On This Day - September 17

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 17.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 It Sunday $15,105,428 $328,828,874
2011 The Lion King Saturday $11,933,562 $423,981,226
2016 Sully Saturday $9,556,921 $125,070,033
2010 The Town Friday $8,348,436 $92,186,262
2022 The Woman King Saturday $7,121,993 $67,328,130
2005 Just Like Heaven Saturday $7,002,081 $48,318,130
2010 Easy A Friday $6,787,163 $58,401,464
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Saturday $6,449,818 $75,072,454
2011 Contagion Saturday $6,441,955 $75,658,097
1999 Blue Streak Friday $6,359,000 $68,208,190

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 17.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2010 The Town Friday $8,348,436 $92,186,262
2010 Easy A Friday $6,787,163 $58,401,464
1999 Blue Streak Friday $6,359,000 $68,208,190
2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Friday $5,100,000 $37,760,080
2010 Devil Friday $4,803,390 $33,679,655
1999 For Love of the Game Friday $4,398,000 $35,188,640
2004 Mr. 3000 Friday $2,900,000 $21,800,302
2004 Wimbledon Friday $2,700,000 $16,862,585
2010 Alpha and Omega Friday $2,288,773 $25,107,267
2021 Cry Macho Friday $1,600,000 $10,310,734

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 17.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 It $60,103,110 $328,828,874
2011 The Lion King $29,156,757 $423,981,226
2010 The Town $23,808,032 $92,186,262
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $21,670,751 $224,543,292
2016 Sully $21,653,017 $125,070,033
1999 Blue Streak $19,208,806 $68,208,190
2022 The Woman King $19,051,442 $67,328,130
2010 Easy A $17,734,040 $58,401,464
2005 Just Like Heaven $16,408,718 $48,318,130
2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow $15,580,278 $37,760,080

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Untitled Disney Film

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Edgar G. Ulmer (1904, turned 121 this year), Dolores Costello (1905, turned 120 this year), Dorothy Loudon (1925, died on November 15, 2003 at the age of 78), Curtis Harrington (1926, died on May 6, 2007 at the age of 80), Roddy McDowall (1928, died on October 3, 1998 at the age of 70), David Huddleston (1930, died on August 2, 2016 at the age of 85), Anne Bancroft (1931, died on June 6, 2005 at the age of 73), Robert B. Parker (1932, died on January 18, 2010 at the age of 77), Pat Crowley (1933, died on September 14, 2025 at the age of 91), Denise Gagnon (1936, died on August 14, 2024 at the age of 87), Vladimir Menshov (1937, died on July 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Paul Benedict (1938, died on December 1, 2008 at the age of 70), Lupe Ontiveros (1942, turned 83 this year), Bruce Spence (1945, turned 80 this year), John Ritter (1948, died on September 11, 2003 at the age of 54), Cassandra Peterson (1951, turned 74 this year), Lynne Griffin (1952, turned 73 this year), Wendy Worthington (1954, turned 71 this year), Charles A. Martinet (1955, turned 70 this year), Bo Brinkman (1956, turned 69 this year), Aaron Lustig (1956, turned 69 this year), Keith Cooke (1959, turned 66 this year), Kevin Clash (1960, turned 65 this year), Michelle Joyner (1961, turned 64 this year), Paul Feig (1962, turned 63 this year), Be Be Winans (1962, turned 63 this year), Dustin Nguyen (1962, turned 63 this year), Baz Luhrmann (1962, turned 63 this year), Michael French (1962, turned 63 this year), James Urbaniak (1963, turned 62 this year), William Shockley (1963, turned 62 this year), Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963, turned 62 this year), Bryan Singer (1965, turned 60 this year), Kyle Chandler (1965, turned 60 this year), Tracy Dali (1966, turned 59 this year), Malik Yoba (1967, turned 58 this year), Anne Louise Hassing (1967, turned 58 this year), Joe Bastianich (1968, turned 57 this year), Matthew Settle (1969, turned 56 this year), Jim Conroy (1970, turned 55 this year), Mark Osborne (1970, turned 55 this year), Ian Whyte (1971, turned 54 this year), Felix Solis (1971, turned 54 this year), Bobby Lee (1972, turned 53 this year), Constantine Maroulis (1975, turned 50 this year), Sam Esmail (1977, turned 48 this year), Nick Cordero (1978, died on July 5, 2020 at the age of 41), Jason McGuire (1978, turned 47 this year), Neill Blomkamp (1979, turned 46 this year), Billy Miller (1979, died on September 15, 2023 at the age of 43), Jolene Van Vugt (1980, turned 45 this year), Griff Furst (1981, turned 44 this year), Wade Robson (1982, turned 43 this year), Richard Basehart (1984, turned 41 this year), Neel Ronholt (1984, turned 41 this year), Priya Anand (1986, turned 39 this year), Augustus Prew (1987, turned 38 this year), Allie MacDonald (1988, turned 37 this year), Danielle Brooks (1989, turned 36 this year), Dijon Talton (1989, turned 36 this year), Mena Massoud (1991, turned 34 this year), Arielle Holmes (1993, turned 32 this year), Martijn Lakemeier (1993, turned 32 this year), Nam Ji-hyun (1995, turned 30 this year), Ella Purnell (1996, turned 29 this year), Daniel Huttlestone (1999, turned 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: Akim Tamiroff (1972, at the age of 72), Nelo Risi (2015, at the age of 95), Charmian Carr (2016, at the age of 73), Kate Guinzburg (2017, at the age of 60), Captain Raju (2018, at the age of 68), Stephen Jeffreys (2018, at the age of 68), Basil Hoffman (2021, at the age of 68), Marva Hicks (2022, at the age of 47), J.D. Souther (2024, at the age of 78), Christoph Muller (2024, at the age of 86), Sergio Salvati (2025, at the age of 87)

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