On This Day - October 6

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 6.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2018 Venom Saturday $26,371,927 $213,511,408
2019 Joker Sunday $24,374,841 $335,451,311
2012 Taken 2 Saturday $18,942,416 $139,854,287
2013 Gravity Sunday $15,298,941 $274,092,705
2018 A Star is Born Saturday $14,916,280 $215,288,866
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Friday $12,595,704 $92,054,159
2023 The Exorcist: Believer Friday $11,826,255 $65,537,395
2012 Hotel Transylvania Saturday $11,794,655 $148,313,048
2001 Training Day Saturday $9,350,000 $76,261,036
2006 The Departed Friday $8,689,561 $132,384,315

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 6.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Friday $12,595,704 $92,054,159
2023 The Exorcist: Believer Friday $11,826,255 $65,537,395
2006 The Departed Friday $8,689,561 $132,384,315
2000 Meet the Parents Friday $8,561,000 $166,225,040
2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Friday $7,400,000 $39,517,763
2006 Employee of the Month Friday $4,216,360 $28,444,855
2017 The Mountain Between Us Friday $3,526,771 $30,348,555
2017 My Little Pony: The Movie Friday $2,971,940 $21,885,107
2000 Get Carter Friday $1,997,000 $14,967,182
2000 Digimon: The Movie Friday $1,233,000 $9,628,751

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 6.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Joker $96,202,337 $335,451,311
2018 Venom $80,255,756 $213,511,408
2013 Gravity $55,785,112 $274,092,705
2012 Taken 2 $49,514,769 $139,854,287
2018 A Star is Born $42,908,051 $215,288,866
2024 Joker: Folie à Deux $37,678,467 $58,300,287
2002 Red Dragon $36,540,945 $92,955,420
2017 Blade Runner 2049 $32,753,122 $92,054,159
2000 Meet the Parents $28,623,300 $166,225,040
2012 Hotel Transylvania $27,053,395 $148,313,048

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Untitled Disney Film

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Jerome Cowan (1897, died on January 24, 1972 at the age of 74), Mitchell Leisen (1898, turned 127 this year), Janet Gaynor (1906, died on September 14, 1984 at the age of 77), Carole Lombard (1908, died on January 16, 1942 at the age of 33), Lou Cutell (1930, turned 95 this year), Anna Quayle (1932, died on August 16, 2019 at the age of 86), Anthea Sylbert (1939, died on June 18, 2024 at the age of 84), Fred Travalena (1942, died on June 28, 2009 at the age of 66), Britt Ekland (1942, turned 83 this year), Michael Durrell (1943, turned 82 this year), Vinod Khanna (1946, died on April 27, 2017 at the age of 70), Kevin Cronin (1951, turned 74 this year), Wendy Robie (1953, turned 72 this year), Mark Herrier (1954, turned 71 this year), Lisa Pescia (1954, turned 71 this year), Mike Tollin (1955, turned 70 this year), Miyuki Matsuda (1961, turned 64 this year), John Knoll (1962, turned 63 this year), Elisabeth Shue (1963, turned 62 this year), Jsu Garcia (1963, turned 62 this year), Jacqueline Obradors (1966, turned 59 this year), Dolores Heredia (1966, turned 59 this year), Bruno Bichir (1967, turned 58 this year), Amy Jo Johnson (1970, turned 55 this year), Shauna MacDonald (1970, turned 55 this year), Matt Vogel (1970, turned 55 this year), Lamman Rucker (1971, turned 54 this year), Lola Duenas (1971, turned 54 this year), Jessica Hausner (1972, turned 53 this year), Ioan Gruffudd (1973, turned 52 this year), Jeff B. Davis (1973, turned 52 this year), Jeff Bryan Davis (1973, turned 52 this year), Jeremy Sisto (1974, turned 51 this year), Fernando Chien (1974, turned 51 this year), Barbie Hsu (1976, died on February 2, 2025 at the age of 48), John McAlary (1977, turned 48 this year), James Dahl (1978, died on February 13, 2013 at the age of 34), Karimah Westbrook (1978, turned 47 this year), Lex Shrapnel (1979, turned 46 this year), Sareh Bayat (1979, turned 46 this year), Sudheer Varma (1979, died on January 23, 2023 at the age of 43), Jenny Wade (1980, turned 45 this year), Moa Gammel (1980, turned 45 this year), Bronagh Waugh (1982, turned 43 this year), Cheryl Texiera (1982, turned 43 this year), Michael Arden (1982, turned 43 this year), Hilary Jardine (1983, turned 42 this year), Andrew Jones (1983, turned 42 this year), Ida Engvoll (1985, turned 40 this year), Olivia Thirlby (1986, turned 39 this year), Luisa D'Oliverira (1986, turned 39 this year), Trey Edward Shults (1988, turned 37 this year), Sophia Thomalla (1989, turned 36 this year), Stefanie Martini (1990, turned 35 this year), Roshon Fegan (1991, turned 34 this year), Rhyon Nicole Brown (1992, turned 33 this year), Dante Brown (1999, turned 26 this year), Will Shadley (1999, turned 26 this year), Isobelle Molloy (2000, turned 25 this year), Addison Rae (2000, turned 25 this year), Rio Mangini (2002, turned 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: Porter Hall (1953, at the age of 65), Dennis Price (1973, at the age of 58), Sidney Blackmer (1973, at the age of 78), Bette Davis (1989, at the age of 81), Denholm Elliott (1992, at the age of 70), Richard Farnsworth (2000, at the age of 80), Marian Seldes (2014, at the age of 86), Kevin Corcoran (2015, at the age of 66), Scott Wilson (2018, at the age of 76), Quentin Kenihan (2018, at the age of 43), Rip Taylor (2019, at the age of 88), Ginger Baker (2019, at the age of 80), Vladimir Yordanoff (2020, at the age of 66), Tommy Rall (2020, at the age of 90), Arun Bali (2022, at the age of 79)

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