On This Day - September 2

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 2.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 The Equalizer 3 Saturday $11,046,112 $92,373,751
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Sunday $8,231,075 $174,532,921
2007 Halloween Sunday $6,911,096 $58,269,151
2005 The Transporter 2 Friday $5,573,130 $43,095,856
2012 The Possession Sunday $5,326,620 $49,130,588
2013 Lee Daniels’ The Butler Monday $5,322,986 $116,632,095
2007 Superbad Sunday $4,739,645 $121,463,226
2006 Invincible Saturday $4,588,978 $57,806,952
2000 Bring it On Saturday $4,352,000 $68,353,550
2018 The Meg Sunday $4,187,456 $145,443,742

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 2.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2005 The Transporter 2 Friday $5,573,130 $43,095,856
2011 Apollo 18 Friday $2,847,309 $17,686,929
2011 Shark Night 3D Friday $2,797,477 $18,877,153
2016 The Light Between Oceans Friday $1,403,706 $12,545,979
2015 A Walk in the Woods Wednesday $1,169,000 $29,499,394
2016 No Manches Frida Friday $1,055,926 $11,528,613
2005 Underclassman Friday $700,000 $5,654,777
2016 Morgan Friday $622,994 $3,915,251
2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Friday $430,605 $2,561,270
2011 Seven Days In Utopia Friday $420,927 $4,367,448

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 2.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 The Equalizer 3 $34,604,229 $92,373,751
2007 Halloween $26,362,367 $58,269,151
2018 Crazy Rich Asians $21,964,345 $174,532,921
2012 The Possession $17,732,480 $49,130,588
2005 The Transporter 2 $16,540,720 $43,095,856
2016 Don’t Breathe $15,833,223 $89,217,875
2011 The Help $14,594,623 $169,705,587
2000 Bring it On $14,170,825 $68,353,550
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin $13,301,085 $109,519,237
2001 Jeepers Creepers $13,106,108 $37,904,175

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Penny Santon (1916, died on May 12, 1999 at the age of 82), Marge Champion (1919, died on October 21, 2020 at the age of 101), Ronnie Stevens (1925, turns 101 this year), Mel Stuart (1928, died on August 9, 2012 at the age of 83), Victor Spinetti (1929, died on June 18, 2012 at the age of 82), Hal Ashby (1929, died on December 27, 1988 at the age of 59), Alan Simpson (1931, died on March 14, 2025 at the age of 93), Chuck McCann (1934, died on April 8, 2018 at the age of 83), Kenneth Tsang (1935, died on April 27, 2022 at the age of 86), Mary Jo Catlett (1938, turns 88 this year), Giuliano Gemma (1938, turns 88 this year), Clarence Felder (1938, turns 88 this year), Beverly Sanders (1940, turns 86 this year), Harry Northup (1940, turns 86 this year), Gustavo Angarita (1942, died on October 17, 2025 at the age of 83), Catherine Lachens (1945, died on September 27, 2023 at the age of 78), Billy Preston (1946, turns 80 this year), Luis Avalos (1946, died on January 22, 2014 at the age of 67), Terry Bradshaw (1948, turns 78 this year), Darin Morgan (1948, turns 78 this year), Wah Yuen (1950, turns 76 this year), Harvey Levin (1950, turns 76 this year), Mark Harmon (1951, turns 75 this year), Michael Gray (1951, turns 75 this year), Keith Allen (1953, turns 73 this year), Billi Gordon (1954, died on February 22, 2018 at the age of 63), Linda Purl (1955, turns 71 this year), James E. Duff (1955, turns 71 this year), Tetsuya Nakashima (1959, turns 67 this year), Ian Blackman (1959, turns 67 this year), Eugenio Derbez (1962, turns 64 this year), Narendra Jha (1962, died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 55), Prachya Pinkaew (1962, turns 64 this year), Sue Cleaver (1963, turns 63 this year), Keanu Reeves (1964, turns 62 this year), Helene Louvart (1964, turns 62 this year), Sean Gallagher (1965, turns 61 this year), Salma Hayek (1966, turns 60 this year), Tuc Watkins (1966, turns 60 this year), Gustaf Hammarsten (1967, turns 59 this year), Cynthia Watros (1968, turns 58 this year), Kristen Cloke (1968, turns 58 this year), Vincent De Paul (1968, turns 58 this year), T.J. Jagodowski (1971, turns 55 this year), Sergej Trifunovic (1972, turns 54 this year), Nicolette Krebitz (1972, turns 54 this year), Sudeep (1973, turns 53 this year), Nicholas Pinnock (1973, turns 53 this year), Katt Williams (1973, turns 53 this year), Dan Southworth (1974, turns 52 this year), Tim Key (1976, turns 50 this year), Jonathan Kite (1979, turns 47 this year), Gerry Rosenthal (1980, turns 46 this year), G.O. Parsons (1982, turns 44 this year), Jake Ryan (1983, turns 43 this year), Roberto Urbina (1983, turns 43 this year), Allison Miller (1985, turns 41 this year), Yani Gellman (1985, turns 41 this year), Rob Ramsay (1986, turns 40 this year), Merritt Patterson (1990, turns 36 this year), Damson Idris (1991, turns 35 this year), Kian Lawley (1995, turns 31 this year), Rayven Symone Ferrell (1995, turns 31 this year), Austin Abrams (1996, turns 30 this year), Gavin Casalegno (1999, turns 27 this year)

Died on this day in history: J.R.R. Tolkien (1973, at the age of 81), Jay Novello (1982, at the age of 78), Ishaq Bux (2000, at the age of 83), Troy Donahue (2001, at the age of 65), Murray Lerner (2017, at the age of 90), Siddharth Shukla (2021, at the age of 40), Mikis Theodorakis (2021, at the age of 96), James Darren (2024, at the age of 88), Morten Arnfred (2025, at the age of 80)

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