On This Day - September 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | Friday | $13,045,955 | $92,373,751 |
| 2007 | Halloween | Saturday | $8,554,661 | $58,269,151 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Saturday | $7,896,679 | $174,532,921 |
| 2012 | The Possession | Saturday | $6,327,200 | $49,130,588 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Monday | $5,824,589 | $333,714,112 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Sunday | $5,696,673 | $116,632,095 |
| 2002 | Signs | Sunday | $5,025,907 | $227,969,295 |
| 2013 | We’re the Millers | Sunday | $5,009,879 | $150,394,119 |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Sunday | $4,559,659 | $69,030,436 |
| 2001 | Jeepers Creepers | Saturday | $4,528,000 | $37,904,175 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | Friday | $13,045,955 | $92,373,751 |
| 2006 | Crank | Friday | $3,344,629 | $27,838,408 |
| 2006 | The Wicker Man | Friday | $2,843,366 | $24,413,467 |
| 2000 | Highlander: Endgame | Friday | $1,875,000 | $12,801,190 |
| 2010 | The American | Wednesday | $1,674,363 | $35,606,376 |
| 2006 | Crossover | Friday | $1,187,505 | $7,009,668 |
| 2000 | Whipped | Friday | $704,000 | $4,142,507 |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Wednesday | $607,000 | $16,123,851 |
| 2017 | Inhumans | Friday | $500,000 | $1,521,787 |
| 1999 | Chill Factor | Wednesday | $428,136 | $11,263,966 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was September 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | $34,604,229 | $92,373,751 |
| 2007 | Halloween | $26,362,367 | $58,269,151 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | $21,964,345 | $174,532,921 |
| 2012 | The Possession | $17,732,480 | $49,130,588 |
| 2013 | One Direction: This is Us | $15,815,497 | $28,873,374 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | $14,878,286 | $116,632,095 |
| 2000 | Bring it On | $14,170,825 | $68,353,550 |
| 2002 | Signs | $13,440,774 | $227,969,295 |
| 2001 | Jeepers Creepers | $13,106,108 | $37,904,175 |
| 2013 | We’re the Millers | $12,715,243 | $150,394,119 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Richard Arlen (1899, died on March 28, 1976 at the age of 76), Don Wilson (1900, died on April 25, 1982 at the age of 81), Harry Stradling Sr. (1901, died on February 14, 1970 at the age of 68), Johnny Mack Brown (1904, died on November 14, 1974 at the age of 70), Richard Farnsworth (1920, died on October 6, 2000 at the age of 80), Vittorio Gassman (1922, died on June 29, 2000 at the age of 77), Yvonne De Carlo (1922, died on January 8, 2007 at the age of 84), Yvonne De Carlo (1922, died on January 8, 2007 at the age of 84), Tomisaburo Wakayama (1929, died on April 2, 1992 at the age of 62), Zitto Kazann (1930, died on February 5, 2021 at the age of 90), Glenn R. Wilder (1933, turns 91 this year), Per Kirkeby (1938, died on May 9, 2018 at the age of 79), Lily Tomlin (1939, turns 85 this year), Don Stroud (1943, turns 81 this year), Beau Starr (1944, turns 80 this year), Susan Backlinie (1946, turns 78 this year), James Rebhorn (1948, died on March 21, 2014 at the age of 65), Luminita Gheorghiu (1949, died on July 4, 2021 at the age of 71), Michael Massee (1952, died on October 20, 2016 at the age of 64), Phil Hendrie (1952, turns 72 this year), F. X. Feeney (1953, died on February 5, 2020 at the age of 66), Will Nye (1953, turns 71 this year), Billy Blanks (1955, turns 69 this year), Diane Goldner (1956, turns 68 this year), Gloria Estefan (1957, turns 67 this year), Nelson George (1957, turns 67 this year), Michelle Meyrink (1962, turns 62 this year), Kevin McClatchy (1963, turns 61 this year), Welker White (1964, turns 60 this year), Craig McLachlan (1965, turns 59 this year), Craig Gillespie (1967, turns 57 this year), Uta Briesewitz (1967, turns 57 this year), Hwang Jung-min (1970, turns 54 this year), Michael Massee (1970, died on October 20, 2016 at the age of 46), Maury Sterling (1971, turns 53 this year), Ricardo Chavira (1971, turns 53 this year), Dave Wittenberg (1971, turns 53 this year), Courtney Solomon (1971, turns 53 this year), Rachel Zoe (1971, turns 53 this year), Ram Kapoor (1973, turns 51 this year), Polly Shannon (1973, turns 51 this year), Burn Gorman (1974, turns 50 this year), Scott Speedman (1975, turns 49 this year), Jenae Altschwager (1976, turns 48 this year), Adrienne Wilkinson (1977, turns 47 this year), Camille Chen (1979, turns 45 this year), Justice Leak (1979, turns 45 this year), Lara Pulver (1980, turns 44 this year), Laetitia Dosch (1980, turns 44 this year), Boyd Holbrook (1981, turns 43 this year), Michael Adamthwaite (1981, turns 43 this year), Stephen Plunkett (1981, turns 43 this year), Zoe Lister-Jones (1982, turns 42 this year), Camille Mana (1983, turns 41 this year), Nana Ghana (1983, turns 41 this year), Ludwig Göransson (1984, turns 40 this year), Jack Roth (1984, turns 40 this year), Tim Realbuto (1984, turns 40 this year), Lilan Bowden (1985, turns 39 this year), Aisling Loftus (1990, turns 34 this year), Zendaya (1996, turns 28 this year), Taylor Blackwell (1998, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Murray Hamilton (1986, at the age of 63), Michael Pate (2008, at the age of 88), Jerry Reed (2008, at the age of 71), Dean Jones (2015, at the age of 84), Jon Polito (2016, at the age of 65), Shelley Berman (2017, at the age of 92), Elizabeth Kemp (2017, at the age of 65), Peadar Lamb (2017, at the age of 86), Novella Nelson (2017, at the age of 78), Arthur Wooster (2020, at the age of 91), Barbara Ehrenreich (2022, at the age of 80), Jimmy Buffett (2023, at the age of 76), Bill Richardson (2023, at the age of 75)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.