On This Day - October 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Saturday | $12,335,551 | $77,233,467 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Sunday | $11,583,954 | $117,229,692 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Friday | $10,905,000 | $80,571,655 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Saturday | $9,766,066 | $80,069,458 |
| 2015 | The Martian | Saturday | $9,456,390 | $228,433,663 |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | Sunday | $9,249,355 | $92,002,155 |
| 2014 | Fury | Friday | $8,823,154 | $85,817,906 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Saturday | $8,249,368 | $73,357,727 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | Saturday | $7,744,963 | $107,918,810 |
| 2009 | Couples Retreat | Saturday | $7,643,005 | $109,205,660 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Friday | $10,905,000 | $80,571,655 |
| 2014 | Fury | Friday | $8,823,154 | $85,817,906 |
| 2008 | Max Payne | Friday | $7,041,836 | $40,689,393 |
| 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Friday | $5,075,000 | $72,250,091 |
| 2014 | The Book of Life | Friday | $4,986,338 | $50,151,543 |
| 2014 | The Best of Me | Friday | $4,131,906 | $26,766,213 |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Friday | $4,067,000 | $49,440,996 |
| 2008 | W. | Friday | $3,792,999 | $25,534,493 |
| 1997 | Devil’s Advocate | Friday | $3,755,000 | $61,007,424 |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of Bees | Friday | $3,563,157 | $37,780,486 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | $50,353,641 | $117,229,692 |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | $49,404,980 | $92,002,155 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | $77,233,467 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $28,094,014 | $80,571,655 |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | $23,792,118 | $160,891,007 |
| 2014 | Fury | $23,702,421 | $85,817,906 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | $23,618,556 | $80,069,458 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $22,005,952 | $161,412,000 |
| 2010 | Red | $21,761,408 | $90,380,162 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $21,300,120 | $228,433,663 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Blumhouse Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jean Arthur (1900, died on June 19, 1991 at the age of 90), John Marley (1907, died on May 22, 1984 at the age of 76), Arthur Miller (1915, died on February 10, 2005 at the age of 89), Marsha Hunt (1917, turns 107 this year), Rita Hayworth (1918, died on May 14, 1987 at the age of 68), Montgomery Clift (1920, died on July 23, 1966 at the age of 45), Tom Poston (1921, died on April 30, 2007 at the age of 85), Antony Gibbs (1925, died on February 26, 2016 at the age of 90), Julie Adams (1926, died on February 3, 2019 at the age of 92), Beverly Garland (1926, died on December 5, 2008 at the age of 82), Paxton Whitehead (1937, died on June 16, 2023 at the age of 85), Michael McKean (1947, turns 77 this year), Margot Kidder (1948, died on May 13, 2018 at the age of 69), George Wendt (1948, turns 76 this year), Howard E. Rollins, Jr. (1950, turns 74 this year), Maryo J. de los Reyes (1952, died on January 27, 2018 at the age of 65), Sam Bottoms (1955, turns 69 this year), Lawrence Bender (1957, turns 67 this year), Vincent Van Patten (1957, turns 67 this year), Norm MacDonald (1959, died on September 14, 2021 at the age of 61), Rob Marshall (1960, turns 64 this year), Guy Henry (1960, turns 64 this year), Mike Judge (1962, turns 62 this year), Denis O'Hare (1962, turns 62 this year), Mark Gatiss (1966, turns 58 this year), Ziggy Marley (1968, turns 56 this year), Rick Mercer (1969, turns 55 this year), Wyclef Jean (1969, turns 55 this year), Wood Harris (1969, turns 55 this year), J.C. MacKenzie (1970, turns 54 this year), Eminem (1972, turns 52 this year), Sharon Leal (1972, turns 52 this year), Björn Bengtsson (1973, turns 51 this year), Matthew MacFadyen (1974, turns 50 this year), Rizwan Manji (1974, turns 50 this year), Bryan Bertino (1977, turns 47 this year), Alimi Ballard (1977, turns 47 this year), Laura Regan (1977, turns 47 this year), Erin Karpluk (1978, turns 46 this year), Deanna Russo (1979, turns 45 this year), Cameron Esposito (1981, turns 43 this year), Felicity Jones (1983, turns 41 this year), Michelle Ang (1983, turns 41 this year), Daniel Booko (1983, turns 41 this year), Chris Lowell (1984, turns 40 this year), Baran Kosari (1985, turns 39 this year), Max Irons (1985, turns 39 this year), Bea Alonzo (1987, turns 37 this year), Sarah Minnich (1987, turns 37 this year), Dora Madison (1990, turns 34 this year), Witney Carson (1993, turns 31 this year), Maxwell Simkins (2006, turns 18 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Halliday (1947, at the age of 63), Janice Rule (2003, at the age of 72), Julius Harris (2004, at the age of 81), Joey Bishop (2007, at the age of 89), Sylvia Kristel (2012, at the age of 60), Danielle Darrieux (2017, at the age of 100), Harry Stradling Jr. (2017, at the age of 92), Gord Downie (2017, at the age of 53), Bill Macy (2019, at the age of 97), Ryszard Ronczewski (2020, at the age of 90), Robert George (2023, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.