On This Day - September 4

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 4.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Saturday $23,190,043 $224,543,292
1999 The Sixth Sense Saturday $8,428,000 $293,506,292
2023 The Equalizer 3 Monday $8,211,204 $92,373,751
2016 Don’t Breathe Sunday $5,703,888 $89,217,875
2011 The Help Sunday $5,599,088 $169,705,587
2005 The Transporter 2 Sunday $5,151,669 $43,095,856
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin Sunday $4,989,720 $109,449,237
2010 The American Saturday $4,841,737 $35,606,376
2010 Takers Saturday $4,204,068 $57,744,720
2021 Candyman Saturday $3,931,160 $61,186,570

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 4.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2009 All About Steve Friday $3,542,279 $33,862,903
2009 Gamer Friday $3,302,585 $20,534,907
2015 The Transporter Refueled Friday $2,438,210 $16,029,670
1998 Knock Off Friday $1,445,000 $10,319,915
2009 Extract Friday $1,334,325 $10,823,158
2015 Un gallo con muchos huevos Friday $870,177 $9,080,818
2015 Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Friday $24,000 $494,506
2009 Carriers Friday $20,804 $120,866
2015 Before We Go Friday $5,392 $37,151
2016 Reparation Sunday $2,649 $8,752

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 4.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $75,388,688 $224,543,292
1999 The Sixth Sense $29,271,146 $293,506,292
2020 Tenet $20,001,852 $59,473,550
1993 The Fugitive $17,239,413 $183,968,665
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
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin $13,301,085 $109,449,237
2010 The American $13,177,790 $35,606,376
2009 The Final Destination $12,368,882 $66,477,700

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Edward Dmytryk (1908, died on July 1, 1999 at the age of 90), Howard Morris (1919, died on May 21, 2005 at the age of 85), Harold Livingston (1924, died on April 28, 2022 at the age of 97), Mitzi Gaynor (1931, died on October 17, 2024 at the age of 93), Edward de Souza (1932, turns 93 this year), Dinsdale Landen (1932, died on December 29, 2003 at the age of 71), Jan Svankmajer (1934, turns 91 this year), Nicholas Worth (1937, turns 88 this year), Leonard Frey (1938, died on August 24, 1988 at the age of 49), Kenneth Kimmins (1941, turns 84 this year), Jennifer Salt (1944, turns 81 this year), Bill Kenwright (1945, died on October 23, 2023 at the age of 78), Philippe Rousselot (1945, turns 80 this year), David St. James (1947, turns 78 this year), Alan Greisman (1947, turns 78 this year), Michael Berryman (1948, turns 77 this year), Judith Ivey (1951, turns 74 this year), Kaoru Kobayashi (1951, turns 74 this year), Rishi Kapoor (1952, died on April 30, 2020 at the age of 67), Alan Blumenfeld (1952, turns 73 this year), Steve Boyum (1952, turns 73 this year), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (1953, turns 72 this year), Lisa Sutton (1956, turns 69 this year), Khandi Alexander (1957, turns 68 this year), Patricia Tallman (1957, turns 68 this year), Nancy Ticotin (1957, turns 68 this year), Dr. Drew Pinsky (1958, turns 67 this year), Kevin Harrington (1959, turns 66 this year), Domiziana Giordano (1959, turns 66 this year), Damon Wayans (1960, turns 65 this year), Jocelyn Moorhouse (1960, turns 65 this year), Paul Anthony (1960, turns 65 this year), Lars Jonsson (1961, turns 64 this year), Cedric Klapisch (1961, turns 64 this year), Lee Nicholas Harris (1962, turns 63 this year), Jeff Tremaine (1966, turns 59 this year), John DiMaggio (1968, turns 57 this year), Aylam Orian (1968, turns 57 this year), Noah Taylor (1969, turns 56 this year), Moses Brings Plenty (1969, turns 56 this year), Kristen Wilson (1969, turns 56 this year), Ione Skye (1970, turns 55 this year), Richard Speight Jr (1970, turns 55 this year), Anita Yuen (1971, turns 54 this year), Françoise Yip (1972, turns 53 this year), Carlos Ponce (1972, turns 53 this year), Dan Ponce (1972, turns 53 this year), Eduardo Arroyuelo (1973, turns 52 this year), Jason D. Frank (1973, died on November 19, 2022 at the age of 49), James Monroe Iglehart (1974, turns 51 this year), Mark Ronson (1975, turns 50 this year), Ivan Massagué (1976, turns 49 this year), Rasika Mathur (1976, turns 49 this year), Andrew Levitas (1977, turns 48 this year), Wes Bentley (1978, turns 47 this year), Roman Mitichyan (1978, turns 47 this year), Kristina Krepela (1979, turns 46 this year), Max Greenfield (1980, turns 45 this year), Beyoncé Knowles (1981, turns 44 this year), Whitney Cummings (1982, turns 43 this year), Kyle Mooney (1984, turns 41 this year), Charlotte Le Bon (1986, turns 39 this year), Sarah Solemani (1986, turns 39 this year), Jaclyn Hales (1986, turns 39 this year), Alexandra Borbely (1986, turns 39 this year), Carter Jenkins (1991, turns 34 this year), Amanda Fein (1992, turns 33 this year), Siena Oberman (1994, turns 31 this year), Trevor Gagnon (1995, turns 30 this year), Ellie Darcey-Alden (1999, turns 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: George O'Brien (1985, at the age of 86), Irene Dunne (1990, at the age of 91), Herve Villechaize (1993, at the age of 50), Steve Irwin (2006, at the age of 44), Joan Rivers (2014, at the age of 81), Gastone Moschin (2017, at the age of 88), Birol Unel (2020, at the age of 59), Willard Scott (2021, at the age of 87)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.