On This Day - September 23

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Record Day

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

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Saturday $14,676,814 $100,234,838
2017 It Saturday $13,395,457 $328,828,874
2016 The Magnificent Seven Friday $12,668,015 $93,432,655
2006 Jackass: Number Two Saturday $10,150,356 $72,778,712
2022 Don’t Worry, Darling Friday $9,469,881 $45,309,403
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie Saturday $8,976,427 $59,281,555
2005 Flightplan Friday $8,200,154 $89,706,988
2018 The House with a Clock in its Walls Sunday $7,336,830 $68,549,695
2011 Moneyball Friday $6,728,195 $75,605,492
2005 Corpse Bride Friday $6,700,175 $53,359,111

Record Opening Day

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

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Magnificent Seven Friday $12,668,015 $93,432,655
2022 Don’t Worry, Darling Friday $9,469,881 $45,309,403
2005 Flightplan Friday $8,200,154 $89,706,988
2011 Moneyball Friday $6,728,195 $75,605,492
2016 Storks Friday $5,766,213 $72,679,278
2011 Dolphin Tale Friday $5,097,129 $72,286,779
2011 Abduction Friday $3,844,222 $28,087,155
2011 Killer Elite Friday $3,406,208 $25,124,986
2005 Roll Bounce Friday $2,233,256 $17,380,866
2019 Friends 25th: The One With the Anniversary Monday $876,742 $2,884,827

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 23.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle $39,023,010 $100,234,838
2016 The Magnificent Seven $34,703,397 $93,432,655
2017 It $29,757,494 $328,828,874
2006 Jackass: Number Two $29,002,002 $72,778,712
2018 The House with a Clock in its Walls $26,608,020 $68,549,695
2005 Flightplan $24,629,938 $89,706,988
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction $23,678,580 $50,648,679
2011 The Lion King $21,929,332 $423,981,226
2016 Storks $21,311,407 $72,679,278
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie $20,433,071 $59,281,555

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Walter Pidgeon (1897, died on September 25, 1984 at the age of 87), Mickey Rooney (1920, died on April 6, 2014 at the age of 93), Louise Latham (1922, died on February 12, 2018 at the age of 95), Roger Grimsby (1928, died on June 23, 1995 at the age of 66), Colin Blakely (1930, died on May 7, 1987 at the age of 56), Ray Charles (1930, died on June 10, 2004 at the age of 73), Per Olov Enquist (1934, died on April 25, 2020 at the age of 85), Prem Chopra (1935, turned 90 this year), Romy Schneider (1938, died on May 29, 1982 at the age of 43), Jean Claude Mezieres (1938, died on January 23, 2022 at the age of 83), Tom Fitzpatrick (1941, turned 84 this year), Mary Kay Place (1947, turned 78 this year), Caroline Lagerfelt (1947, turned 78 this year), Bruce Springsteen (1949, turned 76 this year), David Jensen (1952, turned 73 this year), Charlie Barnett (1954, died on September 23, 1996 at the age of 42), George C. Wolfe (1954, turned 71 this year), Nancy Fox (1954, turned 71 this year), Giovanni Lombardo Radice (1954, died on April 27, 2023 at the age of 68), Rosalind Chao (1957, turned 68 this year), Pat Skipper (1958, turned 67 this year), Elizabeth Peña (1959, died on October 14, 2014 at the age of 55), Frank Cottrell Boyce (1959, turned 66 this year), Jason Alexander (1959, turned 66 this year), Chi McBride (1961, turned 64 this year), Cosimo Fusco (1962, turned 63 this year), Alex Proyas (1963, turned 62 this year), Anne-Marie Cadieux (1963, turned 62 this year), Katie Mitchell (1964, turned 61 this year), Erik Dellums (1964, turned 61 this year), Sukie Smith (1964, turned 61 this year), Jenna Stern (1967, turned 58 this year), Michelle Thomas (1968, died on December 22, 1998 at the age of 30), Zuzana Maurery (1968, turned 57 this year), Crispin Bonham-Carter (1969, turned 56 this year), Joshua Oppenheimer (1974, turned 51 this year), Kip Pardue (1975, turned 50 this year), Jaime Bergman (1975, turned 50 this year), Christopher Miller (1975, turned 50 this year), Katrina Browne (1975, turned 50 this year), Rob James-Collier (1976, turned 49 this year), Katarina Cas (1976, turned 49 this year), Candice Cain (1976, turned 49 this year), Warren Kole (1977, turned 48 this year), Srijit Mukherji (1977, turned 48 this year), Eugenio Mira (1977, turned 48 this year), Anthony Mackie (1978, turned 47 this year), Keri Lynn Pratt (1978, turned 47 this year), Christian Schwochow (1978, turned 47 this year), Josh Miller (1978, turned 47 this year), Catherine Lacey (1979, turned 46 this year), Lisa Loven Kongsli (1979, turned 46 this year), Aubrey Dollar (1980, turned 45 this year), Misti Traya (1981, turned 44 this year), Anneliese van der Pol (1984, turned 41 this year), Kate French (1984, turned 41 this year), Hasan Minhaj (1985, turned 40 this year), Shawn C. Phillips (1985, turned 40 this year), Skylar Astin (1987, turned 38 this year), Shannon Chan-Kent (1988, turned 37 this year), Zach Tyler (1993, turned 32 this year), Anthony Gonzalez (2004, turned 21 this year)

Died on this day in history: Erland van Lidth (1987, at the age of 34), Bob Fosse (1987, at the age of 60), Charlie Barnett (1996, at the age of 42), Ivan Goff (1999, at the age of 89), Al Matthews (2018, at the age of 75), Gary Kurtz (2018, at the age of 78), Mark Livolsi (2018, at the age of 56), J. Michael Mendel (2019, at the age of 54), Larry Day (2021, at the age of 54), Louise Fletcher (2022, at the age of 88), Prayag Raj (2023, at the age of 88), Claudia Cardinale (2025, at the age of 87)

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