On This Day - October 21

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 21.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 Black Adam Friday $26,688,324 $168,283,344
2011 Paranormal Activity 3 Friday $26,305,745 $104,028,807
2018 Halloween Sunday $16,057,290 $159,366,015
2023 TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Saturday $13,251,871 $180,760,722
2016 Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween Friday $9,470,228 $73,206,343
2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Friday $8,848,149 $58,697,076
2017 Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Saturday $8,818,022 $47,319,572
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Saturday $8,149,384 $68,026,901
2000 Meet the Parents Saturday $7,719,000 $166,225,040
2022 Ticket to Paradise Friday $6,404,995 $68,275,985

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 21.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2022 Black Adam Friday $26,688,324 $168,283,344
2011 Paranormal Activity 3 Friday $26,305,745 $104,028,807
2016 Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween Friday $9,470,228 $73,206,343
2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Friday $8,848,149 $58,697,076
2022 Ticket to Paradise Friday $6,404,995 $68,275,985
2005 Doom Friday $5,857,775 $28,212,337
2016 Ouija: Origin of Evil Friday $5,509,610 $35,144,505
2011 The Three Musketeers Friday $2,969,687 $20,377,913
2005 Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Friday $2,743,429 $33,022,286
2005 North Country Friday $2,012,482 $18,324,242

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 21.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2018 Halloween $76,221,545 $159,366,015
2022 Black Adam $67,004,323 $168,283,344
2011 Paranormal Activity 3 $52,568,183 $104,028,807
2023 TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR $33,222,621 $180,760,722
2012 Paranormal Activity 4 $29,003,866 $53,900,335
2016 Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween $28,501,448 $73,206,343
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon $23,253,655 $68,026,901
2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back $22,872,490 $58,697,076
2017 Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween $21,226,953 $47,319,572
2018 A Star is Born $19,051,082 $215,288,866

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Leonard Rossiter (1926, died on October 5, 1984 at the age of 57), Howard Zieff (1927, died on February 22, 2009 at the age of 81), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929, died on January 22, 2018 at the age of 88), Brock Yates (1933, died on October 5, 2016 at the age of 82), Edith Scob (1937, died on June 26, 2019 at the age of 81), Peter Vere-Jones (1939, died on January 26, 2021 at the age of 81), Rhoda Gemignani (1940, turns 84 this year), Steve Cropper (1941, turns 83 this year), Paula Kelly (1943, died on February 9, 2020 at the age of 76), Everett McGill (1945, turns 79 this year), Nikita Mikhalkov (1945, turns 79 this year), Tom Everett (1948, turns 76 this year), LaTanya Richardson (1949, turns 75 this year), Catherine Hardwicke (1955, turns 69 this year), Darius Khondji (1955, turns 69 this year), Paul Greco (1955, turns 69 this year), Carrie Fisher (1956, died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60), Julio Medem (1958, turns 66 this year), Ken Watanabe (1959, turns 65 this year), Tony Ganios (1959, died on February 18, 2024 at the age of 64), Melora Walters (1960, turns 64 this year), Paul Rugg (1960, turns 64 this year), Louis Koo (1970, turns 54 this year), Sasha Roiz (1973, turns 51 this year), Carmen Ejogo (1973, turns 51 this year), Norihisa Hiranuma (1976, turns 48 this year), Andrew Scott (1976, turns 48 this year), Will Estes (1978, turns 46 this year), Michael McMillian (1978, turns 46 this year), Kim Kardashian (1980, turns 44 this year), Jas Waters (1980, died on June 9, 2020 at the age of 39), Matt Dallas (1982, turns 42 this year), Michael Antonakos (1982, turns 42 this year), Aaron Tveit (1983, turns 41 this year), Charlotte Sullivan (1983, turns 41 this year), Jeffrey Bowyer Chapman (1984, turns 40 this year), Glen Powell (1988, turns 36 this year), Blanca Suarez (1988, turns 36 this year), Mark Rendall (1988, turns 36 this year), Hari Nef (1992, turns 32 this year), Ashley Liao (2001, turns 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: François Truffaut (1984, at the age of 52), Peter Barkworth (2006, at the age of 77), Yash Chopra (2012, at the age of 80), Kevin Meaney (2016, at the age of 60), Janet Patterson (2016, at the age of 59), Robert Getchell (2017, at the age of 80), Rosemary Leach (2017, at the age of 81), James Edward Ferrell Jr. (2019, at the age of 66), Josip Elic (2019, at the age of 98), Marge Champion (2020, at the age of 101), Halyna Hutchins (2021, at the age of 101), Martha Henry (2021, at the age of 82), Bobby Charlton (2023, at the age of 86)

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