On This Day - August 21

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 21.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Friday $14,383,261 $120,774,594
1999 The Sixth Sense Saturday $9,831,000 $293,506,292
2015 Straight Outta Compton Friday $8,274,120 $161,197,785
2021 Free Guy Saturday $7,904,720 $121,626,598
2010 The Expendables Saturday $6,677,450 $103,068,524
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin Sunday $6,372,800 $109,449,237
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning Saturday $6,334,532 $41,814,863
2016 Suicide Squad Sunday $6,200,017 $325,100,054
2011 The Help Sunday $6,080,641 $169,705,587
1998 Blade Friday $5,885,000 $70,141,876

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 21.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds Friday $14,383,261 $120,774,594
1998 Blade Friday $5,885,000 $70,141,876
2015 Sinister 2 Friday $4,671,177 $27,740,955
2015 Hitman: Agent 47 Friday $3,127,194 $22,467,450
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Wednesday $3,006,254 $31,165,421
2009 Shorts Friday $2,152,810 $20,919,166
2015 American Ultra Friday $2,119,070 $14,439,985
2019 Ready or Not Wednesday $1,876,458 $28,714,231
1998 Dead Man on Campus Friday $1,565,000 $15,064,948
1998 Dance With Me Friday $1,435,000 $15,923,354

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 21.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2009 Inglourious Basterds $38,054,676 $120,774,594
2015 Straight Outta Compton $26,364,020 $161,197,785
1999 The Sixth Sense $23,950,008 $293,506,292
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin $21,422,815 $109,449,237
2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (ラゴンボール超 スーパーヒーロー) $21,124,049 $32,132,374
2016 Suicide Squad $20,855,401 $325,100,054
2011 The Help $20,018,659 $169,705,587
2021 Free Guy $18,504,022 $121,626,598
2009 District 9 $18,213,546 $115,646,235
1993 The Fugitive $18,148,331 $183,875,760

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Charles Vanel (1892, died on April 15, 1989 at the age of 96), Count Basie (1904, died on April 26, 1984 at the age of 79), Friz Freleng (1906, died on May 26, 1995 at the age of 88), Tom Tully (1908, died on April 27, 1982 at the age of 73), Jack Weston (1924, died on May 3, 1996 at the age of 71), Barry Foster (1927, died on February 11, 2002 at the age of 74), John McMartin (1929, died on July 6, 2016 at the age of 86), Frank Perry (1930, died on August 29, 1995 at the age of 65), Melvin Van Peebles (1932, died on September 22, 2021 at the age of 89), Erik Paaske (1933, died on June 13, 1992 at the age of 58), Mart Crowley (1935, died on March 7, 2020 at the age of 84), Wilt Chamberlain (1936, died on October 12, 1999 at the age of 63), Kenny Rogers (1938, died on March 20, 2020 at the age of 81), Clarence Williams, III (1939, died on June 4, 2021 at the age of 81), Howard Lew Lewis (1941, died on January 20, 2018 at the age of 76), Hugh Wilson (1943, died on January 14, 2018 at the age of 74), Clydie King (1943, died on January 7, 2019 at the age of 75), Peter Weir (1944, turned 80 this year), David Lochary (1944, died on July 29, 1977 at the age of 32), Basil Poledouris (1945, turned 79 this year), Walter Williamson (1946, turned 78 this year), Fermi Reixach (1946, died on June 12, 2024 at the age of 77), Lindy Hemming (1948, turned 76 this year), Loretta Devine (1949, turned 75 this year), George Odom (1950, died on September 21, 2016 at the age of 66), Willow Hale (1955, turned 69 this year), Kim Cattrall (1956, turned 68 this year), Laura Morante (1956, turned 68 this year), Michael Newman (1956, died on October 20, 2024 at the age of 68), Bill Roberson (1958, died on November 18, 2017 at the age of 59), Stephen Hillenburg (1961, died on November 26, 2018 at the age of 57), Cleo King (1962, turned 62 this year), Richmond Arquette (1963, turned 61 this year), Carrie Anne Moss (1967, turned 57 this year), Nathan Jones (1969, died on March 3, 2017 at the age of 47), Shevonne Durkin (1969, turned 55 this year), Cathy Weseluck (1970, turned 54 this year), Marc Evan Jackson (1970, turned 54 this year), Greg Cromer (1971, turned 53 this year), Jeff Roop (1973, turned 51 this year), Paul Chowdhry (1974, turned 50 this year), Alicia Witt (1975, turned 49 this year), Sara Arrington (1976, turned 48 this year), Kevin Janssens (1979, turned 45 this year), Ross Thomas (1981, turned 43 this year), John Hollingworth (1981, turned 43 this year), Erin Kelly (1981, turned 43 this year), Carly Steel (1982, turned 42 this year), Eve Torres (1984, turned 40 this year), Robin De Jesus (1984, turned 40 this year), Laura Haddock (1985, turned 39 this year), Albrecht Schuch (1985, turned 39 this year), Ashley Schneider (1985, turned 39 this year), Carlos Pratts (1986, turned 38 this year), Brooks Wheelan (1986, turned 38 this year), Christie Herring (1986, turned 38 this year), Cody Kasch (1987, turned 37 this year), Kacey Musgraves (1988, turned 36 this year), Hayden Panettiere (1989, turned 35 this year), Annet Mahendru (1989, turned 35 this year), Elarica Johnson (1989, turned 35 this year), Paulina Galazka (1989, turned 35 this year), Sarah Allsup (1989, turned 35 this year), Bo Burnham (1990, turned 34 this year), R.J. Mitte (1992, turned 32 this year), Arielle Carver-O'Neill (1992, turned 32 this year), Jamia Simone Nash (1996, turned 28 this year), Maxim Knight (1999, turned 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Norma Moriceau (2016, at the age of 66), Thomas Meehan (2017, at the age of 88), Barbara Harris (2018, at the age of 83), Phil Valentine (2021, at the age of 83), Vincent Gil (2022, at the age of 82), John Amos (2024, at the age of 84)

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