On This Day - February 22
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Friday | $17,376,690 | $160,799,505 |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Saturday | $14,479,033 | $257,784,718 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Thursday | $14,253,324 | $700,059,566 |
| 2020 | Sonic The Hedgehog | Saturday | $11,961,933 | $146,066,470 |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | Saturday | $10,126,296 | $62,342,368 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | Sunday | $9,664,846 | $90,508,336 |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Saturday | $7,980,468 | $102,543,518 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Friday | $7,945,634 | $72,266,306 |
| 2003 | Old School | Saturday | $6,830,120 | $75,155,000 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Sunday | $5,870,842 | $674,460,013 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Friday | $17,376,690 | $160,799,505 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Friday | $7,945,634 | $72,266,306 |
| 2002 | Queen of the Damned | Friday | $5,862,000 | $30,307,804 |
| 2013 | Snitch | Friday | $4,162,673 | $42,930,462 |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Friday | $3,389,000 | $30,063,805 |
| 2013 | Dark Skies | Friday | $3,094,178 | $17,418,667 |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Friday | $1,360,000 | $11,175,164 |
| 2019 | Run the Race | Friday | $760,168 | $6,424,420 |
| 2008 | Witless Protection | Friday | $667,018 | $4,151,836 |
| 2008 | Charlie Bartlett | Friday | $627,716 | $3,950,294 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was February 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | $55,022,245 | $160,799,505 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | $41,030,947 | $90,508,336 |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | $31,305,359 | $257,784,718 |
| 2020 | Sonic The Hedgehog | $26,192,294 | $146,066,470 |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | $24,791,624 | $62,342,368 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | $22,874,936 | $72,266,306 |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey | $22,259,030 | $166,167,230 |
| 1997 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $21,975,993 | $291,738,960 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $21,036,343 | $674,460,013 |
| 2004 | 50 First Dates | $20,429,325 | $120,776,832 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Luis Bunuel (1900, died on July 29, 1983 at the age of 83), Sheldon Leonard (1907, died on January 10, 1997 at the age of 89), Robert Young (1907, died on July 21, 1998 at the age of 91), John Mills (1908, died on April 23, 2005 at the age of 97), David Greene (1921, died on April 7, 2003 at the age of 82), Bud Yorkin (1926, died on August 18, 2015 at the age of 89), Paul Dooley (1928, turned 96 this year), James Hong (1929, turned 95 this year), Rebecca Schull (1929, turned 95 this year), Marni Nixon (1930, died on July 24, 2016 at the age of 86), Giuliano Montaldo (1930, died on September 6, 2023 at the age of 93), Sheila Hancock (1933, turned 91 this year), Elizabeth MacRae (1936, turned 88 this year), Barry Dennen (1938, died on September 26, 2017 at the age of 79), Karin Dor (1938, died on November 6, 2017 at the age of 79), Judy Cornwell (1940, turned 84 this year), Jonathan Demme (1944, died on April 26, 2017 at the age of 73), Tucker Smallwood (1944, turned 80 this year), John Ashton (1948, turned 76 this year), Genesis P-Orridge (1950, died on March 14, 2020 at the age of 70), Julie Walters (1950, turned 74 this year), Miou-Miou (1950, turned 74 this year), Ellen Greene (1951, turned 73 this year), Nigel Planer (1953, turned 71 this year), Robert Bathurst (1957, turned 67 this year), Kyle MacLachlan (1959, turned 65 this year), Steve Irwin (1962, died on September 4, 2006 at the age of 44), Steve Speirs (1965, turned 59 this year), Rachel Dratch (1966, turned 58 this year), Paul Lieberstein (1967, turned 57 this year), Jeri Ryan (1968, turned 56 this year), Michelle Stacy (1968, turned 56 this year), Thomas Jane (1969, turned 55 this year), Jeremy Shamos (1970, turned 54 this year), Lea Salonga (1971, turned 53 this year), Drew Barrymore (1975, turned 49 this year), Michelle Bernard (1975, turned 49 this year), Tamara Mello (1976, turned 48 this year), Elodie Yung (1981, turned 43 this year), Dichen Lachman (1982, turned 42 this year), Iliza Shlesinger (1983, turned 41 this year), Mimi Michaels (1983, turned 41 this year), Zach Roerig (1985, turned 39 this year), Miko Hughes (1986, turned 38 this year), Josh Helman (1986, turned 38 this year), Han Hyo-joo (1987, turned 37 this year), Marieve Herington (1988, turned 36 this year), Bryce Hodgson (1989, turned 35 this year), Daniel E. Smith (1990, turned 34 this year)
Died on this day in history: Katina Paxinou (1973, at the age of 72), Ed Flanders (1995, at the age of 60), Chuck Jones (2002, at the age of 89), Dennis Letts (2008, at the age of 73), Howard Zieff (2009, at the age of 81), Douglas Slocombe (2016, at the age of 103), Al Wiggins (2017, at the age of 80), Billi Gordon (2018, at the age of 63), Bette Henritze (2018, at the age of 93), Brody Stevens (2019, at the age of 48), Kent Melton (2024, at the age of 68)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.