On This Day - October 29
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | Sunday | $16,076,235 | $137,275,620 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Saturday | $13,804,995 | $149,260,504 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Saturday | $11,812,685 | $168,283,344 |
| 2005 | Saw II | Saturday | $11,061,985 | $87,025,093 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Friday | $10,676,000 | $45,710,178 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Saturday | $7,802,221 | $73,206,343 |
| 2006 | Saw III | Sunday | $7,604,133 | $80,238,724 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Friday | $7,600,000 | $110,359,362 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Saturday | $7,289,921 | $104,028,807 |
| 2004 | Saw | Friday | $6,800,000 | $55,968,727 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Friday | $10,676,000 | $45,710,178 |
| 2004 | Saw | Friday | $6,800,000 | $55,968,727 |
| 2004 | Ray | Friday | $6,700,000 | $75,305,995 |
| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | Friday | $5,420,000 | $40,846,082 |
| 2021 | Boku no Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission | Friday | $2,885,252 | $9,767,647 |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho | Friday | $1,907,305 | $10,127,625 |
| 2021 | Antlers | Friday | $1,701,464 | $10,619,670 |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Friday | $1,115,000 | $14,849,583 |
| 2021 | A Mouthful of Air | Friday | $46,925 | $269,435 |
| 2021 | Heart of Champions | Friday | $15,500 | $37,000 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 29.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s | $80,001,720 | $137,275,620 |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | $34,077,439 | $149,260,504 |
| 2006 | Saw III | $33,610,391 | $80,238,724 |
| 2005 | Saw II | $31,725,652 | $87,025,093 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $27,472,140 | $168,283,344 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | $24,230,123 | $45,710,178 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | $21,817,598 | $110,359,362 |
| 2004 | Ray | $20,039,730 | $75,305,995 |
| 2004 | Saw | $18,276,468 | $55,968,727 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $18,144,516 | $104,028,807 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Akim Tamiroff (1899, died on September 17, 1972 at the age of 72), Edwige Feuillère (1907, died on November 13, 1998 at the age of 91), Eddie Constantine (1917, died on February 25, 1993 at the age of 75), Robert Hardy (1925, died on August 3, 2017 at the age of 91), William Harrison (1933, died on October 22, 2013 at the age of 79), Isao Takahata (1935, died on April 5, 2018 at the age of 82), Ralph Bakshi (1938, turns 86 this year), Jack Shepherd (1940, turns 84 this year), Don Simpson (1943, died on January 19, 1996 at the age of 52), Carol Burns (1947, died on December 22, 2015 at the age of 68), Richard Dreyfuss (1947, turns 77 this year), Kate Jackson (1948, turns 76 this year), Dan Castellaneta (1957, turns 67 this year), Scott Thomson (1957, turns 67 this year), Finola Hughes (1959, turns 65 this year), Damian Chapa (1963, turns 61 this year), Tyler Collins (1965, turns 59 this year), Rufus Sewell (1967, turns 57 this year), Joely Fisher (1967, turns 57 this year), John Farley (1968, turns 56 this year), Grayson McCouch (1968, turns 56 this year), David Farr (1969, turns 55 this year), Christopher Wiehl (1970, turns 54 this year), Winona Ryder (1971, turns 53 this year), Tracee Ellis Ross (1972, turns 52 this year), Gabrielle Union (1972, turns 52 this year), Kelly Lin (1975, turns 49 this year), Aksel Hennie (1975, turns 49 this year), Joy Osmanski (1975, turns 49 this year), Milena Govich (1976, turns 48 this year), Brendan Fehr (1977, turns 47 this year), Jon Abrahams (1977, turns 47 this year), Andrew Lee Potts (1979, turns 45 this year), Ben Foster (1980, turns 44 this year), Chelan Simmons (1982, turns 42 this year), Richard Brancatisano (1983, turns 41 this year), Johnny Lewis (1983, died on September 26, 2012 at the age of 28), Dillon Casey (1983, turns 41 this year), Lee Chung-Ah (1984, turns 40 this year), Janet Montgomery (1985, turns 39 this year), Italia Ricci (1986, turns 38 this year), Jodi Balfour (1987, turns 37 this year), Cleopatra Coleman (1987, turns 37 this year), Cherilyn Wilson (1988, turns 36 this year), Carlson Young (1990, turns 34 this year), India Eisley (1993, turns 31 this year), Christopher Jordan Wallace (1996, turns 28 this year), Farrah Mackenzie (2005, turns 19 this year)
Died on this day in history: Julien Duvivier (1967, at the age of 71), David Morris (2007, at the age of 83), Dennis Banks (2017, at the age of 80), John Witherspoon (2019, at the age of 77), David Rodriguez (2020, at the age of 50), Camille Saviola (2021, at the age of 71)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.