On This Day - March 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Saturday | $28,718,894 | $282,709,065 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Friday | $17,526,300 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Friday | $16,257,536 | $700,059,566 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Saturday | $14,075,780 | $160,799,505 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Saturday | $12,004,736 | $65,187,603 |
| 2019 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral | Saturday | $11,273,575 | $73,257,045 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Friday | $11,250,573 | $168,213,584 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Tuesday | $9,283,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Saturday | $9,268,000 | $78,120,196 |
| 2012 | Project X | Friday | $8,125,879 | $54,731,865 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Friday | $17,526,300 | $214,151,550 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Friday | $11,250,573 | $168,213,584 |
| 2012 | Project X | Friday | $8,125,879 | $54,731,865 |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Friday | $6,512,000 | $66,808,615 |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | Friday | $6,012,929 | $46,874,505 |
| 2018 | Death Wish | Friday | $4,280,945 | $34,017,028 |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Friday | $4,206,713 | $33,080,084 |
| 2001 | See Spot Run | Friday | $2,295,000 | $33,357,476 |
| 2007 | Black Snake Moan | Friday | $1,385,728 | $9,396,870 |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Friday | $12,677 | $540,152 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $82,505,391 | $282,709,065 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | $70,217,070 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | $66,306,935 | $700,059,566 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | $39,699,023 | $168,213,584 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | $30,028,540 | $160,799,505 |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | $28,875,635 | $91,742,160 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $27,202,226 | $65,187,603 |
| 2019 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral | $27,062,332 | $73,257,045 |
| 2014 | Son of God | $25,601,865 | $59,700,064 |
| 2012 | Project X | $21,051,363 | $54,731,865 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Dr Seuss (1904, died on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87), Martin Ritt (1914, died on December 8, 1990 at the age of 76), Desi Arnaz (1917, turns 109 this year), Jennifer Jones (1919, turns 107 this year), John Cullum (1930, turns 96 this year), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931, died on August 30, 2022 at the age of 91), Jon Finch (1942, turns 84 this year), Gates McFadden (1949, turns 77 this year), Cookie Mueller (1949, turns 77 this year), Mac Gudgeon (1949, died on May 29, 2023 at the age of 74), Molly Cheek (1950, turns 76 this year), Cassie Yates (1951, turns 75 this year), Laraine Newman (1952, turns 74 this year), William Hope (1955, turns 71 this year), Angel Salazar (1956, died on August 11, 2024 at the age of 68), Jon Bon Jovi (1962, turns 64 this year), Laird Hamilton (1964, turns 62 this year), Daniel Craig (1968, turns 58 this year), Alexander Armstrong (1970, turns 56 this year), Michael Rapaport (1970, turns 56 this year), Amber Smith (1971, turns 55 this year), Stefano Accorsi (1971, turns 55 this year), Richard Ruccolo (1972, turns 54 this year), Paul Popowich (1973, turns 53 this year), Valérie Donzelli (1973, turns 53 this year), Jeff Wadlow (1976, turns 50 this year), Heather McComb (1977, turns 49 this year), Chris Martin (1977, turns 49 this year), Rebel Wilson (1980, turns 46 this year), Ingrid Bolso Berdal (1980, turns 46 this year), Rebecca Harrell Tickell (1980, turns 46 this year), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981, turns 45 this year), Pilou Asbaek (1982, turns 44 this year), Kim Smith (1983, turns 43 this year), John Bernecker (1984, died on July 13, 2017 at the age of 33), Blake Anderson (1984, turns 42 this year), Ian Sinclair (1984, turns 42 this year), Robert Iler (1985, turns 41 this year), Ethan Peck (1986, turns 40 this year), Sonja Kinski (1986, turns 40 this year), Nathalie Emmanuel (1989, turns 37 this year), Isabelle McNally (1989, turns 37 this year), Anjela Nedyalkova (1991, turns 35 this year), Maisie Richardson Sellers (1992, turns 34 this year), Kofi Siriboe (1994, turns 32 this year), Becky G (1997, turns 29 this year), Barbara Luna (2021, turns 5 this year)
Died on this day in history: D.H. Lawrence (1930, at the age of 44), Eric Blore (1959, at the age of 71), Philip K. Dick (1982, at the age of 53), Randolph Scott (1987, at the age of 89), Serge Gainsbourg (1991, at the age of 62), Sandy Dennis (1992, at the age of 54), Mercedes McCambridge (2004, at the age of 87), Harry J. Ufland (2018, at the age of 81), James Lipton (2020, at the age of 93), Alan Ladd, Jr. (2022, at the age of 84), Tony Walton (2022, at the age of 87), Wayne Shorter (2023, at the age of 89), Steve Mackey (2023, at the age of 56), Maria Onetto (2023, at the age of 56), Mark Dodson (2024, at the age of 64), Juan Margallo (2025, at the age of 84)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.