The Numbers - On This Day - October 24
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on October 24.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | Friday | $18,617,000 | $110,000,082 |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Friday | $16,961,393 | $90,559,416 |
| 2008 | Saw V | Friday | $14,345,874 | $56,746,769 |
| 2021 | Dune | Sunday | $9,780,000 | $111,031,267 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Sunday | $8,986,659 | $110,359,362 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | Saturday | $8,638,987 | $107,918,810 |
| 2014 | Ouija | Friday | $8,301,410 | $50,856,010 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Sunday | $7,528,877 | $84,752,907 |
| 2015 | The Martian | Saturday | $7,265,327 | $228,433,663 |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Saturday | $7,041,435 | $80,069,458 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on October 24.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | Friday | $18,617,000 | $110,000,082 |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Friday | $16,961,393 | $90,559,416 |
| 2008 | Saw V | Friday | $14,345,874 | $56,746,769 |
| 2014 | Ouija | Friday | $8,301,410 | $50,856,010 |
| 2014 | John Wick | Friday | $5,449,563 | $43,037,835 |
| 2003 | Radio | Friday | $4,432,000 | $52,333,738 |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory | Friday | $2,308,933 | $15,740,721 |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Friday | $1,390,000 | $12,532,777 |
| 1997 | Fairytale: A True Story | Friday | $770,000 | $14,059,077 |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Friday | $725,000 | $4,287,595 |
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 24.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | $48,113,770 | $110,000,082 |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $42,030,184 | $90,559,416 |
| 2021 | Dune | $41,011,174 | $111,031,267 |
| 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $40,678,424 | $84,752,907 |
| 2004 | The Grudge | $39,128,715 | $110,359,362 |
| 2008 | Saw V | $30,053,954 | $56,746,769 |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | $21,313,815 | $117,229,692 |
| 2009 | Paranormal Activity | $21,104,070 | $107,918,810 |
| 2014 | Ouija | $19,875,995 | $50,856,010 |
| 2015 | The Martian | $15,732,907 | $228,433,663 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Mortal Kombat 2, Regretting You
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Bob Kane (1915, died on November 3, 1998 at the age of 83), Mary Lee (1924, died on June 6, 1996 at the age of 71), Mark Lenard (1924, turns 101 this year), Clifford Rose (1929, died on November 6, 2021 at the age of 92), Jack Angel (1930, died on October 19, 2021 at the age of 90), Tony Walton (1934, died on March 2, 2022 at the age of 87), David Nelson (1936, died on January 11, 2011 at the age of 74), F. Murray Abraham (1939, turns 86 this year), Martin Campbell (1943, turns 82 this year), Kevin Kline (1947, turns 78 this year), Karen Austin (1950, turns 75 this year), Robert Clotworthy (1955, turns 70 this year), John Kassir (1957, turns 68 this year), Brad Johnson (1959, turns 66 this year), B.D. Wong (1960, turns 65 this year), Grant Gee (1964, turns 61 this year), Zahn McClarnon (1966, turns 59 this year), Conrad Pla (1966, turns 59 this year), Jacqueline McKenzie (1967, turns 58 this year), Rick Ravanello (1967, turns 58 this year), Mark Walton (1968, turns 57 this year), Toddy Walters (1969, turns 56 this year), Raelee Hill (1972, turns 53 this year), Burgess Jenkins (1973, turns 52 this year), Joakim Natterqvist (1974, turns 51 this year), Catherine Sutherland (1974, turns 51 this year), Mallika Sherawat (1976, turns 49 this year), Casey Wilson (1980, turns 45 this year), Monica (1980, turns 45 this year), Jemima Rooper (1981, turns 44 this year), Adrienne Eliza Houghton (1983, turns 42 this year), Adrienne Eliza Houghton (1983, turns 42 this year), Emily Brobst (1984, turns 41 this year), Emily Barclay (1984, turns 41 this year), Drake (1986, turns 39 this year), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (1986, turns 39 this year), Eliza Taylor (1989, turns 36 this year), Kirby Bliss Blanton (1990, turns 35 this year), Ashton Sanders (1995, turns 30 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gene Roddenberry (1991, at the age of 70), Raul Julia (1994, at the age of 54), Don Messick (1997, at the age of 71), Lamont Johnson (2010, at the age of 88), Marcia Strassman (2014, at the age of 66), Maureen O’Hara (2015, at the age of 95), Robert Guillaume (2017, at the age of 89), James Karen (2018, at the age of 94), Kaoru Yachigusa (2019, at the age of 88), Leslie Jordan (2022, at the age of 67), Richard Roundtree (2023, at the age of 81)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.