On This Day - March 26

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Saturday $50,657,088 $330,360,194
2017 Beauty and the Beast Sunday $28,532,197 $504,014,165
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Sunday $18,576,730 $187,131,806
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Friday $12,111,766 $217,581,232
2022 The Lost City Saturday $11,802,252 $105,344,029
2012 The Hunger Games Monday $10,823,788 $408,010,692
2017 Power Rangers Sunday $10,784,982 $85,364,450
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Saturday $10,122,462 $52,698,535
2022 The Batman Saturday $9,178,230 $369,345,583
2016 Zootopia Saturday $8,535,388 $341,268,248

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Friday $12,111,766 $217,581,232
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Friday $8,500,000 $84,185,387
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Friday $4,846,859 $50,269,859
2004 The Ladykillers Friday $4,200,000 $39,692,139
2004 Jersey Girl Friday $3,000,000 $25,266,129
1999 EDtv Friday $2,805,000 $22,508,689
2021 Nobody Friday $2,508,415 $27,568,035
1999 The Mod Squad Friday $2,115,000 $13,260,050
1999 Doug's 1st Movie Friday $1,100,000 $19,421,271
2024 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Tuesday $203,769 $359,134

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 26.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $166,007,347 $330,360,194
2017 Beauty and the Beast $90,426,717 $504,014,165
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 $73,817,950 $187,131,806
2010 How to Train Your Dragon $43,732,319 $217,581,232
2017 Power Rangers $40,300,288 $85,364,450
2022 The Lost City $30,453,269 $105,344,029
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed $29,438,331 $84,185,387
2006 Inside Man $28,954,945 $88,634,237
2016 Zootopia $24,022,288 $341,268,248
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules $23,751,502 $52,698,535

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Will Wright (1894, died on June 19, 1962 at the age of 68), Sterling Hayden (1916, died on May 23, 1986 at the age of 70), Strother Martin (1919, died on August 1, 1980 at the age of 61), Julie Harris (1921, died on May 30, 2015 at the age of 94), Leonard Nimoy (1931, died on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83), Luke Askew (1932, died on March 29, 2012 at the age of 80), Tinto Brass (1933, turned 91 this year), Alan Arkin (1934, died on June 29, 2023 at the age of 89), Norman Reynolds (1934, died on April 6, 2023 at the age of 89), James Caan (1940, died on July 6, 2022 at the age of 82), Diana Ross (1944, turned 80 this year), Kevin O'Neal (1945, turned 79 this year), Steven Tyler (1948, turned 76 this year), Alan Silvestri (1950, turned 74 this year), Martin Short (1950, turned 74 this year), Gary Hudson (1956, turned 68 this year), Jennifer Grey (1960, turned 64 this year), Billy Warlock (1961, turned 63 this year), Eric Allan Kramer (1962, turned 62 this year), Marita Geraghty (1962, turned 62 this year), Jonathan Glazer (1965, turned 59 this year), Michael Imperioli (1966, turned 58 this year), Martin McDonagh (1970, turned 54 this year), Francis Lawrence (1971, turned 53 this year), Leslie Mann (1972, turned 52 this year), T.R. Knight (1973, turned 51 this year), Natasha Leggero (1974, turned 50 this year), Amy Smart (1976, turned 48 this year), Bianca Kajlich (1977, turned 47 this year), Luke Ford (1981, turned 43 this year), Neal Bledsoe (1981, turned 43 this year), Joe Anderson (1982, turned 42 this year), Jonathan Groff (1985, turned 39 this year), Keira Knightley (1985, turned 39 this year), Carly Chaikin (1990, turned 34 this year), Choi Woo-sik (1990, turned 34 this year), Brittney Wilson (1991, turned 33 this year), Haley Ramm (1992, turned 32 this year), Freya Tingley (1994, turned 30 this year), Emily Tosta (1998, turned 26 this year), Ella Anderson (2005, turned 19 this year)

Died on this day in history: Max Ophüls (1957, at the age of 54), Roy Halston (1990, at the age of 57), Jan Sterling (2004, at the age of 82), Don Payne (2013, at the age of 48), Jim Harrison (2016, at the age of 78), Darlene Cates (2017, at the age of 69), Michael Sorkin (2020, at the age of 71), Menggie Cobarrubias (2020, at the age of 68), Mark Blum (2020, at the age of 69), Ron Prather (2022, at the age of 73), Jeff Carson (2022, at the age of 58), Ivano Marescotti (2023, at the age of 77), Jacques Collard (2023, at the age of 91), Richard Serra (2024, at the age of 85)

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