On This Day - October 3

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 3.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 The Martian Saturday $22,251,765 $228,433,663
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage Sunday $20,985,629 $213,550,366
2025 Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl Friday $15,805,534 $34,062,774
2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 Saturday $15,712,076 $169,700,110
2014 Annabelle Friday $15,453,016 $84,273,813
2004 Shark Tale Sunday $13,598,117 $161,412,000
2014 Gone Girl Friday $13,179,535 $167,767,189
2009 Zombieland Saturday $9,371,921 $75,590,286
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Friday $8,001,448 $94,514,402
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Saturday $7,661,686 $124,870,275

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 3.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2025 Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl Friday $15,805,534 $34,062,774
2014 Annabelle Friday $15,453,016 $84,273,813
2014 Gone Girl Friday $13,179,535 $167,767,189
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Friday $8,001,448 $94,514,402
2003 School of Rock Friday $5,982,000 $81,261,177
2003 Out of Time Friday $5,280,000 $41,083,108
1997 Kiss the Girls Friday $4,412,379 $60,527,873
2008 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Friday $4,401,015 $31,487,293
2025 The Smashing Machine Friday $2,719,555 $11,411,388
2014 Left Behind Friday $2,398,395 $14,019,924

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 3.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage $90,033,210 $213,550,366
2015 The Martian $54,308,575 $228,433,663
2004 Shark Tale $47,604,606 $161,412,000
2014 Gone Girl $37,513,109 $167,767,189
2014 Annabelle $37,134,255 $84,273,813
2025 Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl $34,062,774 $34,062,774
2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 $33,192,596 $169,700,110
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua $29,300,465 $94,514,402
2009 Zombieland $24,733,155 $75,590,286
2010 The Social Network $22,445,653 $96,962,694

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Leo McCarey (1898, died on July 5, 1969 at the age of 70), Jean Grémillon (1901, died on November 25, 1959 at the age of 58), Michael Hordern (1911, died on May 2, 1995 at the age of 83), Gore Vidal (1925, died on July 31, 2012 at the age of 86), George Wein (1925, died on September 13, 2021 at the age of 95), Alan Rachins (1942, died on November 2, 2024 at the age of 82), Steve Susskind (1942, turns 84 this year), Niall Buggy (1948, turns 78 this year), Laurie Simmons (1949, turns 77 this year), J.P. Dutta (1949, turns 77 this year), Lindsey Buckingham (1949, turns 77 this year), Pamela Hensley (1950, turns 76 this year), John Patrick Shanley (1950, turns 76 this year), Al Sharpton (1954, turns 72 this year), Sathyaraj (1954, turns 72 this year), Tommy Wiseau (1955, turns 71 this year), Hart Bochner (1956, turns 70 this year), Blake Snyder (1957, died on August 4, 2009 at the age of 51), Greg Proops (1959, turns 67 this year), Jack Wagner (1959, turns 67 this year), Marcus Giamatti (1961, turns 65 this year), Mario Joyner (1961, turns 65 this year), Tommy Lee (1962, turns 64 this year), Clive Owen (1964, turns 62 this year), Sammy Pérez (1965, died on July 30, 2021 at the age of 55), Denis Villeneuve (1967, turns 59 this year), Eriq Ebouaney (1967, turns 59 this year), Gwen Stefani (1969, turns 57 this year), Janel Moloney (1969, turns 57 this year), Craig Cackowski (1969, turns 57 this year), Jennifer Todd (1969, turns 57 this year), Stephen Kijak (1969, turns 57 this year), Kevin Richardson (1971, turns 55 this year), Tariq Trotter (1971, turns 55 this year), Kim Joo-Hyuk (1972, died on October 30, 2017 at the age of 45), Lena Headey (1973, turns 53 this year), Neve Campbell (1973, turns 53 this year), Hedy Burress (1973, turns 53 this year), India Arie (1975, turns 51 this year), Alanna Ubach (1975, turns 51 this year), Greig Fraser (1975, turns 51 this year), Seann William Scott (1976, turns 50 this year), Gabriela De La Garza (1976, turns 50 this year), Shannyn Sossamon (1978, turns 48 this year), Christian Coulson (1978, turns 48 this year), John Hennigan (1979, turns 47 this year), Camille Delamarre (1979, turns 47 this year), Claudia Bassols (1979, turns 47 this year), Carlo Alban (1979, turns 47 this year), Adam Randall (1980, turns 46 this year), Ruben Ochandiano (1980, turns 46 this year), Seth Gabel (1981, turns 45 this year), Amanda Walsh (1981, turns 45 this year), Vera Vitali (1981, turns 45 this year), Erik von Detten (1982, turns 44 this year), Giselle Itie (1982, turns 44 this year), Tessa Thompson (1983, turns 43 this year), Meghan Heffern (1983, turns 43 this year), Ashlee Simpson (1984, turns 42 this year), Jessica Parker Kennedy (1984, turns 42 this year), Chris Marquette (1984, turns 42 this year), Meagan Holder (1984, turns 42 this year), Joonas Suotamo (1986, turns 40 this year), Tamar Novas (1986, turns 40 this year), Alicia Vikander (1988, turns 38 this year), A$AP Rocky (1988, turns 38 this year), Mike Johnson (1990, turns 36 this year), Aramis Knight (1999, turns 27 this year), Noah Schnapp (2004, turns 22 this year)

Died on this day in history: Zachary Scott (1965, at the age of 51), Pinto Colvig (1967, at the age of 75), Tay Garnett (1977, at the age of 83), Vivien Merchant (1982, at the age of 53), Roddy McDowall (1998, at the age of 70), Bruce Paltrow (2002, at the age of 58), Janet Leigh (2004, at the age of 77), Gilberto Idonea (2018, at the age of 72), Rami Danon (2019, at the age of 72), Lew Dauber (2019, at the age of 70), Thomas Jefferson Byrd (2020, at the age of 69), Tomas Norstrom (2021, at the age of 65), Cynthia Harris (2021, at the age of 87), Charles Fuller (2022, at the age of 83), Pierre Christin (2024, at the age of 86), Remo Girone (2025, at the age of 76)

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