On This Day - October 3
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Martian | Saturday | $22,251,765 | $228,433,663 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | Sunday | $20,985,629 | $213,550,366 |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Saturday | $15,712,076 | $169,700,110 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | Friday | $15,453,016 | $84,273,813 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Sunday | $13,598,117 | $161,412,000 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Friday | $13,179,535 | $167,767,189 |
| 2009 | Zombieland | Saturday | $9,371,921 | $75,590,286 |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Friday | $8,001,448 | $94,514,402 |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Saturday | $7,661,686 | $124,870,275 |
| 1998 | Antz | Saturday | $7,540,000 | $90,757,863 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Annabelle | Friday | $15,453,016 | $84,273,813 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Friday | $13,179,535 | $167,767,189 |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Friday | $8,001,448 | $94,514,402 |
| 2003 | School of Rock | Friday | $5,982,000 | $81,261,177 |
| 2003 | Out of Time | Friday | $5,280,000 | $41,083,108 |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Friday | $4,412,379 | $60,527,873 |
| 2008 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Friday | $4,401,015 | $31,487,293 |
| 2014 | Left Behind | Friday | $2,398,395 | $14,019,924 |
| 2008 | An American Carol | Friday | $1,225,000 | $7,013,191 |
| 1997 | U-Turn | Friday | $912,879 | $6,690,074 |
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 3.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Venom: Let There be Carnage | $90,033,210 | $213,550,366 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $54,308,575 | $228,433,663 |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | $47,604,606 | $161,412,000 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | $37,513,109 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | $37,134,255 | $84,273,813 |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | $33,192,596 | $169,700,110 |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $29,300,465 | $94,514,402 |
| 2009 | Zombieland | $24,733,155 | $75,590,286 |
| 2010 | The Social Network | $22,445,653 | $96,962,694 |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 | $22,088,204 | $74,541,707 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: The Smashing Machine, Shelby Oaks, Untitled Zurty Studios Film, Anemone
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Leo McCarey (1898, died on July 5, 1969 at the age of 70), Jean Grémillon (1901, died on November 25, 1959 at the age of 58), Michael Hordern (1911, died on May 2, 1995 at the age of 83), Gore Vidal (1925, died on July 31, 2012 at the age of 86), George Wein (1925, died on September 13, 2021 at the age of 95), Alan Rachins (1942, died on November 2, 2024 at the age of 82), Steve Susskind (1942, turns 83 this year), Niall Buggy (1948, turns 77 this year), Laurie Simmons (1949, turns 76 this year), J.P. Dutta (1949, turns 76 this year), Lindsey Buckingham (1949, turns 76 this year), Pamela Hensley (1950, turns 75 this year), John Patrick Shanley (1950, turns 75 this year), Al Sharpton (1954, turns 71 this year), Sathyaraj (1954, turns 71 this year), Tommy Wiseau (1955, turns 70 this year), Hart Bochner (1956, turns 69 this year), Blake Snyder (1957, died on August 4, 2009 at the age of 51), Greg Proops (1959, turns 66 this year), Jack Wagner (1959, turns 66 this year), Marcus Giamatti (1961, turns 64 this year), Mario Joyner (1961, turns 64 this year), Tommy Lee (1962, turns 63 this year), Clive Owen (1964, turns 61 this year), Sammy Pérez (1965, died on July 30, 2021 at the age of 55), Denis Villeneuve (1967, turns 58 this year), Eriq Ebouaney (1967, turns 58 this year), Gwen Stefani (1969, turns 56 this year), Janel Moloney (1969, turns 56 this year), Craig Cackowski (1969, turns 56 this year), Jennifer Todd (1969, turns 56 this year), Kevin Richardson (1971, turns 54 this year), Tariq Trotter (1971, turns 54 this year), Kim Joo-Hyuk (1972, died on October 30, 2017 at the age of 45), Lena Headey (1973, turns 52 this year), Neve Campbell (1973, turns 52 this year), Hedy Burress (1973, turns 52 this year), India Arie (1975, turns 50 this year), Alanna Ubach (1975, turns 50 this year), Greig Fraser (1975, turns 50 this year), Seann William Scott (1976, turns 49 this year), Gabriela De La Garza (1976, turns 49 this year), Shannyn Sossamon (1978, turns 47 this year), Christian Coulson (1978, turns 47 this year), John Hennigan (1979, turns 46 this year), Camille Delamarre (1979, turns 46 this year), Claudia Bassols (1979, turns 46 this year), Carlo Alban (1979, turns 46 this year), Adam Randall (1980, turns 45 this year), Ruben Ochandiano (1980, turns 45 this year), Seth Gabel (1981, turns 44 this year), Amanda Walsh (1981, turns 44 this year), Vera Vitali (1981, turns 44 this year), Erik von Detten (1982, turns 43 this year), Giselle Itie (1982, turns 43 this year), Tessa Thompson (1983, turns 42 this year), Meghan Heffern (1983, turns 42 this year), Ashlee Simpson (1984, turns 41 this year), Jessica Parker Kennedy (1984, turns 41 this year), Chris Marquette (1984, turns 41 this year), Meagan Holder (1984, turns 41 this year), Joonas Suotamo (1986, turns 39 this year), Tamar Novas (1986, turns 39 this year), Alicia Vikander (1988, turns 37 this year), A$AP Rocky (1988, turns 37 this year), Mike Johnson (1990, turns 35 this year), Aramis Knight (1999, turns 26 this year), Noah Schnapp (2004, turns 21 this year)
Died on this day in history: Zachary Scott (1965, at the age of 51), Pinto Colvig (1967, at the age of 75), Tay Garnett (1977, at the age of 83), Vivien Merchant (1982, at the age of 53), Roddy McDowall (1998, at the age of 70), Bruce Paltrow (2002, at the age of 58), Janet Leigh (2004, at the age of 77), Gilberto Idonea (2018, at the age of 72), Rami Danon (2019, at the age of 72), Lew Dauber (2019, at the age of 70), Thomas Jefferson Byrd (2020, at the age of 69), Tomas Norstrom (2021, at the age of 65), Cynthia Harris (2021, at the age of 87), Charles Fuller (2022, at the age of 83), Pierre Christin (2024, at the age of 86)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.