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 | $636,785,476 |
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), Don Perlin (1929, died on May 14, 2024 at the age of 94), 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), Philippe Labro (1936, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 88), Harrison Page (1941, turns 84 this year), Tuesday Weld (1943, turns 82 this year), G.W. Bailey (1944, turns 81 this year), Gigio Morra (1945, died on March 10, 2024 at the age of 78), Barbara Bach (1947, turns 78 this year), Kevin Tierney (1950, died on May 12, 2018 at the age of 67), Charles Fleischer (1950, turns 75 this year), Paul Reubens (1952, died on July 30, 2023 at the age of 70), Gary Imhoff (1952, turns 73 this year), Peter Stormare (1953, turns 72 this year), Diana Scarwid (1955, turns 70 this year), Robert Richardson (1955, turns 70 this year), Jean-Yves Berteloot (1957, turns 68 this year), Daniela Romo (1959, turns 66 this year), Gennadi Vengerov (1959, died on April 22, 2015 at the age of 55), Peter Mensah (1959, turns 66 this year), Maya Massar (1959, turns 66 this year), Mark Curry (1961, turns 64 this year), Yolanda Adams (1961, turns 64 this year), Tom Ford (1961, turns 64 this year), Dean Devlin (1962, turns 63 this year), Stephan Elliott (1964, turns 61 this year), Claire Stansfield (1964, turns 61 this year), Robert Bogue (1964, turns 61 this year), Antti Reini (1964, turns 61 this year), Lynn Shelton (1965, died on May 16, 2020 at the age of 54), Lisa Marie Newmyer (1968, turns 57 this year), Chandra Wilson (1969, turns 56 this year), Reece Shearsmith (1969, turns 56 this year), Ann Russo (1969, turns 56 this year), Leanna Creel (1970, turns 55 this year), Monica Lacy (1970, turns 55 this year), Mike Smith (1972, turns 53 this year), Dalip Singh (1972, turns 53 this year), Adam Vernier (1972, turns 53 this year), Cory Bowles (1973, turns 52 this year), Darren Goldstein (1974, turns 51 this year), Sarah Chalke (1976, turns 49 this year), Kaouther Ben Hania (1977, turns 48 this year), Shaun Weiss (1978, turns 47 this year), Susy Kane (1978, turns 47 this year), Aaron Paul (1979, turns 46 this year), Neha Dhupia (1980, turns 45 this year), Heloise Godet (1980, turns 45 this year), Patrick J. Adams (1981, turns 44 this year), Sugar Lyn Beard (1981, turns 44 this year), Karla Mosley (1981, turns 44 this year), Lauren Jones (1982, turns 43 this year), Danica Curcic (1985, turns 40 this year), Mario (1986, turns 39 this year), Tiffany Boone (1987, turns 38 this year), Alexa PenaVega (1988, turns 37 this year), Blake Jenner (1992, turns 33 this year), Ellar Coltrane (1994, turns 31 this year), Cainan Wiebe (1995, turns 30 this year), Ariana Greenblatt (2007, turns 18 this year), Eve Brent (2011, turns 14 this year)
Died on this day in history: Robert Z. Leonard (1968, turns 14 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.