On This Day - October 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | Saturday | $24,279,905 | $137,275,620 |
| 2005 | Saw II | Friday | $12,111,972 | $87,025,093 |
| 2006 | Saw III | Saturday | $11,534,385 | $80,238,724 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Friday | $9,569,130 | $149,260,504 |
| 2018 | Halloween | Sunday | $7,934,815 | $159,366,015 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Friday | $7,451,938 | $168,283,344 |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | Wednesday | $7,445,661 | $72,091,016 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Saturday | $6,759,789 | $166,225,040 |
| 2007 | Saw IV | Sunday | $6,523,322 | $63,300,095 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Friday | $6,444,371 | $104,028,807 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Saw II | Friday | $12,111,972 | $87,025,093 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Friday | $9,569,130 | $149,260,504 |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | Wednesday | $7,445,661 | $72,091,016 |
| 2016 | Inferno | Friday | $5,575,613 | $34,343,574 |
| 2005 | The Legend of Zorro | Friday | $5,345,087 | $45,575,336 |
| 2011 | In Time | Friday | $4,286,983 | $37,553,932 |
| 2022 | Prey for the Devil | Friday | $2,831,066 | $19,802,293 |
| 2005 | Prime | Friday | $2,128,455 | $22,827,153 |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Friday | $1,841,255 | $13,109,815 |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | Friday | $1,397,653 | $12,482,775 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | $80,001,720 | $137,275,620 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | $34,077,439 | $149,260,504 |
| 2006 | Saw III | $33,610,391 | $80,238,724 |
| 2007 | Saw IV | $31,756,764 | $63,300,095 |
| 2005 | Saw II | $31,725,652 | $87,025,093 |
| 2018 | Halloween | $31,419,070 | $159,366,015 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $27,472,140 | $168,283,344 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $18,144,516 | $104,028,807 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $17,220,312 | $73,206,343 |
| 2001 | K-PAX | $17,215,275 | $50,315,140 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Elsa Lanchester (1902, died on December 26, 1986 at the age of 84), Joan Plowright (1929, died on January 16, 2025 at the age of 95), Marcel Bozzuffi (1929, died on February 1, 1988 at the age of 58), Jack Hedley (1929, died on December 11, 2021 at the age of 92), Suzy Parker (1932, died on May 3, 2003 at the age of 70), Alan Clarke (1935, died on July 24, 1990 at the age of 54), Joe Spinell (1936, turns 90 this year), Nino Castelnuovo (1936, died on September 6, 2021 at the age of 84), Buck Flower (1937, died on June 18, 2004 at the age of 66), Charles M. Lippincott (1939, died on May 19, 2020 at the age of 80), Jane Alexander (1939, turns 87 this year), Dennis Franz (1944, turns 82 this year), Telma Hopkins (1948, turns 78 this year), Annie Potts (1952, turns 74 this year), Christian Berkel (1957, turns 69 this year), Mark Derwin (1960, turns 66 this year), Daphne Zuniga (1962, turns 64 this year), Sheryl Underwood (1963, turns 63 this year), Lauren Holly (1963, turns 63 this year), Romy Rosemont (1964, turns 62 this year), Griffin O'Neal (1964, turns 62 this year), Jami Gertz (1965, turns 61 this year), Jami Gertz (1965, turns 61 this year), Andy Richter (1966, turns 60 this year), Jason Watkins (1966, turns 60 this year), Chris Bauer (1966, turns 60 this year), Julia Roberts (1967, turns 59 this year), Kevin Macdonald (1967, turns 59 this year), Kevin MacDonald (1967, turns 59 this year), Brad Paisley (1972, turns 54 this year), Oliver Dimsdale (1972, turns 54 this year), Joaquin Phoenix (1974, turns 52 this year), Michael Dougherty (1974, turns 52 this year), Jake Kasdan (1974, turns 52 this year), Neta Riskin (1976, turns 50 this year), Gwendoline Christie (1978, turns 48 this year), Justin Guarini (1978, turns 48 this year), Marta Etura (1978, turns 48 this year), Jan Komasa (1981, turns 45 this year), Matt Smith (1982, turns 44 this year), Michael Stahl-David (1982, turns 44 this year), Joe Thomas (1983, turns 43 this year), Finn Wittrock (1984, turns 42 this year), Troian Bellisario (1985, turns 41 this year), Aditi Rao Hydari (1986, turns 40 this year), Devon Murray (1988, turns 38 this year), Lexi Ainsworth (1992, turns 34 this year), Jermaine Crawford (1992, turns 34 this year), Jasmine Jessica Anthony (1996, turns 30 this year), Sierra McCormick (1997, turns 29 this year), Eliana Jones (1997, turns 29 this year), Nolan Gould (1998, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: James MacArthur (2010, at the age of 72), Billy Joe Shaver (2020, at the age of 81), Anil Naidu (2020, at the age of 81), Jerry Lee Lewis (2022, at the age of 87), Matthew Perry (2023, at the age of 54), Paul Morrissey (2024, at the age of 86), Ulf Pilgaard (2024, at the age of 83), Manuel Mirabal (2024, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.