On This Day - September 30
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Sunday | $12,602,119 | $148,313,048 |
| 2006 | Open Season | Saturday | $10,232,453 | $85,105,259 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Saturday | $9,978,000 | $115,719,751 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Saturday | $9,534,184 | $65,343,309 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2017 | It | Saturday | $7,811,673 | $328,828,874 |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Saturday | $7,800,000 | $55,011,732 |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Saturday | $7,554,466 | $100,234,838 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
| 2005 | Serenity | Friday | $3,949,340 | $25,514,517 |
| 2011 | Courageous | Friday | $3,127,940 | $35,017,223 |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Friday | $2,887,377 | $35,016,118 |
| 2011 | Dream House | Friday | $2,887,185 | $21,302,340 |
| 2005 | Into the Blue | Friday | $2,411,781 | $18,782,227 |
| 2016 | Masterminds | Friday | $2,325,546 | $17,356,894 |
| 2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: Part One | Friday | $2,100,000 | $4,918,000 |
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 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $42,522,194 | $148,313,048 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | $28,871,140 | $87,242,834 |
| 2018 | Night School | $27,257,615 | $77,339,130 |
| 2006 | Open Season | $23,624,548 | $85,105,259 |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | $23,045,635 | $83,240,103 |
| 2007 | The Game Plan | $22,950,971 | $90,648,202 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | $22,764,354 | $65,343,309 |
| 2022 | Smile | $22,609,925 | $105,935,048 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | $20,905,831 | $115,719,751 |
| 2012 | Looper | $20,801,552 | $66,486,205 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Bancroft (1882, died on October 2, 1956 at the age of 74), Lil Dagover (1887, died on January 23, 1980 at the age of 92), Lewis Milestone (1895, died on September 25, 1980 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Bill Walsh (1913, died on January 27, 1975 at the age of 61), Deborah Kerr (1921, died on October 16, 2007 at the age of 86), Lamont Johnson (1922, died on October 24, 2010 at the age of 88), Michel Lemoine (1922, died on July 27, 2013 at the age of 90), Truman Capote (1924, died on August 25, 1984 at the age of 59), Angie Dickinson (1931, turned 93 this year), Antoinette Bower (1932, turned 92 this year), Cissy Houston (1933, died on October 7, 2024 at the age of 91), Anna Kashfi (1934, died on August 16, 2015 at the age of 80), Johnny Mathis (1935, turned 89 this year), Len Cariou (1939, turned 85 this year), Angela Pleasence (1941, turned 83 this year), Ian Ogilvy (1943, turned 81 this year), Fran Brill (1946, turned 78 this year), Dan O’Bannon (1946, died on December 17, 2009 at the age of 63), Victoria Tennant (1950, turned 74 this year), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950, turned 74 this year), Al Leong (1952, turned 72 this year), Jack Wild (1952, turned 72 this year), John Finn (1952, turned 72 this year), Calvin Levels (1954, turned 70 this year), Donna Biscoe (1955, turned 69 this year), Fran Drescher (1957, turned 67 this year), Debrah Farentino (1959, turned 65 this year), Kaarin Fairfax (1959, turned 65 this year), Eric Stoltz (1961, turned 63 this year), Crystal Bernard (1961, turned 63 this year), Monica Bellucci (1964, turned 60 this year), Omid Djalili (1965, turned 59 this year), Adamo Dionisi (1965, died on October 20, 2024 at the age of 59), Lisa Thornhill (1966, turned 58 this year), Andrea Roth (1967, turned 57 this year), Mark Polonia (1968, turned 56 this year), Amy Landecker (1969, turned 55 this year), Mark 'Rhino' Smith (1969, turned 55 this year), Tony Hale (1970, turned 54 this year), Alistair Petrie (1970, turned 54 this year), Mark Bazeley (1970, turned 54 this year), René Ashton (1970, turned 54 this year), Jenna Elfman (1971, turned 53 this year), Meadow Sisto (1972, turned 52 this year), John Light (1973, turned 51 this year), Daniel Wu (1974, turned 50 this year), Ashley Hamilton (1974, turned 50 this year), Ursula Brooks (1974, turned 50 this year), Marion Cotillard (1975, turned 49 this year), Christopher Jackson (1975, turned 49 this year), Sean Rogerson (1977, turned 47 this year), Stark Sands (1978, turned 46 this year), Jonathan Kasdan (1979, turned 45 this year), Toni Trucks (1980, turned 44 this year), Ashleigh Aston Moore (1981, died on December 11, 2007 at the age of 26), Lacey Chabert (1982, turned 42 this year), Kieran Culkin (1982, turned 42 this year), Pihla Viitala (1982, turned 42 this year), Teal Redmann (1982, turned 42 this year), Katrina Law (1985, turned 39 this year), Greyston Holt (1985, turned 39 this year), Rachel Lena Snow (1987, turned 37 this year), Joo Won (1987, turned 37 this year), Mahaley Patel (1987, turned 37 this year), Ben Cura (1988, turned 36 this year), Ezra Miller (1992, turned 32 this year), Raphaël Coleman (1994, died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 25), Maddie Ziegler (2002, turned 22 this year), Levi Miller (2002, turned 22 this year), Nathan Arenas (2005, turned 19 this year), Valeria Cotto (2010, turned 14 this year)
Died on this day in history: Friedrich Feher (1950, at the age of 61), James Dean (1955, at the age of 24), Edgar Bergen (1978, at the age of 75), Simone Signoret (1985, at the age of 64), Stephen J. Cannell (2010, at the age of 69), Turhan Bey (2012, at the age of 90), Ruth Maleczech (2013, at the age of 74), Monty Hall (2017, at the age of 96), Marshall Efron (2019, at the age of 81), Ravil Isyanov (2021, at the age of 59), Veronika Varga (2023, at the age of 54), Dikembe Mutombo (2024, at the age of 58), Robert Watts (2024, at the age of 86), Ji-a Park (2024, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.