October Box Office
The month of October
Data as of May 16, 1:56 PDT
| Year | Cumulative Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $556,201,854 | +18.6% | 116 | $4,794,843 | Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour | $151,010,351 | 27.2% |
| 2022 | $469,077,379 | -24.7% | 124 | $3,782,882 | Black Adam | $112,888,394 | 24.1% |
| 2021 | $623,287,457 | +883.7% | 93 | $6,702,015 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | $190,442,114 | 30.6% |
| 2020 | $63,361,603 | -91.9% | 84 | $754,304 | Tenet | $11,390,072 | 18% |
| 2019 | $781,639,168 | -5.9% | 217 | $3,602,023 | Joker | $285,686,992 | 36.6% |
| 2018 | $830,803,109 | +48.4% | 241 | $3,447,315 | Venom | $190,033,601 | 22.9% |
| 2017 | $559,692,151 | -15% | 241 | $2,322,374 | Blade Runner 2049 | $82,492,218 | 14.7% |
| 2016 | $658,041,318 | -7.9% | 234 | $2,812,142 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | $71,339,157 | 10.8% |
| 2015 | $714,282,667 | -5.8% | 230 | $3,105,576 | The Martian | $179,446,657 | 25.1% |
| 2014 | $758,309,875 | +20.2% | 249 | $3,045,421 | Gone Girl | $129,599,665 | 17.1% |
| 2013 | $630,954,781 | -6.7% | 224 | $2,816,762 | Gravity | $206,066,013 | 32.7% |
| 2012 | $675,958,822 | +13.5% | 215 | $3,143,994 | Taken 2 | $118,990,752 | 17.6% |
| 2011 | $595,695,769 | -13.4% | 214 | $2,783,625 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $83,450,755 | 14% |
| 2010 | $687,745,062 | -0.7% | 207 | $3,322,439 | Jackass 3D | $101,657,558 | 14.8% |
| 2009 | $692,611,383 | +13.5% | 215 | $3,221,448 | Couples Retreat | $85,180,405 | 12.3% |
| 2008 | $610,160,231 | +15.5% | 223 | $2,736,144 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $79,952,557 | 13.1% |
| 2007 | $528,311,107 | -12% | 212 | $2,492,033 | The Game Plan | $54,855,625 | 10.4% |
| 2006 | $600,056,534 | +6% | 211 | $2,843,869 | The Departed | $92,630,111 | 15.4% |
| 2005 | $565,798,106 | -12% | 215 | $2,631,619 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | $50,029,858 | 8.8% |
| 2004 | $643,114,404 | +2.6% | 212 | $3,033,558 | Shark Tale | $146,859,079 | 22.8% |
| 2003 | $626,675,825 | +11.8% | 224 | $2,797,659 | School of Rock | $65,455,598 | 10.4% |
| 2002 | $560,690,559 | +15.2% | 215 | $2,607,863 | Red Dragon | $86,318,490 | 15.4% |
| 2001 | $486,526,114 | +8% | 106 | $4,589,869 | Training Day | $65,570,743 | 13.5% |
| 2000 | $450,510,054 | -10.2% | 107 | $4,210,374 | Meet the Parents | $101,853,915 | 22.6% |
| 1999 | $501,647,287 | +18.8% | 110 | $4,560,429 | Double Jeopardy | $68,073,389 | 13.6% |
| 1998 | $422,194,091 | +10.7% | 54 | $7,818,409 | Antz | $65,865,750 | 15.6% |
| 1997 | $381,360,839 | +21.3% | 51 | $7,477,663 | Kiss the Girls | $48,513,843 | 12.7% |
| 1996 | $314,313,310 | -4.8% | 51 | $6,163,006 | The First Wives Club | $51,706,907 | 16.4% |
| 1995 | $330,085,516 | +5.2% | 46 | $7,175,772 | Se7en | $49,911,935 | 15.1% |
| 1994 | $313,827,317 | -14.2% | 42 | $7,472,078 | The Specialist | $42,697,530 | 13.6% |
| 1993 | $365,996,693 | +21.4% | 47 | $7,787,163 | Demolition Man | $43,801,064 | 12% |
| 1992 | $301,565,168 | +23% | 41 | $7,355,248 | Under Siege | $47,681,464 | 15.8% |
| 1991 | $245,154,854 | -5% | 46 | $5,329,453 | The Fisher King | $25,807,237 | 10.5% |
| 1990 | $257,968,286 | +2.3% | 40 | $6,449,207 | Marked for Death | $34,298,985 | 13.3% |
| 1989 | $252,140,002 | +32% | 41 | $6,149,756 | Look Who's Talking | $44,050,981 | 17.5% |
| 1988 | $190,970,813 | -13.7% | 37 | $5,161,373 | Alien Nation | $19,887,794 | 10.4% |
| 1987 | $221,297,049 | -2.8% | 44 | $5,029,478 | Fatal Attraction | $51,770,787 | 23.4% |
| 1986 | $227,741,158 | +34.8% | 34 | $6,698,269 | Crocodile Dundee | $46,986,977 | 20.6% |
| 1985 | $168,990,341 | -9.8% | 29 | $5,827,253 | Commando | $27,283,430 | 16.1% |
| 1984 | $187,312,185 | +15.5% | 34 | $5,509,181 | Teachers | $20,215,501 | 10.8% |
| 1983 | $162,153,248 | +32% | 25 | $6,486,129 | Never Say Never Again | $32,983,905 | 20.3% |
| 1982 | $122,859,308 | +1,510.3% | 25 | $4,914,372 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $21,221,128 | 17.3% |
| 1981 | $7,629,556 | -94.4% | 4 | $1,907,389 | Zoot Suit | $3,256,082 | 42.7% |
| 1980 | $135,744,433 | +43.9% | 10 | $13,574,443 | Private Benjamin | $69,847,348 | 51.5% |
| 1979 | $94,338,205 | - | 3 | $31,446,068 | 10 | $74,865,517 | 79.4% |
| 1977 | $107,359,233 | - | 3 | $35,786,411 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | $43,159,335 | 40.2% |
