On This Day - August 22
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Saturday | $13,074,907 | $120,774,594 |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Saturday | $10,542,550 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Saturday | $7,238,481 | $115,646,235 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Sunday | $6,956,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2014 | If I Stay | Friday | $6,827,007 | $50,474,843 |
| 1998 | Blade | Saturday | $6,190,000 | $70,141,876 |
| 2008 | The House Bunny | Friday | $5,918,274 | $48,237,389 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Sunday | $5,410,198 | $121,626,598 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Sunday | $5,357,721 | $103,068,524 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Saturday | $5,114,084 | $150,201,498 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | If I Stay | Friday | $6,827,007 | $50,474,843 |
| 2008 | The House Bunny | Friday | $5,918,274 | $48,237,389 |
| 2008 | Death Race | Friday | $4,620,775 | $36,316,032 |
| 1997 | G.I. Jane | Friday | $3,570,862 | $48,169,156 |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Friday | $3,533,090 | $41,076,865 |
| 2014 | When the Game Stands Tall | Friday | $2,948,554 | $30,127,963 |
| 2003 | The Medallion | Friday | $2,877,000 | $22,108,977 |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Friday | $2,619,741 | $13,757,804 |
| 1997 | Mimic | Friday | $2,578,596 | $25,514,166 |
| 2003 | My Boss's Daughter | Friday | $1,856,000 | $15,549,702 |
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 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | $38,054,676 | $120,774,594 |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $26,364,020 | $161,197,785 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $23,950,008 | $293,506,292 |
| 2025 | KPop Demon Hunters | $19,200,000 | $24,300,000 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | $18,504,022 | $121,626,598 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $18,213,546 | $115,646,235 |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | $18,148,331 | $183,968,665 |
| 2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $18,054,001 | $41,814,863 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $17,202,212 | $333,714,112 |
| 1998 | Blade | $17,073,856 | $70,141,876 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Cecil Kellaway (1890, died on February 28, 1973 at the age of 82), Francis McDonald (1891, died on September 18, 1968 at the age of 77), Jay Novello (1904, died on September 2, 1982 at the age of 78), Julius J. Epstein (1909, died on December 30, 2000 at the age of 91), Milton Quon (1913, died on June 18, 2019 at the age of 105), John Slater (1916, turned 109 this year), Ray Bradbury (1920, died on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91), Theoni V. Aldredge (1922, died on January 21, 2011 at the age of 88), Micheline Presle (1922, died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 101), Honor Blackman (1925, died on April 6, 2020 at the age of 94), Lois Hall (1926, died on December 21, 2006 at the age of 80), David De Keyser (1927, died on February 20, 2021 at the age of 93), John Lupton (1928, died on November 3, 1993 at the age of 65), Bobby Harwell (1931, died on April 1, 2017 at the age of 85), Robert Hale (1933, died on August 27, 2023 at the age of 90), Diana Sands (1934, turned 91 this year), Valerie Harper (1939, died on August 30, 2019 at the age of 80), Judy Nugent (1940, turned 85 this year), David Chase (1945, turned 80 this year), Joseph Kosala (1946, turned 79 this year), Max Fairchild (1946, died on October 12, 2017 at the age of 71), Cindy Williams (1947, died on January 25, 2023 at the age of 75), Joey Aresco (1949, turned 76 this year), Rick McCallum (1950, turned 75 this year), Michael Gudinski (1952, died on March 1, 2021 at the age of 68), Jay Patterson (1954, turned 71 this year), Rachel Feldman (1954, turned 71 this year), Thomas Heise (1955, died on May 29, 2024 at the age of 68), Nigel Cooke (1957, turned 68 this year), Colm Feore (1958, turned 67 this year), Colm Feore (1958, turned 67 this year), Mark Williams (1959, turned 66 this year), Mark Williams (1959, turned 66 this year), Lucy Roucis (1959, died on February 8, 2021 at the age of 61), Regina Taylor (1960, turned 65 this year), Lulu Antariksa (1961, turned 64 this year), Chip Carriere (1961, turned 64 this year), Lara Harris (1962, turned 63 this year), Tori Amos (1963, turned 62 this year), Thomas Van Dell (1963, turned 62 this year), Andrew Wilson (1964, turned 61 this year), Courtney Gains (1965, turned 60 this year), Brooke Dillman (1966, turned 59 this year), Alfred Gough (1967, turned 58 this year), Ty Burrell (1967, turned 58 this year), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967, turned 58 this year), Casper Christensen (1968, turned 57 this year), Patrick Day (1968, turned 57 this year), Richard Armitage (1971, turned 54 this year), Rick Yune (1971, turned 54 this year), Marliece Andrada (1972, turned 53 this year), Kristen Wiig (1973, turned 52 this year), Laurent Lafitte (1973, turned 52 this year), Howie Dorough (1973, turned 52 this year), Melinda Page Hamilton (1974, turned 51 this year), Jenna Leigh Green (1974, turned 51 this year), Kay Cannon (1974, turned 51 this year), Rodrigo Santoro (1975, turned 50 this year), Matthew Edison (1975, turned 50 this year), Samrat Chakrabarti (1975, turned 50 this year), Jackie Geary (1977, turned 48 this year), James Corden (1978, turned 47 this year), Malin Crepin (1978, turned 47 this year), Mandy Gonzalez (1978, turned 47 this year), Jennifer Finnigan (1979, turned 46 this year), Brandon Quintin Adams (1979, turned 46 this year), Megan Duffy (1979, turned 46 this year), Ross Marquand (1981, turned 44 this year), Aparna Nancheria (1982, turned 43 this year), Jasmine Waltz (1982, turned 43 this year), Jorge Diaz (1983, turned 42 this year), Katie Stuart (1984, turned 41 this year), Naomi Ackie (1991, turned 34 this year), Israel Broussard (1994, turned 31 this year), Dakota Goyo (1999, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Sebastian Cabot (1977, at the age of 59), Colleen Dewhurst (1991, at the age of 67), Toru Tanaka (2000, at the age of 70), D.J. "Bishop" Rogers (2020, at the age of 72), Leslie Hamilton Gearren (2020, at the age of 63), Jack Hirschman (2021, at the age of 63), Jaswinder Bhalla (2025, at the age of 65)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.