On This Day - September 30

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 30.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2012 Hotel Transylvania Sunday $12,602,119 $148,313,048
2006 Open Season Saturday $10,232,453 $85,105,259
2000 Remember the Titans Saturday $9,978,000 $115,719,751
2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Saturday $9,534,184 $65,343,309
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Friday $9,041,770 $87,242,834
2022 Smile Friday $8,234,402 $105,935,048
2017 It Saturday $7,811,673 $328,828,874
2006 The Guardian Saturday $7,800,000 $55,011,732
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Saturday $7,554,466 $100,234,838
2016 Deepwater Horizon Friday $7,067,243 $61,433,527

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 30.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Friday $9,041,770 $87,242,834
2022 Smile Friday $8,234,402 $105,935,048
2016 Deepwater Horizon Friday $7,067,243 $61,433,527
2005 Serenity Friday $3,949,340 $25,514,517
2011 Courageous Friday $3,127,940 $35,017,223
2011 50/50 Friday $2,887,377 $35,016,118
2011 Dream House Friday $2,887,185 $21,302,340
2005 Into the Blue Friday $2,411,781 $18,782,227
2016 Masterminds Friday $2,325,546 $17,356,894
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: Part One Friday $2,100,000 $4,918,000

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 30.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2012 Hotel Transylvania $42,522,194 $148,313,048
2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $28,871,140 $87,242,834
2018 Night School $27,257,615 $77,339,130
2006 Open Season $23,624,548 $85,105,259
2018 Smallfoot $23,045,635 $83,240,103
2007 The Game Plan $22,950,971 $90,648,202
2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $22,764,354 $65,343,309
2022 Smile $22,609,925 $105,935,048
2000 Remember the Titans $20,905,831 $115,719,751
2012 Looper $20,801,552 $66,486,205

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Old Guy

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: George Bancroft (1882, died on October 2, 1956 at the age of 74), Lil Dagover (1887, died on January 23, 1980 at the age of 92), Lewis Milestone (1895, died on September 25, 1980 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Bill Walsh (1913, died on January 27, 1975 at the age of 61), Deborah Kerr (1921, died on October 16, 2007 at the age of 86), Lamont Johnson (1922, died on October 24, 2010 at the age of 88), Michel Lemoine (1922, died on July 27, 2013 at the age of 90), Truman Capote (1924, died on August 25, 1984 at the age of 59), Angie Dickinson (1931, turns 93 this year), Antoinette Bower (1932, turns 92 this year), Anna Kashfi (1934, died on August 16, 2015 at the age of 80), Johnny Mathis (1935, turns 89 this year), Len Cariou (1939, turns 85 this year), Angela Pleasence (1941, turns 83 this year), Ian Ogilvy (1943, turns 81 this year), Fran Brill (1946, turns 78 this year), Dan O’Bannon (1946, died on December 17, 2009 at the age of 63), Victoria Tennant (1950, turns 74 this year), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950, turns 74 this year), Al Leong (1952, turns 72 this year), Jack Wild (1952, turns 72 this year), John Finn (1952, turns 72 this year), Calvin Levels (1954, turns 70 this year), Donna Biscoe (1955, turns 69 this year), Fran Drescher (1957, turns 67 this year), Debrah Farentino (1959, turns 65 this year), Kaarin Fairfax (1959, turns 65 this year), Eric Stoltz (1961, turns 63 this year), Crystal Bernard (1961, turns 63 this year), Monica Bellucci (1964, turns 60 this year), Omid Djalili (1965, turns 59 this year), Lisa Thornhill (1966, turns 58 this year), Andrea Roth (1967, turns 57 this year), Mark Polonia (1968, turns 56 this year), Amy Landecker (1969, turns 55 this year), Mark 'Rhino' Smith (1969, turns 55 this year), Tony Hale (1970, turns 54 this year), Alistair Petrie (1970, turns 54 this year), Mark Bazeley (1970, turns 54 this year), René Ashton (1970, turns 54 this year), Jenna Elfman (1971, turns 53 this year), Meadow Sisto (1972, turns 52 this year), John Light (1973, turns 51 this year), Daniel Wu (1974, turns 50 this year), Ashley Hamilton (1974, turns 50 this year), Ursula Brooks (1974, turns 50 this year), Marion Cotillard (1975, turns 49 this year), Christopher Jackson (1975, turns 49 this year), Sean Rogerson (1977, turns 47 this year), Stark Sands (1978, turns 46 this year), Jonathan Kasdan (1979, turns 45 this year), Toni Trucks (1980, turns 44 this year), Ashleigh Aston Moore (1981, died on December 11, 2007 at the age of 26), Lacey Chabert (1982, turns 42 this year), Kieran Culkin (1982, turns 42 this year), Pihla Viitala (1982, turns 42 this year), Teal Redmann (1982, turns 42 this year), Katrina Law (1985, turns 39 this year), Greyston Holt (1985, turns 39 this year), Rachel Lena Snow (1987, turns 37 this year), Joo Won (1987, turns 37 this year), Mahaley Patel (1987, turns 37 this year), Ben Cura (1988, turns 36 this year), Ezra Miller (1992, turns 32 this year), Raphaël Coleman (1994, died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 25), Maddie Ziegler (2002, turns 22 this year), Levi Miller (2002, turns 22 this year), Nathan Arenas (2005, turns 19 this year), Valeria Cotto (2010, turns 14 this year)

Died on this day in history: Friedrich Feher (1950, at the age of 61), James Dean (1955, at the age of 24), Edgar Bergen (1978, at the age of 75), Simone Signoret (1985, at the age of 64), Stephen J. Cannell (2010, at the age of 69), Turhan Bey (2012, at the age of 90), Ruth Maleczech (2013, at the age of 74), Monty Hall (2017, at the age of 96), Marshall Efron (2019, at the age of 81), Ravil Isyanov (2021, at the age of 59), Veronika Varga (2023, at the age of 54)

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