On This Day - September 19

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 19.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
1998 Rush Hour Saturday $13,385,000 $141,186,864
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Saturday $13,152,744 $124,870,275
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Saturday $12,247,195 $81,697,192
2014 The Maze Runner Friday $11,260,861 $102,427,862
2003 Underworld Friday $8,998,000 $51,970,690
2015 Black Mass Saturday $8,766,424 $62,575,678
2025 Him Friday $6,486,440 $25,009,605
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sunday $6,050,069 $224,543,292
2010 The Town Sunday $6,036,163 $92,186,262
1999 Blue Streak Sunday $5,600,000 $68,208,190

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 19.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2014 The Maze Runner Friday $11,260,861 $102,427,862
2003 Underworld Friday $8,998,000 $51,970,690
2025 Him Friday $6,486,440 $25,009,605
2008 Lakeview Terrace Friday $5,144,974 $39,263,506
2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones Friday $4,759,560 $26,017,685
1997 In & Out Friday $4,541,277 $63,826,569
2014 This is Where I Leave You Friday $3,868,724 $34,296,320
2003 The Fighting Temptations Friday $3,752,000 $30,238,577
2003 Secondhand Lions Friday $3,661,000 $42,070,939
2008 My Best Friend's Girl Friday $3,097,060 $19,219,250

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was September 19.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
1998 Rush Hour $33,001,803 $141,186,864
2014 The Maze Runner $32,512,804 $102,427,862
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials $30,316,510 $81,697,192
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $30,304,648 $124,870,275
2010 The Town $23,808,032 $92,186,262
2015 Black Mass $22,635,037 $62,575,678
2003 Underworld $21,753,759 $51,970,690
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $21,670,751 $224,543,292
1999 Blue Streak $19,208,806 $68,208,190
2010 Easy A $17,734,040 $58,401,464

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Porter Hall (1888, died on October 6, 1953 at the age of 65), Ricardo Cortez (1900, died on April 28, 1977 at the age of 76), Elvia Allman (1904, turned 121 this year), Margaret Lindsay (1910, died on May 9, 1981 at the age of 70), Germán Valdés (1915, died on June 29, 1973 at the age of 57), James Lipton (1926, died on March 2, 2020 at the age of 93), Rosemary Harris (1927, turned 98 this year), Harold Brown (1927, died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 91), Adam West (1928, died on June 9, 2017 at the age of 88), Mel Stewart (1929, turned 96 this year), Antonio Margheriti (1930, died on November 4, 2002 at the age of 72), Jean-Claude Carriere (1931, died on February 8, 2021 at the age of 89), David McCallum (1933, died on September 25, 2023 at the age of 90), Carl Schultz (1939, turned 86 this year), Paul Williams (1940, turned 85 this year), Mariangela Melato (1941, died on January 11, 2013 at the age of 71), Freda Payne (1942, turned 83 this year), Diana Bellamy (1943, died on June 17, 2001 at the age of 57), Michael Elphick (1946, died on September 7, 2002 at the age of 55), Jeremy Irons (1948, turned 77 this year), Twiggy (1949, turned 76 this year), Ernie Sabella (1949, turned 76 this year), Sally Potter (1949, turned 76 this year), Scott Colomby (1952, turned 73 this year), David Bamber (1954, turned 71 this year), Ranjit Chowdhry (1955, died on April 15, 2020 at the age of 64), Kevin Hooks (1958, turned 67 this year), Richard Ridings (1958, turned 67 this year), Lita Ford (1958, turned 67 this year), Carolyn McCormick (1959, turned 66 this year), Cheri Oteri (1962, turned 63 this year), Spencer Garrett (1963, turned 62 this year), Jarvis Cocker (1963, turned 62 this year), Lars Simonsen (1963, turned 62 this year), Patrick Marber (1964, turned 61 this year), Kim Richards (1964, turned 61 this year), Goldie (1965, turned 60 this year), Mamoru Hosoda (1967, turned 58 this year), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 48), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 48), Victor Williams (1970, turned 55 this year), Sanaa Lathan (1971, turned 54 this year), Kristoffer Joner (1972, turned 53 this year), Jeremy Jordan (1973, turned 52 this year), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (1973, turned 52 this year), Nic Bishop (1973, turned 52 this year), Jimmy Fallon (1974, turned 51 this year), Victoria Silvstedt (1974, turned 51 this year), Marcus Dunstan (1975, turned 50 this year), Daniel Eric Gold (1975, turned 50 this year), Marty Belafsky (1975, turned 50 this year), Alison Sweeney (1976, turned 49 this year), Kyle Cease (1977, turned 48 this year), Erica Ash (1977, died on July 28, 2024 at the age of 46), Ramin Karimloo (1978, turned 47 this year), Tijuana Ricks (1978, turned 47 this year), Noemie Lenoir (1979, turned 46 this year), Tanja Reichert (1980, turned 45 this year), Sara Quin (1980, turned 45 this year), Columbus Short (1982, turned 43 this year), Lisa Henni (1982, turned 43 this year), Kevin Zegers (1984, turned 41 this year), Natalie Eva Marie (1984, turned 41 this year), Lydia Hearst (1984, turned 41 this year), Song Joong-ki (1985, turned 40 this year), Liam Boyle (1985, turned 40 this year), Peter Vack (1986, turned 39 this year), Alessandro Borghi (1986, turned 39 this year), Mandy Musgrave (1986, turned 39 this year), Danielle Panabaker (1987, turned 38 this year), Katrina Bowden (1988, turned 37 this year), Lorenza Izzo (1989, turned 36 this year), Alex Etel (1994, turned 31 this year), Rachel Sennott (1995, turned 30 this year), Taylor Geare (2001, turned 24 this year)

Died on this day in history: Rex Ingram (1969, at the age of 73), Patricia Hayes (1998, at the age of 88), Ann Doran (2000, at the age of 89), Gloria Talbott (2000, at the age of 69), Bernie Casey (2017, at the age of 78), Jake LaMotta (2017, at the age of 95), José Salcedo (2017, at the age of 95), John Grissmer (2024, at the age of 91)

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