On This Day - September 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on September 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | Sunday | $15,105,428 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | Saturday | $11,933,562 | $423,981,226 |
| 2016 | Sully | Saturday | $9,556,921 | $125,070,033 |
| 2010 | The Town | Friday | $8,348,436 | $92,186,262 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Saturday | $7,121,993 | $67,328,130 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Saturday | $7,002,081 | $48,318,130 |
| 2010 | Easy A | Friday | $6,787,163 | $58,401,464 |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Saturday | $6,449,818 | $75,072,454 |
| 2011 | Contagion | Saturday | $6,441,955 | $75,658,097 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Friday | $6,359,000 | $68,208,190 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on September 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Town | Friday | $8,348,436 | $92,186,262 |
| 2010 | Easy A | Friday | $6,787,163 | $58,401,464 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Friday | $6,359,000 | $68,208,190 |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Friday | $5,100,000 | $37,760,080 |
| 2010 | Devil | Friday | $4,803,390 | $33,679,655 |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Friday | $4,398,000 | $35,188,640 |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 | Friday | $2,900,000 | $21,800,302 |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Friday | $2,700,000 | $16,862,585 |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega | Friday | $2,288,773 | $25,107,267 |
| 2021 | Cry Macho | Friday | $1,600,000 | $10,310,734 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | It | $60,103,110 | $328,828,874 |
| 2011 | The Lion King | $29,156,757 | $423,981,226 |
| 2010 | The Town | $23,808,032 | $92,186,262 |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $21,670,751 | $224,543,292 |
| 2016 | Sully | $21,653,017 | $125,070,033 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | $19,208,806 | $68,208,190 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | $19,051,442 | $67,328,130 |
| 2010 | Easy A | $17,734,040 | $58,401,464 |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | $16,408,718 | $48,318,130 |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $15,580,278 | $37,760,080 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edgar G. Ulmer (1904, turned 120 this year), Dolores Costello (1905, turned 119 this year), Dorothy Loudon (1925, died on November 15, 2003 at the age of 78), Curtis Harrington (1926, died on May 6, 2007 at the age of 80), Roddy McDowall (1928, died on October 3, 1998 at the age of 70), David Huddleston (1930, died on August 2, 2016 at the age of 85), Anne Bancroft (1931, died on June 6, 2005 at the age of 73), Robert B. Parker (1932, died on January 18, 2010 at the age of 77), Pat Crowley (1933, turned 91 this year), Denise Gagnon (1936, died on August 14, 2024 at the age of 87), Vladimir Menshov (1937, died on July 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Paul Benedict (1938, died on December 1, 2008 at the age of 70), Lupe Ontiveros (1942, turned 82 this year), Bruce Spence (1945, turned 79 this year), John Ritter (1948, died on September 11, 2003 at the age of 54), Cassandra Peterson (1951, turned 73 this year), Lynne Griffin (1952, turned 72 this year), Wendy Worthington (1954, turned 70 this year), Charles A. Martinet (1955, turned 69 this year), Bo Brinkman (1956, turned 68 this year), Aaron Lustig (1956, turned 68 this year), Keith Cooke (1959, turned 65 this year), Kevin Clash (1960, turned 64 this year), Michelle Joyner (1961, turned 63 this year), Paul Feig (1962, turned 62 this year), Be Be Winans (1962, turned 62 this year), Dustin Nguyen (1962, turned 62 this year), Baz Luhrmann (1962, turned 62 this year), Michael French (1962, turned 62 this year), James Urbaniak (1963, turned 61 this year), William Shockley (1963, turned 61 this year), Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963, turned 61 this year), Bryan Singer (1965, turned 59 this year), Kyle Chandler (1965, turned 59 this year), Tracy Dali (1966, turned 58 this year), Malik Yoba (1967, turned 57 this year), Anne Louise Hassing (1967, turned 57 this year), Joe Bastianich (1968, turned 56 this year), Matthew Settle (1969, turned 55 this year), Jim Conroy (1970, turned 54 this year), Mark Osborne (1970, turned 54 this year), Ian Whyte (1971, turned 53 this year), Felix Solis (1971, turned 53 this year), Bobby Lee (1972, turned 52 this year), Constantine Maroulis (1975, turned 49 this year), Sam Esmail (1977, turned 47 this year), Nick Cordero (1978, died on July 5, 2020 at the age of 41), Jason McGuire (1978, turned 46 this year), Neill Blomkamp (1979, turned 45 this year), Billy Miller (1979, died on September 15, 2023 at the age of 43), Jolene Van Vugt (1980, turned 44 this year), Griff Furst (1981, turned 43 this year), Wade Robson (1982, turned 42 this year), Richard Basehart (1984, turned 40 this year), Neel Ronholt (1984, turned 40 this year), Priya Anand (1986, turned 38 this year), Augustus Prew (1987, turned 37 this year), Allie MacDonald (1988, turned 36 this year), Danielle Brooks (1989, turned 35 this year), Dijon Talton (1989, turned 35 this year), Mena Massoud (1991, turned 33 this year), Arielle Holmes (1993, turned 31 this year), Martijn Lakemeier (1993, turned 31 this year), Nam Ji-hyun (1995, turned 29 this year), Ella Purnell (1996, turned 28 this year), Daniel Huttlestone (1999, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Akim Tamiroff (1972, at the age of 72), Nelo Risi (2015, at the age of 95), Charmian Carr (2016, at the age of 73), Kate Guinzburg (2017, at the age of 60), Captain Raju (2018, at the age of 68), Stephen Jeffreys (2018, at the age of 68), Basil Hoffman (2021, at the age of 68), Marva Hicks (2022, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.