On This Day - November 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Friday | $18,811,564 | $216,303,339 |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Friday | $17,390,000 | $290,149,425 |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Friday | $15,865,355 | $130,164,645 |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Friday | $14,232,730 | $189,412,677 |
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Saturday | $12,860,000 | $139,225,854 |
| 2019 | Terminator: Dark Fate | Saturday | $10,970,370 | $62,253,077 |
| 2013 | Ender’s Game | Saturday | $10,750,306 | $61,737,191 |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Friday | $10,202,024 | $126,631,277 |
| 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Saturday | $8,891,280 | $102,003,019 |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Sunday | $8,350,183 | $85,336,277 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Friday | $18,811,564 | $216,303,339 |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Friday | $17,390,000 | $290,149,425 |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Friday | $15,865,355 | $130,164,645 |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Friday | $14,232,730 | $189,412,677 |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Friday | $10,202,024 | $126,631,277 |
| 2012 | Flight | Friday | $8,151,438 | $93,772,375 |
| 2001 | The One | Friday | $6,850,000 | $43,905,746 |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Friday | $5,890,162 | $54,858,851 |
| 2018 | Nobody’s Fool | Friday | $4,842,103 | $31,713,110 |
| 2001 | Domestic Disturbance | Friday | $4,130,000 | $45,207,112 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $62,577,067 | $290,149,425 |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $51,061,119 | $216,303,339 |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | $49,038,712 | $189,412,677 |
| 2007 | American Gangster | $43,565,135 | $130,164,645 |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | $38,021,044 | $126,631,277 |
| 2019 | Terminator: Dark Fate | $29,033,832 | $62,253,077 |
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | $29,008,696 | $139,225,854 |
| 2013 | Ender’s Game | $27,017,351 | $61,737,191 |
| 2012 | Flight | $24,900,566 | $93,772,375 |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | $20,352,491 | $54,858,851 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: David Townsend (1891, died on August 5, 1935 at the age of 43), Luchino Visconti (1906, died on March 17, 1976 at the age of 69), Burt Lancaster (1913, died on October 20, 1994 at the age of 80), Ray Walston (1914, died on January 1, 2001 at the age of 86), Sidney Luft (1915, died on September 15, 2005 at the age of 89), Ann Rutherford (1917, died on June 11, 2012 at the age of 94), Warren Stevens (1919, died on March 27, 2012 at the age of 92), Steve Ditko (1927, died on June 29, 2018 at the age of 90), Gerard Barray (1931, died on February 15, 2024 at the age of 92), Jack Starrett (1936, died on March 27, 1989 at the age of 52), Richard Serra (1938, died on March 26, 2024 at the age of 85), Stefanie Powers (1942, turns 82 this year), Patrice Chéreau (1944, died on October 7, 2013 at the age of 68), Michael Buffer (1944, turns 80 this year), J.D. Souther (1945, turns 79 this year), David Andrews (1952, turns 72 this year), Gregg Rudloff (1955, died on January 6, 2019 at the age of 63), Michael Bailey Smith (1957, turns 67 this year), Peter Mullan (1959, turns 65 this year), k.d. lang (1961, turns 63 this year), Lauren Luna Vélez (1964, turns 60 this year), Sophie Fillieres (1964, died on July 31, 2023 at the age of 58), Shah Rukh Khan (1965, turns 59 this year), Samuel Le Bihan (1965, turns 59 this year), David Schwimmer (1966, turns 58 this year), Sean Kanan (1966, turns 58 this year), Jaume Balaguero (1968, turns 56 this year), Samantha Ferris (1969, turns 55 this year), Meta Golding (1971, turns 53 this year), Samantha Womack (1972, turns 52 this year), Gabe Khouth (1972, died on July 23, 2019 at the age of 46), Marisol Nichols (1973, turns 51 this year), Nelly (1974, turns 50 this year), Danny Cooksey (1975, turns 49 this year), Reshma Shetty (1977, turns 47 this year), Gabriella Pession (1977, turns 47 this year), Whit Hertford (1978, turns 46 this year), Jon M. Chu (1979, turns 45 this year), So-yeon Kim (1980, turns 44 this year), Brittany Ishibashi (1980, turns 44 this year), Alyshia Ochse (1980, turns 44 this year), Tristan Risk (1980, turns 44 this year), Katharine Isabelle (1981, turns 43 this year), Esha Deol (1981, turns 43 this year), Jenny Robertson (1982, turns 42 this year), Tamara Hope (1984, turns 40 this year), Maeve Dermody (1985, turns 39 this year), Josh Grelle (1985, turns 39 this year), Hannah Hart (1986, turns 38 this year), Samar Qupty (1989, turns 35 this year), Brandon Soo Hoo (1995, turns 29 this year), Josh Wiggins (1998, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Martha Vickers (1971, at the age of 46), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975, at the age of 53), Paul Frees (1986, at the age of 66), Vincent Winter (1998, at the age of 50), Colin Welland (2015, at the age of 81), Max Alexander (2016, at the age of 63), Philip E. Johnson (2019, at the age of 79), Brian Tarantina (2019, at the age of 60), Marie Laforêt (2019, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.