On This Day - August 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Saturday | $19,299,170 | $161,197,785 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Friday | $13,600,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Saturday | $12,613,008 | $115,646,235 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Sunday | $9,594,329 | $103,068,524 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | Sunday | $9,233,792 | $80,281,096 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Saturday | $8,877,365 | $150,201,498 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Friday | $8,208,800 | $110,515,313 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Friday | $8,010,487 | $191,204,754 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Sunday | $7,992,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Sunday | $7,561,697 | $121,626,598 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Friday | $13,600,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Friday | $6,228,973 | $35,161,554 |
| 2014 | The Expendables 3 | Friday | $5,950,169 | $39,322,544 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Wednesday | $5,013,478 | $174,532,921 |
| 2014 | The Giver | Friday | $4,750,489 | $45,090,374 |
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | Friday | $4,307,689 | $37,095,657 |
| 2003 | Open Range | Friday | $4,240,671 | $58,331,254 |
| 2008 | Mirrors | Friday | $4,235,115 | $30,691,439 |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Friday | $4,208,287 | $44,906,632 |
| 1997 | Event Horizon | Friday | $3,088,865 | $26,673,242 |
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 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $38,291,056 | $80,281,096 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | $36,428,066 | $82,622,655 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | $34,825,135 | $103,068,524 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $28,523,147 | $191,204,754 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | $28,365,416 | $121,626,598 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | $110,515,313 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $25,764,991 | $293,506,292 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $25,115,564 | $333,714,112 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Disney Film, Mercy
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Wendy Hiller (1912, died on May 14, 2003 at the age of 90), Philip Perlman (1919, died on August 15, 2015 at the age of 96), Rose Marie (1923, died on December 28, 2017 at the age of 94), Mike Connors (1925, died on January 26, 2017 at the age of 91), Mike Connors (1925, died on January 26, 2017 at the age of 91), Nicolas Roeg (1928, died on November 23, 2018 at the age of 90), George Martin (1929, died on June 1, 2010 at the age of 80), Janice Rule (1931, died on October 17, 2003 at the age of 72), Lori Nelson (1933, died on August 23, 2020 at the age of 87), Mike Henry (1936, turns 88 this year), Renzo Martini (1938, died on January 17, 2019 at the age of 80), Ron Dean (1938, turns 86 this year), Barbara Bouchet (1943, turns 81 this year), Nigel Terry (1945, died on April 30, 2015 at the age of 69), Phyllis Smith (1949, turns 75 this year), Tess Harper (1950, turns 74 this year), Bobby Caldwell (1951, died on March 14, 2023 at the age of 71), Jacek Koman (1956, turns 68 this year), Zeljko Ivanek (1957, turns 67 this year), Ayhan Ergürsel (1961, died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 57), David Zayas (1962, turns 62 this year), Rob Thomas (1965, turns 59 this year), Peter Hermann (1967, turns 57 this year), Debra Messing (1968, turns 56 this year), Anthony Anderson (1970, turns 54 this year), Maddie Corman (1970, turns 54 this year), Ben Affleck (1972, turns 52 this year), Lubna Azabal (1973, turns 51 this year), Natasha Henstridge (1974, turns 50 this year), Samuel Roukin (1980, turns 44 this year), Ella Thomas (1981, turns 43 this year), Kerry Knuppe (1983, turns 41 this year), Quinton Aaron (1984, turns 40 this year), Emily Kinney (1985, turns 39 this year), Boban Marjanovic (1988, turns 36 this year), Courtney Hope (1989, turns 35 this year), Joe Jonas (1989, turns 35 this year), Carlos PenaVega (1989, turns 35 this year), Jennifer Lawrence (1990, turns 34 this year)
Died on this day in history: Will Rogers (1935, at the age of 55), Joe Seneca (1996, at the age of 77), August Schellenberg (2013, at the age of 77), Julian Bond (2015, at the age of 75), Danny Sembello (2015, at the age of 52), Philip Perlman (2015, at the age of 96)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.