On This Day - September 20

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 20.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Downton Abbey Friday $13,828,975 $96,853,865
2014 The Maze Runner Saturday $13,469,870 $102,427,862
1998 Rush Hour Sunday $9,883,000 $141,186,864
2024 Transformers One Friday $9,559,726 $59,098,421
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sunday $9,014,546 $124,870,275
2003 Underworld Saturday $7,917,804 $51,970,690
2025 Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Infinity Castle Saturday $7,326,408 $134,303,197
2019 Rambo: Last Blood Friday $7,170,439 $44,819,352
2019 Ad Astra Friday $7,148,625 $50,188,370
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Sunday $7,065,317 $81,697,192

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 20.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2019 Downton Abbey Friday $13,828,975 $96,853,865
2024 Transformers One Friday $9,559,726 $59,098,421
2019 Rambo: Last Blood Friday $7,170,439 $44,819,352
2019 Ad Astra Friday $7,148,625 $50,188,370
2013 Prisoners Friday $6,974,348 $61,002,302
2002 The Banger Sisters Friday $3,295,810 $30,306,281
2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Friday $2,415,371 $14,294,842
2002 The Four Feathers Friday $2,331,084 $18,306,166
2024 Never Let Go Friday $1,660,092 $10,306,106
2013 Battle of the Year Friday $1,423,145 $8,888,355

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 20.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
1998 Rush Hour $33,001,803 $141,186,864
2014 The Maze Runner $32,512,804 $102,427,862
2019 Downton Abbey $31,033,665 $96,853,865
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials $30,316,510 $81,697,192
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $30,304,648 $124,870,275
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $25,937,144 $294,100,435
2024 Transformers One $24,613,970 $59,098,421
2015 Black Mass $22,635,037 $62,575,678
2003 Underworld $21,753,759 $51,970,690
2013 Prisoners $20,817,053 $61,002,302

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Cesare Zavattini (1902, died on October 13, 1989 at the age of 87), Kenneth More (1914, died on July 12, 1982 at the age of 67), Fernando Rey (1917, died on March 9, 1994 at the age of 76), Clarice Taylor (1917, died on May 30, 2011 at the age of 93), Jay Ward (1920, died on October 12, 1989 at the age of 69), Paul Wendkos (1925, died on November 12, 2009 at the age of 84), Rachel Roberts (1927, died on November 26, 1980 at the age of 53), Bob Harks (1927, died on December 8, 2010 at the age of 83), Anne Meara (1929, died on May 23, 2015 at the age of 85), Vittorio Taviani (1929, died on April 15, 2018 at the age of 88), Malachy McCourt (1931, died on March 11, 2024 at the age of 92), Sophia Loren (1934, turned 91 this year), Jeff Morris (1934, died on July 12, 2004 at the age of 69), Andrew Davies (1936, turned 89 this year), Pia Lindstrom (1938, turned 87 this year), Ted Neeley (1943, turned 82 this year), Jeremy Child (1944, turned 81 this year), George R.R. Martin (1948, turned 77 this year), Mahesh Bhatt (1949, turned 76 this year), Tony Denison (1949, turned 76 this year), Sabine Azema (1949, turned 76 this year), Sian Thomas (1953, turned 72 this year), Peter Scolari (1955, died on October 22, 2021 at the age of 66), Betsy Brantley (1955, turned 70 this year), David Haig (1955, turned 70 this year), Gary Cole (1956, turned 69 this year), Debbi Morgan (1956, turned 69 this year), Michael Hurst (1957, turned 68 this year), Mychael Danna (1958, turned 67 this year), Lee Hall (1960, turned 65 this year), Peter Phelps (1960, turned 65 this year), Robert LaSardo (1963, turned 62 this year), Maggie Cheung (1964, turned 61 this year), Robert Rusler (1965, turned 60 this year), Amy Farrington (1966, turned 59 this year), Kristen Johnston (1967, turned 58 this year), Chad Stahelski (1968, turned 57 this year), Leah Pinsent (1968, turned 57 this year), Victoria Dillard (1969, turned 56 this year), Bianca Hunter (1969, turned 56 this year), N'Bushe Wright (1970, turned 55 this year), Aimee Graham (1971, turned 54 this year), Andrij Parekh (1971, turned 54 this year), Sergio Di Zio (1972, turned 53 this year), Brad Beyer (1973, turned 52 this year), Asia Argento (1975, turned 50 this year), Moon Bloodgood (1975, turned 50 this year), Jon Bernthal (1976, turned 49 this year), Enuka Okuma (1976, turned 49 this year), Agata Buzek (1976, turned 49 this year), Ryan Fleck (1976, turned 49 this year), Charlie Weber (1978, turned 47 this year), Ryan Donowho (1980, turned 45 this year), Olivia Grant (1983, turned 42 this year), Edy Ganem (1983, turned 42 this year), Aldis Hodge (1986, turned 39 this year), Chinaza Uche (1987, turned 38 this year), Jordana Largy (1989, turned 36 this year), Sasha Neulinger (1989, turned 36 this year), Malachi Kirby (1989, turned 36 this year), Jonas Nay (1990, turned 35 this year), Spencer Locke (1991, turned 34 this year), Brett Lapeyrouse (1993, turned 32 this year), Mathilde Ollivier (1994, turned 31 this year), Wallis Day (1994, turned 31 this year), Sammi Hanratty (1995, turned 30 this year)

Died on this day in history: Roy Kinnear (1988, at the age of 54), Gordon Mitchell (2003, at the age of 80), Polly Bergen (2014, at the age of 84), Jack Larson (2015, at the age of 87), C.K. Williams (2015, at the age of 78), Curtis Hanson (2016, at the age of 71), Sergey Puskepalis (2022, at the age of 56), David Graham (2024, at the age of 99)

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