On This Day - October 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | Saturday | $17,324,690 | $92,002,155 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Saturday | $16,725,083 | $117,229,692 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Friday | $12,077,282 | $77,233,467 |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Saturday | $10,298,626 | $160,891,007 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Saturday | $9,874,275 | $161,412,000 |
| 2010 | Red | Saturday | $9,204,737 | $90,380,162 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Friday | $7,727,872 | $73,357,727 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | Saturday | $7,367,747 | $213,550,366 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Friday | $7,346,090 | $80,069,458 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | Friday | $6,768,833 | $107,918,810 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Friday | $12,077,282 | $77,233,467 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Friday | $7,727,872 | $73,357,727 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Friday | $7,346,090 | $80,069,458 |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Friday | $5,369,922 | $72,313,754 |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Friday | $5,252,010 | $31,090,320 |
| 2009 | The Stepfather | Friday | $4,368,209 | $29,062,561 |
| 1998 | Practical Magic | Friday | $4,300,000 | $46,850,558 |
| 1998 | Bride of Chucky | Friday | $3,900,000 | $32,404,188 |
| 1998 | Beloved | Friday | $2,605,000 | $22,852,487 |
| 2015 | Woodlawn | Friday | $1,486,441 | $14,394,097 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | $50,353,641 | $117,229,692 |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | $49,404,980 | $92,002,155 |
| 2022 | Halloween Ends | $40,050,355 | $64,079,860 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | $77,233,467 |
| 2016 | The Accountant | $24,710,273 | $86,260,045 |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | $23,792,118 | $160,891,007 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | $23,618,556 | $80,069,458 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $22,005,952 | $161,412,000 |
| 2010 | Red | $21,761,408 | $90,380,162 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $21,300,120 | $228,433,663 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Whalefall, Street Fighter
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Oscar Wilde (1854, died on November 30, 1900 at the age of 46), Clem Bevans (1879, died on August 11, 1963 at the age of 83), Linda Darnell (1923, died on April 10, 1965 at the age of 41), Gerard Parkes (1924, died on October 19, 2014 at the age of 90), Angela Lansbury (1925, died on October 11, 2022 at the age of 96), Michael Conrad (1925, died on November 22, 1983 at the age of 58), Fernanda Montenegro (1929, turned 96 this year), William Luce (1931, died on December 9, 2019 at the age of 88), Peter Bowles (1936, died on March 17, 2022 at the age of 85), Barry Corbin (1940, turned 85 this year), Suzanne Somers (1946, died on October 15, 2023 at the age of 76), David Zucker (1947, turned 78 this year), Bob Weir (1947, turned 78 this year), Nicholas Day (1947, turned 78 this year), André Leon Talley (1948, died on January 18, 2022 at the age of 73), Ron Taylor (1952, turned 73 this year), Jim Youngs (1956, turned 69 this year), Tim Robbins (1958, turned 67 this year), Gary Kemp (1959, turned 66 this year), Kim Wayans (1961, turned 64 this year), Tonye Patano (1961, turned 64 this year), Flea (1962, turned 63 this year), Kenneth Lonergan (1962, turned 63 this year), Christian Stolte (1962, turned 63 this year), Elsa Zylberstein (1968, turned 57 this year), Todd Stashwick (1968, turned 57 this year), Mark Lee (1968, turned 57 this year), Randall Batinkoff (1968, turned 57 this year), Terri J. Vaughn (1969, turned 56 this year), Paul Sparks (1971, turned 54 this year), Kellie Martin (1975, turned 50 this year), Nelson Lee (1975, turned 50 this year), Giada Colagrande (1975, turned 50 this year), Gil Kenan (1976, turned 49 this year), John Mayer (1977, turned 48 this year), Tamara Podemski (1977, turned 48 this year), Jeremy Jackson (1980, turned 45 this year), Caterina Scorsone (1981, turned 44 this year), Brea Grant (1981, turned 44 this year), Prithviraj Sukumaran (1982, turned 43 this year), Rachel Reilly (1984, turned 41 this year), David Rawle (2000, turned 25 this year), Madison Wolfe (2002, turned 23 this year), Julian Dennison (2002, turned 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Leo G. Carroll (1972, at the age of 85), Dan Dailey (1978, at the age of 62), Cornel Wilde (1989, at the age of 77), Jason Bernard (1996, at the age of 58), Gertrude Flynn (1996, at the age of 87), Audra Lindley (1997, at the age of 79), Jean Shepherd (1999, at the age of 78), John Larch (2005, at the age of 91), Deborah Kerr (2007, at the age of 86), Ted V. Mikels (2016, at the age of 87), Jacques Picoux (2016, at the age of 67), Roy Dotrice (2017, at the age of 94), John Dunsworth (2017, at the age of 71), James Redford (2020, at the age of 58), Anthony Chisholm (2020, at the age of 77), Felipe Cazals (2021, at the age of 84), Liam Payne (2024, at the age of 31), Pankaj Dheer (2025, at the age of 68), Ace Frehley (2025, at the age of 74)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.