On This Day - October 16
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | Saturday | $17,324,690 | $92,002,155 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Saturday | $16,725,083 | $117,229,692 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Friday | $12,077,282 | $77,233,467 |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Saturday | $10,298,626 | $160,891,007 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Saturday | $9,874,275 | $161,412,000 |
| 2010 | Red | Saturday | $9,204,737 | $90,380,162 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Friday | $7,727,872 | $73,357,727 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | Saturday | $7,367,747 | $213,550,366 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Friday | $7,346,090 | $80,069,458 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | Friday | $6,768,833 | $107,918,810 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Friday | $12,077,282 | $77,233,467 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Friday | $7,727,872 | $73,357,727 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Friday | $7,346,090 | $80,069,458 |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Friday | $5,369,922 | $72,313,754 |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Friday | $5,252,010 | $31,090,320 |
| 2009 | The Stepfather | Friday | $4,368,209 | $29,062,561 |
| 1998 | Practical Magic | Friday | $4,300,000 | $46,850,558 |
| 1998 | Bride of Chucky | Friday | $3,900,000 | $32,404,188 |
| 1998 | Beloved | Friday | $2,605,000 | $22,852,487 |
| 2015 | Woodlawn | Friday | $1,486,441 | $14,394,097 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | $50,353,641 | $117,229,692 |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | $49,404,980 | $92,002,155 |
| 2022 | Halloween Ends | $40,050,355 | $64,079,860 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | $77,233,467 |
| 2016 | The Accountant | $24,710,273 | $86,260,045 |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | $23,792,118 | $160,891,007 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | $23,618,556 | $80,069,458 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $22,005,952 | $161,412,000 |
| 2010 | Red | $21,761,408 | $90,380,162 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $21,300,120 | $228,433,663 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Blumhouse Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Oscar Wilde (1854, died on November 30, 1900 at the age of 46), Clem Bevans (1879, died on August 11, 1963 at the age of 83), Linda Darnell (1923, died on April 10, 1965 at the age of 41), Gerard Parkes (1924, died on October 19, 2014 at the age of 90), Angela Lansbury (1925, died on October 11, 2022 at the age of 96), Michael Conrad (1925, died on November 22, 1983 at the age of 58), Fernanda Montenegro (1929, turns 95 this year), William Luce (1931, died on December 9, 2019 at the age of 88), Peter Bowles (1936, died on March 17, 2022 at the age of 85), Barry Corbin (1940, turns 84 this year), Suzanne Somers (1946, died on October 15, 2023 at the age of 76), David Zucker (1947, turns 77 this year), Bob Weir (1947, turns 77 this year), Nicholas Day (1947, turns 77 this year), André Leon Talley (1948, died on January 18, 2022 at the age of 73), Ron Taylor (1952, turns 72 this year), Jim Youngs (1956, turns 68 this year), Tim Robbins (1958, turns 66 this year), Gary Kemp (1959, turns 65 this year), Kim Wayans (1961, turns 63 this year), Tonye Patano (1961, turns 63 this year), Flea (1962, turns 62 this year), Kenneth Lonergan (1962, turns 62 this year), Christian Stolte (1962, turns 62 this year), Elsa Zylberstein (1968, turns 56 this year), Todd Stashwick (1968, turns 56 this year), Mark Lee (1968, turns 56 this year), Randall Batinkoff (1968, turns 56 this year), Terri J. Vaughn (1969, turns 55 this year), Paul Sparks (1971, turns 53 this year), Kellie Martin (1975, turns 49 this year), Nelson Lee (1975, turns 49 this year), Giada Colagrande (1975, turns 49 this year), John Mayer (1977, turns 47 this year), Tamara Podemski (1977, turns 47 this year), Jeremy Jackson (1980, turns 44 this year), Caterina Scorsone (1981, turns 43 this year), Brea Grant (1981, turns 43 this year), Prithviraj Sukumaran (1982, turns 42 this year), Rachel Reilly (1984, turns 40 this year), David Rawle (2000, turns 24 this year), Madison Wolfe (2002, turns 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Leo G. Carroll (1972, at the age of 85), Dan Dailey (1978, at the age of 62), Cornel Wilde (1989, at the age of 77), Jason Bernard (1996, at the age of 58), Gertrude Flynn (1996, at the age of 87), Audra Lindley (1997, at the age of 79), Jean Shepherd (1999, at the age of 78), John Larch (2005, at the age of 91), Deborah Kerr (2007, at the age of 86), Ted V. Mikels (2016, at the age of 87), Jacques Picoux (2016, at the age of 67), Roy Dotrice (2017, at the age of 94), John Dunsworth (2017, at the age of 71), James Redford (2020, at the age of 58), Anthony Chisholm (2020, at the age of 77), Felipe Cazals (2021, at the age of 84)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.