On This Day - September 8

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 8.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 It Friday $50,425,786 $328,828,874
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Sunday $27,383,287 $294,100,435
2019 It: Chapter Two Sunday $20,391,269 $211,593,228
2018 The Nun Saturday $19,788,796 $117,450,119
2023 The Nun II Friday $13,107,493 $86,270,590
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Saturday $5,852,228 $174,532,921
2025 The Conjuring: Last Rites Monday $5,748,553 $177,756,445
2007 3:10 to Yuma Saturday $5,639,120 $53,606,916
2018 Peppermint Saturday $5,222,525 $35,418,723
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Wednesday $4,614,556 $224,543,292

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 8.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2017 It Friday $50,425,786 $328,828,874
2023 The Nun II Friday $13,107,493 $86,270,590
2023 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Friday $3,706,845 $28,496,030
2006 The Covenant Friday $3,126,704 $23,364,784
2017 Home Again Friday $3,079,203 $27,020,284
2000 The Watcher Friday $2,794,000 $28,946,615
2000 Nurse Betty Friday $2,101,000 $25,170,054
2006 Hollywoodland Friday $1,900,000 $14,426,251
2006 Tom yum goong Friday $1,814,669 $12,044,087
2000 The Way of the Gun Friday $684,000 $6,047,856

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 8.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 It $123,403,419 $328,828,874
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $111,003,345 $294,100,435
2019 It: Chapter Two $91,062,152 $211,593,228
2018 The Nun $53,807,379 $117,450,119
2023 The Nun II $32,603,336 $86,270,590
2013 Riddick $19,030,375 $42,025,135
2007 3:10 to Yuma $14,035,033 $53,606,916
2018 Peppermint $13,423,255 $35,418,723
2018 Crazy Rich Asians $13,148,404 $174,532,921
2023 The Equalizer 3 $12,002,957 $92,373,751

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Queenie Smith (1898, died on August 5, 1978 at the age of 79), Henry Wilcoxon (1905, died on March 6, 1984 at the age of 78), Alexander Mackendrick (1912, died on December 22, 1993 at the age of 81), Hillary Brooke (1914, died on May 25, 1999 at the age of 84), Harry Secombe (1921, died on April 11, 2001 at the age of 79), Sid Caesar (1922, died on February 12, 2014 at the age of 91), Peter Sellers (1925, died on July 24, 1980 at the age of 54), Mario Adorf (1930, turns 96 this year), Cüneyt Faruk Arkın (1937, turns 89 this year), Louis Mahoney (1938, died on June 30, 2020 at the age of 81), Willard Huyck (1945, turns 81 this year), Aleksander Fabisiak (1945, died on February 9, 2024 at the age of 78), David R. Ellis (1952, died on September 8, 2013 at the age of 61), Pascal Greggory (1953, turns 73 this year), John McGlynn (1953, turns 73 this year), Julian Richings (1955, turns 71 this year), Ric Reitz (1955, turns 71 this year), Heather Thomas (1957, turns 69 this year), Seth Barrish (1959, turns 67 this year), Aimee Mann (1960, turns 66 this year), Amy Stiller (1961, turns 65 this year), David Knell (1961, turns 65 this year), Gina Belafonte (1961, turns 65 this year), Thomas Kretschmann (1962, turns 64 this year), Brad Silberling (1963, turns 63 this year), David Lee Smith (1963, turns 63 this year), Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963, turns 63 this year), Mitchell Whitfield (1964, turns 62 this year), Kimberly Peirce (1967, turns 59 this year), Brian Huskey (1968, turns 58 this year), Rachel Hunter (1969, turns 57 this year), Lightfield Lewis (1970, turns 56 this year), David Arquette (1971, turns 55 this year), Martin Freeman (1971, turns 55 this year), Vladimir Epifantsev (1971, turns 55 this year), Brooke Burke (1971, turns 55 this year), Tomokazu Seki (1972, turns 54 this year), Larenz Tate (1975, turns 51 this year), C. Robert Cargill (1975, turns 51 this year), Julie Le Breton (1975, turns 51 this year), Nate Corddry (1977, turns 49 this year), Pink (1979, turns 47 this year), Jennifer Lafleur (1979, turns 47 this year), Miles Jupp (1979, turns 47 this year), Tehmina Sunny (1980, turns 46 this year), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981, turns 45 this year), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981, turns 45 this year), Sameera Reddy (1982, turns 44 this year), Kristina Ellery (1985, turns 41 this year), Philip Ettinger (1985, turns 41 this year), Jake Sandvig (1986, turns 40 this year), Wiz Khalifa (1987, turns 39 this year), Ray Fisher (1987, turns 39 this year), Hannah Fierman (1987, turns 39 this year), E.J. Bonilla (1988, turns 38 this year), Ashlynn Ross (1989, turns 37 this year), Mark Poletti (1989, turns 37 this year), Esmeralda Pimentel (1989, turns 37 this year), Ella Rae Peck (1990, turns 36 this year), Dianne Doan (1990, turns 36 this year), Christina Wolfe (1990, turns 36 this year), Travis Nelson (1990, turns 36 this year), Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (1990, turns 36 this year), Park So-dam (1991, turns 35 this year), Pepi Sonuga (1993, turns 33 this year), Lily Sullivan (1993, turns 33 this year), Matthew Josten (1997, turns 29 this year), Emma Laird (1998, turns 28 this year), Gaten Matarazzo (2002, turns 24 this year), Reem Shaikh (2002, turns 24 this year), Nicolas Cantu (2003, turns 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: Zero Mostel (1977, at the age of 62), Helen Shaw (1997, at the age of 100), Frank Thomas (2004, at the age of 92), Ray Barrett (2009, at the age of 82), Leigh Hamilton (2012, at the age of 62), David R. Ellis (2013, at the age of 61), The Lady Chablis (2016, at the age of 59), Blake Heron (2017, at the age of 35), John Wesley (2019, at the age of 72), Ronald Harwood (2020, at the age of 85), Aleksandr Melnik (2021, at the age of 63), Franco Graziosi (2021, at the age of 92), Queen Elizabeth II (2022, at the age of 96), Felicia Taylor (2023, at the age of 59)

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