On This Day - October 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Friday | $23,310,401 | $160,891,007 |
| 2019 | Joker | Tuesday | $13,908,626 | $335,451,311 |
| 2011 | Real Steel | Saturday | $10,815,610 | $85,463,309 |
| 2018 | Venom | Monday | $9,631,343 | $213,511,408 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | Saturday | $9,537,175 | $75,395,035 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | Friday | $9,089,444 | $213,550,366 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Sunday | $8,856,061 | $92,054,159 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Sunday | $8,286,000 | $166,225,040 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Friday | $8,100,000 | $161,412,000 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Sunday | $7,454,350 | $132,384,315 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Friday | $23,310,401 | $160,891,007 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Friday | $7,000,000 | $61,255,921 |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It | Friday | $5,227,215 | $53,374,681 |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Friday | $4,070,000 | $31,054,924 |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Friday | $4,040,833 | $59,699,513 |
| 1999 | Superstar | Friday | $2,719,000 | $30,628,981 |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take | Friday | $2,649,160 | $14,744,435 |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Friday | $1,400,000 | $10,411,980 |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Friday | $675,287 | $6,363,628 |
| 1997 | Gang Related | Wednesday | $511,007 | $5,906,773 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No Time to Die | $55,225,007 | $160,891,007 |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | $32,753,122 | $92,054,159 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | $31,753,623 | $213,550,366 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $31,330,299 | $161,412,000 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | $28,623,300 | $166,225,040 |
| 2011 | Real Steel | $27,319,677 | $85,463,309 |
| 2006 | The Departed | $26,887,467 | $132,384,315 |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | $26,497,600 | $65,537,395 |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train | $24,536,265 | $75,395,035 |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | $20,269,025 | $61,255,921 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Julien Duvivier (1896, died on October 29, 1967 at the age of 71), Rouben Mamoulian (1897, turned 128 this year), Gabriel Dell (1919, died on July 3, 1988 at the age of 68), Frank Herbert (1920, died on February 11, 1986 at the age of 65), Eileen Essell (1922, died on February 15, 2015 at the age of 92), Daniel C. Striepeke (1930, died on January 19, 2019 at the age of 88), James Olson (1930, turned 95 this year), Kamala Devi (1933, died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 77), Paul Hogan (1940, turned 85 this year), R.L. Stine (1943, turned 82 this year), Chevy Chase (1943, turned 82 this year), Dale Dye (1944, turned 81 this year), William Broyles Jr. (1944, turned 81 this year), Paulo Thiago (1945, died on June 5, 2021 at the age of 75), Peter Sherayko (1946, turned 79 this year), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946, died on January 13, 2022 at the age of 75), Sigourney Weaver (1949, turned 76 this year), Maggie Ollerenshaw (1949, turned 76 this year), Edward Zwick (1952, turned 73 this year), Michael Dudikoff (1954, turned 71 this year), Darrell Hammond (1955, turned 70 this year), Stephanie Zimbalist (1956, turned 69 this year), Roger Wilson (1956, turned 69 this year), Ewan Stewart (1957, turned 68 this year), Nick Bakay (1959, turned 66 this year), Brad Greenquist (1959, turned 66 this year), Simon Burke (1961, turned 64 this year), Shira Piven (1961, turned 64 this year), Richard Lintern (1962, turned 63 this year), David Yates (1963, turned 62 this year), Todd Bryant (1963, turned 62 this year), Ian Hart (1964, turned 61 this year), Peter Greene (1965, turned 60 this year), Burr Steers (1965, turned 60 this year), Igor Jijikine (1965, turned 60 this year), Karyn Parsons (1966, turned 59 this year), Emily Procter (1968, turned 57 this year), Dylan Neal (1969, turned 56 this year), Jeremy Davies (1969, turned 56 this year), Kara Zediker (1969, turned 56 this year), Matt Damon (1970, turned 55 this year), Anne-Marie Duff (1970, turned 55 this year), Robert Kelly (1970, turned 55 this year), Gauri Khan (1970, turned 55 this year), Tricia Vessey (1972, turned 53 this year), Martin Henderson (1974, turned 51 this year), Richard Short (1975, turned 50 this year), Kida Khodr Ramadan (1976, turned 49 this year), Jamie Marchi (1977, turned 48 this year), Travis Wester (1977, turned 48 this year), Daniel Bess (1977, turned 48 this year), Kristanna Loken (1979, turned 46 this year), Mike “The Miz” Mizanin (1980, turned 45 this year), Nick Cannon (1980, turned 45 this year), J.R. Ramirez (1980, turned 45 this year), Tonya Kay (1981, turned 44 this year), Casey Messer (1983, turned 42 this year), Bruno Mars (1985, turned 40 this year), Michael Obiora (1986, turned 39 this year), Barbara Palvin (1993, turned 32 this year), Molly Quinn (1993, turned 32 this year), Angus T. Jones (1993, turned 32 this year), Arthur Hakalahti (1995, turned 30 this year), Courtney Taylor Burness (1995, turned 30 this year), Bella Thorne (1997, turned 28 this year), Lilou Siauvaud (2011, turned 14 this year)
Died on this day in history: Nigel Bruce (1953, at the age of 58), Karl Swenson (1978, at the age of 70), Fernando Lamas (1982, at the age of 66), Joan Hackett (1983, at the age of 49), Arnold Kopelson (2018, at the age of 83), Burt Young (2023, at the age of 83), Paolo Bonacelli (2025, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.