On This Day - August 14
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 14.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Friday | $24,124,665 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Friday | $14,163,902 | $115,646,235 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Sunday | $12,901,642 | $325,100,054 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | Saturday | $12,614,277 | $80,281,096 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Saturday | $11,899,925 | $103,068,524 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Saturday | $10,357,786 | $121,626,598 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Saturday | $10,025,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Sunday | $9,354,930 | $97,670,358 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Sunday | $8,796,455 | $176,760,185 |
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Saturday | $8,493,888 | $95,149,435 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 14.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Friday | $24,124,665 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Friday | $14,163,902 | $115,646,235 |
| 2009 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | Friday | $7,720,103 | $63,414,846 |
| 2015 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Friday | $4,804,022 | $45,445,109 |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Friday | $4,010,000 | $37,672,944 |
| 1998 | The Avengers | Friday | $3,770,000 | $23,385,416 |
| 2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Friday | $2,070,193 | $15,122,676 |
| 2025 | War 2 | Thursday | $1,409,230 | $3,733,779 |
| 2009 | Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) | Friday | $1,174,539 | $15,090,399 |
| 2009 | Bandslam | Friday | $896,354 | $5,210,988 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 14.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $43,536,013 | $325,100,054 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $38,291,056 | $80,281,096 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | $34,825,135 | $103,068,524 |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | $34,263,534 | $97,670,358 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | $28,365,416 | $121,626,598 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $27,832,307 | $176,760,185 |
| 2011 | The Help | $26,044,590 | $169,705,587 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $25,764,991 | $293,506,292 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, Flowervale Street
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Audrey Geisel (1921, died on December 19, 2018 at the age of 97), Alice Ghostley (1923, died on September 21, 2007 at the age of 84), Buddy Greco (1926, died on January 10, 2017 at the age of 90), Lina Wertmuller (1928, died on December 9, 2021 at the age of 93), Thomas Meehan (1929, died on August 21, 2017 at the age of 88), William Kittredge (1932, died on December 4, 2020 at the age of 88), Vernon Dobtcheff (1934, turns 92 this year), David Crosby (1941, died on January 19, 2023 at the age of 81), Steve Martin (1945, turns 81 this year), Wim Wenders (1945, turns 81 this year), Brenda Benet (1945, turns 81 this year), Susan Saint James (1946, turns 80 this year), Antonio Fargas (1946, turns 80 this year), Joseph Marcell (1948, turns 78 this year), Lou Wagner (1948, turns 78 this year), Jim Wynorski (1950, turns 76 this year), Carl Lumbly (1951, turns 75 this year), James Horner (1953, died on June 22, 2015 at the age of 61), Felice Farina (1954, died on September 18, 2023 at the age of 69), Jackée Harry (1956, turns 70 this year), Jose Coronado (1957, turns 69 this year), Marcia Gay Harden (1959, turns 67 this year), Russell Hodgkinson (1959, turns 67 this year), Lucinda Dickey (1960, turns 66 this year), Sarah Brightman (1960, turns 66 this year), Steve Reevis (1962, died on December 7, 2017 at the age of 55), Emmanuelle Beart (1963, turns 63 this year), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964, turns 62 this year), Halle Berry (1966, turns 60 this year), Catherine Bell (1968, turns 58 this year), Adrian Lester (1968, turns 58 this year), Sylvia Jefferies (1969, turns 57 this year), Leah Purcell (1970, turns 56 this year), Peter Franzen (1971, turns 55 this year), Scott Michael Campbell (1971, turns 55 this year), Raoul Bova (1971, turns 55 this year), Misty Rosas (1973, turns 53 this year), Christopher Gorham (1974, turns 52 this year), Tomer Sisley (1974, turns 52 this year), Frankie Ingrassia (1978, turns 48 this year), Sandra McCoy (1979, turns 47 this year), Adrienne C. Moore (1980, turns 46 this year), Mila Kunis (1983, turns 43 this year), James Buckley (1987, turns 39 this year), Cassi Thomson (1993, turns 33 this year), Brianna Hildebrand (1996, turns 30 this year), Marsai Martin (2004, turns 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Patrick Magee (1982, at the age of 60), Gale Sondergaard (1985, at the age of 86), Bruno Kirby (2006, at the age of 57), Abbey Lincoln (2010, at the age of 80), Ron Palillo (2012, at the age of 63), Fyvush Finkel (2016, at the age of 93), Andrzej Blumenfeld (2017, at the age of 66), Linda Manz (2020, at the age of 58), Piera Degli Esposti (2021, at the age of 83), Marshall Napier (2022, at the age of 83), Gena Rowlands (2024, at the age of 94), Denise Gagnon (2024, at the age of 87), Jackie Bezos (2025, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.