On This Day - September 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 17.
Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | It | Sunday | $15,105,428 | $328,828,874 |
2011 | The Lion King | Saturday | $11,933,562 | $421,785,283 |
2016 | Sully | Saturday | $9,556,921 | $125,070,033 |
2010 | The Town | Friday | $8,348,436 | $92,186,262 |
2022 | The Woman King | Saturday | $7,121,993 | $67,328,130 |
2005 | Just Like Heaven | Saturday | $7,002,081 | $48,318,130 |
2010 | Easy A | Friday | $6,787,163 | $58,401,464 |
2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Saturday | $6,449,818 | $75,072,454 |
2011 | Contagion | Saturday | $6,441,955 | $75,658,097 |
1999 | Blue Streak | Friday | $6,359,000 | $68,208,190 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 17.
Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | The Town | Friday | $8,348,436 | $92,186,262 |
2010 | Easy A | Friday | $6,787,163 | $58,401,464 |
1999 | Blue Streak | Friday | $6,359,000 | $68,208,190 |
2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Friday | $5,100,000 | $37,760,080 |
2010 | Devil | Friday | $4,803,390 | $33,679,655 |
1999 | For Love of the Game | Friday | $4,398,000 | $35,188,640 |
2004 | Mr. 3000 | Friday | $2,900,000 | $21,800,302 |
2004 | Wimbledon | Friday | $2,700,000 | $16,862,585 |
2010 | Alpha and Omega | Friday | $2,288,773 | $25,107,267 |
2021 | Cry Macho | Friday | $1,600,000 | $10,310,734 |
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 17.
Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | It | $60,103,110 | $328,828,874 |
2011 | The Lion King | $29,156,757 | $421,785,283 |
2010 | The Town | $23,808,032 | $92,186,262 |
2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $21,670,751 | $224,543,292 |
2016 | Sully | $21,653,017 | $125,070,033 |
1999 | Blue Streak | $19,208,806 | $68,208,190 |
2022 | The Woman King | $19,051,442 | $67,328,130 |
2010 | Easy A | $17,734,040 | $58,401,464 |
2005 | Just Like Heaven | $16,408,718 | $48,318,130 |
2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $15,580,278 | $37,760,080 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edgar G. Ulmer (1904, turns 120 this year), Dolores Costello (1905, turns 119 this year), Dorothy Loudon (1925, died on November 15, 2003 at the age of 78), Curtis Harrington (1926, died on May 6, 2007 at the age of 80), Roddy McDowall (1928, died on October 3, 1998 at the age of 70), David Huddleston (1930, died on August 2, 2016 at the age of 85), Anne Bancroft (1931, died on June 6, 2005 at the age of 73), Robert B. Parker (1932, died on January 18, 2010 at the age of 77), Pat Crowley (1933, turns 91 this year), Vladimir Menshov (1937, died on July 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Paul Benedict (1938, died on December 1, 2008 at the age of 70), Lupe Ontiveros (1942, turns 82 this year), Bruce Spence (1945, turns 79 this year), John Ritter (1948, died on September 11, 2003 at the age of 54), Cassandra Peterson (1951, turns 73 this year), Lynne Griffin (1952, turns 72 this year), Wendy Worthington (1954, turns 70 this year), Charles A. Martinet (1955, turns 69 this year), Bo Brinkman (1956, turns 68 this year), Aaron Lustig (1956, turns 68 this year), Keith Cooke (1959, turns 65 this year), Kevin Clash (1960, turns 64 this year), Michelle Joyner (1961, turns 63 this year), Paul Feig (1962, turns 62 this year), Be Be Winans (1962, turns 62 this year), Dustin Nguyen (1962, turns 62 this year), Baz Luhrmann (1962, turns 62 this year), Michael French (1962, turns 62 this year), James Urbaniak (1963, turns 61 this year), William Shockley (1963, turns 61 this year), Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963, turns 61 this year), Bryan Singer (1965, turns 59 this year), Kyle Chandler (1965, turns 59 this year), Tracy Dali (1966, turns 58 this year), Malik Yoba (1967, turns 57 this year), Anne Louise Hassing (1967, turns 57 this year), Joe Bastianich (1968, turns 56 this year), Matthew Settle (1969, turns 55 this year), Jim Conroy (1970, turns 54 this year), Mark Osborne (1970, turns 54 this year), Ian Whyte (1971, turns 53 this year), Felix Solis (1971, turns 53 this year), Bobby Lee (1972, turns 52 this year), Constantine Maroulis (1975, turns 49 this year), Sam Esmail (1977, turns 47 this year), Nick Cordero (1978, died on July 5, 2020 at the age of 41), Jason McGuire (1978, turns 46 this year), Neill Blomkamp (1979, turns 45 this year), Billy Miller (1979, died on September 15, 2023 at the age of 43), Jolene Van Vugt (1980, turns 44 this year), Griff Furst (1981, turns 43 this year), Wade Robson (1982, turns 42 this year), Richard Basehart (1984, turns 40 this year), Neel Ronholt (1984, turns 40 this year), Priya Anand (1986, turns 38 this year), Augustus Prew (1987, turns 37 this year), Allie MacDonald (1988, turns 36 this year), Danielle Brooks (1989, turns 35 this year), Dijon Talton (1989, turns 35 this year), Mena Massoud (1991, turns 33 this year), Arielle Holmes (1993, turns 31 this year), Martijn Lakemeier (1993, turns 31 this year), Nam Ji-hyun (1995, turns 29 this year), Ella Purnell (1996, turns 28 this year), Daniel Huttlestone (1999, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Akim Tamiroff (1972, at the age of 72), Nelo Risi (2015, at the age of 95), Charmian Carr (2016, at the age of 73), Kate Guinzburg (2017, at the age of 60), Captain Raju (2018, at the age of 68), Stephen Jeffreys (2018, at the age of 68), Basil Hoffman (2021, at the age of 68), Marva Hicks (2022, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.