On This Day - August 29

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2009 The Final Destination Saturday $10,159,266 $66,477,700
2009 Inglourious Basterds Saturday $8,072,638 $120,774,594
2009 Halloween 2 Saturday $5,646,967 $33,392,973
1999 The Sixth Sense Sunday $5,567,000 $293,506,292
2015 Straight Outta Compton Saturday $5,561,340 $161,197,785
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Friday $5,312,000 $35,623,801
2010 Takers Sunday $5,286,462 $57,744,720
2021 Candyman Sunday $4,838,975 $61,186,570
2004 Jet Li's Hero Sunday $4,700,000 $53,652,140
1998 Blade Saturday $4,470,000 $70,141,876

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Friday $5,312,000 $35,623,801
2014 As Above, So Below Friday $3,233,935 $21,222,315
2008 Babylon A.D. Friday $3,120,314 $22,532,572
2008 Disaster Movie Friday $2,023,130 $14,190,901
1997 Excess Baggage Friday $1,786,405 $14,351,432
2007 Balls of Fury Wednesday $1,690,000 $32,886,940
2012 Lawless Wednesday $1,136,084 $37,397,291
2018 Operation Finale Wednesday $1,001,204 $17,612,099
1997 Kull The Conqueror Friday $836,395 $6,086,891
2014 Cantinflas Friday $808,149 $6,382,924

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 29.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2009 The Final Destination $27,408,309 $66,477,700
2021 Candyman $22,001,750 $61,186,570
2010 Takers $20,512,304 $57,744,720
2010 The Last Exorcism $20,366,613 $41,034,350
1999 The Sixth Sense $20,099,149 $293,506,292
2009 Inglourious Basterds $19,303,653 $120,774,594
2004 Jet Li's Hero $18,004,319 $53,652,140
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $17,082,262 $333,714,112
2009 Halloween 2 $16,349,565 $33,392,973
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 $15,269,324 $35,623,801

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Sony/Blumhouse Insidious

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Preston Sturges (1898, died on August 6, 1959 at the age of 60), George Macready (1899, died on July 2, 1973 at the age of 73), Joe Sawyer (1906, died on April 21, 1982 at the age of 75), Lurene Tuttle (1907, died on May 28, 1986 at the age of 78), Steve Fisher (1912, died on March 27, 1980 at the age of 67), Barry Sullivan (1912, died on June 6, 1994 at the age of 81), Ingrid Bergman (1915, died on August 29, 1982 at the age of 67), Isabel Sanford (1917, died on July 9, 2004 at the age of 86), Iris Apfel (1921, died on March 1, 2024 at the age of 102), Arthur Anderson (1922, died on April 9, 2016 at the age of 93), Richard Attenborough (1923, died on August 24, 2014 at the age of 90), Dick Cusack (1925, turns 99 this year), Charles Gray (1928, died on March 7, 2000 at the age of 71), Dick O’Neill (1928, turns 96 this year), Susan Shaw (1929, turns 95 this year), William Friedkin (1935, died on August 7, 2023 at the age of 87), John McCain (1936, turns 88 this year), Elliott Gould (1938, turns 86 this year), Joel Schumacher (1939, died on June 22, 2020 at the age of 80), Ellen Geer (1941, turns 83 this year), Orestes Matacena (1941, turns 83 this year), Sam Freed (1948, turns 76 this year), Frank Henenlotter (1950, turns 74 this year), Toni Kalem (1950, turns 74 this year), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (1952, turns 72 this year), Michael Jackson (1958, died on June 25, 2009 at the age of 50), Lenny Henry (1958, turns 66 this year), Rebecca De Mornay (1959, turns 65 this year), Nagarjuna Akkineni (1959, turns 65 this year), Ian James Corlett (1962, turns 62 this year), Lycia Naff (1962, turns 62 this year), Stacey Travis (1964, turns 60 this year), Dina Spybey (1965, turns 59 this year), Jeremy Applegate (1965, turns 59 this year), Frances Ruffelle (1965, turns 59 this year), Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (1968, died on April 30, 2021 at the age of 52), Jennifer Crittenden (1969, turns 55 this year), Derek Basco (1970, turns 54 this year), Carla Gugino (1971, turns 53 this year), Mark Bomback (1971, turns 53 this year), Tom Six (1973, turns 51 this year), Dante Basco (1975, turns 49 this year), Juan Diego Botto (1975, turns 49 this year), Maria Bertrand (1975, turns 49 this year), John Hensley (1977, turns 47 this year), Chris Johnson (1977, turns 47 this year), Jacque Gray (1977, turns 47 this year), Beth Dover (1978, turns 46 this year), Maite Schwartz (1979, turns 45 this year), William Levy (1980, turns 44 this year), Jovanna Burke (1980, turns 44 this year), Jay Ryan (1981, turns 43 this year), Emily Hampshire (1981, turns 43 this year), Brandon Trost (1981, turns 43 this year), Emilie Dequenne (1981, turns 43 this year), Ignacia Allamand (1981, turns 43 this year), Jennifer Landon (1983, turns 41 this year), Saadet Isil Aksoy (1983, turns 41 this year), Aimee Conn (1985, turns 39 this year), Lea Michele (1986, turns 38 this year), Lea Michele (1986, turns 38 this year), Lauren Collins (1986, turns 38 this year), Laura Ashley Samuels (1990, turns 34 this year), Nicole Gale Anderson (1990, turns 34 this year), Liam Payne (1993, turns 31 this year), Courtney Stodden (1994, turns 30 this year)

Died on this day in history: Ingrid Bergman (1982, at the age of 67), Simon Oakland (1983, at the age of 68), Evelyn Ankers (1985, at the age of 67), Lee Marvin (1987, at the age of 63), Frank Perry (1995, at the age of 65), Lee 'Scratch' Perry (2021, at the age of 85), Edward Asner (2021, at the age of 91), Charlbi Dean (2022, at the age of 32), Pradip Mukherjee (2022, at the age of 76), Jamie Christopher (2023, at the age of 51), Nancy Buirski (2023, at the age of 51)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.