On This Day - August 14
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 14.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Friday | $24,124,665 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Friday | $14,163,902 | $115,646,235 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Sunday | $12,901,642 | $325,100,054 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | Saturday | $12,614,277 | $80,281,096 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Saturday | $11,899,925 | $103,068,524 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Saturday | $10,357,786 | $121,626,598 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Saturday | $10,025,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Sunday | $9,354,930 | $97,670,358 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Sunday | $8,796,455 | $176,760,185 |
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Saturday | $8,493,888 | $95,149,435 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 14.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Friday | $24,124,665 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Friday | $14,163,902 | $115,646,235 |
| 2009 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | Friday | $7,720,103 | $63,414,846 |
| 2015 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Friday | $4,804,022 | $45,445,109 |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Friday | $4,010,000 | $37,672,944 |
| 1998 | The Avengers | Friday | $3,770,000 | $23,385,416 |
| 2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Friday | $2,070,193 | $15,122,676 |
| 2009 | Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) | Friday | $1,174,539 | $15,090,399 |
| 2009 | Bandslam | Friday | $896,354 | $5,210,988 |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Friday | $338,084 | $4,810,790 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 14.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $43,536,013 | $325,100,054 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $38,291,056 | $80,281,096 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | $34,825,135 | $103,068,524 |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | $34,263,534 | $97,670,358 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | $28,365,416 | $121,626,598 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $27,832,307 | $176,760,185 |
| 2011 | The Help | $26,044,590 | $169,705,587 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $25,764,991 | $293,506,292 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Audrey Geisel (1921, died on December 19, 2018 at the age of 97), Alice Ghostley (1923, died on September 21, 2007 at the age of 84), Buddy Greco (1926, died on January 10, 2017 at the age of 90), Lina Wertmuller (1928, died on December 9, 2021 at the age of 93), Thomas Meehan (1929, died on August 21, 2017 at the age of 88), William Kittredge (1932, died on December 4, 2020 at the age of 88), Vernon Dobtcheff (1934, turns 90 this year), David Crosby (1941, died on January 19, 2023 at the age of 81), Steve Martin (1945, turns 79 this year), Wim Wenders (1945, turns 79 this year), Brenda Benet (1945, turns 79 this year), Susan Saint James (1946, turns 78 this year), Antonio Fargas (1946, turns 78 this year), Joseph Marcell (1948, turns 76 this year), Lou Wagner (1948, turns 76 this year), Jim Wynorski (1950, turns 74 this year), Carl Lumbly (1951, turns 73 this year), James Horner (1953, died on June 22, 2015 at the age of 61), Felice Farina (1954, died on September 18, 2023 at the age of 69), Jackée Harry (1956, turns 68 this year), Jose Coronado (1957, turns 67 this year), Marcia Gay Harden (1959, turns 65 this year), Russell Hodgkinson (1959, turns 65 this year), Lucinda Dickey (1960, turns 64 this year), Sarah Brightman (1960, turns 64 this year), Steve Reevis (1962, died on December 7, 2017 at the age of 55), Emmanuelle Beart (1963, turns 61 this year), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964, turns 60 this year), Halle Berry (1966, turns 58 this year), Catherine Bell (1968, turns 56 this year), Adrian Lester (1968, turns 56 this year), Sylvia Jefferies (1969, turns 55 this year), Leah Purcell (1970, turns 54 this year), Peter Franzen (1971, turns 53 this year), Scott Michael Campbell (1971, turns 53 this year), Raoul Bova (1971, turns 53 this year), Misty Rosas (1973, turns 51 this year), Christopher Gorham (1974, turns 50 this year), Tomer Sisley (1974, turns 50 this year), Frankie Ingrassia (1978, turns 46 this year), Sandra McCoy (1979, turns 45 this year), Adrienne C. Moore (1980, turns 44 this year), Mila Kunis (1983, turns 41 this year), James Buckley (1987, turns 37 this year), Cassi Thomson (1993, turns 31 this year), Brianna Hildebrand (1996, turns 28 this year), Marsai Martin (2004, turns 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Patrick Magee (1982, at the age of 60), Gale Sondergaard (1985, at the age of 86), Bruno Kirby (2006, at the age of 57), Abbey Lincoln (2010, at the age of 80), Ron Palillo (2012, at the age of 63), Fyvush Finkel (2016, at the age of 93), Andrzej Blumenfeld (2017, at the age of 66), Linda Manz (2020, at the age of 58), Piera Degli Esposti (2021, at the age of 83), Marshall Napier (2022, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.