On This Day - August 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Sunday | $16,776,345 | $161,197,785 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Saturday | $12,832,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Saturday | $11,618,104 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Sunday | $10,577,398 | $115,646,235 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Saturday | $10,353,882 | $333,714,112 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Saturday | $9,582,941 | $110,515,313 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Friday | $8,322,061 | $116,632,095 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | Friday | $8,314,980 | $83,140,306 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Saturday | $7,172,930 | $116,877,597 |
| 2002 | xXx | Friday | $7,080,045 | $141,930,000 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Friday | $8,322,061 | $116,632,095 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | Friday | $8,314,980 | $83,140,306 |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Friday | $5,835,900 | $28,795,985 |
| 2002 | Blue Crush | Friday | $5,748,830 | $40,118,420 |
| 2019 | 47 Meters Down: Uncaged | Friday | $3,067,463 | $22,260,900 |
| 2013 | Jobs | Friday | $2,608,716 | $16,131,410 |
| 2019 | Blinded by the Light | Friday | $1,403,136 | $11,901,145 |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Friday | $1,308,413 | $7,388,654 |
| 2019 | Where’d You Go Bernadette | Friday | $1,228,197 | $9,198,356 |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Friday | $727,870 | $4,411,102 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | $36,428,066 | $82,622,655 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $28,523,147 | $191,204,754 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | $110,515,313 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $25,115,564 | $333,714,112 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | $24,637,312 | $116,632,095 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $22,324,341 | $150,201,498 |
| 2002 | xXx | $22,111,421 | $141,930,000 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | $21,402,605 | $83,140,306 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Alien: Romulus, Horizon An American Saga Chapter 2
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Mae Clarke (1910, died on April 29, 1992 at the age of 81), Lois Nettleton (1927, died on January 18, 2008 at the age of 80), Ann Blyth (1927, turns 97 this year), Ann Blyth (1928, turns 96 this year), Robert Culp (1930, died on March 24, 2010 at the age of 79), Frank Gifford (1930, died on August 9, 2015 at the age of 84), Julie Newmar (1933, turns 91 this year), Pierre Richard (1934, turns 90 this year), Douglas Kirkland (1934, died on October 2, 2022 at the age of 88), Anita Gillette (1936, turns 88 this year), Lorraine Gary (1937, turns 87 this year), Carole Shelley (1939, died on August 31, 2018 at the age of 79), Billy Joe Shaver (1939, died on October 28, 2020 at the age of 81), Bruce Beresford (1940, turns 84 this year), Bob Balaban (1945, turns 79 this year), Lesley Ann Warren (1946, turns 78 this year), David Mixner (1946, died on March 12, 2024 at the age of 77), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turns 74 this year), Marshall Manesh (1950, turns 74 this year), Reginald VelJohnson (1952, turns 72 this year), Kathie Lee Gifford (1953, turns 71 this year), Vincent Curatola (1953, turns 71 this year), James Cameron (1954, turns 70 this year), Jeff Perry (1955, turns 69 this year), Madonna (1958, turns 66 this year), Angela Bassett (1958, turns 66 this year), Timothy Hutton (1960, turns 64 this year), Elpidia Carrillo (1961, turns 63 this year), Steve Carell (1962, turns 62 this year), Christine Cavanaugh (1963, died on December 22, 2014 at the age of 51), Paul Soter (1969, turns 55 this year), Andy Milder (1969, turns 55 this year), Kate Higgins (1969, turns 55 this year), Saif Ali Khan (1970, turns 54 this year), Manisha Koirala (1970, turns 54 this year), Aasha Davis (1973, turns 51 this year), Taika Waititi (1975, turns 49 this year), Kevin Turen (1979, died on November 12, 2023 at the age of 44), Cam Gigandet (1982, turns 42 this year), Todd Haberkorn (1982, turns 42 this year), Cristin Milioti (1985, turns 39 this year), Agnes Bruckner (1985, turns 39 this year), Arden Cho (1985, turns 39 this year), Hope Olaide Wilson (1985, turns 39 this year), Shawn Pyfrom (1986, turns 38 this year), Rumer Willis (1988, turns 36 this year), Marcella Lentz-Pope (1988, turns 36 this year), Evanna Lynch (1991, turns 33 this year), Cameron Monaghan (1993, turns 31 this year), Piper Curda (1997, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bela Lugosi (1956, at the age of 73), Pierre Brasseur (1972, at the age of 66), Elvis Presley (1977, at the age of 42), Amanda Blake (1989, at the age of 60), Stewart Granger (1993, at the age of 80), Phil Leeds (1998, at the age of 82), Jeff Corey (2002, at the age of 88), Joe Ranft (2005, at the age of 45), Anna Kashfi (2015, at the age of 80), Vera Glagoleva (2017, at the age of 61), Aretha Franklin (2018, at the age of 76), Peter Fonda (2019, at the age of 79), Richard Williams (2019, at the age of 86), Anna Quayle (2019, at the age of 86), David Blaustein (2021, at the age of 67), Michael Parkinson (2023, at the age of 88), Jerry Moss (2023, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.