On This Day - March 1

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 1.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2024 Dune: Part Two Friday $32,211,366 $282,709,065
2014 Non-Stop Saturday $12,406,350 $91,742,160
2014 The Lego Movie Saturday $10,265,817 $258,364,131
2004 The Passion of the Christ Monday $10,132,000 $370,782,930
2014 Son of God Saturday $9,346,491 $59,700,064
2019 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral Friday $9,200,824 $73,257,045
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Friday $7,693,563 $65,187,603
2020 The Invisible Man Sunday $7,030,015 $64,914,050
2025 Captain America: Brave New World Saturday $6,845,635 $200,500,001
2018 Black Panther Thursday $6,607,691 $700,059,566

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 1.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2024 Dune: Part Two Friday $32,211,366 $282,709,065
2019 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral Friday $9,200,824 $73,257,045
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Friday $7,693,563 $65,187,603
2002 We Were Soldiers Friday $5,545,000 $78,120,196
2002 40 Days and 40 Nights Friday $4,402,000 $37,939,782
2013 21 and Over Friday $3,349,433 $25,682,380
2013 The Last Exorcism Part II Friday $3,249,542 $15,179,303
2019 Greta Friday $1,603,595 $10,544,310
2000 3 Strikes Wednesday $501,211 $9,821,335
2019 Apollo 11 Friday $401,905 $9,040,224

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 1.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2024 Dune: Part Two $82,505,391 $282,709,065
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $30,028,540 $160,799,505
2014 Non-Stop $28,875,635 $91,742,160
2020 The Invisible Man $28,205,665 $64,914,050
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
2014 The Lego Movie $20,828,356 $258,364,131
2002 We Were Soldiers $20,212,543 $78,120,196
1998 Titanic $19,633,056 $674,460,013

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Lionel Atwill (1885, died on April 22, 1946 at the age of 61), David Niven (1910, died on July 29, 1983 at the age of 73), Jack Clayton (1921, died on February 26, 1995 at the age of 73), Robert Clary (1926, died on November 16, 2022 at the age of 96), Claude Gensac (1927, died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 89), Harry Belafonte (1927, died on April 25, 2023 at the age of 96), Jacques Rivette (1928, died on January 29, 2016 at the age of 87), Joan Hackett (1934, died on October 8, 1983 at the age of 49), Roger Daltrey (1944, turned 81 this year), Dirk Benedict (1945, turned 80 this year), Lana Wood (1946, turned 79 this year), Alan Thicke (1947, died on December 13, 2016 at the age of 69), Peter Brant (1947, turned 78 this year), Karl Johnson (1948, turned 77 this year), Chuck Zito (1953, turned 72 this year), Ron Howard (1954, turned 71 this year), Catherine Bach (1954, turned 71 this year), Peter Spellos (1954, died on November 19, 2023 at the age of 69), Tim Daly (1956, turned 69 this year), Russel Wong (1963, turned 62 this year), Bryan Batt (1963, turned 62 this year), Maurice Benard (1963, turned 62 this year), Sean Gilder (1964, turned 61 this year), Chris Eigeman (1965, turned 60 this year), Zack Snyder (1966, turned 59 this year), George Eads (1967, turned 58 this year), Javier Bardem (1969, turned 56 this year), Cara Buono (1971, turned 54 this year), Don Lee (이동석) (1971, turned 54 this year), Jack Davenport (1973, turned 52 this year), Chris Webber (1973, turned 52 this year), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (1974, turned 51 this year), Luke Mably (1976, turned 49 this year), Emily Holmes (1977, turned 48 this year), Jensen Ackles (1978, turned 47 this year), Donovan Patton (1978, turned 47 this year), Alicia Leigh Willis (1978, turned 47 this year), Liya Kebede (1978, turned 47 this year), Adam Lavorgna (1981, turned 44 this year), Zach Cregger (1981, turned 44 this year), Anna Bruggemann (1981, turned 44 this year), Dominic Rains (1982, turned 43 this year), Kim Min-hee (1982, turned 43 this year), Lupita Nyong'o (1983, turned 42 this year), Daniella Monet (1989, turned 36 this year), Justin Bieber (1994, turned 31 this year), Millicent Simmonds (2003, turned 22 this year), Izabella Alvarez (2004, turned 21 this year)

Died on this day in history: Gregory La Cava (1952, at the age of 59), Jackie Coogan (1984, at the age of 69), Alain Resnais (2014, at the age of 91), Michael Gudinski (2021, at the age of 68), Conrad Janis (2022, at the age of 94), Iris Apfel (2024, at the age of 102), Lynn Fainchtein (2024, at the age of 102), Angie Stone (2025, at the age of 63)

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