On This Day - October 4
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joker | Friday | $39,350,693 | $335,451,311 |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Friday | $20,257,472 | $58,300,287 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Friday | $17,484,818 | $274,092,705 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Saturday | $15,175,369 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | Saturday | $13,979,788 | $84,273,813 |
| 2015 | The Martian | Sunday | $13,911,129 | $228,433,663 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Friday | $13,478,355 | $92,955,420 |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Saturday | $12,482,375 | $94,514,402 |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Sunday | $9,982,870 | $169,700,110 |
| 2003 | School of Rock | Saturday | $8,712,422 | $81,261,177 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joker | Friday | $39,350,693 | $335,451,311 |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Friday | $20,257,472 | $58,300,287 |
| 2013 | Gravity | Friday | $17,484,818 | $274,092,705 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Friday | $13,478,355 | $92,955,420 |
| 2013 | Runner Runner | Friday | $2,786,580 | $19,316,646 |
| 2002 | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | Friday | $1,898,000 | $25,571,351 |
| 2013 | Pulling Strings | Friday | $758,787 | $5,842,961 |
| 2024 | White Bird | Friday | $687,007 | $5,069,171 |
| 2021 | God’s Not Dead: We the People | Monday | $387,379 | $1,170,387 |
| 2013 | Grace Unplugged | Friday | $346,973 | $2,507,159 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joker | $96,202,337 | $335,451,311 |
| 2013 | Gravity | $55,785,112 | $274,092,705 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $54,308,575 | $228,433,663 |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | $37,678,467 | $58,300,287 |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | $37,513,109 | $167,767,189 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | $37,134,255 | $84,273,813 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | $36,540,945 | $92,955,420 |
| 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 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: UFC 320
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Buster Keaton (1895, died on February 1, 1966 at the age of 70), John Larch (1914, died on October 16, 2005 at the age of 91), George Sidney (1916, died on May 5, 2002 at the age of 85), Charlton Heston (1923, died on April 5, 2008 at the age of 84), Edmund Lyndeck (1925, died on December 14, 2015 at the age of 90), Scotty Beckett (1929, turns 96 this year), Erwin C. Dietrich (1930, died on March 15, 2018 at the age of 87), Stan Dragoti (1932, died on July 13, 2018 at the age of 85), Horst Janson (1935, died on January 28, 2025 at the age of 89), Robert Wilson (1941, turns 84 this year), Anne Rice (1941, died on December 11, 2021 at the age of 80), Mick Jackson (1943, turns 82 this year), Kate McGregor-Stewart (1944, turns 81 this year), Michael C. Gross (1945, died on November 16, 2015 at the age of 70), Clifton Davis (1945, turns 80 this year), Susan Sarandon (1946, turns 79 this year), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949, turns 76 this year), Armand Assante (1949, turns 76 this year), Alan Rosenberg (1950, turns 75 this year), Rob Fruithof (1951, died on August 25, 2023 at the age of 71), Tcheky Karyo (1953, turns 72 this year), Christopher Fairbank (1953, turns 72 this year), Kerry Sherman (1953, turns 72 this year), Christoph Waltz (1956, turns 69 this year), Bill Fagerbakke (1957, turns 68 this year), Wendy Makkena (1958, turns 67 this year), Annabelle Lanyon (1960, turns 65 this year), Loren Lester (1960, turns 65 this year), Mike Norris (1962, turns 63 this year), Mark Powley (1963, turns 62 this year), Sarah Lancashire (1964, turns 61 this year), Leah Daniels-Butler (1965, turns 60 this year), Caroline Barclay (1966, turns 59 this year), Liev Schreiber (1967, turns 58 this year), Abraham Benrubi (1969, turns 56 this year), Jerry Minor (1969, turns 56 this year), Hoyte Van Hoytema (1971, turns 54 this year), Mark Kassen (1971, turns 54 this year), Pablo Trapero (1971, turns 54 this year), Trond Espen Seim (1971, turns 54 this year), Dennis Gansel (1973, turns 52 this year), Paco Leon (1974, turns 51 this year), Alicia Silverstone (1976, turns 49 this year), Alycia Delmore (1977, turns 48 this year), Phillip Glasser (1978, turns 47 this year), Rachael Leigh Cook (1979, turns 46 this year), Caitriona Balfe (1979, turns 46 this year), Dana Davis (1979, turns 46 this year), Nick Mohammed (1980, turns 45 this year), Vicky Krieps (1983, turns 42 this year), Laila Berzins (1983, turns 42 this year), Gerard Kearns (1984, turns 41 this year), James Landry Hebert (1984, turns 41 this year), Natalia Ryumina (1984, turns 41 this year), Cody McMains (1985, turns 40 this year), Kali Hawk (1986, turns 39 this year), Sara Forestier (1986, turns 39 this year), Michael Charles Roman (1987, turns 38 this year), Melissa Benoist (1988, turns 37 this year), Dakota Johnson (1989, turns 36 this year), Cole Hawkins (1991, turns 34 this year), Sam Earle (1993, turns 32 this year), Ella Balinska (1996, turns 29 this year), Ryan Lee (1996, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Graham Chapman (1989, at the age of 48), Tom Bell (2006, at the age of 73), William Tepper (2017, at the age of 73), Audrey Wells (2018, at the age of 58), Will Vinton (2018, at the age of 70), Diahann Carroll (2019, at the age of 84), Clark Middleton (2020, at the age of 62), Shawna Trpcic (2023, at the age of 57), Michel Blanc (2024, at the age of 72)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.