On This Day - August 6
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Saturday | $38,578,832 | $325,100,054 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Saturday | $19,305,174 | $176,760,185 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Sunday | $16,988,250 | $636,238,421 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Friday | $13,124,233 | $119,219,978 |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Sunday | $12,990,767 | $148,213,377 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Friday | $12,150,000 | $55,817,425 |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Wednesday | $12,085,679 | $87,341,380 |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Saturday | $9,970,551 | $80,270,227 |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | Saturday | $9,685,911 | $103,368,602 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Sunday | $9,626,790 | $329,862,540 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Friday | $13,124,233 | $119,219,978 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Friday | $12,150,000 | $55,817,425 |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Wednesday | $12,085,679 | $87,341,380 |
| 2004 | Collateral | Friday | $8,200,000 | $100,170,152 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Friday | $8,005,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2010 | Step Up 3D | Friday | $6,657,326 | $42,400,223 |
| 2003 | Freaky Friday | Wednesday | $6,007,000 | $110,222,438 |
| 2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Wednesday | $5,730,334 | $44,089,964 |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Friday | $4,065,000 | $69,304,264 |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Friday | $3,335,000 | $29,762,011 |
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 6.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $133,682,248 | $325,100,054 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $54,806,191 | $176,760,185 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $53,008,647 | $636,238,421 |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | $47,042,215 | $148,213,377 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | $35,543,162 | $119,219,978 |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $30,675,314 | $80,270,227 |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | $30,030,156 | $103,368,602 |
| 2023 | Meg 2: The Trench | $30,002,735 | $82,633,033 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $29,121,040 | $329,862,540 |
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | $28,007,544 | $118,700,272 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lucille Ball (1911, died on April 26, 1989 at the age of 77), Robert Mitchum (1917, died on July 1, 1997 at the age of 79), Ella Raines (1920, died on May 30, 1988 at the age of 67), Barbara Bates (1925, turns 99 this year), Frank Finlay (1926, died on January 30, 2016 at the age of 89), Abbey Lincoln (1930, died on August 14, 2010 at the age of 80), Umberto Lenzi (1931, died on October 19, 2017 at the age of 86), Charles Wood (1932, died on February 1, 2020 at the age of 87), Barbara Windsor (1937, died on December 10, 2020 at the age of 83), Paul Bartel (1938, turns 86 this year), Peter Bonerz (1938, turns 86 this year), Peter Simonischek (1946, died on May 29, 2023 at the age of 76), Dorian Harewood (1950, turns 74 this year), Catherine Hicks (1951, turns 73 this year), Valerie Wildman (1953, turns 71 this year), Faith Prince (1957, turns 67 this year), Leland Orser (1960, turns 64 this year), Michelle Yeoh (1962, turns 62 this year), Dean Andrews (1963, turns 61 this year), Lisa Boyle (1964, turns 60 this year), De'voreaux White (1965, turns 59 this year), Jeremy Ratchford (1965, turns 59 this year), Olivier Megaton (1965, turns 59 this year), M. Night Shyamalan (1970, turns 54 this year), Alan Cox (1970, turns 54 this year), Merrin Dungey (1971, turns 53 this year), Geri Halliwell (1972, turns 52 this year), Jason O'Mara (1972, turns 52 this year), Vera Farmiga (1973, turns 51 this year), Ever Carradine (1974, turns 50 this year), Melissa George (1976, turns 48 this year), Josh Schwartz (1976, turns 48 this year), Ashlie Atkinson (1977, turns 47 this year), Marisa Miller (1978, turns 46 this year), Monique Ganderton (1980, turns 44 this year), Leslie Odom Jr. (1981, turns 43 this year), Romola Garai (1982, turns 42 this year), Karl Davies (1982, turns 42 this year), Kacey Rohl (1991, turns 33 this year), Charlotte McKinney (1993, turns 31 this year), Amy Forsyth (1995, turns 29 this year), Vanessa Merrell (1996, turns 28 this year), Forrest Goodluck (1998, turns 26 this year), Ty Simpkins (2001, turns 23 this year), Harley Graham (2001, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Preston Sturges (1959, at the age of 60), Cedric Hardwicke (1964, at the age of 71), Everett Sloane (1965, at the age of 55), Kurt Kasznar (1979, at the age of 65), Larry Taylor (2003, at the age of 85), John Hughes (2009, at the age of 59), John Wood (2011, at the age of 81), Norman Twain (2016, at the age of 85), Trevor Moore (2021, at the age of 41), Peter Lees (2021, at the age of 41)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.