On This Day - August 23

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 23.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Sunday $10,596,508 $120,774,594
2025 KPop Demon Hunters Saturday $10,100,000 $24,300,000
2019 Angel Has Fallen Friday $7,958,653 $69,030,436
2015 Straight Outta Compton Sunday $7,547,350 $161,197,785
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Saturday $7,480,888 $333,714,112
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday $7,287,234 $191,204,754
2008 Tropic Thunder Saturday $6,477,403 $110,515,313
2025 Weapons Saturday $6,475,472 $151,550,044
2014 If I Stay Saturday $5,618,206 $50,474,843
2009 District 9 Sunday $5,439,229 $115,646,235

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 23.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2019 Angel Has Fallen Friday $7,958,653 $69,030,436
2013 The World’s End Friday $3,514,854 $26,004,851
2019 Overcomer Friday $3,043,455 $34,700,142
2013 You're Next Friday $2,985,205 $18,494,006
2024 Blink Twice Friday $2,900,405 $23,093,906
2024 The Forge Friday $2,428,794 $29,123,632
2002 Serving Sara Friday $2,042,344 $16,930,185
2024 The Crow Friday $2,002,268 $9,275,659
2002 Undisputed Friday $1,600,000 $12,398,628
2002 S1m0ne Friday $1,200,000 $9,680,913

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 23.

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
2019 Angel Has Fallen $21,380,987 $69,030,436
2025 KPop Demon Hunters $19,200,000 $24,300,000
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $18,310,240 $636,745,858
2009 District 9 $18,213,546 $115,646,235
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $17,202,212 $333,714,112
1998 Blade $17,073,856 $70,141,876
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $16,725,447 $191,204,754
2013 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $16,503,812 $116,632,095

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Gene Kelly (1912, died on February 2, 1996 at the age of 83), Frank De Felitta (1921, died on March 29, 2016 at the age of 94), Robert Mulligan (1925, died on December 20, 2008 at the age of 83), Peter Wyngarde (1927, died on January 15, 2018 at the age of 90), Marian Seldes (1928, died on October 6, 2014 at the age of 86), Vera Miles (1929, turned 96 this year), Barbara Eden (1931, turned 94 this year), Ronald Falk (1935, died on June 27, 2016 at the age of 80), Viva (1938, turned 87 this year), Richard Sanders (1940, turned 85 this year), Tony Bill (1940, turned 85 this year), Larry Brezner (1942, died on October 5, 2015 at the age of 73), Michael Elwyn (1942, turned 83 this year), Bob Peck (1945, turned 80 this year), Keith Moon (1946, died on September 7, 1978 at the age of 32), David Robb (1947, turned 78 this year), Donna Jean Godchaux (1947, died on November 2, 2025 at the age of 78), Rick Springfield (1949, turned 76 this year), Shelley Long (1949, turned 76 this year), John Snyder (1952, turned 73 this year), Kirby Dick (1952, turned 73 this year), Charles Busch (1954, turned 71 this year), Marc Vann (1954, turned 71 this year), Jeannie Elias (1954, turned 71 this year), Jennifer Holmes (1955, turned 70 this year), Skipp Sudduth (1956, turned 69 this year), Chris Potter (1960, turned 65 this year), Alexandre Desplat (1961, turned 64 this year), Deron McBee (1961, turned 64 this year), Michael Taliferro (1961, died on May 4, 2006 at the age of 44), Jay Villiers (1961, turned 64 this year), Park Chan-wook (1963, turned 62 this year), Ed Gale (1963, died on May 27, 2025 at the age of 61), Gloria Pires (1963, turned 62 this year), Roger Avary (1965, turned 60 this year), Valery Nikolaev (1965, turned 60 this year), Charley Boorman (1966, turned 59 this year), Adama Niane (1966, died on January 29, 2023 at the age of 56), Erik Stolhanske (1968, turned 57 this year), Tommi Korpela (1968, turned 57 this year), River Phoenix (1970, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 23), Jay Mohr (1970, turned 55 this year), River Phoenix (1970, died on October 31, 1993 at the age of 23), Saafir (1970, died on November 19, 2024 at the age of 54), Aaron Douglas (1971, turned 54 this year), Ray Park (1974, turned 51 this year), Lexi Alexander (1974, turned 51 this year), Zarah Mahler (1975, turned 50 this year), Scott Caan (1976, turned 49 this year), Andrew Rannells (1978, turned 47 this year), Kobe Bryant (1978, died on January 26, 2020 at the age of 41), Clare Grant (1979, turned 46 this year), Joanne Froggatt (1980, turned 45 this year), Marty York (1980, turned 45 this year), Gary Cairns, II (1980, turned 45 this year), Sam Horrigan (1981, turned 44 this year), Erin Foster (1982, turned 43 this year), Nic Novicki (1982, turned 43 this year), Ruta Gedmintas (1983, turned 42 this year), Annie Ilonzeh (1983, turned 42 this year), Gauhar Khan (1983, turned 42 this year), Chris Galya (1987, turned 38 this year), Rachel Jackson (1987, turned 38 this year), Amy Pemberton (1988, turned 37 this year), Kim Matula (1988, turned 37 this year), Jessica Lee Keller (1990, turned 35 this year), Wesley Singerman (1990, turned 35 this year), Stephen Joffe (1991, turned 34 this year), Lil Yachty (1997, turned 28 this year)

Died on this day in history: Sidney Buchman (1975, at the age of 73), Kathleen Freeman (2001, at the age of 82), Brock Peters (2005, at the age of 78), Steven Hill (2016, at the age of 94), Evita Muñoz (2016, at the age of 79), Viola Harris (2017, at the age of 91), Lori Nelson (2020, at the age of 87), Benny Chan (2020, at the age of 87), Mary Cook (2021, at the age of 87), Terry Funk (2023, at the age of 79), Jerry Adler (2025, at the age of 96), Per Holst (2025, at the age of 86)

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