On This Day - October 12

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 12.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Joker Saturday $22,137,778 $335,451,311
2013 Gravity Saturday $18,461,329 $274,092,705
2019 The Addams Family Saturday $11,761,776 $97,864,733
2013 Captain Phillips Saturday $10,450,283 $107,136,417
2018 Venom Friday $9,775,629 $213,511,408
2018 A Star is Born Friday $8,544,865 $215,288,866
2025 Tron: Ares Sunday $7,913,287 $73,161,014
2019 Gemini Man Saturday $7,740,692 $48,546,770
2007 Why Did I Get Married? Friday $7,418,231 $55,204,525
2012 Sinister Friday $7,416,439 $48,086,903

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 12.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2007 Why Did I Get Married? Friday $7,418,231 $55,204,525
2012 Sinister Friday $7,416,439 $48,086,903
2012 Argo Friday $5,891,522 $136,025,503
2018 First Man Friday $5,783,310 $44,936,545
2018 Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Friday $4,820,864 $46,697,321
2007 We Own the Night Friday $3,791,874 $28,563,179
2001 Bandits Friday $3,660,000 $41,523,271
2012 Here Comes the Boom Friday $3,596,217 $45,290,318
2001 Corky Romano Friday $3,147,000 $23,978,402
2018 Bad Times at the El Royale Friday $2,810,478 $17,839,115

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 12.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Joker $55,861,403 $335,451,311
2013 Gravity $43,188,256 $274,092,705
2018 Venom $35,006,107 $213,511,408
2025 Tron: Ares $33,241,433 $73,161,014
2019 The Addams Family $30,300,007 $97,864,733
2018 A Star is Born $28,445,205 $215,288,866
2014 Gone Girl $26,406,134 $167,767,189
2013 Captain Phillips $25,718,314 $107,136,417
2014 Dracula Untold $23,514,615 $55,991,880
2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 $22,089,322 $70,098,138

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Arthur Space (1908, died on January 13, 1983 at the age of 74), Kenneth Griffith (1921, turned 104 this year), Antonia Rey (1926, died on February 21, 2019 at the age of 92), Dick Gregory (1932, died on August 19, 2017 at the age of 84), Luciano Pavarotti (1935, died on September 6, 2007 at the age of 71), Sam Moore (1935, died on January 10, 2025 at the age of 89), Lin Shaye (1943, turned 82 this year), Aurore Clement (1945, turned 80 this year), Richard Price (1949, turned 76 this year), Robin Askwith (1950, turned 75 this year), David Threlfall (1953, turned 72 this year), Massimo Ghini (1954, turned 71 this year), Fabio Sartor (1954, died on November 6, 2024 at the age of 70), Clementine Celarie (1957, turned 68 this year), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960, turned 65 this year), Deborah Foreman (1962, turned 63 this year), Dave Legeno (1963, died on July 6, 2014 at the age of 50), Satoshi Kon (1963, died on August 24, 2010 at the age of 46), Satoshi Kon (1963, died on August 24, 2010 at the age of 46), JoAnn Willette (1963, turned 62 this year), Jane McAlevey (1964, died on July 6, 2024 at the age of 59), Hugh Jackman (1968, turned 57 this year), Todd Babcock (1969, turned 56 this year), Kirk Cameron (1970, turned 55 this year), Lala Sloatman (1970, turned 55 this year), Pilar Castro (1970, turned 55 this year), Sonke Mohring (1972, turned 53 this year), Joseph Kahn (1972, turned 53 this year), Kate Beahan (1974, turned 51 this year), Tom Guiry (1981, turned 44 this year), Brian J. Smith (1981, turned 44 this year), Tony Cavalero (1983, turned 42 this year), Michael Sielaff (1985, turned 40 this year), Tyler Blackburn (1986, turned 39 this year), Rafal Zawierucha (1986, turned 39 this year), Eleanor Columbus (1989, turned 36 this year), Josh Hutcherson (1992, turned 33 this year), Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (1999, turned 26 this year), Raymond Ochoa (2001, turned 24 this year), Iris Apatow (2002, turned 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: Howard Sackler (1982, at the age of 52), Jay Ward (1989, at the age of 69), Regis Toomey (1991, at the age of 93), Leon Ames (1993, at the age of 91), Wilt Chamberlain (1999, at the age of 63), Lonny Chapman (2007, at the age of 87), Joan Leslie (2015, at the age of 90), Thomas Mikal Ford (2016, at the age of 52), Max Fairchild (2017, at the age of 71), Conchata Ferrell (2020, at the age of 77), Brian Goldner (2021, at the age of 58), Lara Parker (2023, at the age of 84), Jackie Burch (2025, at the age of 84)

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