On This Day - October 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | Friday | $39,645,580 | $137,275,620 |
| 2006 | Saw III | Friday | $14,471,873 | $80,238,724 |
| 2018 | Halloween | Saturday | $13,588,795 | $159,366,015 |
| 2007 | Saw IV | Saturday | $10,477,464 | $63,300,095 |
| 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Sunday | $7,980,462 | $102,003,019 |
| 2017 | Jigsaw | Friday | $7,171,360 | $38,052,832 |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Saturday | $6,700,000 | $50,315,140 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Sunday | $6,184,545 | $113,929,605 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Saturday | $5,981,514 | $215,288,866 |
| 2001 | Thirteen Ghosts | Saturday | $5,770,000 | $41,867,960 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | Friday | $39,645,580 | $137,275,620 |
| 2006 | Saw III | Friday | $14,471,873 | $80,238,724 |
| 2017 | Jigsaw | Friday | $7,171,360 | $38,052,832 |
| 2023 | After Death | Friday | $2,203,285 | $11,478,326 |
| 2017 | Thank You for Your Service | Friday | $1,511,005 | $9,479,390 |
| 2017 | Suburbicon | Friday | $1,091,676 | $5,775,178 |
| 2023 | Freelance | Friday | $885,000 | $5,314,136 |
| 2006 | Catch a Fire | Friday | $620,000 | $4,299,773 |
| 2017 | Let There Be Light | Friday | $611,281 | $7,233,471 |
| 2023 | The Holdovers | Friday | $95,382 | $20,355,375 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | $80,001,720 | $137,275,620 |
| 2006 | Saw III | $33,610,391 | $80,238,724 |
| 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | $32,055,177 | $102,003,019 |
| 2007 | Saw IV | $31,756,764 | $63,300,095 |
| 2018 | Halloween | $31,419,070 | $159,366,015 |
| 2002 | Jackass: The Movie | $22,763,437 | $64,282,312 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $20,135,387 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | $19,369,877 | $113,929,605 |
| 2019 | Joker | $19,248,035 | $335,451,311 |
| 2002 | The Ring | $18,488,259 | $129,094,024 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jack Carson (1910, died on January 2, 1963 at the age of 52), Leif Erickson (1911, died on January 29, 1986 at the age of 74), Teresa Wright (1918, died on March 6, 2005 at the age of 86), Michel Galabru (1922, died on January 4, 2016 at the age of 93), Ruby Dee (1922, died on June 11, 2014 at the age of 91), Myra Carter (1929, died on January 9, 2016 at the age of 86), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932, died on April 19, 2007 at the age of 74), Frank Adonis (1935, died on December 26, 2018 at the age of 83), Lara Parker (1938, died on October 12, 2023 at the age of 84), John Cleese (1939, turns 85 this year), Carmen Argenziano (1943, died on February 9, 2019 at the age of 75), Carrie Snodgress (1945, died on April 1, 2004 at the age of 58), Ivan Reitman (1946, died on February 12, 2022 at the age of 75), Angus MacInnes (1947, turns 77 this year), Tom Jackson (1948, turns 76 this year), Roberto Benigni (1952, turns 72 this year), Ted Wass (1952, turns 72 this year), Robert Picardo (1953, turns 71 this year), Peter Firth (1953, turns 71 this year), Michael Shamus Wiles (1955, turns 69 this year), Jeff East (1957, turns 67 this year), Ming-liang Tsai (1957, turns 67 this year), Joanna Scanlan (1961, turns 63 this year), Brontis Jodorowsky (1962, turns 62 this year), Marla Maples (1963, turns 61 this year), Mohan Kapoor (1965, turns 59 this year), Channon Roe (1969, turns 55 this year), Peter O'Meara (1969, turns 55 this year), Theodore Melfi (1970, turns 54 this year), David Walton (1978, turns 46 this year), Melanie Vallejo (1979, turns 45 this year), Takashi Tsukamoto (1982, turns 42 this year), Patrick Fugit (1982, turns 42 this year), Emilie Ullerup (1984, turns 40 this year), Emilie Ullerup (1984, turns 40 this year), Kelly Osbourne (1984, turns 40 this year), Inbar Lavi (1986, turns 38 this year), Gabriel Thomson (1986, turns 38 this year), Shannon Tarbet (1991, turns 33 this year), Troy Gentile (1993, turns 31 this year), Zoe Graham (1994, turns 30 this year)
Died on this day in history: William Fay (1947, at the age of 74), Rudolph Mate (1964, at the age of 66), Allan Lane (1973, at the age of 64), Daniel Boulanger (2014, at the age of 92), Philip French (2015, at the age of 82), Michael Laughlin (2021, at the age of 82), Brandon Smith (2023, at the age of 71)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.