On This Day - September 30
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Sunday | $12,602,119 | $148,313,048 |
| 2006 | Open Season | Saturday | $10,232,453 | $85,105,259 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Saturday | $9,978,000 | $115,719,751 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Saturday | $9,534,184 | $65,343,309 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2017 | It | Saturday | $7,811,673 | $328,828,874 |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Saturday | $7,800,000 | $55,011,732 |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Saturday | $7,554,466 | $100,234,838 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
| 2005 | Serenity | Friday | $3,949,340 | $25,514,517 |
| 2011 | Courageous | Friday | $3,127,940 | $35,017,223 |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Friday | $2,887,377 | $35,016,118 |
| 2011 | Dream House | Friday | $2,887,185 | $21,302,340 |
| 2005 | Into the Blue | Friday | $2,411,781 | $18,782,227 |
| 2016 | Masterminds | Friday | $2,325,546 | $17,356,894 |
| 2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: Part One | Friday | $2,100,000 | $4,918,000 |
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 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $42,522,194 | $148,313,048 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | $28,871,140 | $87,242,834 |
| 2018 | Night School | $27,257,615 | $77,339,130 |
| 2006 | Open Season | $23,624,548 | $85,105,259 |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | $23,045,635 | $83,240,103 |
| 2007 | The Game Plan | $22,950,971 | $90,648,202 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | $22,764,354 | $65,343,309 |
| 2022 | Smile | $22,609,925 | $105,935,048 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | $20,905,831 | $115,719,751 |
| 2012 | Looper | $20,801,552 | $66,486,205 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Bancroft (1882, died on October 2, 1956 at the age of 74), Lil Dagover (1887, died on January 23, 1980 at the age of 92), Lewis Milestone (1895, died on September 25, 1980 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Bill Walsh (1913, died on January 27, 1975 at the age of 61), Deborah Kerr (1921, died on October 16, 2007 at the age of 86), Lamont Johnson (1922, died on October 24, 2010 at the age of 88), Michel Lemoine (1922, died on July 27, 2013 at the age of 90), Truman Capote (1924, died on August 25, 1984 at the age of 59), Angie Dickinson (1931, turns 95 this year), Antoinette Bower (1932, turns 94 this year), Cissy Houston (1933, died on October 7, 2024 at the age of 91), Anna Kashfi (1934, died on August 16, 2015 at the age of 80), Johnny Mathis (1935, turns 91 this year), Len Cariou (1939, turns 87 this year), Angela Pleasence (1941, turns 85 this year), Ian Ogilvy (1943, turns 83 this year), Fran Brill (1946, turns 80 this year), Dan O’Bannon (1946, died on December 17, 2009 at the age of 63), Amos Poe (1949, died on December 25, 2025 at the age of 76), Victoria Tennant (1950, turns 76 this year), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950, turns 76 this year), Al Leong (1952, turns 74 this year), Jack Wild (1952, turns 74 this year), John Finn (1952, turns 74 this year), Calvin Levels (1954, turns 72 this year), Donna Biscoe (1955, turns 71 this year), Fran Drescher (1957, turns 69 this year), Boris Yukhananov (1957, died on August 5, 2025 at the age of 67), Debrah Farentino (1959, turns 67 this year), Kaarin Fairfax (1959, turns 67 this year), Eric Stoltz (1961, turns 65 this year), Crystal Bernard (1961, turns 65 this year), Monica Bellucci (1964, turns 62 this year), Omid Djalili (1965, turns 61 this year), Adamo Dionisi (1965, died on October 20, 2024 at the age of 59), Lisa Thornhill (1966, turns 60 this year), Andrea Roth (1967, turns 59 this year), Mark Polonia (1968, turns 58 this year), Amy Landecker (1969, turns 57 this year), Mark 'Rhino' Smith (1969, turns 57 this year), Tony Hale (1970, turns 56 this year), Alistair Petrie (1970, turns 56 this year), Mark Bazeley (1970, turns 56 this year), René Ashton (1970, turns 56 this year), Jenna Elfman (1971, turns 55 this year), Meadow Sisto (1972, turns 54 this year), John Light (1973, turns 53 this year), Daniel Wu (1974, turns 52 this year), Ashley Hamilton (1974, turns 52 this year), Ursula Brooks (1974, turns 52 this year), Marion Cotillard (1975, turns 51 this year), Christopher Jackson (1975, turns 51 this year), Sean Rogerson (1977, turns 49 this year), Stark Sands (1978, turns 48 this year), Jonathan Kasdan (1979, turns 47 this year), Toni Trucks (1980, turns 46 this year), Ashleigh Aston Moore (1981, died on December 11, 2007 at the age of 26), Lacey Chabert (1982, turns 44 this year), Kieran Culkin (1982, turns 44 this year), Pihla Viitala (1982, turns 44 this year), Teal Redmann (1982, turns 44 this year), Katrina Law (1985, turns 41 this year), Greyston Holt (1985, turns 41 this year), Rachel Lena Snow (1987, turns 39 this year), Joo Won (1987, turns 39 this year), Mahaley Patel (1987, turns 39 this year), Ben Cura (1988, turns 38 this year), Ezra Miller (1992, turns 34 this year), Raphaël Coleman (1994, died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 25), Maddie Ziegler (2002, turns 24 this year), Levi Miller (2002, turns 24 this year), Nathan Arenas (2005, turns 21 this year), Valeria Cotto (2010, turns 16 this year)
Died on this day in history: Friedrich Feher (1950, at the age of 61), James Dean (1955, at the age of 24), Edgar Bergen (1978, at the age of 75), Simone Signoret (1985, at the age of 64), Stephen J. Cannell (2010, at the age of 69), Turhan Bey (2012, at the age of 90), Ruth Maleczech (2013, at the age of 74), Monty Hall (2017, at the age of 96), Marshall Efron (2019, at the age of 81), Ravil Isyanov (2021, at the age of 59), Veronika Varga (2023, at the age of 54), Dikembe Mutombo (2024, at the age of 58), Robert Watts (2024, at the age of 86), Ji-a Park (2024, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.