On This Day - November 3

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 3.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Friday $46,470,936 $315,058,289
2001 Monsters, Inc. Saturday $26,270,000 $290,149,425
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Saturday $21,299,342 $189,412,677
2018 Bohemian Rhapsody Saturday $18,869,750 $216,303,339
2007 American Gangster Saturday $17,652,120 $130,164,645
2007 Bee Movie Saturday $16,947,052 $126,631,277
2000 Charlie's Angels Friday $13,392,000 $125,305,545
2012 Flight Saturday $10,639,616 $93,772,375
2006 Borat Friday $9,234,183 $128,505,958
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Saturday $8,648,248 $54,858,851

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 3.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Friday $46,470,936 $315,058,289
2000 Charlie's Angels Friday $13,392,000 $125,305,545
2006 Borat Friday $9,234,183 $128,505,958
2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Friday $5,328,658 $84,500,122
2006 Flushed Away Friday $4,710,515 $64,665,672
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance Friday $3,812,000 $30,695,227
2021 CS Lewis: The Most Reluctant Convert Wednesday $1,205,000 $1,205,000
2023 Radical Friday $883,171 $8,702,731
2023 What Happens Later Friday $601,372 $3,273,896
2022 Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ) Thursday $335,000 $335,000

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 3.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Thor: Ragnarok $122,744,989 $315,058,289
2001 Monsters, Inc. $62,577,067 $290,149,425
2018 Bohemian Rhapsody $51,061,119 $216,303,339
2012 Wreck-It Ralph $49,038,712 $189,412,677
2007 American Gangster $43,565,135 $130,164,645
2000 Charlie's Angels $40,128,550 $125,305,545
2007 Bee Movie $38,021,044 $126,631,277
2019 Terminator: Dark Fate $29,033,832 $62,253,077
2002 The Santa Clause 2 $29,008,696 $139,225,854
2013 Ender’s Game $27,017,351 $61,737,191

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Raymond Bussieres (1907, died on April 29, 1982 at the age of 74), Charles Bronson (1921, died on August 30, 2003 at the age of 81), Leonard Stone (1923, turns 102 this year), Peggy McCay (1927, died on October 7, 2018 at the age of 90), Wanda Hendrix (1928, died on February 1, 1981 at the age of 52), Lois Smith (1930, turns 95 this year), Monica Vitti (1931, died on February 2, 2022 at the age of 90), Aneta Corsaut (1933, died on November 6, 1995 at the age of 62), Jeremy Brett (1933, died on September 12, 1995 at the age of 61), Takao Saito (1936, died on September 24, 2021 at the age of 84), Jean Rollin (1938, turns 87 this year), Terrence McNally (1938, died on March 24, 2020 at the age of 81), Tom Savini (1946, turns 79 this year), Lulu (1948, turns 77 this year), Anna Wintour (1949, turns 76 this year), Roseanne (1952, turns 73 this year), Jim Cummings (1952, turns 73 this year), Dennis Miller (1953, turns 72 this year), Kate Capshaw (1953, turns 72 this year), Claire van Kampen (1953, died on January 18, 2025 at the age of 71), Kathy Kinney (1954, turns 71 this year), Gary Ross (1956, turns 69 this year), Kevin Murphy (1956, turns 69 this year), Dolph Lundgren (1957, turns 68 this year), Hal Hartley (1959, turns 66 this year), Lee Montgomery (1961, turns 64 this year), Davis Guggenheim (1963, turns 62 this year), Brian Henson (1963, turns 62 this year), Marjean Holden (1964, turns 61 this year), Paprika Steen (1964, turns 61 this year), Devika Parikh (1966, turns 59 this year), Debbie Rochon (1968, turns 57 this year), Loryn Locklin (1968, turns 57 this year), Dylan Moran (1971, turns 54 this year), Sticky Fingaz (1971, turns 54 this year), Stephanie Czajkowski (1973, turns 52 this year), Daniel Pemberton (1977, turns 48 this year), Gino Anthony Pesi (1980, turns 45 this year), Lynn Gilmartin (1984, turns 41 this year), Antonia Thomas (1986, turns 39 this year), Gemma Ward (1987, turns 38 this year), Trevor Einhorn (1988, turns 37 this year), Angus McLaren (1988, turns 37 this year), Bo Mitchell (1994, turns 31 this year), Kendall Jenner (1995, turns 30 this year), Diana Silvers (1997, turns 28 this year), Ever Anderson (2007, turns 18 this year)

Died on this day in history: Mary Martin (1990, at the age of 76), Duncan Gibbins (1993, at the age of 41), John Lupton (1993, at the age of 65), Bob Kane (1998, at the age of 83), Jonathan Harris (2002, at the age of 87), Sondra Locke (2018, at the age of 74), Lou Eppolito (2019, at the age of 71), Jack Conroy (2019, at the age of 71), John Sessions (2020, at the age of 67), Elsa Raven (2020, at the age of 91), Douglas McGrath (2022, at the age of 64), Quincy Jones (2024, at the age of 91), Guruprasad (2024, at the age of 52), Dimeji Ajibola (2024, at the age of 52), Tony Mirrcandani (2024, at the age of 52)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.