On This Day - September 4

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 4.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Saturday $23,190,043 $224,543,292
1999 The Sixth Sense Saturday $8,428,000 $293,506,292
2023 The Equalizer 3 Monday $8,211,204 $92,373,751
2016 Don’t Breathe Sunday $5,703,888 $89,217,875
2011 The Help Sunday $5,599,088 $169,705,587
2005 The Transporter 2 Sunday $5,151,669 $43,095,856
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin Sunday $4,989,720 $109,519,237
2010 The American Saturday $4,841,737 $35,606,376
2010 Takers Saturday $4,204,068 $57,744,720
2021 Candyman Saturday $3,931,160 $61,186,570

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 4.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2009 All About Steve Friday $3,542,279 $33,862,903
2009 Gamer Friday $3,302,585 $20,534,907
2015 The Transporter Refueled Friday $2,438,210 $16,029,670
1998 Knock Off Friday $1,445,000 $10,319,915
2009 Extract Friday $1,334,325 $10,823,158
2015 Un gallo con muchos huevos Friday $870,177 $9,080,818
2015 Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Friday $24,000 $494,506
2009 Carriers Friday $20,804 $120,866
2015 Before We Go Friday $5,392 $37,151
2016 Reparation Sunday $2,649 $8,752

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 4.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $75,388,688 $224,543,292
1999 The Sixth Sense $29,271,146 $293,506,292
2020 Tenet $20,001,852 $59,473,550
1993 The Fugitive $17,239,413 $183,968,665
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
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin $13,301,085 $109,519,237
2010 The American $13,177,790 $35,606,376
2009 The Final Destination $12,368,882 $66,477,700

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Edward Dmytryk (1908, died on July 1, 1999 at the age of 90), Howard Morris (1919, died on May 21, 2005 at the age of 85), Harold Livingston (1924, died on April 28, 2022 at the age of 97), Mitzi Gaynor (1931, died on October 17, 2024 at the age of 93), Edward de Souza (1932, turned 93 this year), Dinsdale Landen (1932, died on December 29, 2003 at the age of 71), Jan Svankmajer (1934, turned 91 this year), Nicholas Worth (1937, turned 88 this year), Leonard Frey (1938, died on August 24, 1988 at the age of 49), Kenneth Kimmins (1941, turned 84 this year), Jennifer Salt (1944, turned 81 this year), Bill Kenwright (1945, died on October 23, 2023 at the age of 78), Philippe Rousselot (1945, turned 80 this year), David St. James (1947, turned 78 this year), Alan Greisman (1947, turned 78 this year), Michael Berryman (1948, turned 77 this year), Judith Ivey (1951, turned 74 this year), Kaoru Kobayashi (1951, turned 74 this year), Rishi Kapoor (1952, died on April 30, 2020 at the age of 67), Alan Blumenfeld (1952, turned 73 this year), Steve Boyum (1952, turned 73 this year), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (1953, turned 72 this year), Lisa Sutton (1956, turned 69 this year), Khandi Alexander (1957, turned 68 this year), Patricia Tallman (1957, turned 68 this year), Nancy Ticotin (1957, turned 68 this year), Dr. Drew Pinsky (1958, turned 67 this year), Kevin Harrington (1959, turned 66 this year), Domiziana Giordano (1959, turned 66 this year), Damon Wayans (1960, turned 65 this year), Jocelyn Moorhouse (1960, turned 65 this year), Paul Anthony (1960, turned 65 this year), Lars Jonsson (1961, turned 64 this year), Cedric Klapisch (1961, turned 64 this year), Lee Nicholas Harris (1962, turned 63 this year), Jeff Tremaine (1966, turned 59 this year), John DiMaggio (1968, turned 57 this year), Aylam Orian (1968, turned 57 this year), Noah Taylor (1969, turned 56 this year), Moses Brings Plenty (1969, turned 56 this year), Kristen Wilson (1969, turned 56 this year), Ione Skye (1970, turned 55 this year), Richard Speight Jr (1970, turned 55 this year), Anita Yuen (1971, turned 54 this year), Françoise Yip (1972, turned 53 this year), Carlos Ponce (1972, turned 53 this year), Dan Ponce (1972, turned 53 this year), Eduardo Arroyuelo (1973, turned 52 this year), Jason D. Frank (1973, died on November 19, 2022 at the age of 49), James Monroe Iglehart (1974, turned 51 this year), Mark Ronson (1975, turned 50 this year), Ivan Massagué (1976, turned 49 this year), Rasika Mathur (1976, turned 49 this year), Andrew Levitas (1977, turned 48 this year), Wes Bentley (1978, turned 47 this year), Roman Mitichyan (1978, turned 47 this year), Kristina Krepela (1979, turned 46 this year), Max Greenfield (1980, turned 45 this year), Beyoncé Knowles (1981, turned 44 this year), Whitney Cummings (1982, turned 43 this year), Kyle Mooney (1984, turned 41 this year), Charlotte Le Bon (1986, turned 39 this year), Sarah Solemani (1986, turned 39 this year), Jaclyn Hales (1986, turned 39 this year), Alexandra Borbely (1986, turned 39 this year), Carter Jenkins (1991, turned 34 this year), Amanda Fein (1992, turned 33 this year), Siena Oberman (1994, turned 31 this year), Trevor Gagnon (1995, turned 30 this year), Ellie Darcey-Alden (1999, turned 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: George O'Brien (1985, at the age of 86), Irene Dunne (1990, at the age of 91), Herve Villechaize (1993, at the age of 50), Steve Irwin (2006, at the age of 44), Joan Rivers (2014, at the age of 81), Gastone Moschin (2017, at the age of 88), Birol Unel (2020, at the age of 59), Willard Scott (2021, at the age of 87), Giorgio Armani (2025, at the age of 91)

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