On This Day - October 5
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Venom | Friday | $32,503,530 | $213,511,408 |
| 2019 | Joker | Saturday | $32,476,803 | $335,451,311 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Saturday | $23,001,353 | $274,092,705 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Friday | $18,358,057 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Friday | $15,670,638 | $215,288,866 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Saturday | $14,535,810 | $92,955,420 |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Saturday | $9,966,046 | $119,793,567 |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | Saturday | $9,424,159 | $127,214,072 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Sunday | $9,158,205 | $167,767,189 |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Sunday | $8,816,642 | $94,514,402 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Venom | Friday | $32,503,530 | $213,511,408 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Friday | $18,358,057 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Friday | $15,670,638 | $215,288,866 |
| 2001 | Training Day | Friday | $7,530,000 | $76,261,036 |
| 2007 | The Heartbreak Kid | Friday | $4,675,669 | $36,787,257 |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Friday | $4,400,000 | $50,255,310 |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie | Friday | $3,324,779 | $35,287,788 |
| 2001 | Joy Ride | Friday | $1,390,000 | $21,973,182 |
| 2001 | Max Keeble's Big Move | Friday | $1,200,000 | $17,292,381 |
| 2007 | Feel the Noise | Friday | $1,127,007 | $5,867,786 |
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 5.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joker | $96,202,337 | $335,451,311 |
| 2018 | Venom | $80,255,756 | $213,511,408 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $55,785,112 | $274,092,705 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | $49,514,769 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | $42,908,051 | $215,288,866 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | $37,513,109 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | $37,134,255 | $84,273,813 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | $36,540,945 | $92,955,420 |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $29,300,465 | $94,514,402 |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $27,053,395 | $148,313,048 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: John Hoyt (1905, died on September 15, 1991 at the age of 85), Woodrow Parfrey (1922, died on July 29, 1984 at the age of 61), Glynis Johns (1923, died on January 4, 2024 at the age of 100), Barbara Kelly (1924, died on January 15, 2007 at the age of 82), Kieron Moore (1924, died on July 15, 2007 at the age of 82), Ben Barenholtz (1935, died on June 27, 2019 at the age of 83), Peter Brown (1935, died on March 21, 2016 at the age of 80), Marie Laforêt (1939, died on November 2, 2019 at the age of 80), Carmen Salinas (1939, died on December 9, 2021 at the age of 82), John Byrne Cooke (1940, died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 76), Thom Christopher (1940, turns 84 this year), Jeff Conaway (1950, died on May 27, 2011 at the age of 60), Bob Geldof (1951, turns 73 this year), Karen Allen (1951, turns 73 this year), Clive Barker (1952, turns 72 this year), Angela Molina (1955, turns 69 this year), Bernie Mac (1957, died on August 9, 2008 at the age of 50), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958, turns 66 this year), Daniel Baldwin (1960, turns 64 this year), Ricky Harris (1965, died on December 26, 2016 at the age of 51), Guy Pearce (1967, turns 57 this year), Josie Bissett (1970, turns 54 this year), Sam Vincent (1971, turns 53 this year), Thomas Roberts (1972, turns 52 this year), Grant Hill (1972, turns 52 this year), Tom Hooper (1972, turns 52 this year), Rich Franklin (1974, turns 50 this year), Heather Headley (1974, turns 50 this year), Kate Winslet (1975, turns 49 this year), Monica Rial (1975, turns 49 this year), Parminder Nagra (1975, turns 49 this year), Scott Weinger (1975, turns 49 this year), Royston Tan (1976, turns 48 this year), Ti West (1980, turns 44 this year), Virginia Kull (1981, turns 43 this year), Jesse Eisenberg (1983, turns 41 this year), Noah Segan (1983, turns 41 this year), Nathalie Kelley (1984, turns 40 this year), Taylour Paige (1990, turns 34 this year), Myles Jeffrey (1990, turns 34 this year), Kara Royster (1993, turns 31 this year), Mary Gibbs (1996, turns 28 this year), Dalila Bela (2001, turns 23 this year), Jacob Tremblay (2006, turns 18 this year)
Died on this day in history: Barbara Nichols (1976, at the age of 47), Gloria Grahame (1981, at the age of 57), Leonard Rossiter (1984, at the age of 57), Denis Quilley (2003, at the age of 75), Rodney Dangerfield (2004, at the age of 82), Steve Jobs (2011, at the age of 56), Charles Napier (2011, at the age of 75), Larry Brezner (2015, at the age of 73), Grace Lee Boggs (2015, at the age of 100), Frank Albanese (2015, at the age of 84), Michiyo Yasuda (2016, at the age of 77), Brock Yates (2016, at the age of 82), Thomas Derrah (2017, at the age of 82), Anne Wiazemsky (2017, at the age of 70), Wolfgang Kohlhaase (2022, at the age of 91), Dick Butkus (2023, at the age of 80), Keith Jefferson (2023, at the age of 53)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.