On This Day - October 19
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 19.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Halloween | Friday | $33,083,030 | $159,366,015 |
| 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | Friday | $15,110,106 | $53,900,335 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Saturday | $14,213,517 | $113,929,605 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Saturday | $13,609,193 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | Saturday | $12,441,546 | $335,451,311 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | Saturday | $9,732,533 | $73,118,130 |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | Saturday | $8,121,308 | $69,012,586 |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Saturday | $7,378,399 | $107,136,417 |
| 2019 | The Addams Family | Saturday | $7,188,795 | $97,864,733 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Sunday | $6,719,000 | $80,571,655 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 19.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Halloween | Friday | $33,083,030 | $159,366,015 |
| 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | Friday | $15,110,106 | $53,900,335 |
| 2007 | 30 Days of Night | Friday | $6,251,903 | $39,568,996 |
| 2012 | Alex Cross | Friday | $4,030,024 | $25,888,412 |
| 2001 | From Hell | Friday | $3,815,000 | $31,598,308 |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Friday | $3,625,000 | $29,781,453 |
| 2001 | The Last Castle | Friday | $2,216,000 | $18,208,078 |
| 2007 | The Comebacks | Friday | $2,123,750 | $13,349,927 |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Friday | $1,944,000 | $20,300,218 |
| 2007 | Rendition | Friday | $1,405,000 | $9,736,045 |
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 19.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Halloween | $76,221,545 | $159,366,015 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | $36,948,713 | $113,929,605 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $30,027,161 | $274,092,705 |
| 2019 | Joker | $29,251,840 | $335,451,311 |
| 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $29,003,866 | $53,900,335 |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $28,094,014 | $80,571,655 |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | $26,803,104 | $73,118,130 |
| 2014 | Fury | $23,702,421 | $85,817,906 |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | $23,021,692 | $69,012,586 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | $19,051,082 | $215,288,866 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Robert Beatty (1909, died on March 3, 1992 at the age of 82), Juanita Moore (1914, died on January 1, 2014 at the age of 99), Leslie Randall (1924, died on August 2, 2020 at the age of 95), Bernard Hepton (1925, turns 100 this year), John Le Carre (1931, died on December 12, 2020 at the age of 89), Tony Lo Bianco (1936, died on June 11, 2024 at the age of 87), Michael Gambon (1940, died on September 28, 2023 at the age of 82), Simon Ward (1941, turns 84 this year), John Lithgow (1945, turns 80 this year), Divine (1945, died on March 7, 1988 at the age of 42), Dave Mallow (1948, died on March 11, 2025 at the age of 76), Annie Golden (1951, turns 74 this year), Barbara Williams (1953, turns 72 this year), William O'Leary (1957, turns 68 this year), Tiriel Mora (1958, turns 67 this year), Sunny Deol (1961, turns 64 this year), Evander Holyfield (1962, turns 63 this year), Vas Blackwood (1962, turns 63 this year), Vinci Vogue Anzlovar (1963, died on December 1, 2024 at the age of 61), Jon Favreau (1966, turns 59 this year), Yoji Matsuda (1967, turns 58 this year), Rodney Carrington (1968, turns 57 this year), Trey Parker (1969, turns 56 this year), Roger Cross (1969, turns 56 this year), Vanessa Marshall (1969, turns 56 this year), Anna Galvin (1969, turns 56 this year), Chris Kattan (1970, turns 55 this year), Andy Comeau (1970, turns 55 this year), Tava Smiley (1971, turns 54 this year), Pras (1972, turns 53 this year), Desmond Harrington (1976, turns 49 this year), Omar Gooding (1976, turns 49 this year), Jason Reitman (1977, turns 48 this year), Lee Isaac Chung (1978, turns 47 this year), Ben Salisbury (1980, turns 45 this year), Gillian Jacobs (1982, turns 43 this year), Rebecca Ferguson (1983, turns 42 this year), Presley Chweneyagae (1984, died on May 27, 2025 at the age of 40), Irene Escolar (1988, turns 37 this year), Samantha Munro (1990, turns 35 this year), Samantha Robinson (1991, turns 34 this year), Hunter King (1993, turns 32 this year), Chance Perdomo (1996, died on March 30, 2024 at the age of 27), Art Parkinson (2001, turns 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gig Young (1978, at the age of 64), Martha Raye (1994, at the age of 78), Joseph Wiseman (2009, at the age of 91), Tom Bosley (2010, at the age of 83), Gerard Parkes (2014, at the age of 90), Umberto Lenzi (2017, at the age of 86), Diana Sowle (2018, at the age of 88), Carlos Suárez (2019, at the age of 72), Leslie Bricusse (2021, at the age of 90), Jack Angel (2021, at the age of 90), Michel Klein (2024, at the age of 103), Chris Barbosa (2024, at the age of 61)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.