On This Day - August 9
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | Friday | $24,221,593 | $148,518,266 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Saturday | $22,162,059 | $191,204,754 |
| 2002 | xXx | Friday | $17,311,194 | $141,930,000 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Saturday | $16,947,112 | $333,714,112 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Friday | $15,594,380 | $636,745,858 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Sunday | $14,385,072 | $150,201,498 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Tuesday | $14,261,461 | $325,100,054 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Saturday | $13,042,768 | $116,877,597 |
| 2013 | Elysium | Friday | $11,088,228 | $93,050,117 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Saturday | $10,502,243 | $534,235,491 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | Friday | $24,221,593 | $148,518,266 |
| 2002 | xXx | Friday | $17,311,194 | $141,930,000 |
| 2013 | Elysium | Friday | $11,088,228 | $93,050,117 |
| 2019 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Friday | $8,781,643 | $68,947,075 |
| 2013 | Disney Planes | Friday | $8,158,972 | $90,282,580 |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Friday | $6,463,828 | $60,477,943 |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Wednesday | $4,403,386 | $70,278,893 |
| 2024 | Borderlands | Friday | $3,937,653 | $15,482,668 |
| 2019 | The Art of Racing in the Rain | Friday | $2,971,423 | $26,402,818 |
| 2002 | Blood Work | Friday | $2,347,141 | $26,199,517 |
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 9.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $65,575,105 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $54,713,046 | $150,201,498 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $53,774,969 | $636,745,858 |
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | $50,016,652 | $148,518,266 |
| 2002 | xXx | $44,506,103 | $141,930,000 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $42,124,922 | $333,714,112 |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | $37,062,535 | $116,877,597 |
| 2013 | Elysium | $29,807,393 | $93,050,117 |
| 2002 | Signs | $29,454,659 | $227,969,295 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | $28,502,372 | $195,042,377 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: P.L. Travers (1899, died on April 23, 1996 at the age of 96), Paul Kelly (1899, died on November 6, 1956 at the age of 57), Tom Tyler (1903, died on May 3, 1954 at the age of 50), Robert Aldrich (1918, died on December 5, 1983 at the age of 65), John Stephenson (1923, died on May 15, 2015 at the age of 91), Robert Shaw (1927, died on August 28, 1978 at the age of 51), Malcolm Marmorstein (1928, died on November 21, 2020 at the age of 92), Dick Anthony Williams (1934, died on February 16, 2012 at the age of 77), Cynthia Harris (1934, died on October 3, 2021 at the age of 87), Burton Gilliam (1938, turned 86 this year), Christoph Muller (1938, died on September 17, 2024 at the age of 86), Sam Elliott (1944, turned 80 this year), Alf Humphreys (1953, died on January 31, 2018 at the age of 64), Adam Nimoy (1956, turned 68 this year), Melanie Griffith (1957, turned 67 this year), Amanda Bearse (1958, turned 66 this year), Whitney Houston (1963, died on February 11, 2012 at the age of 48), Gillian Anderson (1968, turned 56 this year), Eric Bana (1968, turned 56 this year), Joseph McGinty Nichol (1968, turned 56 this year), Thomas Lennon (1970, turned 54 this year), Nikki Ziering (1971, turned 53 this year), Mark Povinelli (1971, turned 53 this year), Liz Vassey (1972, turned 52 this year), Kevin McKidd (1973, turned 51 this year), Kenya Barris (1974, turned 50 this year), Marya Delver (1974, turned 50 this year), Mahesh Babu (1975, turned 49 this year), Rhona Mitra (1976, turned 48 this year), Audrey Tautou (1976, turned 48 this year), Jessica Capshaw (1976, turned 48 this year), Texas Battle (1976, turned 48 this year), Kelly Albanese (1977, turned 47 this year), Steven Schneider (1980, turned 44 this year), Charlie David (1980, turned 44 this year), Kate Siegel (1982, turned 42 this year), Daniel Henshall (1982, turned 42 this year), Ashley Johnson (1983, turned 41 this year), Anna Kendrick (1985, turned 39 this year), Justine Wachsberger (1988, turned 36 this year), Bill Skarsgård (1990, turned 34 this year), Hagen Mills (1990, died on May 19, 2020 at the age of 29), Adelaide Kane (1990, turned 34 this year), Emily Tennant (1990, turned 34 this year), Burkely Duffield (1992, turned 32 this year), Forrest Landis (1994, turned 30 this year), Justice Smith (1995, turned 29 this year), Kim Hyang-gi (2000, turned 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Harry Davenport (1949, at the age of 83), Sharon Tate (1969, at the age of 26), Gregory Hines (2003, at the age of 57), Jacques Deray (2003, at the age of 74), Matthew McGrory (2005, at the age of 32), Bernie Mac (2008, at the age of 50), Al Freeman, Jr. (2012, at the age of 81), Mel Stuart (2012, at the age of 83), Ed Nelson (2014, at the age of 85), Frank Gifford (2015, at the age of 84), Alex Cord (2021, at the age of 88), Raymond Briggs (2022, at the age of 88), Gene LeBell (2022, at the age of 89), Robert Swan (2023, at the age of 78), Robbie Robertson (2023, at the age of 80), Doreen Mantle (2023, at the age of 97)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.