On This Day - September 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | Saturday | $25,835,611 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | Friday | $8,919,921 | $423,981,226 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Friday | $6,818,682 | $67,328,130 |
| 2016 | Sully | Friday | $6,533,032 | $125,070,033 |
| 2006 | Gridiron Gang | Saturday | $6,239,520 | $38,432,823 |
| 2023 | The Nun II | Saturday | $6,231,652 | $86,270,590 |
| 2018 | The Predator | Sunday | $5,934,704 | $51,024,708 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Friday | $5,601,505 | $48,318,130 |
| 2017 | American Assassin | Saturday | $5,475,601 | $36,249,674 |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Saturday | $5,394,011 | $42,471,412 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Woman King | Friday | $6,818,682 | $67,328,130 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Friday | $5,601,505 | $48,318,130 |
| 2016 | Blair Witch | Friday | $4,011,022 | $20,777,061 |
| 2011 | Drive | Friday | $4,009,445 | $35,060,689 |
| 2005 | Lord of War | Friday | $3,131,489 | $24,149,632 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones’s Baby | Friday | $3,109,180 | $24,139,805 |
| 2016 | Snowden | Friday | $3,046,669 | $21,587,519 |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Friday | $1,979,631 | $10,324,441 |
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Friday | $1,565,681 | $9,659,074 |
| 2005 | Cry Wolf | Friday | $1,500,000 | $10,047,674 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | $60,103,110 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | $29,156,757 | $423,981,226 |
| 2018 | The Predator | $24,632,284 | $51,024,708 |
| 2016 | Sully | $21,653,017 | $125,070,033 |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $21,052,227 | $42,345,531 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | $19,051,442 | $67,328,130 |
| 2018 | The Nun | $18,238,263 | $117,450,119 |
| 2012 | Finding Nemo | $16,687,773 | $380,529,370 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | $16,408,718 | $48,318,130 |
| 2018 | A Simple Favor | $16,011,689 | $53,548,586 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Alexander Korda (1893, died on January 23, 1956 at the age of 62), Guy Hamilton (1922, died on April 20, 2016 at the age of 93), Janis Paige (1922, died on June 2, 2024 at the age of 101), Lauren Bacall (1924, died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89), Raoul Coutard (1924, died on November 8, 2016 at the age of 92), Lauren Bacall (1924, died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89), B.B. King (1925, died on May 14, 2015 at the age of 89), Morgan Woodward (1925, died on February 22, 2019 at the age of 93), Jack Kelly (1927, died on November 7, 1992 at the age of 65), Peter Falk (1927, died on June 23, 2011 at the age of 83), Anne Francis (1930, died on January 2, 2011 at the age of 80), Jules Bass (1935, died on October 25, 2022 at the age of 87), Mardik Martin (1936, died on September 11, 2019 at the age of 82), Jim McBride (1941, turns 84 this year), Constantine Gregory (1942, turns 83 this year), Linda Miller (1942, turns 83 this year), Michael Edwards (1944, turns 81 this year), Susan Ruttan (1948, turns 77 this year), Ed Begley, Jr. (1949, turns 76 this year), Mickey Rourke (1952, turns 73 this year), Kurt Fuller (1953, turns 72 this year), Lenny Clarke (1953, turns 72 this year), David Copperfield (1956, turns 69 this year), Peter Francis James (1956, turns 69 this year), Jennifer Tilly (1958, turns 67 this year), Peter Keleghan (1959, turns 66 this year), Gary Poulter (1959, turns 66 this year), Jayne Brook (1960, turns 65 this year), Danny John-Jules (1960, turns 65 this year), James Moses Black (1962, turns 63 this year), Richard Marx (1963, turns 62 this year), Leslie Wing (1963, turns 62 this year), Molly Shannon (1964, turns 61 this year), Sean Frye (1966, turns 59 this year), Walt Becker (1968, turns 57 this year), Marc Anthony (1968, turns 57 this year), Doug Cockle (1970, turns 55 this year), Tamron Hall (1970, turns 55 this year), Amy Poehler (1971, turns 54 this year), Mike Doyle (1972, turns 53 this year), Alex Rice (1972, turns 53 this year), Justin Haythe (1973, turns 52 this year), Ed Stoppard (1974, turns 51 this year), Thekla Reuten (1975, turns 50 this year), Toks Olagundoye (1975, turns 50 this year), Amy Price-Francis (1975, turns 50 this year), Erik Aadahl (1976, turns 49 this year), Philip Ng (1977, turns 48 this year), Michael Mosley (1978, turns 47 this year), Ebonie Smith (1978, turns 47 this year), Alexis Bledel (1981, turns 44 this year), Fan Bingbing (1981, turns 44 this year), Michelle Lombardo (1983, turns 42 this year), Tanner Beard (1984, turns 41 this year), Max Minghella (1985, turns 40 this year), Madeline Zima (1985, turns 40 this year), Kyla Pratt (1986, turns 39 this year), Travis Wall (1987, turns 38 this year), Daren Kagasoff (1987, turns 38 this year), Anthony Padilla (1987, turns 38 this year), Teddy Geiger (1988, turns 37 this year), Sarah Steele (1988, turns 37 this year), Greta Bellamacina (1990, turns 35 this year), Nick Jonas (1992, turns 33 this year), Chase Stokes (1992, turns 33 this year), Tayla Parx (1993, turns 32 this year), Elena Kampouris (1997, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: James Gregory (2002, at the age of 90), Sheb Wooley (2003, at the age of 82), Kim Hamilton (2013, at the age of 81), Edward Albee (2016, at the age of 88), Todd Kimsey (2016, at the age of 54), John Cohen (2019, at the age of 87), Stanley Crouch (2020, at the age of 74), Jane Powell (2021, at the age of 92)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.