On This Day - September 12
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | Tuesday | $11,435,492 | $328,828,874 |
| 2015 | The Visit | Saturday | $10,619,455 | $65,206,105 |
| 2015 | The Perfect Guy | Saturday | $10,403,893 | $57,027,435 |
| 2009 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | Saturday | $9,887,100 | $51,733,921 |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Sunday | $9,729,758 | $224,543,292 |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Friday | $9,459,000 | $56,330,657 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | Friday | $8,820,333 | $52,543,632 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Friday | $6,454,564 | $60,355,347 |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | Friday | $6,261,593 | $37,105,289 |
| 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | Sunday | $6,101,648 | $60,128,566 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Friday | $9,459,000 | $56,330,657 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | Friday | $8,820,333 | $52,543,632 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Friday | $6,454,564 | $60,355,347 |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | Friday | $6,261,593 | $37,105,289 |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Friday | $5,847,388 | $40,081,410 |
| 1997 | The Game | Friday | $4,480,735 | $48,265,581 |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Friday | $4,265,268 | $42,024,533 |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Friday | $4,151,000 | $36,873,198 |
| 2008 | The Women | Friday | $3,613,021 | $26,902,075 |
| 2003 | Cabin Fever | Friday | $3,101,000 | $21,158,188 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was September 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $34,701,070 | $224,543,292 |
| 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $26,650,264 | $60,128,566 |
| 2015 | The Perfect Guy | $25,888,154 | $57,027,435 |
| 2015 | The Visit | $25,427,560 | $65,206,105 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | $24,250,283 | $52,543,632 |
| 2009 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | $23,446,785 | $51,733,921 |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $23,424,118 | $56,330,657 |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $23,036,273 | $50,740,078 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | $19,128,001 | $60,355,347 |
| 1999 | Stigmata | $18,309,666 | $50,041,732 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Downton Abbey 3, Untitled Crunchyroll/Sony/Aniplex Event Film, Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Maurice Chevalier (1888, died on January 1, 1972 at the age of 83), Desmond Llewelyn (1914, died on December 19, 1999 at the age of 85), Dickie Moore (1925, died on September 7, 2015 at the age of 89), Freddie Jones (1927, died on July 9, 2019 at the age of 91), Ian Holm (1931, died on June 19, 2020 at the age of 88), Bill McKinney (1931, died on December 1, 2011 at the age of 80), Kim Hamilton (1932, died on September 16, 2013 at the age of 81), David Langston Smyrl (1935, died on March 22, 2016 at the age of 80), Linda Gray (1940, turned 84 this year), Christopher Neame (1947, turned 77 this year), Bruce Mahler (1950, turned 74 this year), Joe Pantoliano (1951, turned 73 this year), Neil Peart (1952, died on January 7, 2020 at the age of 67), Leslie Cheung (1956, died on April 1, 2003 at the age of 46), Hans Zimmer (1957, turned 67 this year), Rachel Ward (1957, turned 67 this year), Gregg Edelman (1958, turned 66 this year), Robert John Burke (1960, turned 64 this year), Felicity Montagu (1960, turned 64 this year), Mylene Farmer (1961, turned 63 this year), Amy Yasbeck (1962, turned 62 this year), Michel Qissi (1962, turned 62 this year), Ramon Franco (1963, turned 61 this year), Ben Folds (1966, turned 58 this year), Darren E. Burrows (1966, turned 58 this year), Louis C.K. (1967, turned 57 this year), Paul F. Tompkins (1968, turned 56 this year), James Frey (1969, turned 55 this year), Josh Hopkins (1970, turned 54 this year), Will Chase (1970, turned 54 this year), Gideon Emery (1972, turned 52 this year), Gideon Emery (1972, turned 52 this year), Paul Walker (1973, died on November 30, 2013 at the age of 40), Paul Walker (1973, died on November 30, 2013 at the age of 40), Jennifer Nettles (1974, turned 50 this year), Lauren Stamile (1976, turned 48 this year), Onur Saylak (1977, turned 47 this year), Benjamin McKenzie (1978, turned 46 this year), Eva Aichmajerova (1978, turned 46 this year), Ben McKenzie (1978, turned 46 this year), Sverrir Gudnason (1978, turned 46 this year), Jennifer Hudson (1981, turned 43 this year), Marty Adams (1981, turned 43 this year), Hosea Chanchez (1981, turned 43 this year), Elle Lamont (1981, turned 43 this year), Emmy Rossum (1986, turned 38 this year), Alfie Allen (1986, turned 38 this year), Alexia Fast (1992, turned 32 this year), Ryan Potter (1995, turned 29 this year), Colin Ford (1996, turned 28 this year), Sydney Sweeney (1997, turned 27 this year), Nele Trebs (1999, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: William Boyd (1972, at the age of 77), Anthony Perkins (1992, at the age of 60), Ruth Nelson (1992, at the age of 87), Jeremy Brett (1995, at the age of 61), Johnny Cash (2003, at the age of 71), Terence Harvey (2017, at the age of 71), Frank Serafine (2018, at the age of 71), John Fahey (2020, at the age of 75), Barbara Jefford (2020, at the age of 90), Ben Best (2021, at the age of 90), Pete Kozachik (2023, at the age of 72)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.