On This Day - October 6
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Venom | Saturday | $26,371,927 | $213,511,408 |
| 2019 | Joker | Sunday | $24,374,841 | $335,451,311 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Saturday | $18,942,416 | $139,854,287 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Sunday | $15,298,941 | $274,092,705 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | Saturday | $14,916,280 | $215,288,866 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Friday | $12,595,704 | $92,054,159 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Friday | $11,826,255 | $65,537,395 |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Saturday | $11,794,655 | $148,313,048 |
| 2001 | Training Day | Saturday | $9,350,000 | $76,261,036 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Friday | $8,689,561 | $132,384,315 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Friday | $12,595,704 | $92,054,159 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Friday | $11,826,255 | $65,537,395 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Friday | $8,689,561 | $132,384,315 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Friday | $8,561,000 | $166,225,040 |
| 2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Friday | $7,400,000 | $39,517,763 |
| 2006 | Employee of the Month | Friday | $4,216,360 | $28,444,855 |
| 2017 | The Mountain Between Us | Friday | $3,526,771 | $30,348,555 |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Friday | $2,971,940 | $21,885,107 |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Friday | $1,997,000 | $14,967,182 |
| 2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Friday | $1,233,000 | $9,628,751 |
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 6.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joker | $96,202,337 | $335,451,311 |
| 2018 | Venom | $80,255,756 | $213,511,408 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $55,785,112 | $274,092,705 |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | $49,514,769 | $139,854,287 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | $42,908,051 | $215,288,866 |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | $37,678,467 | $58,300,287 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | $36,540,945 | $92,955,420 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | $32,753,122 | $92,054,159 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | $28,623,300 | $166,225,040 |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $27,053,395 | $148,313,048 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jerome Cowan (1897, died on January 24, 1972 at the age of 74), Mitchell Leisen (1898, turns 127 this year), Janet Gaynor (1906, died on September 14, 1984 at the age of 77), Carole Lombard (1908, died on January 16, 1942 at the age of 33), Lou Cutell (1930, turns 95 this year), Anna Quayle (1932, died on August 16, 2019 at the age of 86), Anthea Sylbert (1939, died on June 18, 2024 at the age of 84), Fred Travalena (1942, died on June 28, 2009 at the age of 66), Britt Ekland (1942, turns 83 this year), Michael Durrell (1943, turns 82 this year), Vinod Khanna (1946, died on April 27, 2017 at the age of 70), Kevin Cronin (1951, turns 74 this year), Wendy Robie (1953, turns 72 this year), Mark Herrier (1954, turns 71 this year), Lisa Pescia (1954, turns 71 this year), Mike Tollin (1955, turns 70 this year), Miyuki Matsuda (1961, turns 64 this year), John Knoll (1962, turns 63 this year), Elisabeth Shue (1963, turns 62 this year), Jsu Garcia (1963, turns 62 this year), Jacqueline Obradors (1966, turns 59 this year), Dolores Heredia (1966, turns 59 this year), Bruno Bichir (1967, turns 58 this year), Amy Jo Johnson (1970, turns 55 this year), Shauna MacDonald (1970, turns 55 this year), Matt Vogel (1970, turns 55 this year), Lamman Rucker (1971, turns 54 this year), Lola Duenas (1971, turns 54 this year), Jessica Hausner (1972, turns 53 this year), Ioan Gruffudd (1973, turns 52 this year), Jeff B. Davis (1973, turns 52 this year), Jeff Bryan Davis (1973, turns 52 this year), Jeremy Sisto (1974, turns 51 this year), Fernando Chien (1974, turns 51 this year), Barbie Hsu (1976, died on February 2, 2025 at the age of 48), John McAlary (1977, turns 48 this year), James Dahl (1978, died on February 13, 2013 at the age of 34), Karimah Westbrook (1978, turns 47 this year), Lex Shrapnel (1979, turns 46 this year), Sareh Bayat (1979, turns 46 this year), Sudheer Varma (1979, died on January 23, 2023 at the age of 43), Jenny Wade (1980, turns 45 this year), Moa Gammel (1980, turns 45 this year), Bronagh Waugh (1982, turns 43 this year), Cheryl Texiera (1982, turns 43 this year), Michael Arden (1982, turns 43 this year), Hilary Jardine (1983, turns 42 this year), Andrew Jones (1983, turns 42 this year), Ida Engvoll (1985, turns 40 this year), Olivia Thirlby (1986, turns 39 this year), Luisa D'Oliverira (1986, turns 39 this year), Trey Edward Shults (1988, turns 37 this year), Sophia Thomalla (1989, turns 36 this year), Stefanie Martini (1990, turns 35 this year), Roshon Fegan (1991, turns 34 this year), Rhyon Nicole Brown (1992, turns 33 this year), Dante Brown (1999, turns 26 this year), Will Shadley (1999, turns 26 this year), Isobelle Molloy (2000, turns 25 this year), Rio Mangini (2002, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Porter Hall (1953, at the age of 65), Dennis Price (1973, at the age of 58), Sidney Blackmer (1973, at the age of 78), Bette Davis (1989, at the age of 81), Denholm Elliott (1992, at the age of 70), Richard Farnsworth (2000, at the age of 80), Marian Seldes (2014, at the age of 86), Kevin Corcoran (2015, at the age of 66), Scott Wilson (2018, at the age of 76), Quentin Kenihan (2018, at the age of 43), Rip Taylor (2019, at the age of 88), Ginger Baker (2019, at the age of 80), Vladimir Yordanoff (2020, at the age of 66), Tommy Rall (2020, at the age of 90), Arun Bali (2022, at the age of 79)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.