On This Day - October 21
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Black Adam | Friday | $26,688,324 | $168,283,344 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Friday | $26,305,745 | $104,028,807 |
| 2018 | Halloween | Sunday | $16,057,290 | $159,366,015 |
| 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | Saturday | $13,251,871 | $180,760,722 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Friday | $9,470,228 | $73,206,343 |
| 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Friday | $8,848,149 | $58,697,076 |
| 2017 | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Saturday | $8,818,022 | $47,319,572 |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Saturday | $8,149,384 | $68,026,901 |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Saturday | $7,719,000 | $166,225,040 |
| 2022 | Ticket to Paradise | Friday | $6,404,995 | $68,275,985 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Black Adam | Friday | $26,688,324 | $168,283,344 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Friday | $26,305,745 | $104,028,807 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Friday | $9,470,228 | $73,206,343 |
| 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Friday | $8,848,149 | $58,697,076 |
| 2022 | Ticket to Paradise | Friday | $6,404,995 | $68,275,985 |
| 2005 | Doom | Friday | $5,857,775 | $28,212,337 |
| 2016 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | Friday | $5,509,610 | $35,144,505 |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers | Friday | $2,969,687 | $20,377,913 |
| 2005 | Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | Friday | $2,743,429 | $33,022,286 |
| 2005 | North Country | Friday | $2,012,482 | $18,324,242 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was October 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Halloween | $76,221,545 | $159,366,015 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $67,004,323 | $168,283,344 |
| 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $52,568,183 | $104,028,807 |
| 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | $33,222,621 | $180,760,722 |
| 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $29,003,866 | $53,900,335 |
| 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $28,501,448 | $73,206,343 |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | $23,253,655 | $68,026,901 |
| 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $22,872,490 | $58,697,076 |
| 2017 | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | $21,226,953 | $47,319,572 |
| 2018 | A Star is Born | $19,051,082 | $215,288,866 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Leonard Rossiter (1926, died on October 5, 1984 at the age of 57), Howard Zieff (1927, died on February 22, 2009 at the age of 81), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929, died on January 22, 2018 at the age of 88), Brock Yates (1933, died on October 5, 2016 at the age of 82), Edith Scob (1937, died on June 26, 2019 at the age of 81), Peter Vere-Jones (1939, died on January 26, 2021 at the age of 81), Rhoda Gemignani (1940, turned 84 this year), Steve Cropper (1941, turned 83 this year), Paula Kelly (1943, died on February 9, 2020 at the age of 76), Everett McGill (1945, turned 79 this year), Nikita Mikhalkov (1945, turned 79 this year), Tom Everett (1948, turned 76 this year), LaTanya Richardson (1949, turned 75 this year), Catherine Hardwicke (1955, turned 69 this year), Darius Khondji (1955, turned 69 this year), Paul Greco (1955, turned 69 this year), Carrie Fisher (1956, died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60), Julio Medem (1958, turned 66 this year), Ken Watanabe (1959, turned 65 this year), Tony Ganios (1959, died on February 18, 2024 at the age of 64), Melora Walters (1960, turned 64 this year), Paul Rugg (1960, turned 64 this year), Louis Koo (1970, turned 54 this year), Sasha Roiz (1973, turned 51 this year), Carmen Ejogo (1973, turned 51 this year), Norihisa Hiranuma (1976, turned 48 this year), Andrew Scott (1976, turned 48 this year), Will Estes (1978, turned 46 this year), Michael McMillian (1978, turned 46 this year), Kim Kardashian (1980, turned 44 this year), Jas Waters (1980, died on June 9, 2020 at the age of 39), Matt Dallas (1982, turned 42 this year), Michael Antonakos (1982, turned 42 this year), Aaron Tveit (1983, turned 41 this year), Charlotte Sullivan (1983, turned 41 this year), Jeffrey Bowyer Chapman (1984, turned 40 this year), Glen Powell (1988, turned 36 this year), Blanca Suarez (1988, turned 36 this year), Mark Rendall (1988, turned 36 this year), Hari Nef (1992, turned 32 this year), Ashley Liao (2001, turned 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: François Truffaut (1984, at the age of 52), Peter Barkworth (2006, at the age of 77), Yash Chopra (2012, at the age of 80), Kevin Meaney (2016, at the age of 60), Janet Patterson (2016, at the age of 59), Robert Getchell (2017, at the age of 80), Rosemary Leach (2017, at the age of 81), James Edward Ferrell Jr. (2019, at the age of 66), Josip Elic (2019, at the age of 98), Marge Champion (2020, at the age of 101), Halyna Hutchins (2021, at the age of 101), Martha Henry (2021, at the age of 82), Bobby Charlton (2023, at the age of 86), Christine Boisson (2024, at the age of 68), Mimi Hines (2024, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.