On This Day - February 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Saturday | $33,077,939 | $370,782,930 |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | Friday | $10,057,535 | $91,742,160 |
| 2020 | The Invisible Man | Friday | $9,979,880 | $64,914,050 |
| 2014 | Son of God | Friday | $9,457,989 | $59,700,064 |
| 1998 | Titanic | Saturday | $9,374,965 | $674,460,013 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Sunday | $8,075,134 | $363,070,709 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | Saturday | $7,826,565 | $90,508,336 |
| 2015 | Focus | Saturday | $7,634,350 | $53,862,963 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Wednesday | $6,876,570 | $700,059,566 |
| 2003 | Cradle 2 the Grave | Friday | $6,126,000 | $34,657,731 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Non-Stop | Friday | $10,057,535 | $91,742,160 |
| 2020 | The Invisible Man | Friday | $9,979,880 | $64,914,050 |
| 2014 | Son of God | Friday | $9,457,989 | $59,700,064 |
| 2003 | Cradle 2 the Grave | Friday | $6,126,000 | $34,657,731 |
| 2014 | Repentance | Friday | $170,140 | $1,189,612 |
| 2014 | Stalingrad | Friday | $144,420 | $1,013,945 |
| 2020 | Wendy | Friday | $9,754 | $143,518 |
| 2020 | Burden | Friday | $5,995 | $139,270 |
| 2014 | Ernest et Celestine | Friday | $2,319 | $292,562 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $83,848,082 | $370,782,930 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | $31,115,195 | $363,070,709 |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | $28,875,635 | $91,742,160 |
| 2020 | The Invisible Man | $28,205,665 | $64,914,050 |
| 2014 | Son of God | $25,601,865 | $59,700,064 |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | $22,665,205 | $128,012,934 |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | $20,828,356 | $257,784,718 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $19,633,056 | $674,460,013 |
| 2015 | Focus | $18,685,137 | $53,862,963 |
| 2010 | Cop Out | $18,211,126 | $44,875,481 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ben Hecht (1893, died on April 18, 1964 at the age of 71), Marcel Pagnol (1895, died on April 18, 1974 at the age of 79), Molly Picon (1898, turned 126 this year), Vincente Minnelli (1903, died on July 25, 1986 at the age of 83), Billie Bird (1908, died on November 27, 2002 at the age of 94), Zero Mostel (1915, died on September 8, 1977 at the age of 62), Alf Kjellin (1920, died on April 5, 1988 at the age of 68), Saul Zaentz (1921, died on January 3, 2014 at the age of 92), Charles Durning (1923, died on December 24, 2012 at the age of 89), Christopher Kraft (1924, died on July 22, 2019 at the age of 95), Stanley Baker (1928, died on June 28, 1976 at the age of 48), Gavin MacLeod (1931, died on May 29, 2021 at the age of 90), Don Francks (1932, died on April 3, 2016 at the age of 84), Kelly Bishop (1944, turned 80 this year), Richard Romanus (1945, died on December 26, 2023 at the age of 78), Bubba Smith (1945, died on August 3, 2011 at the age of 66), Stephanie Beacham (1947, turned 77 this year), Bernadette Peters (1948, turned 76 this year), Mercedes Ruehl (1948, turned 76 this year), Mike Figgis (1948, turned 76 this year), Gilbert Gottfried (1955, died on April 12, 2022 at the age of 67), John Turturro (1957, turned 67 this year), Rae Dawn Chong (1961, turned 63 this year), Richard Waugh (1961, turned 63 this year), Robert Sean Leonard (1969, turned 55 this year), Peter Stebbings (1971, turned 53 this year), Maxine Bahns (1971, turned 53 this year), Tasha Smith (1971, turned 53 this year), Rory Cochrane (1972, turned 52 this year), Amanda Abbington (1974, turned 50 this year), Michael Manasseri (1974, turned 50 this year), Ali Larter (1976, turned 48 this year), Geoffrey Arend (1978, turned 46 this year), Michael Bisping (1979, turned 45 this year), Charles Halford (1980, turned 44 this year), Natalia Vodianova (1982, turned 42 this year), Noureen DeWulf (1984, turned 40 this year), Stephanie Sigman (1987, turned 37 this year), Markéta Irglová (1988, turned 36 this year), Jennie Jacques (1989, turned 35 this year), Angelababy (1989, turned 35 this year), Alice Kremelberg (1990, turned 34 this year), Georgina Leonidas (1990, turned 34 this year), Sarah Bolger (1991, turned 33 this year), Madisen Beaty (1995, turned 29 this year), Quinn Shephard (1995, turned 29 this year), Dilan Çiçek Deniz (1995, turned 29 this year), Bobb'e J. Thompson (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Cecil Kellaway (1973, at the age of 82), Joan Greenwood (1987, at the age of 65), Ruby Keeler (1993, at the age of 83), Ishiro Honda (1993, at the age of 81), Annie Girardot (2011, at the age of 79), Jane Russell (2011, at the age of 89), Honey Chhaya (2016, at the age of 85), Frank Kelly (2016, at the age of 77), George Kennedy (2016, at the age of 91), Barry Crimmins (2018, at the age of 64), Aron Tager (2019, at the age of 84), André Previn (2019, at the age of 89), William G. Schilling (2019, at the age of 79), Freeman Dyson (2020, at the age of 96), Kirk Baily (2022, at the age of 59), Jay Weston (2023, at the age of 93), Luis Molteni (2024, at the age of 73)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.