On This Day - August 27

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 Don’t Breathe Saturday $9,880,037 $89,217,875
2010 The Last Exorcism Friday $9,406,821 $41,034,350
2021 Candyman Friday $9,215,245 $61,186,570
2010 Takers Friday $7,476,207 $57,744,720
2004 Jet Li's Hero Friday $6,800,000 $53,652,140
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin Saturday $6,739,800 $109,449,237
2005 The Brothers Grimm Saturday $5,900,000 $37,899,638
2011 The Help Saturday $5,882,006 $169,705,587
1999 The Sixth Sense Friday $5,808,000 $293,506,292
2023 Barbie Sunday $5,679,220 $636,238,421

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2010 The Last Exorcism Friday $9,406,821 $41,034,350
2021 Candyman Friday $9,215,245 $61,186,570
2010 Takers Friday $7,476,207 $57,744,720
2004 Jet Li's Hero Friday $6,800,000 $53,652,140
2004 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Friday $4,200,000 $31,526,393
1999 The 13th Warrior Friday $3,381,000 $32,698,899
1999 The Muse Friday $1,178,000 $11,614,954
1999 The Astronaut's Wife Friday $1,174,000 $10,672,566
1997 Hoodlum Wednesday $1,140,847 $23,489,997
2004 Suspect Zero Friday $1,050,000 $8,712,564

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 27.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 Don’t Breathe $26,411,706 $89,217,875
2021 Candyman $22,001,750 $61,186,570
2010 Takers $20,512,304 $57,744,720
2010 The Last Exorcism $20,366,613 $41,034,350
1999 The Sixth Sense $20,099,149 $293,506,292
2004 Jet Li's Hero $18,004,319 $53,652,140
2023 Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story $17,410,552 $44,428,554
2000 Bring it On $17,362,105 $68,353,550
2006 Invincible $17,031,122 $57,806,952
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin $16,275,895 $109,449,237

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Byron Foulger (1899, died on April 4, 1970 at the age of 70), C.S. Forester (1899, died on April 2, 1966 at the age of 66), Frederick O'Neal (1905, died on August 25, 1992 at the age of 86), Martha Raye (1916, died on October 19, 1994 at the age of 78), Mark Daniels (1916, died on April 10, 1990 at the age of 73), Leo Penn (1921, died on September 5, 1998 at the age of 77), Ira Levin (1929, died on November 12, 2007 at the age of 78), Hoke Howell (1929, died on May 9, 1997 at the age of 67), Janet Maclachlan (1933, died on October 11, 2010 at the age of 77), Frank Yablans (1935, died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 79), Harrison Page (1941, turns 83 this year), Tuesday Weld (1943, turns 81 this year), G.W. Bailey (1944, turns 80 this year), Gigio Morra (1945, died on March 10, 2024 at the age of 78), Barbara Bach (1947, turns 77 this year), Kevin Tierney (1950, died on May 12, 2018 at the age of 67), Charles Fleischer (1950, turns 74 this year), Paul Reubens (1952, died on July 30, 2023 at the age of 70), Gary Imhoff (1952, turns 72 this year), Peter Stormare (1953, turns 71 this year), Diana Scarwid (1955, turns 69 this year), Robert Richardson (1955, turns 69 this year), Jean-Yves Berteloot (1957, turns 67 this year), Daniela Romo (1959, turns 65 this year), Gennadi Vengerov (1959, died on April 22, 2015 at the age of 55), Peter Mensah (1959, turns 65 this year), Maya Massar (1959, turns 65 this year), Mark Curry (1961, turns 63 this year), Yolanda Adams (1961, turns 63 this year), Tom Ford (1961, turns 63 this year), Dean Devlin (1962, turns 62 this year), Stephan Elliott (1964, turns 60 this year), Claire Stansfield (1964, turns 60 this year), Robert Bogue (1964, turns 60 this year), Antti Reini (1964, turns 60 this year), Lynn Shelton (1965, died on May 16, 2020 at the age of 54), Lisa Marie Newmyer (1968, turns 56 this year), Chandra Wilson (1969, turns 55 this year), Reece Shearsmith (1969, turns 55 this year), Ann Russo (1969, turns 55 this year), Leanna Creel (1970, turns 54 this year), Monica Lacy (1970, turns 54 this year), Mike Smith (1972, turns 52 this year), Dalip Singh (1972, turns 52 this year), Adam Vernier (1972, turns 52 this year), Cory Bowles (1973, turns 51 this year), Darren Goldstein (1974, turns 50 this year), Sarah Chalke (1976, turns 48 this year), Kaouther Ben Hania (1977, turns 47 this year), Shaun Weiss (1978, turns 46 this year), Susy Kane (1978, turns 46 this year), Aaron Paul (1979, turns 45 this year), Neha Dhupia (1980, turns 44 this year), Heloise Godet (1980, turns 44 this year), Patrick J. Adams (1981, turns 43 this year), Sugar Lyn Beard (1981, turns 43 this year), Karla Mosley (1981, turns 43 this year), Lauren Jones (1982, turns 42 this year), Danica Curcic (1985, turns 39 this year), Mario (1986, turns 38 this year), Tiffany Boone (1987, turns 37 this year), Alexa PenaVega (1988, turns 36 this year), Blake Jenner (1992, turns 32 this year), Ellar Coltrane (1994, turns 30 this year), Cainan Wiebe (1995, turns 29 this year), Ariana Greenblatt (2007, turns 17 this year), Eve Brent (2011, turns 13 this year)

Died on this day in history: Robert Z. Leonard (1968, turns 13 this year), Douglas Kenney (1980, at the age of 33), Greg Morris (1996, at the age of 62), Éléonore Faucher (2023, at the age of 50), Robert Hale (2023, at the age of 90), Gabor Medvigy (2023, at the age of 66)

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