On This Day - September 23

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 23.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Saturday $14,676,814 $100,234,838
2017 It Saturday $13,395,457 $328,828,874
2016 The Magnificent Seven Friday $12,668,015 $93,432,655
2006 Jackass: Number Two Saturday $10,150,356 $72,778,712
2022 Don’t Worry, Darling Friday $9,469,881 $45,309,403
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie Saturday $8,976,427 $59,281,555
2005 Flightplan Friday $8,200,154 $89,706,988
2018 The House with a Clock in its Walls Sunday $7,336,830 $68,549,695
2011 Moneyball Friday $6,728,195 $75,605,492
2005 Corpse Bride Friday $6,700,175 $53,359,111

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 23.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Magnificent Seven Friday $12,668,015 $93,432,655
2022 Don’t Worry, Darling Friday $9,469,881 $45,309,403
2005 Flightplan Friday $8,200,154 $89,706,988
2011 Moneyball Friday $6,728,195 $75,605,492
2016 Storks Friday $5,766,213 $72,679,278
2011 Dolphin Tale Friday $5,097,129 $72,286,779
2011 Abduction Friday $3,844,222 $28,087,155
2011 Killer Elite Friday $3,406,208 $25,124,986
2005 Roll Bounce Friday $2,233,256 $17,380,866
2019 Friends 25th: The One With the Anniversary Monday $876,742 $2,884,827

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 23.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle $39,023,010 $100,234,838
2016 The Magnificent Seven $34,703,397 $93,432,655
2017 It $29,757,494 $328,828,874
2006 Jackass: Number Two $29,002,002 $72,778,712
2018 The House with a Clock in its Walls $26,608,020 $68,549,695
2005 Flightplan $24,629,938 $89,706,988
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction $23,678,580 $50,648,679
2011 The Lion King $21,929,332 $421,785,283
2016 Storks $21,311,407 $72,679,278
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie $20,433,071 $59,281,555

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Walter Pidgeon (1897, died on September 25, 1984 at the age of 87), Mickey Rooney (1920, died on April 6, 2014 at the age of 93), Louise Latham (1922, died on February 12, 2018 at the age of 95), Roger Grimsby (1928, died on June 23, 1995 at the age of 66), Colin Blakely (1930, died on May 7, 1987 at the age of 56), Ray Charles (1930, died on June 10, 2004 at the age of 73), Per Olov Enquist (1934, died on April 25, 2020 at the age of 85), Prem Chopra (1935, turns 89 this year), Romy Schneider (1938, died on May 29, 1982 at the age of 43), Jean Claude Mezieres (1938, died on January 23, 2022 at the age of 83), Tom Fitzpatrick (1941, turns 83 this year), Mary Kay Place (1947, turns 77 this year), Caroline Lagerfelt (1947, turns 77 this year), Bruce Springsteen (1949, turns 75 this year), David Jensen (1952, turns 72 this year), Charlie Barnett (1954, died on September 23, 1996 at the age of 42), George C. Wolfe (1954, turns 70 this year), Nancy Fox (1954, turns 70 this year), Giovanni Lombardo Radice (1954, died on April 27, 2023 at the age of 68), Rosalind Chao (1957, turns 67 this year), Pat Skipper (1958, turns 66 this year), Elizabeth Peña (1959, died on October 14, 2014 at the age of 55), Frank Cottrell Boyce (1959, turns 65 this year), Jason Alexander (1959, turns 65 this year), Chi McBride (1961, turns 63 this year), Cosimo Fusco (1962, turns 62 this year), Alex Proyas (1963, turns 61 this year), Anne-Marie Cadieux (1963, turns 61 this year), Katie Mitchell (1964, turns 60 this year), Erik Dellums (1964, turns 60 this year), Sukie Smith (1964, turns 60 this year), Jenna Stern (1967, turns 57 this year), Michelle Thomas (1968, died on December 22, 1998 at the age of 30), Zuzana Maurery (1968, turns 56 this year), Crispin Bonham-Carter (1969, turns 55 this year), Joshua Oppenheimer (1974, turns 50 this year), Kip Pardue (1975, turns 49 this year), Jaime Bergman (1975, turns 49 this year), Christopher Miller (1975, turns 49 this year), Katrina Browne (1975, turns 49 this year), Rob James-Collier (1976, turns 48 this year), Katarina Cas (1976, turns 48 this year), Candice Cain (1976, turns 48 this year), Warren Kole (1977, turns 47 this year), Srijit Mukherji (1977, turns 47 this year), Eugenio Mira (1977, turns 47 this year), Anthony Mackie (1978, turns 46 this year), Keri Lynn Pratt (1978, turns 46 this year), Christian Schwochow (1978, turns 46 this year), Josh Miller (1978, turns 46 this year), Catherine Lacey (1979, turns 45 this year), Lisa Loven Kongsli (1979, turns 45 this year), Aubrey Dollar (1980, turns 44 this year), Misti Traya (1981, turns 43 this year), Anneliese van der Pol (1984, turns 40 this year), Kate French (1984, turns 40 this year), Hasan Minhaj (1985, turns 39 this year), Shawn C. Phillips (1985, turns 39 this year), Skylar Astin (1987, turns 37 this year), Shannon Chan-Kent (1988, turns 36 this year), Zach Tyler (1993, turns 31 this year), Anthony Gonzalez (2004, turns 20 this year)

Died on this day in history: Erland van Lidth (1987, at the age of 34), Bob Fosse (1987, at the age of 60), Charlie Barnett (1996, at the age of 42), Ivan Goff (1999, at the age of 89), Al Matthews (2018, at the age of 75), Gary Kurtz (2018, at the age of 78), Mark Livolsi (2018, at the age of 56), J. Michael Mendel (2019, at the age of 54), Larry Day (2021, at the age of 54), Louise Fletcher (2022, at the age of 88), Prayag Raj (2023, at the age of 88)

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