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, turned 83 this year), Niall Buggy (1948, turned 77 this year), Laurie Simmons (1949, turned 76 this year), J.P. Dutta (1949, turned 76 this year), Lindsey Buckingham (1949, turned 76 this year), Pamela Hensley (1950, turned 75 this year), John Patrick Shanley (1950, turned 75 this year), Al Sharpton (1954, turned 71 this year), Sathyaraj (1954, turned 71 this year), Tommy Wiseau (1955, turned 70 this year), Hart Bochner (1956, turned 69 this year), Blake Snyder (1957, died on August 4, 2009 at the age of 51), Greg Proops (1959, turned 66 this year), Jack Wagner (1959, turned 66 this year), Marcus Giamatti (1961, turned 64 this year), Mario Joyner (1961, turned 64 this year), Tommy Lee (1962, turned 63 this year), Clive Owen (1964, turned 61 this year), Sammy Pérez (1965, died on July 30, 2021 at the age of 55), Denis Villeneuve (1967, turned 58 this year), Eriq Ebouaney (1967, turned 58 this year), Gwen Stefani (1969, turned 56 this year), Janel Moloney (1969, turned 56 this year), Craig Cackowski (1969, turned 56 this year), Jennifer Todd (1969, turned 56 this year), Stephen Kijak (1969, turned 56 this year), Kevin Richardson (1971, turned 54 this year), Tariq Trotter (1971, turned 54 this year), Kim Joo-Hyuk (1972, died on October 30, 2017 at the age of 45), Lena Headey (1973, turned 52 this year), Neve Campbell (1973, turned 52 this year), Hedy Burress (1973, turned 52 this year), India Arie (1975, turned 50 this year), Alanna Ubach (1975, turned 50 this year), Greig Fraser (1975, turned 50 this year), Seann William Scott (1976, turned 49 this year), Gabriela De La Garza (1976, turned 49 this year), Shannyn Sossamon (1978, turned 47 this year), Christian Coulson (1978, turned 47 this year), John Hennigan (1979, turned 46 this year), Camille Delamarre (1979, turned 46 this year), Claudia Bassols (1979, turned 46 this year), Carlo Alban (1979, turned 46 this year), Adam Randall (1980, turned 45 this year), Ruben Ochandiano (1980, turned 45 this year), Seth Gabel (1981, turned 44 this year), Amanda Walsh (1981, turned 44 this year), Vera Vitali (1981, turned 44 this year), Erik von Detten (1982, turned 43 this year), Giselle Itie (1982, turned 43 this year), Tessa Thompson (1983, turned 42 this year), Meghan Heffern (1983, turned 42 this year), Ashlee Simpson (1984, turned 41 this year), Jessica Parker Kennedy (1984, turned 41 this year), Chris Marquette (1984, turned 41 this year), Meagan Holder (1984, turned 41 this year), Joonas Suotamo (1986, turned 39 this year), Tamar Novas (1986, turned 39 this year), Alicia Vikander (1988, turned 37 this year), A$AP Rocky (1988, turned 37 this year), Mike Johnson (1990, turned 35 this year), Aramis Knight (1999, turned 26 this year), Noah Schnapp (2004, turned 21 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.