This Day in Movies
Movies released September 4 throughout history · ranked by box office
Every date on the calendar carries its own slice of film history. This page looks back at every movie that premiered September 4 — across every year since the studios started keeping records — and ranks them by worldwide box office. It's a fun way to discover release-date anniversaries: blockbusters that opened on this exact day decades apart, sleeper hits that shared an opening weekend, and the occasional all-time classic hiding in the list.
Use the toggle to widen the window from a single day to the week or month, and click any title for its full story: cast, trailers, reviews, and where you can watch it today.
2024
#2 by box office
2 years ago
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Released Sep 4, 2024
★ 6.9
105m
$452.0M box office
2003
#7 by box office
23 years ago
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Released Sep 4, 2003
★ 5.1
98m
$23.8M box office
1997
#10 by box office
29 years ago
The Wings of the Dove
Released Sep 4, 1997
★ 6.6
102m
$13.7M box office
2014
#11 by box office
12 years ago
The Green Inferno
Released Sep 4, 2014
★ 5.7
100m
$12.9M box office
1996
#17 by box office
30 years ago
Surviving Picasso
Released Sep 4, 1996
★ 5.8
125m
$2.0M box office
2014
#22 by box office
12 years ago
Burying the Ex
Released Sep 4, 2014
★ 5.6
89m
$604,517 box office
