On This Day - March 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Friday | $61,715,051 | $426,829,839 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Friday | $24,096,622 | $234,770,996 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Friday | $19,448,090 | $181,131,595 |
| 2014 | 300: Rise of an Empire | Saturday | $16,089,450 | $106,580,051 |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Saturday | $14,374,771 | $111,506,430 |
| 2008 | 10,000 B.C. | Saturday | $14,016,202 | $94,784,201 |
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House | Saturday | $13,360,006 | $132,675,402 |
| 2009 | Watchmen | Sunday | $12,314,598 | $107,509,799 |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Friday | $12,203,923 | $277,501,409 |
| 2022 | The Batman | Tuesday | $10,772,573 | $369,345,583 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Friday | $61,715,051 | $426,829,839 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Friday | $24,096,622 | $234,770,996 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Friday | $19,448,090 | $181,131,595 |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Friday | $7,216,000 | $56,684,819 |
| 2024 | Imaginary | Friday | $3,623,574 | $27,989,358 |
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Friday | $3,165,000 | $25,482,931 |
| 2024 | Cabrini | Friday | $3,091,042 | $19,402,901 |
| 2013 | Dead Man Down | Friday | $1,832,509 | $10,895,295 |
| 2013 | Emperor | Friday | $330,828 | $3,346,264 |
| 2024 | YOLO (热辣滚烫) | Friday | $312,820 | $2,001,266 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | $153,433,423 | $426,829,839 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $79,110,453 | $234,770,996 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | $57,989,905 | $181,131,595 |
| 2009 | Watchmen | $55,214,334 | $107,509,799 |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $46,215,424 | $277,501,409 |
| 2014 | 300: Rise of an Empire | $45,038,460 | $106,580,051 |
| 2020 | Onward | $39,119,861 | $61,555,145 |
| 2008 | 10,000 B.C. | $35,867,488 | $94,784,201 |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | $32,207,057 | $111,506,430 |
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House | $31,101,026 | $132,675,402 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Louise Beavers (1902, died on October 26, 1962 at the age of 60), Claire Trevor (1910, died on April 8, 2000 at the age of 90), Cyd Charisse (1921, turned 103 this year), Sean McClory (1924, died on December 10, 2003 at the age of 79), Red West (1936, died on July 18, 2017 at the age of 81), Mali Finn (1938, died on November 28, 2007 at the age of 69), George Innes (1938, turned 86 this year), Lynn Redgrave (1943, died on May 2, 2010 at the age of 67), Susan Clark (1943, turned 81 this year), Janet Wright (1945, died on November 14, 2016 at the age of 71), Micky Dolenz (1945, turned 79 this year), Anna Wunderlich (1954, died on March 3, 2023 at the age of 68), John Kapelos (1956, turned 68 this year), David Paul (1957, died on March 6, 2020 at the age of 62), Cynthia Rothrock (1957, turned 67 this year), Peter Paul (1957, turned 67 this year), Aidan Quinn (1959, turned 65 this year), Barbara Eve Harris (1959, turned 65 this year), Camryn Manheim (1961, turned 63 this year), Robert Stanton (1963, turned 61 this year), Bob Bergen (1964, turned 60 this year), Tom Bezucha (1964, turned 60 this year), Don Hall (1969, turned 55 this year), Jed Rees (1970, turned 54 this year), Meredith Scott Lynn (1970, turned 54 this year), Matt Nable (1972, turned 52 this year), Keisha Whitaker (1972, died on December 7, 2023 at the age of 51), Boris Kodjoe (1973, turned 51 this year), Christiane Paul (1974, turned 50 this year), Sebastian Lelio (1974, turned 50 this year), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (1976, turned 48 this year), James Van Der Beek (1977, turned 47 this year), Alison Becker (1977, turned 47 this year), Reagan Pasternak (1977, turned 47 this year), Nick Zano (1978, turned 46 this year), Jessica Collins (1983, turned 41 this year), Nora-Jane Noone (1984, turned 40 this year), Fernanda Andrade (1984, turned 40 this year), Milana Vayntrub (1987, turned 37 this year), Devon Graye (1987, turned 37 this year), Devon Werkheiser (1991, turned 33 this year), Kit Connor (2004, turned 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Harold Lloyd (1971, turned 20 this year), George Stevens (1975, at the age of 70), Edward Andrews (1985, at the age of 70), Raul Martinez (1993, at the age of 72), Robert Pastorelli (2004, at the age of 49), Wendy Hughes (2014, at the age of 61), George Martin (2016, at the age of 90), Richard Davalos (2016, at the age of 85), George Morfogen (2019, at the age of 85), John Yune (2020, at the age of 83), Max von Sydow (2020, at the age of 90), Trevor Peacock (2021, at the age of 89), Leon Gast (2021, at the age of 84), Ron Miles (2022, at the age of 58), Bert I. Gordon (2023, at the age of 100), Topol (2023, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.