On This Day - June 8
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on June 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Prometheus | Friday | $21,466,267 | $126,477,084 |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Friday | $20,650,819 | $216,391,482 |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Sunday | $17,285,274 | $215,434,591 |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Saturday | $17,030,935 | $159,214,420 |
| 2018 | Ocean’s 8 | Friday | $15,523,247 | $140,218,711 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Sunday | $14,781,256 | $380,529,370 |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Friday | $13,178,716 | $117,144,465 |
| 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Sunday | $12,490,320 | $127,120,058 |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Wednesday | $12,402,113 | $718,732,821 |
| 2019 | Dark Phoenix | Saturday | $10,849,779 | $65,845,974 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on June 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Prometheus | Friday | $21,466,267 | $126,477,084 |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Friday | $20,650,819 | $216,391,482 |
| 2018 | Ocean’s 8 | Friday | $15,523,247 | $140,218,711 |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Friday | $13,178,716 | $117,144,465 |
| 2001 | Swordfish | Friday | $5,838,000 | $69,772,969 |
| 2007 | Surf’s Up | Friday | $5,804,772 | $58,867,694 |
| 2018 | Hereditary | Friday | $5,146,504 | $44,069,456 |
| 2001 | Evolution | Friday | $4,450,500 | $38,311,134 |
| 2007 | Hostel: Part II | Friday | $3,381,030 | $17,544,812 |
| 2018 | Hotel Artemis | Friday | $1,109,293 | $6,708,137 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was June 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $60,316,738 | $216,391,482 |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | $60,239,130 | $215,434,591 |
| 2012 | Prometheus | $51,050,101 | $126,477,084 |
| 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $50,472,480 | $127,120,058 |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars | $48,002,523 | $124,872,350 |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | $46,652,680 | $159,214,420 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | $46,589,649 | $380,529,370 |
| 2018 | Ocean’s 8 | $41,607,378 | $140,218,711 |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess With the Zohan | $38,531,374 | $100,018,837 |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | $36,133,403 | $117,144,465 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Brandon (1912, died on February 15, 1990 at the age of 77), Robert Preston (1918, died on March 21, 1987 at the age of 68), Charles Tyner (1925, died on November 8, 2017 at the age of 92), Jerry Stiller (1927, died on May 11, 2020 at the age of 92), Gastone Moschin (1929, died on September 4, 2017 at the age of 88), Maurice Barrier (1932, died on April 12, 2020 at the age of 87), Joan Rivers (1933, died on September 4, 2014 at the age of 81), James Darren (1936, turns 88 this year), James Darren (1936, turns 88 this year), Bernie Casey (1939, died on September 19, 2017 at the age of 78), Geoffrey Hutchings (1939, died on July 1, 2010 at the age of 71), Nancy Sinatra (1940, turns 84 this year), Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (1942, died on April 26, 2019 at the age of 76), Byun Heebong (1942, died on September 18, 2023 at the age of 81), Kathy Baker (1950, turns 74 this year), Sonia Braga (1950, turns 74 this year), Griffin Dunne (1955, turns 69 this year), Dimple Kapadia (1957, turns 67 this year), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958, turns 66 this year), Cyril O'Reilly (1958, turns 66 this year), Bernard White (1959, turns 65 this year), Frank Grillo (1965, turns 59 this year), Kevin P. Farley (1965, turns 59 this year), Jefferson Mays (1965, turns 59 this year), Julianna Margulies (1966, turns 58 this year), Dan Futterman (1967, turns 57 this year), David Sutcliffe (1969, turns 55 this year), J.P. Manoux (1969, turns 55 this year), Kelli Williams (1970, turns 54 this year), Mark Feuerstein (1971, turns 53 this year), Troy Duffy (1971, turns 53 this year), Chapman To (1972, turns 52 this year), Lexa Doig (1973, turns 51 this year), Eion Bailey (1976, turns 48 this year), Kanye West (1977, turns 47 this year), Maria Menounos (1978, turns 46 this year), Jess Weixler (1981, turns 43 this year), Josh Pence (1982, turns 42 this year), Emily Tarver (1982, turns 42 this year), Florence Faivre (1983, turns 41 this year), Mamoru Miyano (1983, turns 41 this year), Torrey DeVitto (1984, turns 40 this year), Luke Baines (1987, turns 37 this year), Francesca Angelucci Capaldi (2004, turns 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Glenne Headly (2017, at the age of 62), Anthony Bourdain (2018, at the age of 61), Jackson Odell (2018, at the age of 20)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.