On This Day - August 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Friday | $25,602,161 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Saturday | $18,168,671 | $150,201,498 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Friday | $13,548,444 | $116,877,597 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Monday | $13,143,474 | $325,100,054 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Friday | $12,312,683 | $333,714,112 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | Saturday | $11,878,136 | $195,042,377 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Sunday | $9,910,142 | $119,219,978 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Tuesday | $9,614,345 | $636,238,421 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Sunday | $8,699,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2015 | Fantastic Four | Saturday | $8,577,825 | $56,117,548 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Friday | $25,602,161 | $191,204,754 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Friday | $13,548,444 | $116,877,597 |
| 2014 | Into the Storm | Friday | $6,528,684 | $47,602,194 |
| 1997 | Conspiracy Theory | Friday | $5,932,017 | $76,118,990 |
| 2014 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | Friday | $3,662,587 | $54,235,441 |
| 2014 | Step Up All In | Friday | $2,856,245 | $14,904,384 |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Wednesday | $2,265,292 | $63,536,011 |
| 2007 | Daddy Day Camp | Wednesday | $773,706 | $13,235,267 |
| 2012 | Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D | Wednesday | $665,000 | $3,377,000 |
| 2018 | Dog Days | Wednesday | $635,164 | $6,809,080 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $65,575,105 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $54,713,046 | $150,201,498 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $42,124,922 | $333,714,112 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | $37,062,535 | $116,877,597 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | $35,543,162 | $119,219,978 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | $28,502,372 | $195,042,377 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $26,681,262 | $293,506,292 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | $26,205,415 | $55,817,425 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $26,117,030 | $534,235,491 |
| 2015 | Fantastic Four | $25,685,737 | $56,117,548 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Sylvia Sidney (1910, turns 114 this year), Earl Cameron (1917, died on July 3, 2020 at the age of 102), Esther Williams (1921, died on June 6, 2013 at the age of 91), Rory Calhoun (1922, died on April 28, 1999 at the age of 76), Richard Anderson (1926, died on August 31, 2017 at the age of 91), Terry Nation (1930, died on March 9, 1997 at the age of 66), Vince Deadrick Sr. (1932, died on May 27, 2017 at the age of 84), Dustin Hoffman (1937, turns 87 this year), Connie Stevens (1938, turns 86 this year), Earl Boen (1941, died on January 5, 2023 at the age of 81), Gianneto de Rossi (1942, died on April 11, 2021 at the age of 78), Brooke Bundy (1943, turns 81 this year), Larry Wilcox (1947, turns 77 this year), Keith Carradine (1949, turns 75 this year), Martin Brest (1951, turns 73 this year), Don Most (1953, turns 71 this year), Branscombe Richmond (1955, turns 69 this year), David Midthunder (1962, turns 62 this year), Jon Turteltaub (1963, turns 61 this year), Chris Rebello (1963, died on November 30, 2000 at the age of 37), Veronica Falcon (1966, turns 58 this year), Kimberly Brooks (1968, turns 56 this year), Enzo Cilenti (1974, turns 50 this year), Tawny Cypress (1976, turns 48 this year), Jocelyn Towne (1976, turns 48 this year), Nigel Thatch (1976, turns 48 this year), Lindsay Sloane (1977, turns 47 this year), Michael Chernus (1977, turns 47 this year), Kestie Morassi (1978, turns 46 this year), Tobias Santelmann (1980, turns 44 this year), Michael Urie (1980, turns 44 this year), Roger Federer (1981, turns 43 this year), Meagan Good (1981, turns 43 this year), Guy Burnet (1983, turns 41 this year), Jackie Cruz (1984, turns 40 this year), Peyton List (1986, turns 38 this year), Katie Leung (1987, turns 37 this year), Madalina Ghenea (1987, turns 37 this year), Jenn Proske (1987, turns 37 this year), Pierre Boulanger (1987, turns 37 this year), Ni Ni (1988, turns 36 this year), Ken Baumann (1989, turns 35 this year), Aiysha Hart (1990, turns 34 this year), Makenzie Leigh (1990, turns 34 this year), Devery Jacobs (1993, turns 31 this year), Shawn Mendes (1998, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Shirley Jackson (1965, at the age of 48), Louise Brooks (1985, at the age of 78), Alan Napier (1988, at the age of 85), Fay Wray (2004, at the age of 96), Barbara Bel Geddes (2005, at the age of 82), Melville Shavelson (2007, at the age of 90), Patricia Neal (2010, at the age of 84), Charles Keating (2014, at the age of 72), Glen Campbell (2017, at the age of 81), William G. Davis (2021, at the age of 92), Olivia Newton-John (2022, at the age of 73), Siddique (2023, at the age of 60)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.