On This Day - September 30
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Sunday | $12,602,119 | $148,313,048 |
| 2006 | Open Season | Saturday | $10,232,453 | $85,105,259 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Saturday | $9,978,000 | $115,719,751 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Saturday | $9,534,184 | $65,343,309 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2017 | It | Saturday | $7,811,673 | $328,828,874 |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Saturday | $7,800,000 | $55,011,732 |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Saturday | $7,554,466 | $100,234,838 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Friday | $9,041,770 | $87,242,834 |
| 2022 | Smile | Friday | $8,234,402 | $105,935,048 |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Friday | $7,067,243 | $61,433,527 |
| 2005 | Serenity | Friday | $3,949,340 | $25,514,517 |
| 2011 | Courageous | Friday | $3,127,940 | $35,017,223 |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Friday | $2,887,377 | $35,016,118 |
| 2011 | Dream House | Friday | $2,887,185 | $21,302,340 |
| 2005 | Into the Blue | Friday | $2,411,781 | $18,782,227 |
| 2016 | Masterminds | Friday | $2,325,546 | $17,356,894 |
| 2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: Part One | Friday | $2,100,000 | $4,918,000 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was September 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $42,522,194 | $148,313,048 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | $28,871,140 | $87,242,834 |
| 2018 | Night School | $27,257,615 | $77,339,130 |
| 2006 | Open Season | $23,624,548 | $85,105,259 |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | $23,045,635 | $83,240,103 |
| 2007 | The Game Plan | $22,950,971 | $90,648,202 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | $22,764,354 | $65,343,309 |
| 2022 | Smile | $22,609,925 | $105,935,048 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | $20,905,831 | $115,719,751 |
| 2012 | Looper | $20,801,552 | $66,486,205 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Bancroft (1882, died on October 2, 1956 at the age of 74), Lil Dagover (1887, died on January 23, 1980 at the age of 92), Lewis Milestone (1895, died on September 25, 1980 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Michael Powell (1905, died on February 19, 1990 at the age of 84), Bill Walsh (1913, died on January 27, 1975 at the age of 61), Deborah Kerr (1921, died on October 16, 2007 at the age of 86), Lamont Johnson (1922, died on October 24, 2010 at the age of 88), Michel Lemoine (1922, died on July 27, 2013 at the age of 90), Truman Capote (1924, died on August 25, 1984 at the age of 59), Angie Dickinson (1931, turns 94 this year), Antoinette Bower (1932, turns 93 this year), Cissy Houston (1933, died on October 7, 2024 at the age of 91), Anna Kashfi (1934, died on August 16, 2015 at the age of 80), Johnny Mathis (1935, turns 90 this year), Len Cariou (1939, turns 86 this year), Angela Pleasence (1941, turns 84 this year), Ian Ogilvy (1943, turns 82 this year), Fran Brill (1946, turns 79 this year), Dan O’Bannon (1946, died on December 17, 2009 at the age of 63), Victoria Tennant (1950, turns 75 this year), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950, turns 75 this year), Al Leong (1952, turns 73 this year), Jack Wild (1952, turns 73 this year), John Finn (1952, turns 73 this year), Calvin Levels (1954, turns 71 this year), Donna Biscoe (1955, turns 70 this year), Fran Drescher (1957, turns 68 this year), Debrah Farentino (1959, turns 66 this year), Kaarin Fairfax (1959, turns 66 this year), Eric Stoltz (1961, turns 64 this year), Crystal Bernard (1961, turns 64 this year), Monica Bellucci (1964, turns 61 this year), Omid Djalili (1965, turns 60 this year), Adamo Dionisi (1965, died on October 20, 2024 at the age of 59), Lisa Thornhill (1966, turns 59 this year), Andrea Roth (1967, turns 58 this year), Mark Polonia (1968, turns 57 this year), Amy Landecker (1969, turns 56 this year), Mark 'Rhino' Smith (1969, turns 56 this year), Tony Hale (1970, turns 55 this year), Alistair Petrie (1970, turns 55 this year), Mark Bazeley (1970, turns 55 this year), René Ashton (1970, turns 55 this year), Jenna Elfman (1971, turns 54 this year), Meadow Sisto (1972, turns 53 this year), John Light (1973, turns 52 this year), Daniel Wu (1974, turns 51 this year), Ashley Hamilton (1974, turns 51 this year), Ursula Brooks (1974, turns 51 this year), Marion Cotillard (1975, turns 50 this year), Christopher Jackson (1975, turns 50 this year), Sean Rogerson (1977, turns 48 this year), Stark Sands (1978, turns 47 this year), Jonathan Kasdan (1979, turns 46 this year), Toni Trucks (1980, turns 45 this year), Ashleigh Aston Moore (1981, died on December 11, 2007 at the age of 26), Lacey Chabert (1982, turns 43 this year), Kieran Culkin (1982, turns 43 this year), Pihla Viitala (1982, turns 43 this year), Teal Redmann (1982, turns 43 this year), Katrina Law (1985, turns 40 this year), Greyston Holt (1985, turns 40 this year), Rachel Lena Snow (1987, turns 38 this year), Joo Won (1987, turns 38 this year), Mahaley Patel (1987, turns 38 this year), Ben Cura (1988, turns 37 this year), Ezra Miller (1992, turns 33 this year), Raphaël Coleman (1994, died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 25), Maddie Ziegler (2002, turns 23 this year), Levi Miller (2002, turns 23 this year), Nathan Arenas (2005, turns 20 this year), Valeria Cotto (2010, turns 15 this year)
Died on this day in history: Friedrich Feher (1950, at the age of 61), James Dean (1955, at the age of 24), Edgar Bergen (1978, at the age of 75), Simone Signoret (1985, at the age of 64), Stephen J. Cannell (2010, at the age of 69), Turhan Bey (2012, at the age of 90), Ruth Maleczech (2013, at the age of 74), Monty Hall (2017, at the age of 96), Marshall Efron (2019, at the age of 81), Ravil Isyanov (2021, at the age of 59), Veronika Varga (2023, at the age of 54), Dikembe Mutombo (2024, at the age of 58), Robert Watts (2024, at the age of 86), Ji-a Park (2024, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.