On This Day - November 9
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Saturday | $32,078,010 | $206,362,140 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Friday | $30,504,077 | $304,360,277 |
| 2018 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | Friday | $18,641,165 | $272,699,130 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Saturday | $18,503,000 | $116,724,075 |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Sunday | $18,020,388 | $180,174,880 |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Sunday | $16,356,239 | $222,527,828 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | Sunday | $12,420,905 | $139,270,910 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Sunday | $12,346,360 | $188,017,894 |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Friday | $11,990,000 | $290,149,425 |
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Saturday | $10,757,000 | $139,225,854 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | Friday | $18,641,165 | $272,699,130 |
| 2001 | Shallow Hal | Friday | $7,420,000 | $70,836,296 |
| 2007 | Fred Claus | Friday | $5,329,261 | $72,006,777 |
| 2018 | Overlord | Friday | $3,794,798 | $21,704,844 |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Wednesday | $3,624,378 | $30,981,850 |
| 2018 | The Girl in the Spider’s Web | Friday | $3,037,438 | $14,828,555 |
| 2001 | Heist | Friday | $2,490,000 | $23,483,357 |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Friday | $2,204,530 | $14,998,070 |
| 2007 | P2 | Friday | $670,406 | $6,348,315 |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Friday | $349,000 | $74,273,505 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 9.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Skyfall | $88,364,714 | $304,360,277 |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | $85,737,841 | $206,362,140 |
| 2018 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | $67,572,855 | $272,699,130 |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $63,106,589 | $180,174,880 |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | $56,215,889 | $222,527,828 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | $51,240,555 | $116,724,075 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | $48,475,154 | $139,270,910 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | $47,510,360 | $188,017,894 |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $45,551,028 | $290,149,425 |
| 1996 | Ransom | $34,216,088 | $136,492,681 |
Released Today
Movies that were released today: Its Name Was Mormo
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edna May Oliver (1883, died on November 9, 1942 at the age of 59), Ed Wynn (1886, died on June 19, 1966 at the age of 79), Gertrude Astor (1887, died on November 9, 1977 at the age of 90), Anthony Asquith (1902, died on February 20, 1968 at the age of 65), Hedy Lamarr (1914, died on January 19, 2000 at the age of 85), Dorothy Dandridge (1922, turns 102 today), Robert Frank (1924, died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94), Severn Darden (1929, died on May 27, 1995 at the age of 65), Ronald Harwood (1934, died on September 8, 2020 at the age of 85), Carl Sagan (1934, died on December 20, 1996 at the age of 62), Robert David Hall (1947, turns 77 today), Jacques Picoux (1948, died on October 16, 2016 at the age of 67), Bille August (1948, turns 76 today), Lou Ferrigno (1951, turns 73 today), Fernando Meirelles (1955, turns 69 today), Karen Dotrice (1955, turns 69 today), Thomas F. Duffy (1955, turns 69 today), Toni Hudson (1960, turns 64 today), Ryan Murphy (1965, turns 59 today), Karoline Eichhorn (1965, turns 59 today), Lori Lively (1966, turns 58 today), Ramona Milano (1969, turns 55 today), Jason Antoon (1971, turns 53 today), Eric Dane (1972, turns 52 today), Gabrielle Miller (1973, turns 51 today), Nick Lachey (1973, turns 51 today), Giovanna Mezzogiorno (1974, turns 50 today), Ion Overman (1976, turns 48 today), Sisqo (1978, turns 46 today), Cory Hardrict (1979, turns 45 today), Oliver Ackland (1979, turns 45 today), Scottie Thompson (1981, turns 43 today), Elysia Rotaru (1984, turns 40 today), Analeigh Tipton (1988, turns 36 today), Nikki Blonsky (1988, turns 36 today), Lio Tipton (1988, turns 36 today), Billy Howle (1989, turns 35 today)
Died on this day in history: Edna May Oliver (1942, at the age of 59), Charles Bickford (1967, at the age of 78), Gerald Mohr (1968, at the age of 54), Gertrude Astor (1977, at the age of 90), Yves Montand (1991, at the age of 70), Mabel King (1999, at the age of 66), Merlin Santana (2002, at the age of 26), Art Carney (2003, at the age of 85), John Hillerman (2017, at the age of 84), James Greene (2018, at the age of 91), Israel Horovitz (2020, at the age of 81)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.