On This Day - August 21

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 21.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Friday $14,383,261 $120,774,594
1999 The Sixth Sense Saturday $9,831,000 $293,506,292
2015 Straight Outta Compton Friday $8,274,120 $161,197,785
2021 Free Guy Saturday $7,904,720 $121,626,598
2010 The Expendables Saturday $6,677,450 $103,068,524
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin Sunday $6,372,800 $109,449,237
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning Saturday $6,334,532 $41,814,863
2016 Suicide Squad Sunday $6,200,017 $325,100,054
2011 The Help Sunday $6,080,641 $169,705,587
1998 Blade Friday $5,885,000 $70,141,876

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 21.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Friday $14,383,261 $120,774,594
1998 Blade Friday $5,885,000 $70,141,876
2015 Sinister 2 Friday $4,671,177 $27,740,955
2015 Hitman: Agent 47 Friday $3,127,194 $22,467,450
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Wednesday $3,006,254 $31,165,421
2009 Shorts Friday $2,152,810 $20,919,166
2015 American Ultra Friday $2,119,070 $14,439,985
2019 Ready or Not Wednesday $1,876,458 $28,714,231
1998 Dead Man on Campus Friday $1,565,000 $15,064,948
1998 Dance With Me Friday $1,435,000 $15,923,354

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 21.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds $38,054,676 $120,774,594
2015 Straight Outta Compton $26,364,020 $161,197,785
1999 The Sixth Sense $23,950,008 $293,506,292
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin $21,422,815 $109,449,237
2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (ラゴンボール超 スーパーヒーロー) $21,124,049 $32,132,374
2016 Suicide Squad $20,855,401 $325,100,054
2011 The Help $20,018,659 $169,705,587
2021 Free Guy $18,504,022 $121,626,598
2009 District 9 $18,213,546 $115,646,235
1993 The Fugitive $18,148,331 $183,875,760

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Charles Vanel (1892, died on April 15, 1989 at the age of 96), Count Basie (1904, died on April 26, 1984 at the age of 79), Friz Freleng (1906, died on May 26, 1995 at the age of 88), Tom Tully (1908, died on April 27, 1982 at the age of 73), Jack Weston (1924, died on May 3, 1996 at the age of 71), Barry Foster (1927, died on February 11, 2002 at the age of 74), John McMartin (1929, died on July 6, 2016 at the age of 86), Frank Perry (1930, died on August 29, 1995 at the age of 65), Melvin Van Peebles (1932, died on September 22, 2021 at the age of 89), Erik Paaske (1933, died on June 13, 1992 at the age of 58), Mart Crowley (1935, died on March 7, 2020 at the age of 84), Wilt Chamberlain (1936, died on October 12, 1999 at the age of 63), Kenny Rogers (1938, died on March 20, 2020 at the age of 81), Clarence Williams, III (1939, died on June 4, 2021 at the age of 81), Howard Lew Lewis (1941, died on January 20, 2018 at the age of 76), Hugh Wilson (1943, died on January 14, 2018 at the age of 74), Clydie King (1943, died on January 7, 2019 at the age of 75), Peter Weir (1944, turns 80 this year), David Lochary (1944, died on July 29, 1977 at the age of 32), Basil Poledouris (1945, turns 79 this year), Walter Williamson (1946, turns 78 this year), Lindy Hemming (1948, turns 76 this year), Loretta Devine (1949, turns 75 this year), George Odom (1950, died on September 21, 2016 at the age of 66), Willow Hale (1955, turns 69 this year), Kim Cattrall (1956, turns 68 this year), Laura Morante (1956, turns 68 this year), Bill Roberson (1958, died on November 18, 2017 at the age of 59), Stephen Hillenburg (1961, died on November 26, 2018 at the age of 57), Cleo King (1962, turns 62 this year), Richmond Arquette (1963, turns 61 this year), Carrie Anne Moss (1967, turns 57 this year), Nathan Jones (1969, died on March 3, 2017 at the age of 47), Shevonne Durkin (1969, turns 55 this year), Cathy Weseluck (1970, turns 54 this year), Marc Evan Jackson (1970, turns 54 this year), Greg Cromer (1971, turns 53 this year), Jeff Roop (1973, turns 51 this year), Paul Chowdhry (1974, turns 50 this year), Alicia Witt (1975, turns 49 this year), Sara Arrington (1976, turns 48 this year), Kevin Janssens (1979, turns 45 this year), Ross Thomas (1981, turns 43 this year), John Hollingworth (1981, turns 43 this year), Erin Kelly (1981, turns 43 this year), Carly Steel (1982, turns 42 this year), Eve Torres (1984, turns 40 this year), Robin De Jesus (1984, turns 40 this year), Laura Haddock (1985, turns 39 this year), Albrecht Schuch (1985, turns 39 this year), Ashley Schneider (1985, turns 39 this year), Carlos Pratts (1986, turns 38 this year), Brooks Wheelan (1986, turns 38 this year), Christie Herring (1986, turns 38 this year), Cody Kasch (1987, turns 37 this year), Kacey Musgraves (1988, turns 36 this year), Hayden Panettiere (1989, turns 35 this year), Annet Mahendru (1989, turns 35 this year), Elarica Johnson (1989, turns 35 this year), Paulina Galazka (1989, turns 35 this year), Sarah Allsup (1989, turns 35 this year), Bo Burnham (1990, turns 34 this year), R.J. Mitte (1992, turns 32 this year), Arielle Carver-O'Neill (1992, turns 32 this year), Jamia Simone Nash (1996, turns 28 this year), Maxim Knight (1999, turns 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Norma Moriceau (2016, at the age of 66), Thomas Meehan (2017, at the age of 88), Barbara Harris (2018, at the age of 83), Phil Valentine (2021, at the age of 83), Vincent Gil (2022, at the age of 82)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.