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 | $104,788,445 |
| 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 | $631,913,163 |
| 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 | $104,788,445 |
| 2007 | Superbad | $33,052,411 | $121,463,226 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $30,003,064 | $631,913,163 |
| 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 | $148,051,667 |
| 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, turned 91 this year), Gulzar (1934, turned 90 this year), Rafer Johnson (1935, died on December 2, 2020 at the age of 85), Robert Redford (1936, turned 88 this year), 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, turned 78 this year), Shirley Prestia (1947, turned 77 this year), Grainger Hines (1948, turned 76 this year), Patrick Swayze (1952, died on September 14, 2009 at the age of 57), Sergio Castellitto (1953, turned 71 this year), John Debney (1956, turned 68 this year), Denis Leary (1957, turned 67 this year), Reg E. Cathey (1958, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 59), Madeleine Stowe (1958, turned 66 this year), Glenn Plummer (1961, turned 63 this year), Birol Unel (1961, died on September 4, 2020 at the age of 59), Adam Storke (1962, turned 62 this year), Heino Ferch (1963, turned 61 this year), Craig Bierko (1964, turned 60 this year), Danny Mastrogiorgio (1964, turned 60 this year), Max Wasa (1964, turned 60 this year), Jorgen Langhelle (1965, turned 59 this year), Sarita Choudhury (1966, turned 58 this year), Caris Vujcec (1966, turned 58 this year), Maria Onetto (1966, died on March 2, 2023 at the age of 56), Julie K. Smith (1967, turned 57 this year), Brian Stack (1967, turned 57 this year), Edward Norton (1969, turned 55 this year), Christian Slater (1969, turned 55 this year), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970, turned 54 this year), Darren Pettie (1970, turned 54 this year), David Rodriguez (1970, died on October 29, 2020 at the age of 50), Jacob Vargas (1971, turned 53 this year), Ranvir Shorey (1972, turned 52 this year), David Kallaway (1973, turned 51 this year), Kaitlin Olson (1975, turned 49 this year), Mizuo Peck (1977, turned 47 this year), Dar Salim (1977, turned 47 this year), Brian Presley (1977, turned 47 this year), Andy Samberg (1978, turned 46 this year), Katie Lyons (1981, turned 43 this year), Elizabeth Chambers (1982, turned 42 this year), Brooke Harman (1985, turned 39 this year), Mika Boorem (1987, turned 37 this year), Anna Akana (1989, turned 35 this year), Richard Harmon (1991, turned 33 this year), Frances Bean Cobain (1992, turned 32 this year), Maia Mitchell (1993, turned 31 this year), Madelaine Petsch (1994, turned 30 this year), Anna McKitrick (1994, turned 30 this year), Parker McKenna Posey (1995, turned 29 this year), Max Charles (2003, turned 21 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.