On This Day - September 30
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Sunday | $12,602,119 | $148,313,048 |
| 2006 | Open Season | Saturday | $10,232,453 | $85,105,259 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Saturday | $9,978,000 | $115,719,751 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Saturday | $9,534,184 | $65,343,309 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2017 | It | Saturday | $7,811,673 | $328,828,874 |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Saturday | $7,800,000 | $55,011,732 |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Saturday | $7,554,466 | $100,234,838 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
| 2005 | Serenity | Friday | $3,949,340 | $25,514,517 |
| 2011 | Courageous | Friday | $3,127,940 | $35,017,223 |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Friday | $2,887,377 | $35,016,118 |
| 2011 | Dream House | Friday | $2,887,185 | $21,302,340 |
| 2005 | Into the Blue | Friday | $2,411,781 | $18,782,227 |
| 2016 | Masterminds | Friday | $2,325,546 | $17,356,894 |
| 2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: Part One | Friday | $2,100,000 | $4,918,000 |
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 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $42,522,194 | $148,313,048 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | $28,871,140 | $87,242,834 |
| 2018 | Night School | $27,257,615 | $77,339,130 |
| 2006 | Open Season | $23,624,548 | $85,105,259 |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | $23,045,635 | $83,240,103 |
| 2007 | The Game Plan | $22,950,971 | $90,648,202 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | $22,764,354 | $65,343,309 |
| 2022 | Smile | $22,609,925 | $105,935,048 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | $20,905,831 | $115,719,751 |
| 2012 | Looper | $20,801,552 | $66,486,205 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Bancroft (1882, died on October 2, 1956 at the age of 74), Lil Dagover (1887, died on January 23, 1980 at the age of 92), Lewis Milestone (1895, died on September 25, 1980 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Bill Walsh (1913, died on January 27, 1975 at the age of 61), Deborah Kerr (1921, died on October 16, 2007 at the age of 86), Lamont Johnson (1922, died on October 24, 2010 at the age of 88), Michel Lemoine (1922, died on July 27, 2013 at the age of 90), Truman Capote (1924, died on August 25, 1984 at the age of 59), Angie Dickinson (1931, turned 94 this year), Antoinette Bower (1932, turned 93 this year), Cissy Houston (1933, died on October 7, 2024 at the age of 91), Anna Kashfi (1934, died on August 16, 2015 at the age of 80), Johnny Mathis (1935, turned 90 this year), Len Cariou (1939, turned 86 this year), Angela Pleasence (1941, turned 84 this year), Ian Ogilvy (1943, turned 82 this year), Fran Brill (1946, turned 79 this year), Dan O’Bannon (1946, died on December 17, 2009 at the age of 63), Victoria Tennant (1950, turned 75 this year), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950, turned 75 this year), Al Leong (1952, turned 73 this year), Jack Wild (1952, turned 73 this year), John Finn (1952, turned 73 this year), Calvin Levels (1954, turned 71 this year), Donna Biscoe (1955, turned 70 this year), Fran Drescher (1957, turned 68 this year), Boris Yukhananov (1957, died on August 5, 2025 at the age of 67), Debrah Farentino (1959, turned 66 this year), Kaarin Fairfax (1959, turned 66 this year), Eric Stoltz (1961, turned 64 this year), Crystal Bernard (1961, turned 64 this year), Monica Bellucci (1964, turned 61 this year), Omid Djalili (1965, turned 60 this year), Adamo Dionisi (1965, died on October 20, 2024 at the age of 59), Lisa Thornhill (1966, turned 59 this year), Andrea Roth (1967, turned 58 this year), Mark Polonia (1968, turned 57 this year), Amy Landecker (1969, turned 56 this year), Mark 'Rhino' Smith (1969, turned 56 this year), Tony Hale (1970, turned 55 this year), Alistair Petrie (1970, turned 55 this year), Mark Bazeley (1970, turned 55 this year), René Ashton (1970, turned 55 this year), Jenna Elfman (1971, turned 54 this year), Meadow Sisto (1972, turned 53 this year), John Light (1973, turned 52 this year), Daniel Wu (1974, turned 51 this year), Ashley Hamilton (1974, turned 51 this year), Ursula Brooks (1974, turned 51 this year), Marion Cotillard (1975, turned 50 this year), Christopher Jackson (1975, turned 50 this year), Sean Rogerson (1977, turned 48 this year), Stark Sands (1978, turned 47 this year), Jonathan Kasdan (1979, turned 46 this year), Toni Trucks (1980, turned 45 this year), Ashleigh Aston Moore (1981, died on December 11, 2007 at the age of 26), Lacey Chabert (1982, turned 43 this year), Kieran Culkin (1982, turned 43 this year), Pihla Viitala (1982, turned 43 this year), Teal Redmann (1982, turned 43 this year), Katrina Law (1985, turned 40 this year), Greyston Holt (1985, turned 40 this year), Rachel Lena Snow (1987, turned 38 this year), Joo Won (1987, turned 38 this year), Mahaley Patel (1987, turned 38 this year), Ben Cura (1988, turned 37 this year), Ezra Miller (1992, turned 33 this year), Raphaël Coleman (1994, died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 25), Maddie Ziegler (2002, turned 23 this year), Levi Miller (2002, turned 23 this year), Nathan Arenas (2005, turned 20 this year), Valeria Cotto (2010, turned 15 this year)
Died on this day in history: Friedrich Feher (1950, at the age of 61), James Dean (1955, at the age of 24), Edgar Bergen (1978, at the age of 75), Simone Signoret (1985, at the age of 64), Stephen J. Cannell (2010, at the age of 69), Turhan Bey (2012, at the age of 90), Ruth Maleczech (2013, at the age of 74), Monty Hall (2017, at the age of 96), Marshall Efron (2019, at the age of 81), Ravil Isyanov (2021, at the age of 59), Veronika Varga (2023, at the age of 54), Dikembe Mutombo (2024, at the age of 58), Robert Watts (2024, at the age of 86), Ji-a Park (2024, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.