On This Day - March 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Friday | $63,777,443 | $504,014,165 |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Sunday | $19,532,991 | $426,829,839 |
| 2002 | Ice Age | Sunday | $13,600,000 | $176,387,405 |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | Saturday | $12,929,856 | $138,447,667 |
| 2007 | 300 | Saturday | $12,557,442 | $210,614,939 |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Friday | $11,701,380 | $57,721,819 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Sunday | $11,646,564 | $234,770,996 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Saturday | $11,558,877 | $700,059,566 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Saturday | $9,592,105 | $214,151,550 |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Friday | $8,742,504 | $70,511,035 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Friday | $63,777,443 | $504,014,165 |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Friday | $11,701,380 | $57,721,819 |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Friday | $8,742,504 | $70,511,035 |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Friday | $7,810,000 | $125,548,685 |
| 2006 | She’s the Man | Friday | $3,695,630 | $33,889,159 |
| 2000 | Final Destination | Friday | $3,130,000 | $53,302,314 |
| 2017 | The Belko Experiment | Friday | $1,518,000 | $10,166,820 |
| 2024 | The End of Evangelion | Sunday | $603,219 | $1,302,300 |
| 2023 | Moving On | Friday | $245,784 | $2,136,832 |
| 2023 | Inside | Friday | $169,055 | $918,415 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $174,750,616 | $504,014,165 |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | $67,988,130 | $426,829,839 |
| 2002 | Ice Age | $46,312,454 | $176,387,405 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $41,252,702 | $234,770,996 |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | $36,302,612 | $138,447,667 |
| 2007 | 300 | $32,877,328 | $210,614,939 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | $30,149,970 | $193,978,190 |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | $30,111,158 | $57,721,819 |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $28,505,206 | $282,709,065 |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | $28,138,465 | $125,548,685 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Oh, The Places You’ll Go
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Gabriele Ferzetti (1925, died on December 2, 2015 at the age of 90), William Ford Gibson (1948, turns 78 this year), Patrick Duffy (1949, turns 77 this year), Kurt Russell (1951, turns 75 this year), Lesley-Anne Down (1954, turns 72 this year), Gary Sinise (1955, turns 71 this year), Mark Boone Jr. (1955, turns 71 this year), Laurene Landon (1957, turns 69 this year), Christian Clemenson (1958, turns 68 this year), Arye Gross (1960, turns 66 this year), Vicki Lewis (1960, turns 66 this year), Casey Siemaszko (1961, turns 65 this year), Rob Sitch (1962, turns 64 this year), Clare Grogan (1962, turns 64 this year), Rob Lowe (1964, turns 62 this year), Victor McGuire (1964, turns 62 this year), Jose Garcia (1966, turns 60 this year), Billy Corgan (1967, turns 59 this year), Mathew St. Patrick (1968, turns 58 this year), Alexander McQueen (1969, died on February 11, 2010 at the age of 40), Amelia Heinle (1973, turns 53 this year), Marisa Coughlan (1974, turns 52 this year), Mille Dinesen (1974, turns 52 this year), Janaya Stephens (1974, turns 52 this year), Natalie Zea (1975, turns 51 this year), Gina Holden (1975, turns 51 this year), Brittany Daniel (1976, turns 50 this year), Cynthia Daniel (1976, turns 50 this year), Patrick Seitz (1978, turns 48 this year), Stephen Kramer Glickman (1979, turns 47 this year), Nicky Jam (1981, turns 45 this year), Ryan Rottman (1984, turns 42 this year), Olesya Rulin (1986, turns 40 this year), Bryan Dechart (1987, turns 39 this year), John Boyega (1992, turns 34 this year), Eliza Bennett (1992, turns 34 this year), Julia Winter (1993, turns 33 this year), Nijiro Murakami (1997, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Fred Allen (1956, at the age of 61), Luchino Visconti (1976, at the age of 69), Mai Zetterling (1994, at the age of 68), Rick Aviles (1995, at the age of 42), René Clément (1996, at the age of 82), Freddie Francis (2007, at the age of 89), Michael Gough (2011, at the age of 94), Larry Drake (2016, at the age of 67), John Carl Buechler (2019, at the age of 66), Yuya Uchida (2019, at the age of 79), Jacques Frantz (2021, at the age of 73), Peter Bowles (2022, at the age of 85), Natalya Nazarova (2022, at the age of 72), Hal Dresner (2023, at the age of 85), Lance Reddick (2023, at the age of 60), David Steven Cohen (2025, at the age of 58), Marty Callner (2025, at the age of 74)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.