On This Day - October 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | Saturday | $24,279,905 | $137,275,620 |
| 2005 | Saw II | Friday | $12,111,972 | $87,025,093 |
| 2006 | Saw III | Saturday | $11,534,385 | $80,238,724 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Friday | $9,569,130 | $149,260,504 |
| 2018 | Halloween | Sunday | $7,934,815 | $159,366,015 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Friday | $7,451,938 | $168,283,344 |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | Wednesday | $7,445,661 | $72,091,016 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Saturday | $6,759,789 | $166,225,040 |
| 2007 | Saw IV | Sunday | $6,523,322 | $63,300,095 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Friday | $6,444,371 | $104,028,807 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Saw II | Friday | $12,111,972 | $87,025,093 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Friday | $9,569,130 | $149,260,504 |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | Wednesday | $7,445,661 | $72,091,016 |
| 2016 | Inferno | Friday | $5,575,613 | $34,343,574 |
| 2005 | The Legend of Zorro | Friday | $5,345,087 | $45,575,336 |
| 2011 | In Time | Friday | $4,286,983 | $37,553,932 |
| 2022 | Prey for the Devil | Friday | $2,831,066 | $19,802,293 |
| 2005 | Prime | Friday | $2,128,455 | $22,827,153 |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Friday | $1,841,255 | $13,109,815 |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | Friday | $1,397,653 | $12,482,775 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | $80,001,720 | $137,275,620 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | $34,077,439 | $149,260,504 |
| 2006 | Saw III | $33,610,391 | $80,238,724 |
| 2007 | Saw IV | $31,756,764 | $63,300,095 |
| 2005 | Saw II | $31,725,652 | $87,025,093 |
| 2018 | Halloween | $31,419,070 | $159,366,015 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $27,472,140 | $168,283,344 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $18,144,516 | $104,028,807 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $17,220,312 | $73,206,343 |
| 2001 | K-PAX | $17,215,275 | $50,315,140 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Elsa Lanchester (1902, died on December 26, 1986 at the age of 84), Joan Plowright (1929, died on January 16, 2025 at the age of 95), Marcel Bozzuffi (1929, died on February 1, 1988 at the age of 58), Jack Hedley (1929, died on December 11, 2021 at the age of 92), Suzy Parker (1932, died on May 3, 2003 at the age of 70), Alan Clarke (1935, died on July 24, 1990 at the age of 54), Joe Spinell (1936, turned 89 this year), Nino Castelnuovo (1936, died on September 6, 2021 at the age of 84), Buck Flower (1937, died on June 18, 2004 at the age of 66), Charles M. Lippincott (1939, died on May 19, 2020 at the age of 80), Jane Alexander (1939, turned 86 this year), Dennis Franz (1944, turned 81 this year), Telma Hopkins (1948, turned 77 this year), Annie Potts (1952, turned 73 this year), Christian Berkel (1957, turned 68 this year), Mark Derwin (1960, turned 65 this year), Daphne Zuniga (1962, turned 63 this year), Sheryl Underwood (1963, turned 62 this year), Lauren Holly (1963, turned 62 this year), Romy Rosemont (1964, turned 61 this year), Griffin O'Neal (1964, turned 61 this year), Jami Gertz (1965, turned 60 this year), Jami Gertz (1965, turned 60 this year), Andy Richter (1966, turned 59 this year), Jason Watkins (1966, turned 59 this year), Chris Bauer (1966, turned 59 this year), Julia Roberts (1967, turned 58 this year), Kevin Macdonald (1967, turned 58 this year), Kevin MacDonald (1967, turned 58 this year), Brad Paisley (1972, turned 53 this year), Oliver Dimsdale (1972, turned 53 this year), Joaquin Phoenix (1974, turned 51 this year), Michael Dougherty (1974, turned 51 this year), Jake Kasdan (1974, turned 51 this year), Neta Riskin (1976, turned 49 this year), Gwendoline Christie (1978, turned 47 this year), Justin Guarini (1978, turned 47 this year), Marta Etura (1978, turned 47 this year), Jan Komasa (1981, turned 44 this year), Matt Smith (1982, turned 43 this year), Michael Stahl-David (1982, turned 43 this year), Joe Thomas (1983, turned 42 this year), Finn Wittrock (1984, turned 41 this year), Troian Bellisario (1985, turned 40 this year), Aditi Rao Hydari (1986, turned 39 this year), Devon Murray (1988, turned 37 this year), Lexi Ainsworth (1992, turned 33 this year), Jermaine Crawford (1992, turned 33 this year), Jasmine Jessica Anthony (1996, turned 29 this year), Sierra McCormick (1997, turned 28 this year), Eliana Jones (1997, turned 28 this year), Nolan Gould (1998, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: James MacArthur (2010, at the age of 72), Billy Joe Shaver (2020, at the age of 81), Anil Naidu (2020, at the age of 81), Jerry Lee Lewis (2022, at the age of 87), Matthew Perry (2023, at the age of 54), Paul Morrissey (2024, at the age of 86), Ulf Pilgaard (2024, at the age of 83), Manuel Mirabal (2024, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.