September Box Office
The month of September
Data as of May 18, 12:20 PDT
| Year | Cumulative Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $627,970,750 | +27.5% | 46 | $13,651,538 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | $294,100,435 | 46.8% |
| 2023 | $492,539,320 | +30.3% | 46 | $10,707,376 | The Equalizer 3 | $92,373,751 | 18.8% |
| 2022 | $377,951,018 | +34% | 63 | $5,999,222 | Smile | $105,935,048 | 28% |
| 2021 | $282,067,744 | +298.8% | 34 | $8,296,110 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $224,543,292 | 79.6% |
| 2020 | $70,729,158 | -88.7% | 25 | $2,829,166 | Tenet | $58,504,105 | 82.7% |
| 2019 | $623,557,823 | +2.7% | 68 | $9,169,967 | It Chapter Two | $211,593,228 | 33.9% |
| 2018 | $607,020,013 | -15.7% | 92 | $6,598,043 | The Nun | $117,450,119 | 19.3% |
| 2017 | $720,206,510 | +14.5% | 89 | $8,092,207 | It | $327,481,748 | 45.5% |
| 2016 | $628,745,082 | -10.3% | 91 | $6,909,286 | Sully | $125,070,033 | 19.9% |
| 2015 | $700,994,510 | +54% | 64 | $10,953,039 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | $169,700,110 | 24.2% |
| 2014 | $455,047,019 | -3.6% | 79 | $5,760,088 | The Maze Runner | $102,427,862 | 22.5% |
| 2013 | $472,206,152 | -16.4% | 81 | $5,829,705 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | $119,793,567 | 25.4% |
| 2012 | $564,741,169 | -7% | 66 | $8,556,684 | Hotel Transylvania | $148,313,048 | 26.3% |
| 2011 | $607,018,867 | +19.5% | 78 | $7,782,293 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $94,242,001 | 15.5% |
| 2010 | $507,947,366 | -12.7% | 59 | $8,609,277 | The Town | $92,186,262 | 18.1% |
| 2009 | $581,918,395 | +17.1% | 53 | $10,979,592 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $124,870,275 | 21.5% |
| 2008 | $497,006,911 | +4% | 47 | $10,574,615 | Eagle Eye | $101,440,743 | 20.4% |
| 2007 | $477,736,441 | -16.3% | 54 | $8,846,971 | The Game Plan | $90,648,202 | 19% |
| 2006 | $570,942,275 | +1.3% | 63 | $9,062,575 | Open Season | $85,105,259 | 14.9% |
| 2005 | $563,568,470 | +69.7% | 61 | $9,238,827 | Flightplan | $89,707,299 | 15.9% |
| 2004 | $332,182,806 | -28.2% | 53 | $6,267,600 | The Forgotten | $67,133,509 | 20.2% |
| 2003 | $462,588,989 | +7.1% | 52 | $8,895,942 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $56,359,780 | 12.2% |
| 2002 | $431,765,166 | +60.8% | 49 | $8,811,534 | Sweet Home Alabama | $127,223,418 | 29.5% |
| 2001 | $268,474,775 | -26.5% | 27 | $9,943,510 | Don't Say a Word | $55,001,642 | 20.5% |
| 2000 | $365,382,770 | -20.3% | 49 | $7,456,791 | Remember the Titans | $115,654,751 | 31.7% |
| 1999 | $458,498,318 | +49% | 33 | $13,893,888 | American Beauty | $130,096,601 | 28.4% |
| 1998 | $307,757,336 | -9.4% | 26 | $11,836,820 | Rush Hour | $141,186,864 | 45.9% |
| 1997 | $339,589,302 | +31% | 20 | $16,979,465 | L.A. Confidential | $64,616,940 | 19% |
| 1996 | $259,151,083 | -17.3% | 27 | $9,598,188 | The First Wives Club | $105,489,203 | 40.7% |
| 1995 | $313,430,670 | +36.6% | 30 | $10,447,689 | Seven | $100,125,643 | 31.9% |
| 1994 | $229,478,625 | +1.7% | 22 | $10,430,846 | The River Wild | $46,816,343 | 20.4% |
| 1993 | $225,738,184 | -10.4% | 23 | $9,814,703 | The Good Son | $44,789,789 | 19.8% |
| 1992 | $252,034,102 | +39.1% | 22 | $11,456,095 | The Last of the Mohicans | $75,505,856 | 30% |
| 1991 | $181,234,935 | -0.1% | 17 | $10,660,878 | The Fisher King | $41,895,491 | 23.1% |
| 1990 | $181,456,329 | +15.3% | 19 | $9,550,333 | Goodfellas | $46,836,214 | 25.8% |
| 1989 | $157,359,004 | +45.5% | 19 | $8,282,052 | Sea of Love | $58,571,513 | 37.2% |
| 1988 | $108,128,813 | -57.8% | 27 | $4,004,770 | Gorillas in the Mist | $24,720,479 | 22.9% |
| 1987 | $256,181,224 | +24.2% | 23 | $11,138,314 | Fatal Attraction | $156,645,693 | 61.1% |
| 1986 | $206,319,732 | +140.9% | 13 | $15,870,748 | Crocodile Dundee | $174,803,506 | 84.7% |
| 1985 | $85,641,711 | -61.4% | 13 | $6,587,823 | Agnes of God | $25,627,836 | 29.9% |
| 1984 | $221,805,360 | +48.9% | 19 | $11,673,966 | Amadeus | $51,564,280 | 23.2% |
| 1983 | $148,988,737 | +461.4% | 18 | $8,277,152 | The Big Chill | $56,342,711 | 37.8% |
| 1982 | $26,537,754 | -84.5% | 6 | $4,422,959 | Amityville II: The Possession | $12,534,817 | 47.2% |
| 1981 | $171,561,190 | +112% | 9 | $19,062,354 | Chariots of Fire | $58,972,904 | 34.4% |
| 1980 | $80,920,277 | +18.4% | 7 | $11,560,039 | Ordinary People | $54,766,923 | 67.7% |
| 1979 | $68,339,291 | +171.3% | 8 | $8,542,411 | National Lampoon's Animal House 1979 Re-release | $21,508,877 | 31.5% |
| 1978 | $25,192,351 | +170.9% | 3 | $8,397,450 | Death on the Nile | $14,560,084 | 57.8% |
| 1977 | $9,300,000 | +234.1% | 1 | $9,300,000 | Bobby Deerfield | $9,300,000 | 100% |
| 1976 | $2,783,840 | -98.6% | 1 | $2,783,840 | Bugsy Malone | $2,783,840 | 100% |
| 1975 | $201,368,571 | - | 4 | $50,342,142 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | $112,892,319 | 56.1% |
| 1969 | $102,308,889 | +96.7% | 1 | $102,308,889 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | $102,308,889 | 100% |
| 1968 | $52,000,000 | - | 1 | $52,000,000 | Funny Girl | $52,000,000 | 100% |
| 1954 | $4,335,968 | -88% | 1 | $4,335,968 | A Star Is Born | $4,335,968 | 100% |
| 1953 | $36,000,000 | - | 1 | $36,000,000 | The Robe | $36,000,000 | 100% |
