On This Day - September 12
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | Tuesday | $11,435,492 | $328,828,874 |
| 2015 | The Visit | Saturday | $10,619,455 | $65,206,105 |
| 2015 | The Perfect Guy | Saturday | $10,403,893 | $57,027,435 |
| 2009 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | Saturday | $9,887,100 | $51,733,921 |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Sunday | $9,729,758 | $224,543,292 |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Friday | $9,459,000 | $56,330,657 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | Friday | $8,820,333 | $52,543,632 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Friday | $6,454,564 | $60,355,347 |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | Friday | $6,261,593 | $37,105,289 |
| 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | Sunday | $6,101,648 | $60,128,566 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Friday | $9,459,000 | $56,330,657 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | Friday | $8,820,333 | $52,543,632 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Friday | $6,454,564 | $60,355,347 |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | Friday | $6,261,593 | $37,105,289 |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Friday | $5,847,388 | $40,081,410 |
| 1997 | The Game | Friday | $4,480,735 | $48,265,581 |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Friday | $4,265,268 | $42,024,533 |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Friday | $4,151,000 | $36,873,198 |
| 2008 | The Women | Friday | $3,613,021 | $26,902,075 |
| 2003 | Cabin Fever | Friday | $3,101,000 | $21,158,188 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $34,701,070 | $224,543,292 |
| 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $26,650,264 | $60,128,566 |
| 2015 | The Perfect Guy | $25,888,154 | $57,027,435 |
| 2015 | The Visit | $25,427,560 | $65,206,105 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | $24,250,283 | $52,543,632 |
| 2009 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | $23,446,785 | $51,733,921 |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $23,424,118 | $56,330,657 |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $23,036,273 | $50,740,078 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | $19,128,001 | $60,355,347 |
| 1999 | Stigmata | $18,309,666 | $50,041,732 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Maurice Chevalier (1888, died on January 1, 1972 at the age of 83), Desmond Llewelyn (1914, died on December 19, 1999 at the age of 85), Dickie Moore (1925, died on September 7, 2015 at the age of 89), Freddie Jones (1927, died on July 9, 2019 at the age of 91), Ian Holm (1931, died on June 19, 2020 at the age of 88), Bill McKinney (1931, died on December 1, 2011 at the age of 80), Kim Hamilton (1932, died on September 16, 2013 at the age of 81), David Langston Smyrl (1935, died on March 22, 2016 at the age of 80), Linda Gray (1940, turns 84 this year), Christopher Neame (1947, turns 77 this year), Bruce Mahler (1950, turns 74 this year), Joe Pantoliano (1951, turns 73 this year), Neil Peart (1952, died on January 7, 2020 at the age of 67), Leslie Cheung (1956, died on April 1, 2003 at the age of 46), Hans Zimmer (1957, turns 67 this year), Rachel Ward (1957, turns 67 this year), Gregg Edelman (1958, turns 66 this year), Robert John Burke (1960, turns 64 this year), Felicity Montagu (1960, turns 64 this year), Mylene Farmer (1961, turns 63 this year), Amy Yasbeck (1962, turns 62 this year), Michel Qissi (1962, turns 62 this year), Ramon Franco (1963, turns 61 this year), Ben Folds (1966, turns 58 this year), Darren E. Burrows (1966, turns 58 this year), Louis C.K. (1967, turns 57 this year), Paul F. Tompkins (1968, turns 56 this year), James Frey (1969, turns 55 this year), Josh Hopkins (1970, turns 54 this year), Will Chase (1970, turns 54 this year), Gideon Emery (1972, turns 52 this year), Gideon Emery (1972, turns 52 this year), Paul Walker (1973, died on November 30, 2013 at the age of 40), Paul Walker (1973, died on November 30, 2013 at the age of 40), Jennifer Nettles (1974, turns 50 this year), Lauren Stamile (1976, turns 48 this year), Onur Saylak (1977, turns 47 this year), Benjamin McKenzie (1978, turns 46 this year), Eva Aichmajerova (1978, turns 46 this year), Ben McKenzie (1978, turns 46 this year), Sverrir Gudnason (1978, turns 46 this year), Jennifer Hudson (1981, turns 43 this year), Marty Adams (1981, turns 43 this year), Hosea Chanchez (1981, turns 43 this year), Elle Lamont (1981, turns 43 this year), Emmy Rossum (1986, turns 38 this year), Alfie Allen (1986, turns 38 this year), Alexia Fast (1992, turns 32 this year), Ryan Potter (1995, turns 29 this year), Colin Ford (1996, turns 28 this year), Sydney Sweeney (1997, turns 27 this year), Nele Trebs (1999, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: William Boyd (1972, at the age of 77), Anthony Perkins (1992, at the age of 60), Ruth Nelson (1992, at the age of 87), Jeremy Brett (1995, at the age of 61), Johnny Cash (2003, at the age of 71), Terence Harvey (2017, at the age of 71), Frank Serafine (2018, at the age of 71), John Fahey (2020, at the age of 75), Barbara Jefford (2020, at the age of 90), Ben Best (2021, at the age of 90), Pete Kozachik (2023, at the age of 72)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.