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 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Disney Film
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 128 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 95 this year), Kamala Devi (1933, died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 77), Paul Hogan (1940, turns 85 this year), R.L. Stine (1943, turns 82 this year), Chevy Chase (1943, turns 82 this year), Dale Dye (1944, turns 81 this year), William Broyles Jr. (1944, turns 81 this year), Paulo Thiago (1945, died on June 5, 2021 at the age of 75), Peter Sherayko (1946, turns 79 this year), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946, died on January 13, 2022 at the age of 75), Sigourney Weaver (1949, turns 76 this year), Maggie Ollerenshaw (1949, turns 76 this year), Edward Zwick (1952, turns 73 this year), Michael Dudikoff (1954, turns 71 this year), Darrell Hammond (1955, turns 70 this year), Stephanie Zimbalist (1956, turns 69 this year), Roger Wilson (1956, turns 69 this year), Ewan Stewart (1957, turns 68 this year), Nick Bakay (1959, turns 66 this year), Brad Greenquist (1959, turns 66 this year), Simon Burke (1961, turns 64 this year), Shira Piven (1961, turns 64 this year), Richard Lintern (1962, turns 63 this year), David Yates (1963, turns 62 this year), Todd Bryant (1963, turns 62 this year), Ian Hart (1964, turns 61 this year), Peter Greene (1965, turns 60 this year), Burr Steers (1965, turns 60 this year), Igor Jijikine (1965, turns 60 this year), Karyn Parsons (1966, turns 59 this year), Emily Procter (1968, turns 57 this year), Dylan Neal (1969, turns 56 this year), Jeremy Davies (1969, turns 56 this year), Kara Zediker (1969, turns 56 this year), Matt Damon (1970, turns 55 this year), Anne-Marie Duff (1970, turns 55 this year), Robert Kelly (1970, turns 55 this year), Gauri Khan (1970, turns 55 this year), Tricia Vessey (1972, turns 53 this year), Martin Henderson (1974, turns 51 this year), Richard Short (1975, turns 50 this year), Kida Khodr Ramadan (1976, turns 49 this year), Jamie Marchi (1977, turns 48 this year), Travis Wester (1977, turns 48 this year), Daniel Bess (1977, turns 48 this year), Kristanna Loken (1979, turns 46 this year), Mike “The Miz” Mizanin (1980, turns 45 this year), Nick Cannon (1980, turns 45 this year), J.R. Ramirez (1980, turns 45 this year), Tonya Kay (1981, turns 44 this year), Casey Messer (1983, turns 42 this year), Bruno Mars (1985, turns 40 this year), Michael Obiora (1986, turns 39 this year), Barbara Palvin (1993, turns 32 this year), Molly Quinn (1993, turns 32 this year), Angus T. Jones (1993, turns 32 this year), Arthur Hakalahti (1995, turns 30 this year), Courtney Taylor Burness (1995, turns 30 this year), Bella Thorne (1997, turns 28 this year), Lilou Siauvaud (2011, turns 14 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.