On This Day - March 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Friday | $21,146,942 | $130,179,072 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Saturday | $14,446,233 | $334,191,110 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Monday | $13,531,723 | $504,014,165 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Sunday | $11,336,079 | $341,268,248 |
| 2022 | The Batman | Sunday | $10,002,111 | $369,345,583 |
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Saturday | $9,744,750 | $58,990,765 |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Friday | $9,473,713 | $201,151,353 |
| 2009 | Knowing | Friday | $8,969,774 | $79,957,634 |
| 2010 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Saturday | $8,736,067 | $64,003,625 |
| 2010 | The Bounty Hunter | Saturday | $8,270,488 | $67,061,228 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Friday | $21,146,942 | $130,179,072 |
| 2009 | Knowing | Friday | $8,969,774 | $79,957,634 |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | Friday | $6,298,041 | $72,013,010 |
| 2009 | Duplicity | Friday | $4,684,680 | $40,572,825 |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Friday | $3,630,000 | $39,017,984 |
| 1998 | Wild Things | Friday | $3,330,000 | $29,795,299 |
| 2015 | The Gunman | Friday | $1,769,486 | $10,664,749 |
| 1998 | Mr. Nice Guy | Friday | $1,700,000 | $12,716,953 |
| 2015 | Do You Believe? | Friday | $1,211,788 | $12,985,600 |
| 2024 | The Ark and the Darkness | Wednesday | $750,982 | $2,097,560 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | $52,263,680 | $130,179,072 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | $37,164,158 | $341,268,248 |
| 2022 | The Batman | $36,723,197 | $369,345,583 |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | $35,065,237 | $75,941,727 |
| 2015 | Cinderella | $34,967,659 | $201,151,353 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | $34,189,969 | $334,191,110 |
| 2016 | The Divergent Series: Allegiant | $29,027,348 | $66,184,051 |
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | $26,722,575 | $58,990,765 |
| 2009 | Knowing | $24,604,751 | $79,957,634 |
| 2010 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | $22,126,166 | $64,003,625 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Project Hail Mary, Street Fighter
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edgar Buchanan (1903, died on April 4, 1979 at the age of 76), Carl Reiner (1922, died on June 29, 2020 at the age of 98), Jack Kruschen (1922, died on April 2, 2002 at the age of 80), Fred Rogers (1928, died on February 27, 2003 at the age of 74), Karen Steele (1931, turned 93 this year), Hal Linden (1931, turned 93 this year), Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936, died on August 29, 2021 at the age of 85), Jerry Reed (1937, died on September 1, 2008 at the age of 71), Paul Junger Witt (1941, died on April 27, 2018 at the age of 77), Chip Zien (1947, turned 77 this year), Tom Towles (1950, died on April 2, 2015 at the age of 65), William Hurt (1950, died on March 13, 2022 at the age of 71), Richard McMillan (1951, died on February 19, 2017 at the age of 65), Spike Lee (1957, turned 67 this year), Vanessa Bell Calloway (1957, turned 67 this year), Theresa Russell (1957, turned 67 this year), Amy Aquino (1957, turned 67 this year), Holly Hunter (1958, turned 66 this year), Maja Maranow (1961, died on January 4, 2016 at the age of 54), Stephen Sommers (1962, turned 62 this year), David Thewlis (1963, turned 61 this year), Kathy Ireland (1963, turned 61 this year), Jessica Lundy (1966, turned 58 this year), Marc Warren (1967, turned 57 this year), Lawrence Makoare (1968, turned 56 this year), Linda Larkin (1970, turned 54 this year), Murray Bartlett (1971, turned 53 this year), Alexander Chaplin (1971, turned 53 this year), Jane March (1973, turned 51 this year), Cedric Yarbrough (1973, turned 51 this year), Paula Garces (1974, turned 50 this year), Ramin Bahrani (1975, turned 49 this year), Bianca Lawson (1979, turned 45 this year), Amy Huberman (1979, turned 45 this year), Mikey Day (1980, turned 44 this year), Jake Hoffman (1981, turned 43 this year), Nick Blood (1982, turned 42 this year), Michael Cassidy (1983, turned 41 this year), Christy Carlson Romano (1984, turned 40 this year), Emma Fitzpatrick (1985, turned 39 this year), Ruby Rose (1986, turned 38 this year), Dean Geyer (1986, turned 38 this year), Kangana Ranaut (1987, turned 37 this year), Xavier Dolan (1989, turned 35 this year), Leila George (1992, turned 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: Carl Theodor Dreyer (1968, at the age of 79), Michael Goodliffe (1976, at the age of 61), Gregory Walcott (2015, at the age of 87), Kenny Rogers (2020, at the age of 81), Winai Kraibutr (2024, at the age of 54)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.