On This Day - August 12
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Friday | $13,510,615 | $97,670,358 |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | Sunday | $13,477,000 | $145,096,820 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Saturday | $13,178,714 | $636,238,421 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Friday | $13,103,794 | $325,100,054 |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Sunday | $12,894,000 | $140,125,968 |
| 2018 | The Meg | Sunday | $12,520,931 | $145,443,742 |
| 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | Saturday | $11,677,885 | $102,092,201 |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Sunday | $10,016,000 | $226,164,286 |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Sunday | $9,737,000 | $113,203,870 |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Sunday | $9,251,865 | $227,471,070 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Friday | $13,510,615 | $97,670,358 |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 | Friday | $7,339,561 | $42,587,643 |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Friday | $6,980,721 | $74,494,381 |
| 2016 | Pete’s Dragon | Friday | $6,952,488 | $76,233,151 |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Friday | $5,957,650 | $47,907,715 |
| 2011 | 30 Minutes or Less | Friday | $4,845,247 | $37,053,924 |
| 2005 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Friday | $3,480,518 | $22,400,154 |
| 2011 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | Friday | $2,734,591 | $11,862,398 |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Friday | $2,082,315 | $27,383,770 |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | Friday | $1,100,000 | $10,166,502 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | $49,100,158 | $140,125,968 |
| 2018 | The Meg | $45,402,195 | $145,443,742 |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | $45,117,985 | $145,096,820 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $43,536,013 | $325,100,054 |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | $38,142,825 | $113,203,870 |
| 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | $35,006,404 | $102,092,201 |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | $34,263,534 | $97,670,358 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $33,833,294 | $636,238,421 |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | $33,117,312 | $226,164,286 |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $32,879,125 | $227,471,070 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Cecil B. DeMille (1881, died on January 21, 1959 at the age of 77), Oscar Homolka (1898, died on January 28, 1978 at the age of 79), Jane Wyatt (1910, died on October 20, 2006 at the age of 96), Ralph Nelson (1916, died on December 21, 1987 at the age of 71), Marjorie Reynolds (1917, died on February 1, 1997 at the age of 79), Fulton Mackay (1922, turned 102 this year), John Derek (1926, died on May 22, 1998 at the age of 71), Dan Curtis (1927, died on March 27, 2006 at the age of 78), John Bluthal (1929, died on November 15, 2018 at the age of 89), William Goldman (1931, died on November 16, 2018 at the age of 87), Parnelli Jones (1933, died on June 4, 2024 at the age of 90), John Cazale (1935, died on March 12, 1978 at the age of 42), George Hamilton (1939, turned 85 this year), Oliver Ford Davies (1939, turned 85 this year), Tony Allen (1940, died on April 30, 2020 at the age of 79), Dana Ivey (1941, turned 83 this year), L.M. Kit Carson (1941, died on October 20, 2014 at the age of 73), Bruce Solomon (1943, turned 81 this year), Vic Polizos (1947, turned 77 this year), Mark Knopfler (1949, turned 75 this year), Jim Beaver (1950, turned 74 this year), Iris Berben (1950, turned 74 this year), Andrzej Blumenfeld (1951, died on August 14, 2017 at the age of 66), Ronald Guttman (1952, turned 72 this year), Kaige Chen (1952, turned 72 this year), Selina Cadell (1953, turned 71 this year), Sam J. Jones (1954, turned 70 this year), Ray Abruzzo (1954, turned 70 this year), Bruce Greenwood (1956, turned 68 this year), Amanda Redman (1957, turned 67 this year), Isaach de Bankolé (1957, turned 67 this year), Peter Krause (1965, turned 59 this year), James DuMont (1965, turned 59 this year), Sharon D. Clarke (1966, turned 58 this year), Michael Dobson (1966, turned 58 this year), Brent Sexton (1967, turned 57 this year), Katherine Kendall (1969, turned 55 this year), Charles Mesure (1970, turned 54 this year), Michael Ian Black (1971, turned 53 this year), Yvette Nicole Brown (1971, turned 53 this year), Rebecca Gayheart (1971, turned 53 this year), Casey Affleck (1975, turned 49 this year), Stephanie Vogt (1975, turned 49 this year), Carter Bays (1975, turned 49 this year), Natalie Mendoza (1978, turned 46 this year), Rebekah Chaney (1978, turned 46 this year), Maggie Lawson (1980, turned 44 this year), Dominique Swain (1980, turned 44 this year), Steve Talley (1981, turned 43 this year), Erin Bethea (1982, turned 42 this year), Elisabetta Fantone (1982, turned 42 this year), Jade Tailor (1985, turned 39 this year), Electra Avellan (1986, turned 38 this year), Elise Avellan (1986, turned 38 this year), Leah Pipes (1988, turned 36 this year), Lakeith Lee Stanfield (1991, turned 33 this year), Cara Delevingne (1992, turned 32 this year), Imani Hakim (1993, turned 31 this year), Hannah Quinlivan (1993, turned 31 this year), Bex Taylor Klaus (1994, turned 30 this year), Elise Luthman (1999, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Henry Fonda (1982, at the age of 77), Loretta Young (2000, at the age of 87), Lauren Bacall (2014, at the age of 89), Anne Heche (2022, at the age of 53), Wolfgang Petersen (2022, at the age of 81), Winsome Sinclair (2024, at the age of 58)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.