On This Day - October 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Friday | $23,310,401 | $160,891,007 |
| 2019 | Joker | Tuesday | $13,908,626 | $335,451,311 |
| 2011 | Real Steel | Saturday | $10,815,610 | $85,463,309 |
| 2018 | Venom | Monday | $9,631,343 | $213,511,408 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | Saturday | $9,537,175 | $75,395,035 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | Friday | $9,089,444 | $213,550,366 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Sunday | $8,856,061 | $92,054,159 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Sunday | $8,286,000 | $166,225,040 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Friday | $8,100,000 | $161,412,000 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Sunday | $7,454,350 | $132,384,315 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Friday | $23,310,401 | $160,891,007 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Friday | $7,000,000 | $61,255,921 |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It | Friday | $5,227,215 | $53,374,681 |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Friday | $4,070,000 | $31,054,924 |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Friday | $4,040,833 | $59,699,513 |
| 1999 | Superstar | Friday | $2,719,000 | $30,628,981 |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take | Friday | $2,649,160 | $14,744,435 |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Friday | $1,400,000 | $10,411,980 |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Friday | $675,287 | $6,363,628 |
| 1997 | Gang Related | Wednesday | $511,007 | $5,906,773 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | $55,225,007 | $160,891,007 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | $32,753,122 | $92,054,159 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | $31,753,623 | $213,550,366 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $31,330,299 | $161,412,000 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | $28,623,300 | $166,225,040 |
| 2011 | Real Steel | $27,319,677 | $85,463,309 |
| 2006 | The Departed | $26,887,467 | $132,384,315 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | $26,497,600 | $65,537,395 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | $24,536,265 | $75,395,035 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | $20,269,025 | $61,255,921 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Julien Duvivier (1896, died on October 29, 1967 at the age of 71), Rouben Mamoulian (1897, turns 127 this year), Gabriel Dell (1919, died on July 3, 1988 at the age of 68), Frank Herbert (1920, died on February 11, 1986 at the age of 65), Eileen Essell (1922, died on February 15, 2015 at the age of 92), Daniel C. Striepeke (1930, died on January 19, 2019 at the age of 88), James Olson (1930, turns 94 this year), Kamala Devi (1933, died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 77), Paul Hogan (1940, turns 84 this year), R.L. Stine (1943, turns 81 this year), Chevy Chase (1943, turns 81 this year), Dale Dye (1944, turns 80 this year), William Broyles Jr. (1944, turns 80 this year), Paulo Thiago (1945, died on June 5, 2021 at the age of 75), Peter Sherayko (1946, turns 78 this year), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946, died on January 13, 2022 at the age of 75), Sigourney Weaver (1949, turns 75 this year), Maggie Ollerenshaw (1949, turns 75 this year), Edward Zwick (1952, turns 72 this year), Michael Dudikoff (1954, turns 70 this year), Darrell Hammond (1955, turns 69 this year), Stephanie Zimbalist (1956, turns 68 this year), Roger Wilson (1956, turns 68 this year), Ewan Stewart (1957, turns 67 this year), Nick Bakay (1959, turns 65 this year), Brad Greenquist (1959, turns 65 this year), Simon Burke (1961, turns 63 this year), Shira Piven (1961, turns 63 this year), Richard Lintern (1962, turns 62 this year), David Yates (1963, turns 61 this year), Todd Bryant (1963, turns 61 this year), Ian Hart (1964, turns 60 this year), Peter Greene (1965, turns 59 this year), Burr Steers (1965, turns 59 this year), Igor Jijikine (1965, turns 59 this year), Karyn Parsons (1966, turns 58 this year), Emily Procter (1968, turns 56 this year), Dylan Neal (1969, turns 55 this year), Jeremy Davies (1969, turns 55 this year), Kara Zediker (1969, turns 55 this year), Matt Damon (1970, turns 54 this year), Anne-Marie Duff (1970, turns 54 this year), Robert Kelly (1970, turns 54 this year), Gauri Khan (1970, turns 54 this year), Tricia Vessey (1972, turns 52 this year), Martin Henderson (1974, turns 50 this year), Richard Short (1975, turns 49 this year), Kida Khodr Ramadan (1976, turns 48 this year), Jamie Marchi (1977, turns 47 this year), Travis Wester (1977, turns 47 this year), Daniel Bess (1977, turns 47 this year), Kristanna Loken (1979, turns 45 this year), Mike “The Miz” Mizanin (1980, turns 44 this year), Nick Cannon (1980, turns 44 this year), J.R. Ramirez (1980, turns 44 this year), Tonya Kay (1981, turns 43 this year), Casey Messer (1983, turns 41 this year), Bruno Mars (1985, turns 39 this year), Michael Obiora (1986, turns 38 this year), Barbara Palvin (1993, turns 31 this year), Molly Quinn (1993, turns 31 this year), Angus T. Jones (1993, turns 31 this year), Arthur Hakalahti (1995, turns 29 this year), Courtney Taylor Burness (1995, turns 29 this year), Bella Thorne (1997, turns 27 this year), Lilou Siauvaud (2011, turns 13 this year)
Died on this day in history: Nigel Bruce (1953, at the age of 58), Karl Swenson (1978, at the age of 70), Fernando Lamas (1982, at the age of 66), Joan Hackett (1983, at the age of 49), Arnold Kopelson (2018, at the age of 83), Burt Young (2023, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.