On This Day - August 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Friday | $18,083,803 | $105,313,091 |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Sunday | $16,776,345 | $161,197,785 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Saturday | $12,832,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Saturday | $11,618,104 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Sunday | $10,577,398 | $115,646,235 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Saturday | $10,353,882 | $333,714,112 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Saturday | $9,582,941 | $110,515,313 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Friday | $8,322,061 | $116,632,095 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | Friday | $8,314,980 | $83,140,306 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Friday | $8,166,620 | $636,745,858 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Friday | $18,083,803 | $105,313,091 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Friday | $8,322,061 | $116,632,095 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | Friday | $8,314,980 | $83,140,306 |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Friday | $5,835,900 | $28,795,985 |
| 2002 | Blue Crush | Friday | $5,748,830 | $40,118,420 |
| 2019 | 47 Meters Down: Uncaged | Friday | $3,067,463 | $22,260,900 |
| 2013 | Jobs | Friday | $2,608,716 | $16,131,410 |
| 2019 | Blinded by the Light | Friday | $1,403,136 | $11,901,145 |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Friday | $1,308,413 | $7,388,654 |
| 2019 | Where’d You Go Bernadette | Friday | $1,228,197 | $9,198,356 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | $42,003,361 | $105,313,091 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | $36,428,066 | $82,622,655 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $30,003,064 | $636,745,858 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $28,523,147 | $191,204,754 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | $110,515,313 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $25,115,564 | $333,714,112 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | $24,637,312 | $116,632,095 |
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | $23,807,130 | $148,518,266 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: UFC 319: du Plessis vs. Chimaev
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Mae Clarke (1910, died on April 29, 1992 at the age of 81), Lois Nettleton (1927, died on January 18, 2008 at the age of 80), Ann Blyth (1927, turns 98 this year), Ann Blyth (1928, turns 97 this year), Robert Culp (1930, died on March 24, 2010 at the age of 79), Frank Gifford (1930, died on August 9, 2015 at the age of 84), Julie Newmar (1933, turns 92 this year), Pierre Richard (1934, turns 91 this year), Douglas Kirkland (1934, died on October 2, 2022 at the age of 88), Anita Gillette (1936, turns 89 this year), Lorraine Gary (1937, turns 88 this year), Carole Shelley (1939, died on August 31, 2018 at the age of 79), Billy Joe Shaver (1939, died on October 28, 2020 at the age of 81), Bruce Beresford (1940, turns 85 this year), Bob Balaban (1945, turns 80 this year), Lesley Ann Warren (1946, turns 79 this year), David Mixner (1946, died on March 12, 2024 at the age of 77), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turns 75 this year), Marshall Manesh (1950, turns 75 this year), Reginald VelJohnson (1952, turns 73 this year), Kathie Lee Gifford (1953, turns 72 this year), Vincent Curatola (1953, turns 72 this year), James Cameron (1954, turns 71 this year), Jeff Perry (1955, turns 70 this year), Madonna (1958, turns 67 this year), Angela Bassett (1958, turns 67 this year), Timothy Hutton (1960, turns 65 this year), Elpidia Carrillo (1961, turns 64 this year), Steve Carell (1962, turns 63 this year), Christine Cavanaugh (1963, died on December 22, 2014 at the age of 51), Paul Soter (1969, turns 56 this year), Andy Milder (1969, turns 56 this year), Kate Higgins (1969, turns 56 this year), Saif Ali Khan (1970, turns 55 this year), Manisha Koirala (1970, turns 55 this year), Aasha Davis (1973, turns 52 this year), Taika Waititi (1975, turns 50 this year), Kevin Turen (1979, died on November 12, 2023 at the age of 44), Cam Gigandet (1982, turns 43 this year), Todd Haberkorn (1982, turns 43 this year), Cristin Milioti (1985, turns 40 this year), Agnes Bruckner (1985, turns 40 this year), Arden Cho (1985, turns 40 this year), Hope Olaide Wilson (1985, turns 40 this year), Shawn Pyfrom (1986, turns 39 this year), Rumer Willis (1988, turns 37 this year), Marcella Lentz-Pope (1988, turns 37 this year), Evanna Lynch (1991, turns 34 this year), Cameron Monaghan (1993, turns 32 this year), Piper Curda (1997, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bela Lugosi (1956, at the age of 73), Pierre Brasseur (1972, at the age of 66), Elvis Presley (1977, at the age of 42), Amanda Blake (1989, at the age of 60), Stewart Granger (1993, at the age of 80), Phil Leeds (1998, at the age of 82), Jeff Corey (2002, at the age of 88), Joe Ranft (2005, at the age of 45), Anna Kashfi (2015, at the age of 80), Vera Glagoleva (2017, at the age of 61), Aretha Franklin (2018, at the age of 76), Peter Fonda (2019, at the age of 79), Richard Williams (2019, at the age of 86), Anna Quayle (2019, at the age of 86), David Blaustein (2021, at the age of 67), Michael Parkinson (2023, at the age of 88), Jerry Moss (2023, at the age of 88), aydemir akbas (2024, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.