $66,711,892
1999 Double Jeopardy Friday $7,520,000 $116,735,231
2010 Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps Friday $6,913,160 $52,474,616
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Friday $4,519,426 $55,675,313
2021 Dear Evan Hansen Friday $3,280,865 $15,002,646
2010 You Again Friday $2,734,062 $25,702,053
2004 First Daughter Friday $1,400,000 $9,055,010
1999 Jakob the Liar Friday $590,000 $4,956,401
1999 Mumford Friday $550,000 $4,559,569
2010 The Virginity Hit Friday $103,523 $636,706

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 24.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle $39,023,010 $100,234,838
2016 The Magnificent Seven $34,703,397 $93,432,655
2017 It $29,757,494 $328,828,874
2006 Jackass: Number Two $29,002,002 $72,778,712
2005 Flightplan $24,629,938 $89,706,988
1999 Double Jeopardy $23,162,542 $116,735,231
2011 The Lion King $21,929,332 $423,981,226
2016 Storks $21,311,407 $72,679,278
2004 The Forgotten $21,022,111 $66,711,892
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie $20,433,071 $59,281,555

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Forgotten Island, 2027: Untitled Universal Event Film

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896, died on December 21, 1940 at the age of 44), Jean Servais (1910, died on February 17, 1976 at the age of 65), Audra Lindley (1918, died on October 16, 1997 at the age of 79), Leo Marks (1920, died on January 15, 2001 at the age of 80), John Moffatt (1922, died on September 10, 2012 at the age of 89), Theresa Merritt (1922, died on June 12, 1998 at the age of 75), Bert I. Gordon (1922, died on March 8, 2023 at the age of 100), John Moffatt (1922, died on September 10, 2012 at the age of 89), Arthur Malet (1927, died on May 18, 2013 at the age of 85), Gene Corman (1927, died on September 28, 2020 at the age of 93), Anthony Newley (1931, died on April 14, 1999 at the age of 67), Sean McCann (1935, died on June 13, 2019 at the age of 83), Jim Henson (1936, died on May 16, 1990 at the age of 53), Linda McCartney (1941, died on April 17, 1998 at the age of 56), Igor Yasulovich (1941, died on August 19, 2023 at the age of 81), Kenneth Tigar (1942, turns 83 this year), Randall Duk Kim (1943, turns 82 this year), Sven-Ole Thorsen (1944, turns 81 this year), Lou Dobbs (1945, died on July 18, 2024 at the age of 78), David Anspaugh (1946, turns 79 this year), R.H. Thomson (1947, turns 78 this year), Phil Hartman (1948, died on May 28, 1998 at the age of 49), Gordon Clapp (1948, turns 77 this year), Terry Jastrow (1948, turns 77 this year), Harriet Walter (1950, turns 75 this year), Peter Markle (1952, turns 73 this year), Brad Bird (1957, turns 68 this year), Kevin Sorbo (1958, turns 67 this year), Steve Whitmire (1959, turns 66 this year), Luc Picard (1961, turns 64 this year), John Logan (1961, turns 64 this year), Nia Vardalos (1962, turns 63 this year), Rosamund Kwan (1962, turns 63 this year), J. Michael Mendel (1964, died on September 23, 2019 at the age of 54), Kieran Mulroney (1965, turns 60 this year), Megan Ward (1969, turns 56 this year), Shamim Sarif (1969, turns 56 this year), Malinda Williams (1970, turns 55 this year), Marc Guggenheim (1970, turns 55 this year), Kate Fleetwood (1972, turns 53 this year), Eddie George (1973, turns 52 this year), Jackie Sandler (1974, turns 51 this year), Shirly Brener (1974, turns 51 this year), Michael Friedman (1975, died on September 9, 2017 at the age of 41), Ian Bohen (1976, turns 49 this year), Matthew Gravelle (1976, turns 49 this year), Joyful Drake (1976, turns 49 this year), Elizabeth Bogush (1977, turns 48 this year), Marieh Delfino (1977, turns 48 this year), Justin Bruening (1979, turns 46 this year), Erin Chambers (1979, turns 46 this year), Ted Jan Roberts (1979, turns 46 this year), Tanit Phoenix (1980, turns 45 this year), Allison McAtee (1980, turns 45 this year), Andrew Leeds (1981, turns 44 this year), Erik Stocklin (1982, turns 43 this year), Tina Rodriguez (1982, turns 43 this year), Lara Jean Chorostecki (1984, turns 41 this year), Jessica Lucas (1985, turns 40 this year), Kimberley Nixon (1985, turns 40 this year), Eloise Mumford (1986, turns 39 this year), Nanda Costa (1986, turns 39 this year), Spencer Treat Clark (1987, turns 38 this year), Grey Damon (1987, turns 38 this year), Brit Morgan (1987, turns 38 this year), Stav Strashko (1992, turns 33 this year), Giullian Gioiello (1992, turns 33 this year), Ben Platt (1993, turns 32 this year), Alexandra Bortich (1994, turns 31 this year), Clare Foley (2001, turns 24 this year)

Died on this day in history: Warren William (1948, at the age of 53), Dr Seuss (1991, at the age of 87), Bill Nunn (2016, at the age of 63), Gisèle Casadesus (2017, at the age of 103), Roger Mainwood (2018, at the age of 103), Barbara Bolton (2019, at the age of 93), Takao Saito (2021, at the age of 84), Pierre William Glenn (2024, at the age of 80)

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