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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Real Steel | Saturday | $10,815,610 | $85,463,309 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | Saturday | $9,537,175 | $75,395,035 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Saturday | $7,105,230 | $56,068,547 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Friday | $7,000,000 | $61,255,921 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Tuesday | $6,638,467 | $274,092,705 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Saturday | $6,631,979 | $87,242,834 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1999 | The Limey | Friday | $47,000 | $3,193,102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | $32,753,122 | $92,054,159 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | $24,536,265 | $75,395,035 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | $20,269,025 | $61,255,921 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | $19,209,998 | $115,654,751 |
| 2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | $18,508,228 | $39,517,763 |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | $16,025,987 | $56,068,547 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2021: Untitled Disney Live Action IV
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Sigourney Weaver (1949, turns 69 this year), Matt Damon (1970, turns 48 this year), Martin Henderson (1974, turns 44 this year), Mike “The Miz” Mizanin (1980, turns 38 this year)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.
