On This Day - August 22
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Saturday | $13,074,907 | $120,774,594 |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Saturday | $10,542,550 | $161,197,785 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Saturday | $7,238,481 | $115,646,235 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Sunday | $6,956,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2014 | If I Stay | Friday | $6,827,007 | $50,474,843 |
| 1998 | Blade | Saturday | $6,190,000 | $70,141,876 |
| 2008 | The House Bunny | Friday | $5,918,274 | $48,237,389 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | Sunday | $5,410,198 | $121,626,598 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Sunday | $5,357,721 | $103,068,524 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Saturday | $5,114,084 | $150,201,498 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | If I Stay | Friday | $6,827,007 | $50,474,843 |
| 2008 | The House Bunny | Friday | $5,918,274 | $48,237,389 |
| 2008 | Death Race | Friday | $4,620,775 | $36,316,032 |
| 1997 | G.I. Jane | Friday | $3,570,862 | $48,169,156 |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Friday | $3,533,090 | $41,076,865 |
| 2014 | When the Game Stands Tall | Friday | $2,948,554 | $30,127,963 |
| 2003 | The Medallion | Friday | $2,877,000 | $22,108,977 |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Friday | $2,619,741 | $13,757,804 |
| 1997 | Mimic | Friday | $2,578,596 | $25,514,166 |
| 2003 | My Boss's Daughter | Friday | $1,856,000 | $15,549,702 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | $38,054,676 | $120,774,594 |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $26,364,020 | $161,197,785 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $23,950,008 | $293,506,292 |
| 2021 | Free Guy | $18,504,022 | $121,626,598 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $18,213,546 | $115,646,235 |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | $18,148,331 | $183,968,665 |
| 2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $18,054,001 | $41,814,863 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $17,202,212 | $333,714,112 |
| 1998 | Blade | $17,073,856 | $70,141,876 |
| 2010 | The Expendables | $16,968,032 | $103,068,524 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Relay, Honey Don’t, Highest 2 Lowest, Trust, Grand Prix of Europe, Splitsville, Lurker, Eden
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Cecil Kellaway (1890, died on February 28, 1973 at the age of 82), Francis McDonald (1891, died on September 18, 1968 at the age of 77), Jay Novello (1904, died on September 2, 1982 at the age of 78), Julius J. Epstein (1909, died on December 30, 2000 at the age of 91), Milton Quon (1913, died on June 18, 2019 at the age of 105), John Slater (1916, turns 109 this year), Ray Bradbury (1920, died on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91), Theoni V. Aldredge (1922, died on January 21, 2011 at the age of 88), Micheline Presle (1922, died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 101), Honor Blackman (1925, died on April 6, 2020 at the age of 94), Lois Hall (1926, died on December 21, 2006 at the age of 80), David De Keyser (1927, died on February 20, 2021 at the age of 93), John Lupton (1928, died on November 3, 1993 at the age of 65), Bobby Harwell (1931, died on April 1, 2017 at the age of 85), Robert Hale (1933, died on August 27, 2023 at the age of 90), Diana Sands (1934, turns 91 this year), Valerie Harper (1939, died on August 30, 2019 at the age of 80), Judy Nugent (1940, turns 85 this year), David Chase (1945, turns 80 this year), Joseph Kosala (1946, turns 79 this year), Max Fairchild (1946, died on October 12, 2017 at the age of 71), Cindy Williams (1947, died on January 25, 2023 at the age of 75), Joey Aresco (1949, turns 76 this year), Rick McCallum (1950, turns 75 this year), Michael Gudinski (1952, died on March 1, 2021 at the age of 68), Jay Patterson (1954, turns 71 this year), Rachel Feldman (1954, turns 71 this year), Thomas Heise (1955, died on May 29, 2024 at the age of 68), Nigel Cooke (1957, turns 68 this year), Colm Feore (1958, turns 67 this year), Colm Feore (1958, turns 67 this year), Mark Williams (1959, turns 66 this year), Mark Williams (1959, turns 66 this year), Lucy Roucis (1959, died on February 8, 2021 at the age of 61), Regina Taylor (1960, turns 65 this year), Lulu Antariksa (1961, turns 64 this year), Chip Carriere (1961, turns 64 this year), Lara Harris (1962, turns 63 this year), Tori Amos (1963, turns 62 this year), Thomas Van Dell (1963, turns 62 this year), Andrew Wilson (1964, turns 61 this year), Courtney Gains (1965, turns 60 this year), Brooke Dillman (1966, turns 59 this year), Alfred Gough (1967, turns 58 this year), Ty Burrell (1967, turns 58 this year), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967, turns 58 this year), Casper Christensen (1968, turns 57 this year), Patrick Day (1968, turns 57 this year), Richard Armitage (1971, turns 54 this year), Rick Yune (1971, turns 54 this year), Marliece Andrada (1972, turns 53 this year), Kristen Wiig (1973, turns 52 this year), Laurent Lafitte (1973, turns 52 this year), Howie Dorough (1973, turns 52 this year), Melinda Page Hamilton (1974, turns 51 this year), Jenna Leigh Green (1974, turns 51 this year), Kay Cannon (1974, turns 51 this year), Rodrigo Santoro (1975, turns 50 this year), Matthew Edison (1975, turns 50 this year), Samrat Chakrabarti (1975, turns 50 this year), Jackie Geary (1977, turns 48 this year), James Corden (1978, turns 47 this year), Malin Crepin (1978, turns 47 this year), Mandy Gonzalez (1978, turns 47 this year), Jennifer Finnigan (1979, turns 46 this year), Brandon Quintin Adams (1979, turns 46 this year), Megan Duffy (1979, turns 46 this year), Ross Marquand (1981, turns 44 this year), Aparna Nancheria (1982, turns 43 this year), Jasmine Waltz (1982, turns 43 this year), Jorge Diaz (1983, turns 42 this year), Katie Stuart (1984, turns 41 this year), Naomi Ackie (1991, turns 34 this year), Israel Broussard (1994, turns 31 this year), Dakota Goyo (1999, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Sebastian Cabot (1977, at the age of 59), Colleen Dewhurst (1991, at the age of 67), Toru Tanaka (2000, at the age of 70), D.J. "Bishop" Rogers (2020, at the age of 72), Leslie Hamilton Gearren (2020, at the age of 63), Jack Hirschman (2021, at the age of 63)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.