On This Day - August 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Saturday $13,074,907 $120,774,594
2015 Straight Outta Compton Saturday $10,542,550 $161,197,785
2009 District 9 Saturday $7,238,481 $115,646,235
1999 The Sixth Sense Sunday $6,956,000 $293,506,292
2014 If I Stay Friday $6,827,007 $50,474,843
1998 Blade Saturday $6,190,000 $70,141,876
2008 The House Bunny Friday $5,918,274 $48,237,389
2021 Free Guy Sunday $5,410,198 $121,626,598
2010 The Expendables Sunday $5,357,721 $103,068,524
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Saturday $5,114,084 $150,201,498

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2014 If I Stay Friday $6,827,007 $50,474,843
2008 The House Bunny Friday $5,918,274 $48,237,389
2008 Death Race Friday $4,620,775 $36,316,032
1997 G.I. Jane Friday $3,570,862 $48,169,156
1997 Money Talks Friday $3,533,090 $41,076,865
2014 When the Game Stands Tall Friday $2,948,554 $30,127,963
2003 The Medallion Friday $2,877,000 $22,108,977
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Friday $2,619,741 $13,757,804
1997 Mimic Friday $2,578,596 $25,514,166
2003 My Boss's Daughter Friday $1,856,000 $15,549,702

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 22.

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
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
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning $18,054,001 $41,814,863
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $17,202,212 $333,714,112
1998 Blade $17,073,856 $70,141,876
2010 The Expendables $16,968,032 $103,068,524

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Cecil Kellaway (1890, died on February 28, 1973 at the age of 82), Francis McDonald (1891, died on September 18, 1968 at the age of 77), Jay Novello (1904, died on September 2, 1982 at the age of 78), Julius J. Epstein (1909, died on December 30, 2000 at the age of 91), Milton Quon (1913, died on June 18, 2019 at the age of 105), John Slater (1916, turns 108 this year), Ray Bradbury (1920, died on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91), Theoni V. Aldredge (1922, died on January 21, 2011 at the age of 88), Micheline Presle (1922, died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 101), Honor Blackman (1925, died on April 6, 2020 at the age of 94), Lois Hall (1926, died on December 21, 2006 at the age of 80), David De Keyser (1927, died on February 20, 2021 at the age of 93), John Lupton (1928, died on November 3, 1993 at the age of 65), Bobby Harwell (1931, died on April 1, 2017 at the age of 85), Robert Hale (1933, died on August 27, 2023 at the age of 90), Diana Sands (1934, turns 90 this year), Valerie Harper (1939, died on August 30, 2019 at the age of 80), Judy Nugent (1940, turns 84 this year), David Chase (1945, turns 79 this year), Joseph Kosala (1946, turns 78 this year), Max Fairchild (1946, died on October 12, 2017 at the age of 71), Cindy Williams (1947, died on January 25, 2023 at the age of 75), Joey Aresco (1949, turns 75 this year), Rick McCallum (1950, turns 74 this year), Michael Gudinski (1952, died on March 1, 2021 at the age of 68), Jay Patterson (1954, turns 70 this year), Rachel Feldman (1954, turns 70 this year), Nigel Cooke (1957, turns 67 this year), Colm Feore (1958, turns 66 this year), Colm Feore (1958, turns 66 this year), Mark Williams (1959, turns 65 this year), Mark Williams (1959, turns 65 this year), Lucy Roucis (1959, died on February 8, 2021 at the age of 61), Regina Taylor (1960, turns 64 this year), Lulu Antariksa (1961, turns 63 this year), Chip Carriere (1961, turns 63 this year), Lara Harris (1962, turns 62 this year), Tori Amos (1963, turns 61 this year), Thomas Van Dell (1963, turns 61 this year), Andrew Wilson (1964, turns 60 this year), Courtney Gains (1965, turns 59 this year), Brooke Dillman (1966, turns 58 this year), Alfred Gough (1967, turns 57 this year), Ty Burrell (1967, turns 57 this year), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967, turns 57 this year), Casper Christensen (1968, turns 56 this year), Patrick Day (1968, turns 56 this year), Richard Armitage (1971, turns 53 this year), Rick Yune (1971, turns 53 this year), Marliece Andrada (1972, turns 52 this year), Kristen Wiig (1973, turns 51 this year), Laurent Lafitte (1973, turns 51 this year), Howie Dorough (1973, turns 51 this year), Melinda Page Hamilton (1974, turns 50 this year), Jenna Leigh Green (1974, turns 50 this year), Kay Cannon (1974, turns 50 this year), Rodrigo Santoro (1975, turns 49 this year), Matthew Edison (1975, turns 49 this year), Samrat Chakrabarti (1975, turns 49 this year), Jackie Geary (1977, turns 47 this year), James Corden (1978, turns 46 this year), Malin Crepin (1978, turns 46 this year), Mandy Gonzalez (1978, turns 46 this year), Jennifer Finnigan (1979, turns 45 this year), Brandon Quintin Adams (1979, turns 45 this year), Megan Duffy (1979, turns 45 this year), Ross Marquand (1981, turns 43 this year), Aparna Nancheria (1982, turns 42 this year), Jasmine Waltz (1982, turns 42 this year), Jorge Diaz (1983, turns 41 this year), Katie Stuart (1984, turns 40 this year), Israel Broussard (1994, turns 30 this year), Dakota Goyo (1999, turns 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Sebastian Cabot (1977, at the age of 59), Colleen Dewhurst (1991, at the age of 67), Toru Tanaka (2000, at the age of 70), D.J. "Bishop" Rogers (2020, at the age of 72), Leslie Hamilton Gearren (2020, at the age of 63), Jack Hirschman (2021, at the age of 63)

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