On This Day - September 15

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 It Friday $19,162,071 $328,828,874
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Sunday $14,370,215 $294,100,435
2019 It: Chapter Two Sunday $9,448,683 $211,593,228
2018 The Predator Saturday $8,394,521 $51,024,708
2019 Hustlers Sunday $7,881,166 $104,963,598
2018 The Nun Saturday $7,658,704 $117,450,119
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution Saturday $7,634,314 $42,345,531
2012 Finding Nemo Saturday $7,009,590 $380,529,370
2013 Insidious Chapter 2 Sunday $6,643,342 $83,586,447
2018 A Simple Favor Saturday $6,306,587 $53,548,586

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2017 American Assassin Friday $5,783,488 $36,249,674
2023 A Haunting in Venice Friday $5,542,594 $42,471,412
2006 Gridiron Gang Friday $4,804,783 $38,432,823
2006 The Black Dahlia Friday $3,706,290 $22,672,813
2017 mother! Friday $3,091,084 $17,800,004
2006 The Last Kiss Friday $1,751,094 $11,614,790
2000 Bait Friday $1,668,000 $15,325,127
2006 Everyone's Hero Friday $1,617,031 $14,523,101
2000 Almost Famous Friday $738,000 $32,522,352
2000 Duets Friday $724,000 $4,734,235

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was September 15.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 It $60,103,110 $328,828,874
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $51,350,355 $294,100,435
2013 Insidious Chapter 2 $40,272,103 $83,586,447
2019 It: Chapter Two $39,606,550 $211,593,228
2019 Hustlers $33,181,361 $104,963,598
2018 The Predator $24,632,284 $51,024,708
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution $21,052,227 $42,345,531
2002 Barbershop $20,627,433 $75,781,642
2018 The Nun $18,238,263 $117,450,119
2012 Finding Nemo $16,687,773 $380,529,370

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Agatha Christie (1890, died on January 12, 1976 at the age of 85), Jean Renoir (1894, died on February 12, 1979 at the age of 84), Jacques Becker (1906, died on February 21, 1960 at the age of 53), Fay Wray (1907, died on August 8, 2004 at the age of 96), Penny Singleton (1908, died on November 12, 2003 at the age of 95), Joseph Pevney (1911, died on May 18, 2008 at the age of 96), Nelson Gidding (1919, died on May 1, 2004 at the age of 84), James Jeter (1921, turns 105 this year), Jackie Cooper (1922, died on May 3, 2011 at the age of 88), Bobby Short (1924, died on March 21, 2005 at the age of 80), Carlo Rambaldi (1925, died on August 10, 2012 at the age of 86), Norm Crosby (1927, died on November 7, 2020 at the age of 93), Henry Silva (1928, turns 98 this year), Dick Latessa (1929, died on December 19, 2016 at the age of 87), Brian Henderson (1931, died on August 5, 2021 at the age of 89), Henry Darrow (1933, died on March 14, 2021 at the age of 87), Tomie dePaola (1934, died on March 30, 2020 at the age of 85), Michael Preece (1936, died on February 27, 2025 at the age of 88), John Reynolds (1941, turns 85 this year), Pik-Sen Lim (1944, turns 82 this year), Ron Shelton (1945, turns 81 this year), Carmen Maura (1945, turns 81 this year), Roy Brocksmith (1945, died on December 16, 2001 at the age of 56), Clive Merrison (1945, turns 81 this year), Eusebio Poncela (1945, died on August 27, 2025 at the age of 79), Tommy Lee Jones (1946, turns 80 this year), Oliver Stone (1946, turns 80 this year), Judith Ridley (1946, turns 80 this year), Wilbur Fitzgerald (1948, turns 78 this year), Keiko Takeshita (1953, turns 73 this year), Barry Shabaka Henley (1954, turns 72 this year), Brad Leland (1954, turns 72 this year), Bruce Reitherman (1955, turns 71 this year), Michael Countryman (1955, turns 71 this year), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957, turns 69 this year), Wendie Jo Sperber (1958, died on November 29, 2005 at the age of 47), Ed Solomon (1960, turns 66 this year), Suzanne Hevner (1960, died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 58), Jack Gwaltney (1960, turns 66 this year), Colin McFarlane (1961, turns 65 this year), Dan Marino (1961, turns 65 this year), Rebecca Miller (1962, turns 64 this year), Matt Roth (1964, turns 62 this year), Steven R. Monroe (1964, turns 62 this year), Bert Kish (1965, died on May 24, 2017 at the age of 51), Wenn V. Deramas (1966, died on February 29, 2016 at the age of 49), Don Wycherley (1967, turns 59 this year), Danny Nucci (1968, turns 58 this year), Susan Dalian (1968, turns 58 this year), Deidre Goodwin (1969, turns 57 this year), Ramya Krishnan (1970, turns 56 this year), Josh Charles (1971, turns 55 this year), Colleen O’Shaughnessey (1971, turns 55 this year), Jimmy Carr (1972, turns 54 this year), John Schwab (1972, turns 54 this year), Jonathan Eusebio (1973, turns 53 this year), Jonathan Liebesman (1976, turns 50 this year), Tom Hardy (1977, turns 49 this year), Caterina Murino (1977, turns 49 this year), Sophie Dahl (1977, turns 49 this year), Dave Annable (1979, turns 47 this year), Amy Davidson (1979, turns 47 this year), Ben Schwartz (1981, turns 45 this year), Josh Janowicz (1981, turns 45 this year), Heidi Montag (1986, turns 40 this year), Jenna Marbles (1986, turns 40 this year), Christian Cooke (1987, turns 39 this year), Ingrid Bisu (1987, turns 39 this year), Kate Mansi (1987, turns 39 this year), Chelsea Kane (1988, turns 38 this year), John Bradley (1988, turns 38 this year), Chloe Dykstra (1988, turns 38 this year), Katelyn Pacitto (1989, turns 37 this year), Matt Shively (1990, turns 36 this year), Camelia Jordana (1992, turns 34 this year), Fady Elsayed (1993, turns 33 this year)

Died on this day in history: John Hoyt (1991, at the age of 85), Sidney Luft (2005, at the age of 89), Frances Bay (2011, at the age of 92), Harry Dean Stanton (2017, at the age of 91), Kirin Kiki (2018, at the age of 75), John M. Dwyer (2018, at the age of 83), Phyllis Newman (2019, at the age of 86), Axel Jodorowsky (2022, at the age of 86), Fernando Botero (2023, at the age of 91), Billy Miller (2023, at the age of 43), Sello Motloung (2024, at the age of 53), Elias Khoury (2024, at the age of 76)

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