On This Day - October 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Friday | $12,551,906 | $113,929,605 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Saturday | $10,755,000 | $80,571,655 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | Friday | $10,534,700 | $73,118,130 |
| 2014 | Fury | Saturday | $9,122,797 | $85,817,906 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Friday | $9,016,073 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | Friday | $8,584,376 | $335,451,311 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Sunday | $8,282,574 | $77,233,467 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Saturday | $7,781,167 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | The Book of Life | Saturday | $6,913,670 | $50,151,543 |
| 2013 | Carrie | Friday | $6,515,486 | $35,266,619 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Friday | $12,551,906 | $113,929,605 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | Friday | $10,534,700 | $73,118,130 |
| 2013 | Carrie | Friday | $6,515,486 | $35,266,619 |
| 2002 | The Ring | Friday | $4,843,291 | $129,094,024 |
| 2013 | Escape Plan | Friday | $3,398,330 | $25,135,965 |
| 2002 | Abandon | Friday | $1,939,913 | $10,719,367 |
| 2002 | Formula 51 | Friday | $921,328 | $5,204,007 |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | Friday | $589,301 | $3,254,172 |
| 2013 | I'm in Love with a Church Girl | Friday | $349,849 | $2,387,730 |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Friday | $273,882 | $56,671,993 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | $36,948,713 | $113,929,605 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | $77,233,467 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $30,027,161 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | $29,251,840 | $335,451,311 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $28,094,014 | $80,571,655 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | $26,803,104 | $73,118,130 |
| 2014 | Fury | $23,702,421 | $85,817,906 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | $23,618,556 | $80,069,458 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $21,300,120 | $228,433,663 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | $21,039,502 | $73,357,727 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Untitled Smile Sequel, A Real Pain, Hard Truths, The Crypto: Beyond
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Roy Del Ruth (1893, died on April 27, 1961 at the age of 67), Miriam Hopkins (1902, died on October 9, 1972 at the age of 69), Melina Mercouri (1920, died on March 6, 1994 at the age of 73), Chuck Berry (1926, died on March 18, 2017 at the age of 90), John Morris (1926, died on January 25, 2018 at the age of 91), Klaus Kinski (1926, died on November 23, 1991 at the age of 65), George C. Scott (1927, died on September 22, 1999 at the age of 71), Inger Stevens (1934, died on April 30, 1970 at the age of 35), Calvin Lockhart (1934, died on March 29, 2007 at the age of 72), Peter Boyle (1935, died on December 12, 2006 at the age of 71), Dawn Wells (1938, died on December 30, 2020 at the age of 82), Cynthia Weil (1940, died on June 1, 2023 at the age of 82), Huell Howser (1945, died on January 7, 2013 at the age of 67), Howard Shore (1946, turns 78 this year), Joe Morton (1947, turns 77 this year), Om Puri (1950, died on January 6, 2017 at the age of 66), Pam Dawber (1951, turns 73 this year), Bob Weinstein (1954, turns 70 this year), Arliss Howard (1954, turns 70 this year), David Twohy (1955, turns 69 this year), Craig Bartlett (1956, turns 68 this year), Jon Lindstrom (1957, turns 67 this year), Corinne Bohrer (1958, turns 66 this year), Milcho Manchevski (1959, turns 65 this year), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960, turns 64 this year), Vincent Spano (1962, turns 62 this year), Ralph Eggleston (1965, died on August 28, 2022 at the age of 56), Sam Sorbo (1966, turns 58 this year), Eric Stuart (1967, turns 57 this year), Lucky Yates (1967, turns 57 this year), Lisa Chappell (1968, turns 56 this year), Zhou Xun (1974, turns 50 this year), Joy Bryant (1974, turns 50 this year), Nic Pizzolatto (1975, turns 49 this year), Christopher L. McKenna (1977, turns 47 this year), Peter Sohn (1977, turns 47 this year), Kunal Kapoor (1978, turns 46 this year), Wesley Jonathan (1978, turns 46 this year), Gloria Garayua (1978, turns 46 this year), Jyothika (1978, turns 46 this year), Marcus Coloma (1978, turns 46 this year), Ne-Yo (1979, turns 45 this year), Natasha Rothwell (1980, turns 44 this year), Freida Pinto (1984, turns 40 this year), Jennifer Ulrich (1984, turns 40 this year), Zac Efron (1987, turns 37 this year), Tessa Schram (1988, turns 36 this year), Peter Gilroy (1989, turns 35 this year), Carly Schroeder (1990, turns 34 this year), Tyler Posey (1991, turns 33 this year), Toby Regbo (1991, turns 33 this year), Spencer Lofranco (1992, turns 32 this year), Emily Robinson (1998, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Jon-Erik Hexum (1984, at the age of 26), Paddi Edwards (1999, at the age of 67), Gwen Verdon (2000, at the age of 75), Sidney Salkow (2000, at the age of 91), Brent Briscoe (2017, at the age of 56), Danny Leiner (2018, at the age of 57), Nigel Goldsack (2019, at the age of 62), Chris Ayres (2021, at the age of 56)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.