On This Day - February 6

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Friday $14,905,447 $162,994,032
2010 Dear John Saturday $12,470,283 $80,014,842
2010 Avatar Saturday $11,539,798 $785,221,649
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 Saturday $11,202,630 $143,528,619
2009 He's Just Not That Into You Friday $10,435,339 $93,953,653
1999 Payback Saturday $9,220,000 $81,526,121
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Friday $7,700,000 $65,070,412
2000 Scream 3 Sunday $7,517,000 $89,138,076
2015 Jupiter Ascending Friday $6,334,002 $47,482,519
2009 Taken Friday $6,202,523 $145,000,989

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Friday $14,905,447 $162,994,032
2009 He's Just Not That Into You Friday $10,435,339 $93,953,653
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Friday $7,700,000 $65,070,412
2015 Jupiter Ascending Friday $6,334,002 $47,482,519
2004 Miracle Friday $6,000,000 $64,378,093
2009 Coraline Friday $4,487,086 $75,286,229
2009 Push Friday $3,531,508 $31,811,527
2009 The Pink Panther 2 Friday $3,370,287 $35,922,978
1998 The Replacement Killers Friday $2,905,000 $19,035,741
2015 Seventh Son Friday $2,287,050 $17,725,785

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was February 6.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $55,365,012 $162,994,032
2000 Scream 3 $34,713,342 $89,138,076
2010 Dear John $30,468,614 $80,014,842
2009 He's Just Not That Into You $27,785,487 $93,953,653
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business $24,241,612 $65,070,412
2015 American Sniper $23,289,113 $350,126,372
2022 jackass forever $23,154,388 $57,743,451
1998 Titanic $23,027,838 $674,460,013
2010 Avatar $22,850,881 $785,221,649
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 $21,242,181 $143,528,619

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Ronald Reagan (1911, died on June 5, 2004 at the age of 93), Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917, died on December 18, 2016 at the age of 99), Haskell Wexler (1922, died on December 27, 2015 at the age of 93), Walker Edmiston (1925, died on February 15, 2007 at the age of 82), Rip Torn (1931, died on July 9, 2019 at the age of 88), Mamie Van Doren (1931, turned 93 this year), François Truffaut (1932, died on October 21, 1984 at the age of 52), François Truffaut (1932, died on October 21, 1984 at the age of 52), Kit West (1936, died on April 16, 2016 at the age of 80), Gigi Perreau (1941, turned 83 this year), Fabián Forte (1943, turned 81 this year), Gayle Hunnicutt (1943, died on August 31, 2023 at the age of 80), Michael Tucker (1944, turned 80 this year), Mike Grady (1946, turned 78 this year), Jim Sheridan (1949, turned 75 this year), Natalie Cole (1950, died on December 31, 2015 at the age of 65), Kevin Whately (1951, turned 73 this year), David Hart (1954, turned 70 this year), Jon Walmsley (1956, turned 68 this year), Robert Townsend (1957, turned 67 this year), Kathy Najimy (1957, turned 67 this year), Barry Miller (1958, turned 66 this year), Megan Gallagher (1960, turned 64 this year), Debra Granik (1963, turned 61 this year), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964, turned 60 this year), Gord Downie (1964, died on October 17, 2017 at the age of 53), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969, turned 55 this year), David Hayter (1969, turned 55 this year), Brian Stepanek (1971, turned 53 this year), Amy Robach (1973, turned 51 this year), Josh Stewart (1977, turned 47 this year), Kim Poirier (1980, turned 44 this year), Ben Lawson (1980, turned 44 this year), Alison Haislip (1981, turned 43 this year), Ciro Guerra (1981, turned 43 this year), Alice Eve (1982, turned 42 this year), Brandon Hammond (1984, turned 40 this year), Crystal Reed (1985, turned 39 this year), Dane DeHaan (1986, turned 38 this year), Alice Greczyn (1986, turned 38 this year), Natalia Reyes (1987, turned 37 this year), Anna Diop (1988, turned 36 this year), Allison Holker (1988, turned 36 this year)

Died on this day in history: Dandy Nichols (1986, at the age of 78), Jack Kirby (1994, at the age of 76), Joseph Cotten (1994, at the age of 88), Joseph Cotton (1994, at the age of 88), Guy Madison (1996, at the age of 74), James Whitmore (2009, at the age of 87), Peter Breck (2012, at the age of 82), Daniel Gerson (2016, at the age of 49), Alec McCowen (2017, at the age of 91), Walter K. Jordan (2019, at the age of 54), Raphaël Coleman (2020, at the age of 25), Syl Johnson (2022, at the age of 25), Wilhelmenia Fernandez (2024, at the age of 75), Tommy Karlsen (2024, at the age of 48), Robert M. Young (2024, at the age of 48)

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