The Numbers - On This Day - August 12
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Friday | $13,510,615 | $97,670,358 |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | Sunday | $13,477,000 | $145,096,820 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Saturday | $13,178,714 | $636,785,476 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Friday | $13,103,794 | $325,100,054 |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Sunday | $12,894,000 | $140,125,968 |
| 2018 | The Meg | Sunday | $12,520,931 | $145,443,742 |
| 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | Saturday | $11,677,885 | $102,092,201 |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Sunday | $10,016,000 | $226,164,286 |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Sunday | $9,737,000 | $113,203,870 |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Sunday | $9,251,865 | $227,471,070 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Friday | $13,510,615 | $97,670,358 |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 | Friday | $7,339,561 | $42,587,643 |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Friday | $6,980,721 | $74,494,381 |
| 2016 | Pete’s Dragon | Friday | $6,952,488 | $76,233,151 |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Friday | $5,957,650 | $47,907,715 |
| 2011 | 30 Minutes or Less | Friday | $4,845,247 | $37,053,924 |
| 2005 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Friday | $3,480,518 | $22,400,154 |
| 2011 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | Friday | $2,734,591 | $11,862,398 |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Friday | $2,082,315 | $27,383,770 |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | Friday | $1,100,000 | $10,166,502 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | $49,100,158 | $140,125,968 |
| 2018 | The Meg | $45,402,195 | $145,443,742 |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | $45,117,985 | $145,096,820 |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $43,536,013 | $325,100,054 |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | $38,142,825 | $113,203,870 |
| 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | $35,006,404 | $102,092,201 |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | $34,263,534 | $97,670,358 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $33,833,294 | $636,785,476 |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | $33,117,312 | $226,164,286 |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $32,879,125 | $227,471,070 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Cecil B. DeMille (1881, died on January 21, 1959 at the age of 77), Oscar Homolka (1898, died on January 28, 1978 at the age of 79), Jane Wyatt (1910, died on October 20, 2006 at the age of 96), Ralph Nelson (1916, died on December 21, 1987 at the age of 71), Marjorie Reynolds (1917, died on February 1, 1997 at the age of 79), Fulton Mackay (1922, turns 103 this year), John Derek (1926, died on May 22, 1998 at the age of 71), Dan Curtis (1927, died on March 27, 2006 at the age of 78), John Bluthal (1929, died on November 15, 2018 at the age of 89), William Goldman (1931, died on November 16, 2018 at the age of 87), Parnelli Jones (1933, died on June 4, 2024 at the age of 90), John Cazale (1935, died on March 12, 1978 at the age of 42), George Hamilton (1939, turns 86 this year), Oliver Ford Davies (1939, turns 86 this year), Tony Allen (1940, died on April 30, 2020 at the age of 79), Dana Ivey (1941, turns 84 this year), L.M. Kit Carson (1941, died on October 20, 2014 at the age of 73), Bruce Solomon (1943, turns 82 this year), Vic Polizos (1947, turns 78 this year), Mark Knopfler (1949, turns 76 this year), Jim Beaver (1950, turns 75 this year), Iris Berben (1950, turns 75 this year), Andrzej Blumenfeld (1951, died on August 14, 2017 at the age of 66), Ronald Guttman (1952, turns 73 this year), Kaige Chen (1952, turns 73 this year), Selina Cadell (1953, turns 72 this year), Sam J. Jones (1954, turns 71 this year), Ray Abruzzo (1954, turns 71 this year), Bruce Greenwood (1956, turns 69 this year), Amanda Redman (1957, turns 68 this year), Isaach de Bankolé (1957, turns 68 this year), María Socas (1959, died on December 10, 2024 at the age of 65), Peter Krause (1965, turns 60 this year), James DuMont (1965, turns 60 this year), Sharon D. Clarke (1966, turns 59 this year), Michael Dobson (1966, turns 59 this year), Brent Sexton (1967, turns 58 this year), Katherine Kendall (1969, turns 56 this year), Charles Mesure (1970, turns 55 this year), Michael Ian Black (1971, turns 54 this year), Yvette Nicole Brown (1971, turns 54 this year), Rebecca Gayheart (1971, turns 54 this year), Casey Affleck (1975, turns 50 this year), Stephanie Vogt (1975, turns 50 this year), Carter Bays (1975, turns 50 this year), Natalie Mendoza (1978, turns 47 this year), Rebekah Chaney (1978, turns 47 this year), Maggie Lawson (1980, turns 45 this year), Dominique Swain (1980, turns 45 this year), Steve Talley (1981, turns 44 this year), Erin Bethea (1982, turns 43 this year), Elisabetta Fantone (1982, turns 43 this year), Jade Tailor (1985, turns 40 this year), Electra Avellan (1986, turns 39 this year), Elise Avellan (1986, turns 39 this year), Leah Pipes (1988, turns 37 this year), Lakeith Lee Stanfield (1991, turns 34 this year), Cara Delevingne (1992, turns 33 this year), Imani Hakim (1993, turns 32 this year), Hannah Quinlivan (1993, turns 32 this year), Bex Taylor Klaus (1994, turns 31 this year), Elise Luthman (1999, turns 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Henry Fonda (1982, at the age of 77), Loretta Young (2000, at the age of 87), Lauren Bacall (2014, at the age of 89), Anne Heche (2022, at the age of 53), Wolfgang Petersen (2022, at the age of 81), Winsome Sinclair (2024, at the age of 58)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.