On This Day - October 23
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Black Adam | Sunday | $16,603,514 | $168,283,344 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Saturday | $15,584,091 | $110,359,362 |
| 2021 | Dune | Saturday | $13,720,000 | $109,987,830 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Saturday | $13,040,274 | $84,752,907 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Sunday | $9,058,938 | $104,028,807 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Saturday | $8,251,102 | $117,229,692 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | Friday | $7,572,457 | $107,918,810 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Sunday | $7,281,034 | $73,206,343 |
| 2009 | Saw VI | Friday | $6,957,263 | $27,693,292 |
| 2010 | Red | Saturday | $6,651,273 | $90,380,162 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Saw VI | Friday | $6,957,263 | $27,693,292 |
| 2015 | The Last Witch Hunter | Friday | $3,770,882 | $27,367,660 |
| 2015 | Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension | Friday | $3,302,140 | $18,297,124 |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Friday | $2,740,000 | $40,584,421 |
| 2009 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Friday | $2,230,745 | $14,046,595 |
| 1998 | Soldier | Friday | $2,005,000 | $14,623,082 |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Friday | $1,823,193 | $19,551,067 |
| 2009 | Amelia | Friday | $1,321,065 | $14,279,575 |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Friday | $1,220,000 | $8,863,193 |
| 2021 | Met Opera: Fire Shut Up in My Bones | Saturday | $610,000 | $610,000 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 23.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Black Adam | $67,004,323 | $168,283,344 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $52,568,183 | $104,028,807 |
| 2021 | Dune | $41,011,174 | $109,987,830 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $40,678,424 | $84,752,907 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | $39,128,715 | $110,359,362 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $28,501,448 | $73,206,343 |
| 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $22,872,490 | $58,697,076 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | $21,313,815 | $117,229,692 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | $21,104,070 | $107,918,810 |
| 2022 | Ticket to Paradise | $16,509,095 | $68,275,985 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lilyan Tashman (1896, died on March 21, 1934 at the age of 37), Hayden Rorke (1910, died on August 19, 1987 at the age of 76), Augusta Dabney (1918, died on February 4, 2008 at the age of 89), Max Berliner (1919, died on August 26, 2019 at the age of 99), Coleen Gray (1922, turns 102 this year), Luis Alarcón (1929, died on August 4, 2023 at the age of 93), Rita Gardner (1934, died on September 25, 2022 at the age of 87), Philip Kaufman (1936, turns 88 this year), Mel Winkler (1941, died on June 11, 2020 at the age of 78), Michael Crichton (1942, died on November 4, 2008 at the age of 66), Hugh Fraser (1945, turns 79 this year), Miles Anderson (1947, turns 77 this year), Alex Gibney (1953, turns 71 this year), Ang Lee (1954, turns 70 this year), Dwight Yoakam (1956, turns 68 this year), Weird Al Yankovic (1959, turns 65 this year), Sam Raimi (1959, turns 65 this year), Beatie Edney (1962, turns 62 this year), Allison Shearmur (1963, died on January 19, 2018 at the age of 54), Marta Kober (1963, turns 61 this year), Walter Flanagan (1967, turns 57 this year), Gesine Cukrowski (1968, turns 56 this year), Jon Huertas (1969, turns 55 this year), Steve Wilder (1970, turns 54 this year), Kate del Castillo (1972, turns 52 this year), Vivian Bang (1973, turns 51 this year), Boti Bliss (1975, turns 49 this year), Manuela Velasco (1975, turns 49 this year), Ryan Reynolds (1976, turns 48 this year), Cat Deeley (1976, turns 48 this year), Saycon Sengbloh (1977, turns 47 this year), Prabhas (1979, turns 45 this year), Robert Belushi (1980, turns 44 this year), Huo Siyan (1981, turns 43 this year), Jackie Long (1981, turns 43 this year), Leticia Dolera (1981, turns 43 this year), Bradley Pierce (1982, turns 42 this year), Masiela Lusha (1985, turns 39 this year), Marque Richardson (1985, turns 39 this year), Emilia Clarke (1986, turns 38 this year), Jessica Stroup (1986, turns 38 this year), Briana Evigan (1986, turns 38 this year), Naomi Watanabe (1987, turns 37 this year), Matt Angel (1990, turns 34 this year), Taylor Spreitler (1993, turns 31 this year), Margaret Qualley (1994, turns 30 this year), Zach Callison (1997, turns 27 this year), Amandla Stenberg (1998, turns 26 this year), Zaira Wasim (2000, turns 24 this year), Mina Sundwall (2001, turns 23 this year), Lilly Aspell (2007, turns 17 this year)
Died on this day in history: Oskar Werner (1984, at the age of 61), William Hootkins (2005, at the age of 57), Lou Jacobi (2009, at the age of 95), Jane Alderman (2016, at the age of 85), Mikijiro Hira (2016, at the age of 82), Tom Hayden (2016, at the age of 76), Raúl Dávalos (2017, at the age of 76), Jerry Jeff Walker (2020, at the age of 78), Natasa Raab (2023, at the age of 70), Mark Toia (2023, at the age of 70), Bill Kenwright (2023, at the age of 78)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.