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 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Code 3, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, The Long Walk, Untitled Disney Film, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Infinity Castle, The History of Sound, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
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 85 this year), Christopher Neame (1947, turns 78 this year), Bruce Mahler (1950, turns 75 this year), Joe Pantoliano (1951, turns 74 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 68 this year), Rachel Ward (1957, turns 68 this year), Gregg Edelman (1958, turns 67 this year), Robert John Burke (1960, turns 65 this year), Felicity Montagu (1960, turns 65 this year), Mylene Farmer (1961, turns 64 this year), Amy Yasbeck (1962, turns 63 this year), Michel Qissi (1962, turns 63 this year), Ramon Franco (1963, turns 62 this year), Ben Folds (1966, turns 59 this year), Darren E. Burrows (1966, turns 59 this year), Louis C.K. (1967, turns 58 this year), Paul F. Tompkins (1968, turns 57 this year), James Frey (1969, turns 56 this year), Josh Hopkins (1970, turns 55 this year), Will Chase (1970, turns 55 this year), Gideon Emery (1972, turns 53 this year), Gideon Emery (1972, turns 53 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 51 this year), Lauren Stamile (1976, turns 49 this year), Onur Saylak (1977, turns 48 this year), Benjamin McKenzie (1978, turns 47 this year), Eva Aichmajerova (1978, turns 47 this year), Ben McKenzie (1978, turns 47 this year), Sverrir Gudnason (1978, turns 47 this year), Jennifer Hudson (1981, turns 44 this year), Marty Adams (1981, turns 44 this year), Hosea Chanchez (1981, turns 44 this year), Elle Lamont (1981, turns 44 this year), Emmy Rossum (1986, turns 39 this year), Alfie Allen (1986, turns 39 this year), Alexia Fast (1992, turns 33 this year), Ryan Potter (1995, turns 30 this year), Colin Ford (1996, turns 29 this year), Sydney Sweeney (1997, turns 28 this year), Nele Trebs (1999, turns 26 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.