On This Day - August 6
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Saturday | $38,578,832 | $325,100,054 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Saturday | $19,305,174 | $176,760,185 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Sunday | $16,988,250 | $636,238,421 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Tuesday | $13,390,117 | $636,742,741 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Friday | $13,124,233 | $119,219,978 |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Sunday | $12,990,767 | $148,213,377 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Friday | $12,150,000 | $55,817,425 |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Wednesday | $12,085,679 | $87,341,380 |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Saturday | $9,970,551 | $80,270,227 |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | Saturday | $9,685,911 | $103,368,602 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Friday | $13,124,233 | $119,219,978 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Friday | $12,150,000 | $55,817,425 |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Wednesday | $12,085,679 | $87,341,380 |
| 2004 | Collateral | Friday | $8,200,000 | $100,170,152 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Friday | $8,005,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2010 | Step Up 3D | Friday | $6,657,326 | $42,400,223 |
| 2003 | Freaky Friday | Wednesday | $6,007,000 | $110,222,438 |
| 2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Wednesday | $5,730,334 | $44,089,964 |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Friday | $4,065,000 | $69,304,264 |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Friday | $3,335,000 | $29,762,011 |
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 6.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $133,682,248 | $325,100,054 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $54,806,191 | $176,760,185 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $53,008,647 | $636,238,421 |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | $47,042,215 | $148,213,377 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | $35,543,162 | $119,219,978 |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $30,675,314 | $80,270,227 |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | $30,030,156 | $103,368,602 |
| 2023 | Meg 2: The Trench | $30,002,735 | $82,633,033 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $29,121,040 | $329,862,540 |
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | $28,007,544 | $118,700,272 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Disney Film, Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lucille Ball (1911, died on April 26, 1989 at the age of 77), Robert Mitchum (1917, died on July 1, 1997 at the age of 79), Ella Raines (1920, died on May 30, 1988 at the age of 67), Barbara Bates (1925, turned 99 this year), Frank Finlay (1926, died on January 30, 2016 at the age of 89), Abbey Lincoln (1930, died on August 14, 2010 at the age of 80), Umberto Lenzi (1931, died on October 19, 2017 at the age of 86), Charles Wood (1932, died on February 1, 2020 at the age of 87), Barbara Windsor (1937, died on December 10, 2020 at the age of 83), Paul Bartel (1938, turned 86 this year), Peter Bonerz (1938, turned 86 this year), Peter Simonischek (1946, died on May 29, 2023 at the age of 76), Dorian Harewood (1950, turned 74 this year), Catherine Hicks (1951, turned 73 this year), Valerie Wildman (1953, turned 71 this year), Faith Prince (1957, turned 67 this year), Leland Orser (1960, turned 64 this year), Michelle Yeoh (1962, turned 62 this year), Dean Andrews (1963, turned 61 this year), Lisa Boyle (1964, turned 60 this year), De'voreaux White (1965, turned 59 this year), Jeremy Ratchford (1965, turned 59 this year), Olivier Megaton (1965, turned 59 this year), M. Night Shyamalan (1970, turned 54 this year), Alan Cox (1970, turned 54 this year), Merrin Dungey (1971, turned 53 this year), Geri Halliwell (1972, turned 52 this year), Jason O'Mara (1972, turned 52 this year), Vera Farmiga (1973, turned 51 this year), Ever Carradine (1974, turned 50 this year), Melissa George (1976, turned 48 this year), Josh Schwartz (1976, turned 48 this year), Ashlie Atkinson (1977, turned 47 this year), Marisa Miller (1978, turned 46 this year), Monique Ganderton (1980, turned 44 this year), Leslie Odom Jr. (1981, turned 43 this year), Romola Garai (1982, turned 42 this year), Karl Davies (1982, turned 42 this year), Kacey Rohl (1991, turned 33 this year), Charlotte McKinney (1993, turned 31 this year), Amy Forsyth (1995, turned 29 this year), Vanessa Merrell (1996, turned 28 this year), Forrest Goodluck (1998, turned 26 this year), Ty Simpkins (2001, turned 23 this year), Harley Graham (2001, turned 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Preston Sturges (1959, at the age of 60), Cedric Hardwicke (1964, at the age of 71), Everett Sloane (1965, at the age of 55), Kurt Kasznar (1979, at the age of 65), Larry Taylor (2003, at the age of 85), John Hughes (2009, at the age of 59), John Wood (2011, at the age of 81), Norman Twain (2016, at the age of 85), Trevor Moore (2021, at the age of 41), Peter Lees (2021, at the age of 41), Connie Chiume (2024, at the age of 72)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.