On This Day - October 1

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 1.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage Friday $37,417,184 $213,550,366
2004 Shark Tale Friday $12,700,000 $161,412,000
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Saturday $12,004,974 $87,242,834
2022 Smile Saturday $8,615,905 $105,935,048
2016 Deepwater Horizon Saturday $8,300,007 $61,433,527
2010 The Social Network Friday $8,000,169 $96,962,694
2004 Ladder 49 Friday $7,500,000 $74,541,707
2006 Open Season Sunday $7,179,211 $85,105,259
2016 The Magnificent Seven Saturday $6,987,266 $93,432,655
2005 Flightplan Saturday $6,723,052 $89,706,988

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 1.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage Friday $37,417,184 $213,550,366
2004 Shark Tale Friday $12,700,000 $161,412,000
2010 The Social Network Friday $8,000,169 $96,962,694
2004 Ladder 49 Friday $7,500,000 $74,541,707
2021 The Addams Family 2 Friday $5,627,051 $56,489,153
1999 Three Kings Friday $4,993,000 $60,652,036
1999 Drive Me Crazy Friday $2,161,000 $17,843,379
2010 Let Me In Friday $1,913,696 $12,134,935
2010 Case 39 Friday $1,828,478 $13,261,851
1999 Mystery, Alaska Friday $966,000 $8,891,623

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 1.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage $90,033,210 $213,550,366
2004 Shark Tale $47,604,606 $161,412,000
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $28,871,140 $87,242,834
2006 Open Season $23,624,548 $85,105,259
2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $22,764,354 $65,343,309
2022 Smile $22,609,925 $105,935,048
2010 The Social Network $22,445,653 $96,962,694
2004 Ladder 49 $22,088,204 $74,541,707
2000 Remember the Titans $20,905,831 $115,719,751
2016 Deepwater Horizon $20,223,544 $61,433,527

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Stanley Holloway (1890, died on January 30, 1982 at the age of 91), Ted Healy (1896, died on December 21, 1937 at the age of 41), Richard Loo (1903, died on November 20, 1983 at the age of 80), George Coulouris (1903, died on April 25, 1989 at the age of 85), Everett Sloane (1909, died on August 6, 1965 at the age of 55), Michael Goodliffe (1914, died on March 20, 1976 at the age of 61), Walter Matthau (1920, died on July 1, 2000 at the age of 79), Lonny Chapman (1920, died on October 12, 2007 at the age of 87), James Whitmore (1921, died on February 6, 2009 at the age of 87), Jimmy Carter (1924, turns 100 this year), Tom Bosley (1927, died on October 19, 2010 at the age of 83), George Peppard (1928, died on May 8, 1994 at the age of 65), Erica Yohn (1928, died on January 27, 2019 at the age of 90), Philippe Noiret (1930, died on November 23, 2006 at the age of 76), Richard Harris (1930, died on October 25, 2002 at the age of 72), Loren Janes (1931, died on June 24, 2017 at the age of 85), Julie Andrews (1935, turns 89 this year), Lelia Goldoni (1936, turns 88 this year), Stella Stevens (1938, died on February 17, 2023 at the age of 84), Denise Cronenberg (1938, died on May 22, 2020 at the age of 81), Tony Darrow (1938, turns 86 this year), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943, turns 81 this year), Stephen Collins (1947, turns 77 this year), Larry Lamb (1947, turns 77 this year), Randy Quaid (1950, turns 74 this year), Natalija Nogulich (1950, turns 74 this year), Heddy Honigmann (1951, died on May 21, 2022 at the age of 70), Bingham Ray (1954, died on January 23, 2012 at the age of 57), Yvette Freeman (1957, turns 67 this year), Brian Wimmer (1959, turns 65 this year), Elizabeth Dennehy (1960, turns 64 this year), Esai Morales (1962, turns 62 this year), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962, turns 62 this year), Siddique (1962, died on August 8, 2023 at the age of 60), Christopher Titus (1964, turns 60 this year), Barbara Tyson (1964, turns 60 this year), John Ridley (1964, turns 60 this year), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964, turns 60 this year), Cindy Margolis (1965, turns 59 this year), Stefano Dionisi (1966, turns 58 this year), Jay Underwood (1968, turns 56 this year), Michael Brandt (1968, turns 56 this year), Zach Galifianakis (1969, turns 55 this year), Charles Edwards (1969, turns 55 this year), Stephen Lord (1972, turns 52 this year), Leila Hatami (1972, turns 52 this year), Christian Borle (1973, turns 51 this year), Brandon Keener (1974, turns 50 this year), Chulpan Khamatova (1975, turns 49 this year), Danielle Bisutti (1976, turns 48 this year), Katie Aselton (1978, turns 46 this year), Marielle Heller (1979, turns 45 this year), Sarah Drew (1980, turns 44 this year), Rupert Friend (1981, turns 43 this year), Roxane Mesquida (1981, turns 43 this year), Olga Fonda (1982, turns 42 this year), Dan Stevens (1982, turns 42 this year), Anna Drijver (1983, turns 41 this year), Beck Bennett (1984, turns 40 this year), Josh Brener (1984, turns 40 this year), Sam Saletta (1984, turns 40 this year), Catrinel Marlon (1985, turns 39 this year), Jurnee Smollett (1986, turns 38 this year), Brooke Peoples (1987, turns 37 this year), Cariba Heine (1988, turns 36 this year), Brie Larson (1989, turns 35 this year), Gus Kenworthy (1991, turns 33 this year), Danika Yarosh (1998, turns 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: Tom Clancy (2013, at the age of 66), Ian Liston (2016, at the age of 68), Peter Sissons (2019, at the age of 77), Murray Schisgal (2020, at the age of 93), Jake Abraham (2023, at the age of 55), Tim Wakefield (2023, at the age of 57)

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