On This Day - October 30
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Sunday | $10,703,314 | $149,260,504 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Saturday | $8,806,068 | $110,359,362 |
| 2005 | Saw II | Sunday | $8,551,695 | $87,025,093 |
| 2004 | Ray | Saturday | $8,425,155 | $75,305,995 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Sunday | $8,207,517 | $168,283,344 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Saturday | $7,873,032 | $45,710,178 |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Friday | $7,831,726 | $72,091,016 |
| 2021 | Dune | Saturday | $6,513,629 | $111,031,267 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Saturday | $6,488,577 | $84,752,907 |
| 2004 | Saw | Saturday | $6,226,011 | $55,968,727 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Halloween II | Friday | $2,163,826 | $25,533,818 |
| 2015 | Burnt | Friday | $1,829,820 | $13,651,946 |
| 2015 | Our Brand is Crisis | Friday | $1,120,809 | $7,002,261 |
| 2020 | Come Play | Friday | $1,094,030 | $10,475,990 |
| 2015 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | Friday | $687,089 | $3,703,046 |
| 2020 | Spell | Friday | $71,434 | $500,104 |
| 2015 | Carter High | Friday | $30,320 | $240,214 |
| 2015 | Love | Friday | $15,737 | $249,665 |
| 2009 | Gentlemen Broncos | Friday | $4,244 | $115,155 |
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 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | $34,077,439 | $149,260,504 |
| 2005 | Saw II | $31,725,652 | $87,025,093 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $27,472,140 | $168,283,344 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | $24,230,123 | $45,710,178 |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $23,234,394 | $72,091,016 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | $21,817,598 | $110,359,362 |
| 2004 | Ray | $20,039,730 | $75,305,995 |
| 2004 | Saw | $18,276,468 | $55,968,727 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $18,144,516 | $104,028,807 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $17,220,312 | $73,206,343 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ruth Gordon (1896, died on August 25, 1985 at the age of 88), Ruth Hussey (1911, died on April 19, 2005 at the age of 93), Jane White (1922, died on July 24, 2011 at the age of 88), William Campbell (1923, died on April 28, 2011 at the age of 87), Louis Malle (1932, died on November 23, 1995 at the age of 63), Hamilton Camp (1934, died on October 2, 2005 at the age of 70), Michael Winner (1935, died on January 21, 2013 at the age of 77), Claude Lelouch (1937, turns 88 this year), Ed Lauter (1938, turns 87 this year), Vikram Gokhale (1940, died on November 26, 2022 at the age of 82), Henry Winkler (1945, turns 80 this year), Garry McDonald (1948, turns 77 this year), Leon Rippy (1949, turns 76 this year), David Lewis Yewdall (1950, turns 75 this year), Harry Hamlin (1951, turns 74 this year), Emily Kuroda (1952, turns 73 this year), Charles Martin Smith (1953, turns 72 this year), Gina Gallego (1955, turns 70 this year), Juliet Stevenson (1956, turns 69 this year), Kevin Pollak (1957, turns 68 this year), Jayne Heitmeyer (1960, turns 65 this year), Larry Wilmore (1961, turns 64 this year), Kristina Wagner (1962, turns 63 this year), Michael Beach (1963, turns 62 this year), Mark Steven Johnson (1964, turns 61 this year), Gavin Rossdale (1965, turns 60 this year), Zaza Urushadze (1965, died on December 7, 2019 at the age of 54), Franky G. (1965, turns 60 this year), Jack Plotnick (1968, turns 57 this year), Nia Long (1970, turns 55 this year), Michael Polish (1970, turns 55 this year), Peter New (1971, turns 54 this year), Jessica Hynes (1972, turns 53 this year), Steve Monroe (1972, turns 53 this year), The Edge (1973, turns 52 this year), Adam Copeland (1973, turns 52 this year), Maria Thayer (1975, turns 50 this year), Jördis Triebel (1977, turns 48 this year), Matthew Morrison (1978, turns 47 this year), Paul Telfer (1979, turns 46 this year), Kristina Anapau (1979, turns 46 this year), Sarah Carter (1980, turns 45 this year), Fiona Dourif (1981, turns 44 this year), Christopher Backus (1981, turns 44 this year), Shaun Sipos (1981, turns 44 this year), Clémence Poésy (1982, turns 43 this year), Jessica Campbell (1982, died on December 29, 2020 at the age of 38), Eva Marcille (1984, turns 41 this year), Janel Parrish (1988, turns 37 this year), Tequan Richmond (1992, turns 33 this year), Brett Kelly (1993, turns 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Young (1996, at the age of 80), Steve Allen (2000, at the age of 78), Robert Goulet (2007, at the age of 73), Tammy Grimes (2016, at the age of 82), Kim Joo-Hyuk (2017, at the age of 45), Whitey Bulger (2018, at the age of 89), Sean Connery (2020, at the age of 90), Robert Fisk (2020, at the age of 74), Kevin Brennan (2023, at the age of 63), Giovanni Cianfriglia (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.