On This Day - October 27

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 Five Nights at Freddy’s Friday $39,645,580 $137,275,620
2006 Saw III Friday $14,471,873 $80,238,724
2018 Halloween Saturday $13,588,795 $159,366,015
2024 Venom: The Last Dance Sunday $12,168,397 $139,755,882
2007 Saw IV Saturday $10,477,464 $63,300,095
2013 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Sunday $7,980,462 $102,003,019
2017 Jigsaw Friday $7,171,360 $38,052,832
2001 K-PAX Saturday $6,700,000 $50,315,140
2019 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Sunday $6,184,545 $113,929,605
2018 A Star is Born Saturday $5,981,514 $215,288,866

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2023 Five Nights at Freddy’s Friday $39,645,580 $137,275,620
2006 Saw III Friday $14,471,873 $80,238,724
2017 Jigsaw Friday $7,171,360 $38,052,832
2023 After Death Friday $2,203,285 $11,478,326
2017 Thank You for Your Service Friday $1,511,005 $9,479,390
2017 Suburbicon Friday $1,091,676 $5,775,178
2023 Freelance Friday $885,000 $5,314,136
2006 Catch a Fire Friday $620,000 $4,299,773
2017 Let There Be Light Friday $611,281 $7,233,471
2023 The Holdovers Friday $95,382 $20,355,375

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 27.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 Five Nights at Freddy’s $80,001,720 $137,275,620
2024 Venom: The Last Dance $51,012,404 $139,755,882
2006 Saw III $33,610,391 $80,238,724
2013 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa $32,055,177 $102,003,019
2007 Saw IV $31,756,764 $63,300,095
2018 Halloween $31,419,070 $159,366,015
2002 Jackass: The Movie $22,763,437 $64,282,312
2013 Gravity $20,135,387 $274,092,705
2019 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil $19,369,877 $113,929,605
2019 Joker $19,248,035 $335,451,311

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Jack Carson (1910, died on January 2, 1963 at the age of 52), Leif Erickson (1911, died on January 29, 1986 at the age of 74), Teresa Wright (1918, died on March 6, 2005 at the age of 86), Michel Galabru (1922, died on January 4, 2016 at the age of 93), Ruby Dee (1922, died on June 11, 2014 at the age of 91), Myra Carter (1929, died on January 9, 2016 at the age of 86), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932, died on April 19, 2007 at the age of 74), Frank Adonis (1935, died on December 26, 2018 at the age of 83), Lara Parker (1938, died on October 12, 2023 at the age of 84), John Cleese (1939, turns 87 this year), Carmen Argenziano (1943, died on February 9, 2019 at the age of 75), Carrie Snodgress (1945, died on April 1, 2004 at the age of 58), Ivan Reitman (1946, died on February 12, 2022 at the age of 75), Angus MacInnes (1947, died on December 23, 2024 at the age of 77), Tom Jackson (1948, turns 78 this year), Roberto Benigni (1952, turns 74 this year), Ted Wass (1952, turns 74 this year), Robert Picardo (1953, turns 73 this year), Peter Firth (1953, turns 73 this year), Michael Shamus Wiles (1955, turns 71 this year), Jeff East (1957, turns 69 this year), Ming-liang Tsai (1957, turns 69 this year), Joanna Scanlan (1961, turns 65 this year), Brontis Jodorowsky (1962, turns 64 this year), Marla Maples (1963, turns 63 this year), Mohan Kapoor (1965, turns 61 this year), Winsome Sinclair (1965, died on August 12, 2024 at the age of 58), Channon Roe (1969, turns 57 this year), Peter O'Meara (1969, turns 57 this year), Theodore Melfi (1970, turns 56 this year), David Walton (1978, turns 48 this year), Melanie Vallejo (1979, turns 47 this year), Takashi Tsukamoto (1982, turns 44 this year), Patrick Fugit (1982, turns 44 this year), Emilie Ullerup (1984, turns 42 this year), Emilie Ullerup (1984, turns 42 this year), Kelly Osbourne (1984, turns 42 this year), Inbar Lavi (1986, turns 40 this year), Gabriel Thomson (1986, turns 40 this year), Shannon Tarbet (1991, turns 35 this year), Troy Gentile (1993, turns 33 this year), Zoe Graham (1994, turns 32 this year)

Died on this day in history: William Fay (1947, at the age of 74), Rudolph Mate (1964, at the age of 66), Allan Lane (1973, at the age of 64), Daniel Boulanger (2014, at the age of 92), Philip French (2015, at the age of 82), Michael Laughlin (2021, at the age of 82), Brandon Smith (2023, at the age of 71), Prunella Scales (2025, at the age of 93)

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