On This Day - March 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 22.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Us Friday $28,923,540 $175,084,580
2014 Divergent Saturday $19,853,462 $150,947,895
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Friday $16,101,687 $55,015,782
2002 Blade 2 Friday $11,731,000 $81,676,888
2013 The Croods Friday $11,645,354 $187,168,425
2017 Beauty and the Beast Wednesday $11,538,802 $504,014,165
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Sunday $11,430,686 $130,179,072
2015 Cinderella Sunday $10,206,446 $201,151,353
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Friday $10,062,141 $98,927,592
2008 Horton Hears a Who Saturday $9,218,133 $154,529,439

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 22.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2019 Us Friday $28,923,540 $175,084,580
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Friday $16,101,687 $55,015,782
2002 Blade 2 Friday $11,731,000 $81,676,888
2013 The Croods Friday $11,645,354 $187,168,425
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Friday $10,062,141 $98,927,592
2000 Romeo Must Die Wednesday $4,105,324 $55,973,336
2013 Admission Friday $2,053,839 $18,007,317
2024 Immaculate Friday $2,032,481 $7,217,839
2002 Sorority Boys Friday $1,418,000 $10,198,766
2024 Late Night with the Devil Friday $1,159,058 $2,834,867

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was March 22.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Us $71,117,625 $175,084,580
2014 Divergent $54,607,747 $150,947,895
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent $52,263,680 $130,179,072
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire $45,004,673 $55,015,782
2013 The Croods $43,639,736 $187,168,425
2015 Cinderella $34,967,659 $201,151,353
2019 Captain Marvel $34,271,793 $426,829,839
2002 Blade 2 $32,528,016 $81,676,888
1997 Liar Liar $31,423,025 $181,410,615
2013 Olympus Has Fallen $30,373,794 $98,927,592

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Karl Malden (1912, died on July 1, 2009 at the age of 97), Wilfrid Brambell (1912, turned 112 this year), Carmen Filpi (1923, died on March 22, 2003 at the age of 80), Stephen Sondheim (1930, died on November 26, 2021 at the age of 91), William Shatner (1931, turned 93 this year), Linden Chiles (1933, turned 91 this year), M. Emmet Walsh (1935, died on March 19, 2024 at the age of 88), Angelo Badalamenti (1937, died on December 11, 2022 at the age of 85), Haing S. Ngor (1940, died on February 25, 1996 at the age of 55), Bruno Ganz (1941, died on February 15, 2019 at the age of 77), Jeremy Clyde (1941, turned 83 this year), Eric Roth (1945, turned 79 this year), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948, turned 76 this year), Fanny Ardant (1949, turned 75 this year), Lena Olin (1955, turned 69 this year), Matthew Modine (1959, turned 65 this year), Nicole Holofcener (1960, turned 64 this year), Antonia San Juan (1961, turned 63 this year), Francesco Quinn (1963, died on August 5, 2011 at the age of 48), Steve Toussaint (1965, turned 59 this year), Eric Bruskotter (1966, turned 58 this year), Andreas Pietschmann (1969, turned 55 this year), Keegan-Michael Key (1971, turned 53 this year), Will Yun Lee (1971, turned 53 this year), Iben Hjejle (1971, turned 53 this year), Kidada Jones (1974, turned 50 this year), Cole Hauser (1975, turned 49 this year), Anne Dudek (1975, turned 49 this year), Laure Calamy (1975, turned 49 this year), Reese Witherspoon (1976, turned 48 this year), Kandyse McClure (1980, turned 44 this year), Tiffany Dupont (1981, turned 43 this year), Constance Wu (1982, turned 42 this year), Heather Lind (1983, turned 41 this year), James Wolk (1985, turned 39 this year), Lizzie Brochere (1985, turned 39 this year), Matt Bush (1986, turned 38 this year), Tania Raymonde (1988, turned 36 this year), Nick Robinson (1995, turned 29 this year)

Died on this day in history: David Strickland (1999, at the age of 29), William Hanna (2001, at the age of 90), Carmen Filpi (2003, at the age of 80), Richard Bradford (2016, at the age of 81), David Langston Smyrl (2016, at the age of 80), Tomas Milian (2017, at the age of 84), Lembit Ulfsak (2017, at the age of 69), Michele Greco (2019, at the age of 89), Scott Walker (2019, at the age of 76), Laurent De Brunhoff (2024, at the age of 98)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.