On This Day - March 12

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 12.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 The Batman Saturday $28,137,360 $369,345,583
2016 Zootopia Saturday $22,696,848 $341,268,248
2010 Alice in Wonderland Friday $17,281,335 $334,191,110
2017 Kong: Skull Island Sunday $17,002,107 $168,052,812
2005 Robots Saturday $15,461,397 $128,200,012
2019 Captain Marvel Tuesday $14,641,119 $426,829,839
2011 Battle: Los Angeles Saturday $13,369,524 $83,552,429
2017 Logan Sunday $11,440,445 $226,277,068
2011 Rango Saturday $10,150,446 $123,477,607
2023 Scream VI Sunday $9,762,853 $108,391,107

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 12.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2004 Secret Window Friday $7,100,000 $47,958,031
2022 BTS Permission to Dance on Stage Seoul — Live Viewing Saturday $6,840,000 $6,840,000
2010 Green Zone Friday $5,045,040 $35,497,337
2010 Remember Me Friday $3,567,535 $19,068,240
2010 She's Out of My League Friday $3,348,833 $32,010,860
2010 Our Family Wedding Friday $2,496,341 $20,255,281
1999 The Rage: Carrie 2 Friday $2,465,000 $17,760,244
1999 The Corruptor Friday $2,075,000 $15,164,492
2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Friday $2,000,000 $23,514,247
1999 Wing Commander Friday $1,835,000 $11,578,022

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 12.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2022 The Batman $66,511,221 $369,345,583
2010 Alice in Wonderland $62,714,076 $334,191,110
2017 Kong: Skull Island $61,025,472 $168,052,812
2016 Zootopia $51,339,887 $341,268,248
2023 Scream VI $44,447,270 $108,391,107
2017 Logan $38,112,425 $226,277,068
2005 Robots $36,045,301 $128,200,012
2011 Battle: Los Angeles $35,573,187 $83,552,429
2004 The Passion of the Christ $32,130,978 $370,782,930
2023 Creed III $27,250,402 $156,248,615

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Takashi Shimura (1905, died on February 11, 1982 at the age of 76), Googie Withers (1917, died on July 15, 2011 at the age of 94), Frank Overton (1918, died on April 24, 1967 at the age of 49), Edward Albee (1928, died on September 16, 2016 at the age of 88), Harry J. Ufland (1936, died on March 2, 2018 at the age of 81), Piera Degli Esposti (1938, died on August 14, 2021 at the age of 83), Frank Welker (1946, turned 78 this year), Liza Minnelli (1946, turned 78 this year), Dean Cundey (1946, turned 78 this year), Ole Thestrup (1948, died on February 2, 2018 at the age of 69), Rob Cohen (1949, turned 75 this year), Charles Levin (1949, died on June 28, 2019 at the age of 70), Julius Carry (1952, turned 72 this year), Lesley Manville (1956, turned 68 this year), Jerry Levine (1957, turned 67 this year), Jason Beghe (1960, turned 64 this year), Courtney B. Vance (1960, turned 64 this year), Julian Firth (1960, turned 64 this year), Julia Campbell (1962, turned 62 this year), Chris Sanders (1962, turned 62 this year), Rick Worthy (1967, turned 57 this year), Aaron Eckhart (1968, turned 56 this year), Jason Lively (1968, turned 56 this year), Jake Tapper (1969, turned 55 this year), Jo Hartley (1972, turned 52 this year), Richard Harrington (1975, turned 49 this year), Tsahi Halevi (1975, turned 49 this year), Elizabeth Regen (1975, turned 49 this year), Marian Aguilera (1977, turned 47 this year), Jackie Seiden (1979, turned 45 this year), Rhys Coiro (1979, turned 45 this year), Samm Levine (1982, turned 42 this year), Luis Gerardo Mendez (1982, turned 42 this year), Ron Funches (1983, turned 41 this year), Malina Weissman (2003, turned 21 this year)

Died on this day in history: Josephine Hull (1957, at the age of 80), John Cazale (1978, at the age of 42), Morton Downey, Jr. (2001, at the age of 67), Lynne Thigpen (2003, at the age of 54), Betty Hutton (2007, at the age of 86), Leopold Kozlowski (2019, at the age of 100), Tonie Marshall (2020, at the age of 68), Gary B. Kibbe (2020, at the age of 79), Antonio Pedro (2023, at the age of 82), David Mixner (2024, at the age of 77)

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