On This Day - September 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | Sunday | $15,105,428 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | Saturday | $11,933,562 | $423,981,226 |
| 2016 | Sully | Saturday | $9,556,921 | $125,070,033 |
| 2010 | The Town | Friday | $8,348,436 | $92,186,262 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Saturday | $7,121,993 | $67,328,130 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Saturday | $7,002,081 | $48,318,130 |
| 2010 | Easy A | Friday | $6,787,163 | $58,401,464 |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Saturday | $6,449,818 | $75,072,454 |
| 2011 | Contagion | Saturday | $6,441,955 | $75,658,097 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Friday | $6,359,000 | $68,208,190 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Town | Friday | $8,348,436 | $92,186,262 |
| 2010 | Easy A | Friday | $6,787,163 | $58,401,464 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Friday | $6,359,000 | $68,208,190 |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Friday | $5,100,000 | $37,760,080 |
| 2010 | Devil | Friday | $4,803,390 | $33,679,655 |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Friday | $4,398,000 | $35,188,640 |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 | Friday | $2,900,000 | $21,800,302 |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Friday | $2,700,000 | $16,862,585 |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega | Friday | $2,288,773 | $25,107,267 |
| 2021 | Cry Macho | Friday | $1,600,000 | $10,310,734 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | $60,103,110 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | $29,156,757 | $423,981,226 |
| 2010 | The Town | $23,808,032 | $92,186,262 |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $21,670,751 | $224,543,292 |
| 2016 | Sully | $21,653,017 | $125,070,033 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | $19,208,806 | $68,208,190 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | $19,051,442 | $67,328,130 |
| 2010 | Easy A | $17,734,040 | $58,401,464 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | $16,408,718 | $48,318,130 |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $15,580,278 | $37,760,080 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edgar G. Ulmer (1904, turns 122 this year), Dolores Costello (1905, turns 121 this year), Dorothy Loudon (1925, died on November 15, 2003 at the age of 78), Curtis Harrington (1926, died on May 6, 2007 at the age of 80), Roddy McDowall (1928, died on October 3, 1998 at the age of 70), David Huddleston (1930, died on August 2, 2016 at the age of 85), Anne Bancroft (1931, died on June 6, 2005 at the age of 73), Robert B. Parker (1932, died on January 18, 2010 at the age of 77), Pat Crowley (1933, died on September 14, 2025 at the age of 91), Denise Gagnon (1936, died on August 14, 2024 at the age of 87), Vladimir Menshov (1937, died on July 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Paul Benedict (1938, died on December 1, 2008 at the age of 70), Lupe Ontiveros (1942, turns 84 this year), Bruce Spence (1945, turns 81 this year), John Ritter (1948, died on September 11, 2003 at the age of 54), Cassandra Peterson (1951, turns 75 this year), Lynne Griffin (1952, turns 74 this year), Wendy Worthington (1954, turns 72 this year), Charles A. Martinet (1955, turns 71 this year), Bo Brinkman (1956, turns 70 this year), Aaron Lustig (1956, turns 70 this year), Keith Cooke (1959, turns 67 this year), Kevin Clash (1960, turns 66 this year), Michelle Joyner (1961, turns 65 this year), Paul Feig (1962, turns 64 this year), Be Be Winans (1962, turns 64 this year), Dustin Nguyen (1962, turns 64 this year), Baz Luhrmann (1962, turns 64 this year), Michael French (1962, turns 64 this year), James Urbaniak (1963, turns 63 this year), William Shockley (1963, turns 63 this year), Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963, turns 63 this year), Bryan Singer (1965, turns 61 this year), Kyle Chandler (1965, turns 61 this year), Tracy Dali (1966, turns 60 this year), Malik Yoba (1967, turns 59 this year), Anne Louise Hassing (1967, turns 59 this year), Joe Bastianich (1968, turns 58 this year), Matthew Settle (1969, turns 57 this year), Jim Conroy (1970, turns 56 this year), Mark Osborne (1970, turns 56 this year), Ian Whyte (1971, turns 55 this year), Felix Solis (1971, turns 55 this year), Bobby Lee (1972, turns 54 this year), Constantine Maroulis (1975, turns 51 this year), Sam Esmail (1977, turns 49 this year), Nick Cordero (1978, died on July 5, 2020 at the age of 41), Jason McGuire (1978, turns 48 this year), Neill Blomkamp (1979, turns 47 this year), Billy Miller (1979, died on September 15, 2023 at the age of 43), Jolene Van Vugt (1980, turns 46 this year), Griff Furst (1981, turns 45 this year), Wade Robson (1982, turns 44 this year), Richard Basehart (1984, turns 42 this year), Neel Ronholt (1984, turns 42 this year), Priya Anand (1986, turns 40 this year), Augustus Prew (1987, turns 39 this year), Allie MacDonald (1988, turns 38 this year), Danielle Brooks (1989, turns 37 this year), Dijon Talton (1989, turns 37 this year), Mena Massoud (1991, turns 35 this year), Arielle Holmes (1993, turns 33 this year), Martijn Lakemeier (1993, turns 33 this year), Nam Ji-hyun (1995, turns 31 this year), Ella Purnell (1996, turns 30 this year), Daniel Huttlestone (1999, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Akim Tamiroff (1972, at the age of 72), Nelo Risi (2015, at the age of 95), Charmian Carr (2016, at the age of 73), Kate Guinzburg (2017, at the age of 60), Captain Raju (2018, at the age of 68), Stephen Jeffreys (2018, at the age of 68), Basil Hoffman (2021, at the age of 68), Marva Hicks (2022, at the age of 47), J.D. Souther (2024, at the age of 78), Christoph Muller (2024, at the age of 86), Sergio Salvati (2025, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.