On This Day - November 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on November 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Friday | $31,899,210 | $206,362,140 |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Saturday | $27,531,174 | $180,174,880 |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Saturday | $24,050,595 | $222,527,828 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Friday | $19,575,000 | $116,724,075 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | Saturday | $19,524,728 | $139,270,910 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Saturday | $18,292,991 | $203,225,563 |
| 2015 | Spectre | Sunday | $16,684,763 | $200,074,175 |
| 2003 | Elf | Saturday | $13,048,000 | $184,129,376 |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | Sunday | $12,562,937 | $130,178,411 |
| 1998 | The Waterboy | Sunday | $10,289,000 | $161,491,646 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on November 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Friday | $31,899,210 | $206,362,140 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Friday | $19,575,000 | $116,724,075 |
| 2019 | Midway | Friday | $6,345,369 | $56,846,802 |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Friday | $5,221,203 | $31,581,712 |
| 2024 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Friday | $4,950,596 | $40,048,808 |
| 2024 | Heretic | Friday | $4,311,230 | $27,716,205 |
| 2019 | Last Christmas | Friday | $4,050,750 | $35,150,750 |
| 2019 | Playing with Fire | Friday | $3,531,477 | $44,451,847 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Thursday | $2,200,000 | $304,360,277 |
| 2024 | Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom | Friday | $554,770 | $1,650,280 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was November 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | $85,737,841 | $206,362,140 |
| 2015 | Spectre | $70,403,148 | $200,074,175 |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $63,106,589 | $180,174,880 |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | $56,215,889 | $222,527,828 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | $51,240,555 | $116,724,075 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | $48,475,154 | $139,270,910 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | $47,510,360 | $203,225,563 |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | $44,213,073 | $130,178,411 |
| 1998 | The Waterboy | $39,414,071 | $161,491,646 |
| 1996 | Ransom | $34,216,088 | $136,492,681 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Robert Strauss (1913, died on February 20, 1975 at the age of 61), Norman Lloyd (1914, died on May 10, 2021 at the age of 106), Esther Rolle (1920, died on November 17, 1998 at the age of 78), Esther Rolle (1920, died on November 17, 1998 at the age of 78), Gene Saks (1921, died on March 28, 2015 at the age of 93), Joe Flynn (1924, died on July 19, 1974 at the age of 49), Kay Hawtrey (1926, died on June 11, 2021 at the age of 94), Paolo Taviani (1931, died on February 29, 2024 at the age of 92), Stephane Audran (1932, died on March 27, 2018 at the age of 85), Alain Delon (1935, died on August 18, 2024 at the age of 88), Virna Lisi (1936, turns 89 this year), Meg Wynn Owen (1939, turns 86 this year), Bonnie Bramlett (1944, turns 81 this year), Angela Scoular (1945, turns 80 this year), Mary Hart (1950, turns 75 this year), Alfre Woodard (1952, turns 73 this year), John Musker (1953, turns 72 this year), Richard Curtis (1956, turns 69 this year), Phil Fondacaro (1958, turns 67 this year), Jeff Speakman (1958, turns 67 this year), Aden Gillett (1958, turns 67 this year), Don McManus (1959, turns 66 this year), David Sherrill (1959, turns 66 this year), Michael Nyqvist (1960, died on June 27, 2017 at the age of 56), Oleg Menshikov (1960, turns 65 this year), Megan Cavanagh (1960, turns 65 this year), Leif Garrett (1961, turns 64 this year), Craig Chester (1965, turns 60 this year), Gordon Ramsay (1966, turns 59 this year), Bradley Gregg (1966, turns 59 this year), Gordon Ramsay (1966, turns 59 this year), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967, turns 58 this year), Parker Posey (1968, turns 57 this year), Roxana Zal (1969, turns 56 this year), Gonzalo Menendez (1971, turns 54 this year), A.D. Miles (1971, turns 54 this year), Gretchen Mol (1972, turns 53 this year), Matthew Rhys (1974, turns 51 this year), Tara Reid (1975, turns 50 this year), Colin Strause (1976, turns 49 this year), Keir O'Donnell (1978, turns 47 this year), Dania Ramirez (1979, turns 46 this year), Azura Skye (1981, turns 44 this year), Jocelin Donahue (1981, turns 44 this year), Chris Rankin (1983, turns 42 this year), Magda Apanowicz (1985, turns 40 this year), Jack Osbourne (1985, turns 40 this year), Kaniehtiio Horn (1986, turns 39 this year), Jessica Lowndes (1988, turns 37 this year), Tara Lee (1994, turns 31 this year), Jade Pettyjohn (2000, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lucille Bliss (2012, at the age of 96), Dora van der Groen (2015, at the age of 88), Angad Paul (2015, at the age of 45), Raoul Coutard (2016, at the age of 92), Charles Tyner (2017, at the age of 92), Max Croci (2018, at the age of 50), Alex Trebek (2020, at the age of 80), Geir Vegar Hoel (2021, at the age of 47), Simon Elrahi (2023, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.