On This Day - August 18
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Superbad | Saturday | $10,448,720 | $121,463,226 |
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Sunday | $10,328,304 | $105,313,091 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Saturday | $10,284,759 | $174,532,921 |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 | Saturday | $10,210,399 | $85,028,192 |
| 2023 | Blue Beetle | Friday | $10,005,790 | $72,541,501 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Sunday | $9,367,262 | $636,745,858 |
| 2018 | The Meg | Saturday | $8,975,055 | $145,443,742 |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Saturday | $8,772,000 | $140,125,968 |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Saturday | $8,179,210 | $227,471,070 |
| 2017 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | Friday | $8,039,302 | $75,468,583 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 18.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Blue Beetle | Friday | $10,005,790 | $72,541,501 |
| 2017 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | Friday | $8,039,302 | $75,468,583 |
| 2006 | Snakes on a Plane | Friday | $6,400,000 | $34,020,814 |
| 2000 | The Cell | Friday | $6,006,000 | $61,280,963 |
| 2000 | The Original Kings of Comedy | Friday | $4,062,000 | $38,168,022 |
| 2010 | Vampires Suck | Wednesday | $4,016,858 | $36,661,504 |
| 2006 | Accepted | Friday | $3,715,350 | $36,580,083 |
| 2023 | Strays | Friday | $3,427,540 | $23,988,885 |
| 2017 | Logan Lucky | Friday | $2,824,719 | $27,778,642 |
| 2006 | Material Girls | Friday | $1,722,863 | $11,449,638 |
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 18.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | $42,003,361 | $105,313,091 |
| 2007 | Superbad | $33,052,411 | $121,463,226 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $30,003,064 | $636,745,858 |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 | $28,591,370 | $85,028,192 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | $26,510,140 | $174,532,921 |
| 2023 | Blue Beetle | $25,030,225 | $72,541,501 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels’ The Butler | $24,637,312 | $116,632,095 |
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | $23,807,130 | $148,518,266 |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat | $23,283,887 | $70,433,227 |
| 2002 | xXx | $22,111,421 | $141,930,000 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Alan Mowbray (1896, died on March 25, 1969 at the age of 72), Marcel Carne (1906, died on October 31, 1996 at the age of 90), Don Keefer (1916, died on September 7, 2014 at the age of 98), Shelley Winters (1920, died on January 14, 2006 at the age of 85), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922, died on February 18, 2008 at the age of 85), Brian Aldiss (1925, died on August 19, 2017 at the age of 92), John Finnegan (1926, died on July 29, 2012 at the age of 85), Grant Williams (1931, died on July 28, 1985 at the age of 53), Roman Polanski (1933, turns 93 this year), Gulzar (1934, turns 92 this year), Rafer Johnson (1935, died on December 2, 2020 at the age of 85), Robert Redford (1936, died on September 16, 2025 at the age of 89), Christopher Jones (1941, died on January 31, 2014 at the age of 72), Martin Mull (1943, died on June 27, 2024 at the age of 80), Jenny Runacre (1946, turns 80 this year), Shirley Prestia (1947, turns 79 this year), Grainger Hines (1948, turns 78 this year), Patrick Swayze (1952, died on September 14, 2009 at the age of 57), Sergio Castellitto (1953, turns 73 this year), John Debney (1956, turns 70 this year), Denis Leary (1957, turns 69 this year), Reg E. Cathey (1958, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 59), Madeleine Stowe (1958, turns 68 this year), Glenn Plummer (1961, turns 65 this year), Birol Unel (1961, died on September 4, 2020 at the age of 59), Adam Storke (1962, turns 64 this year), Heino Ferch (1963, turns 63 this year), Craig Bierko (1964, turns 62 this year), Danny Mastrogiorgio (1964, turns 62 this year), Max Wasa (1964, turns 62 this year), Jorgen Langhelle (1965, turns 61 this year), Sarita Choudhury (1966, turns 60 this year), Caris Vujcec (1966, turns 60 this year), Maria Onetto (1966, died on March 2, 2023 at the age of 56), Julie K. Smith (1967, turns 59 this year), Brian Stack (1967, turns 59 this year), Edward Norton (1969, turns 57 this year), Christian Slater (1969, turns 57 this year), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970, died on July 21, 2025 at the age of 54), Darren Pettie (1970, turns 56 this year), David Rodriguez (1970, died on October 29, 2020 at the age of 50), Jacob Vargas (1971, turns 55 this year), Ranvir Shorey (1972, turns 54 this year), David Kallaway (1973, turns 53 this year), Kaitlin Olson (1975, turns 51 this year), Mizuo Peck (1977, turns 49 this year), Dar Salim (1977, turns 49 this year), Brian Presley (1977, turns 49 this year), Andy Samberg (1978, turns 48 this year), Katie Lyons (1981, turns 45 this year), Elizabeth Chambers (1982, turns 44 this year), Brooke Harman (1985, turns 41 this year), Mika Boorem (1987, turns 39 this year), Anna Akana (1989, turns 37 this year), Richard Harmon (1991, turns 35 this year), Frances Bean Cobain (1992, turns 34 this year), Maia Mitchell (1993, turns 33 this year), Madelaine Petsch (1994, turns 32 this year), Anna McKitrick (1994, turns 32 this year), Parker McKenna Posey (1995, turns 31 this year), Max Charles (2003, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Soledad Miranda (1970, at the age of 27), John Sturges (1992, at the age of 81), Bud Yorkin (2015, at the age of 89), Gillian Hanna (2019, at the age of 72), Joseph L. Galloway (2021, at the age of 79), Alain Delon (2024, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.