On This Day - September 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | Saturday | $11,046,112 | $92,373,751 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Sunday | $8,231,075 | $174,532,921 |
| 2007 | Halloween | Sunday | $6,911,096 | $58,269,151 |
| 2005 | The Transporter 2 | Friday | $5,573,130 | $43,095,856 |
| 2012 | The Possession | Sunday | $5,326,620 | $49,130,588 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Monday | $5,322,986 | $116,632,095 |
| 2007 | Superbad | Sunday | $4,739,645 | $121,463,226 |
| 2006 | Invincible | Saturday | $4,588,978 | $57,806,952 |
| 2000 | Bring it On | Saturday | $4,352,000 | $68,353,550 |
| 2018 | The Meg | Sunday | $4,187,456 | $145,443,742 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Transporter 2 | Friday | $5,573,130 | $43,095,856 |
| 2011 | Apollo 18 | Friday | $2,847,309 | $17,686,929 |
| 2011 | Shark Night 3D | Friday | $2,797,477 | $18,877,153 |
| 2016 | The Light Between Oceans | Friday | $1,403,706 | $12,545,979 |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Wednesday | $1,169,000 | $29,499,394 |
| 2016 | No Manches Frida | Friday | $1,055,926 | $11,528,613 |
| 2005 | Underclassman | Friday | $700,000 | $5,654,777 |
| 2016 | Morgan | Friday | $622,994 | $3,915,251 |
| 2022 | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Friday | $430,605 | $2,561,270 |
| 2011 | Seven Days In Utopia | Friday | $420,927 | $4,367,448 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | $34,604,229 | $92,373,751 |
| 2007 | Halloween | $26,362,367 | $58,269,151 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | $21,964,345 | $174,532,921 |
| 2012 | The Possession | $17,732,480 | $49,130,588 |
| 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 |
| 2000 | Bring it On | $14,170,825 | $68,353,550 |
| 2005 | The 40 Year-old Virgin | $13,301,085 | $109,449,237 |
| 2001 | Jeepers Creepers | $13,106,108 | $37,904,175 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Penny Santon (1916, died on May 12, 1999 at the age of 82), Marge Champion (1919, died on October 21, 2020 at the age of 101), Ronnie Stevens (1925, turned 99 this year), Mel Stuart (1928, died on August 9, 2012 at the age of 83), Victor Spinetti (1929, died on June 18, 2012 at the age of 82), Hal Ashby (1929, died on December 27, 1988 at the age of 59), Chuck McCann (1934, died on April 8, 2018 at the age of 83), Kenneth Tsang (1935, died on April 27, 2022 at the age of 86), Mary Jo Catlett (1938, turned 86 this year), Giuliano Gemma (1938, turned 86 this year), Clarence Felder (1938, turned 86 this year), Beverly Sanders (1940, turned 84 this year), Harry Northup (1940, turned 84 this year), Catherine Lachens (1945, died on September 27, 2023 at the age of 78), Billy Preston (1946, turned 78 this year), Luis Avalos (1946, died on January 22, 2014 at the age of 67), Terry Bradshaw (1948, turned 76 this year), Darin Morgan (1948, turned 76 this year), Wah Yuen (1950, turned 74 this year), Harvey Levin (1950, turned 74 this year), Mark Harmon (1951, turned 73 this year), Michael Gray (1951, turned 73 this year), Keith Allen (1953, turned 71 this year), Billi Gordon (1954, died on February 22, 2018 at the age of 63), Linda Purl (1955, turned 69 this year), James E. Duff (1955, turned 69 this year), Tetsuya Nakashima (1959, turned 65 this year), Ian Blackman (1959, turned 65 this year), Eugenio Derbez (1962, turned 62 this year), Narendra Jha (1962, died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 55), Prachya Pinkaew (1962, turned 62 this year), Sue Cleaver (1963, turned 61 this year), Keanu Reeves (1964, turned 60 this year), Helene Louvart (1964, turned 60 this year), Sean Gallagher (1965, turned 59 this year), Salma Hayek (1966, turned 58 this year), Tuc Watkins (1966, turned 58 this year), Gustaf Hammarsten (1967, turned 57 this year), Cynthia Watros (1968, turned 56 this year), Kristen Cloke (1968, turned 56 this year), Vincent De Paul (1968, turned 56 this year), T.J. Jagodowski (1971, turned 53 this year), Sergej Trifunovic (1972, turned 52 this year), Nicolette Krebitz (1972, turned 52 this year), Sudeep (1973, turned 51 this year), Nicholas Pinnock (1973, turned 51 this year), Katt Williams (1973, turned 51 this year), Dan Southworth (1974, turned 50 this year), Tim Key (1976, turned 48 this year), Jonathan Kite (1979, turned 45 this year), Gerry Rosenthal (1980, turned 44 this year), G.O. Parsons (1982, turned 42 this year), Jake Ryan (1983, turned 41 this year), Roberto Urbina (1983, turned 41 this year), Allison Miller (1985, turned 39 this year), Yani Gellman (1985, turned 39 this year), Rob Ramsay (1986, turned 38 this year), Merritt Patterson (1990, turned 34 this year), Damson Idris (1991, turned 33 this year), Kian Lawley (1995, turned 29 this year), Rayven Symone Ferrell (1995, turned 29 this year), Austin Abrams (1996, turned 28 this year), Gavin Casalegno (1999, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: J.R.R. Tolkien (1973, at the age of 81), Jay Novello (1982, at the age of 78), Ishaq Bux (2000, at the age of 83), Troy Donahue (2001, at the age of 65), Murray Lerner (2017, at the age of 90), Siddharth Shukla (2021, at the age of 40), Mikis Theodorakis (2021, at the age of 96), James Darren (2024, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.