On This Day - March 26

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Saturday $50,657,088 $330,360,194
2017 Beauty and the Beast Sunday $28,532,197 $504,014,165
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Sunday $18,576,730 $187,131,806
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Friday $12,111,766 $217,851,976
2022 The Lost City Saturday $11,802,252 $105,344,029
2012 The Hunger Games Monday $10,823,788 $408,010,692
2017 Power Rangers Sunday $10,784,982 $85,364,450
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Saturday $10,122,462 $52,698,535
2022 The Batman Saturday $9,178,230 $369,612,903
2016 Zootopia Saturday $8,535,388 $341,268,248

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Friday $12,111,766 $217,851,976
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Friday $8,500,000 $84,185,387
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Friday $4,846,859 $50,269,859
2004 The Ladykillers Friday $4,200,000 $39,692,139
2004 Jersey Girl Friday $3,000,000 $25,266,129
1999 EDtv Friday $2,805,000 $22,508,689
2021 Nobody Friday $2,508,415 $27,568,035
1999 The Mod Squad Friday $2,115,000 $13,260,050
1999 Doug's 1st Movie Friday $1,100,000 $19,421,271
2024 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Tuesday $203,769 $533,144

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 26.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $166,007,347 $330,360,194
2017 Beauty and the Beast $90,426,717 $504,014,165
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 $73,817,950 $187,131,806
2010 How to Train Your Dragon $43,732,319 $217,851,976
2017 Power Rangers $40,300,288 $85,364,450
2022 The Lost City $30,453,269 $105,344,029
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed $29,438,331 $84,185,387
2006 Inside Man $28,954,945 $88,634,237
2016 Zootopia $24,022,288 $341,268,248
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules $23,751,502 $52,698,535

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One, Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Will Wright (1894, died on June 19, 1962 at the age of 68), Sterling Hayden (1916, died on May 23, 1986 at the age of 70), Strother Martin (1919, died on August 1, 1980 at the age of 61), Julie Harris (1921, died on May 30, 2015 at the age of 94), Leonard Nimoy (1931, died on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83), Luke Askew (1932, died on March 29, 2012 at the age of 80), Tinto Brass (1933, turns 93 this year), Alan Arkin (1934, died on June 29, 2023 at the age of 89), Norman Reynolds (1934, died on April 6, 2023 at the age of 89), James Caan (1940, died on July 6, 2022 at the age of 82), Diana Ross (1944, turns 82 this year), Kevin O'Neal (1945, turns 81 this year), Steven Tyler (1948, turns 78 this year), Alan Silvestri (1950, turns 76 this year), Martin Short (1950, turns 76 this year), Gary Hudson (1956, turns 70 this year), Jennifer Grey (1960, turns 66 this year), Billy Warlock (1961, turns 65 this year), Eric Allan Kramer (1962, turns 64 this year), Marita Geraghty (1962, turns 64 this year), Jonathan Glazer (1965, turns 61 this year), Michael Imperioli (1966, turns 60 this year), Martin McDonagh (1970, turns 56 this year), Francis Lawrence (1971, turns 55 this year), Leslie Mann (1972, turns 54 this year), T.R. Knight (1973, turns 53 this year), Natasha Leggero (1974, turns 52 this year), Amy Smart (1976, turns 50 this year), Bianca Kajlich (1977, turns 49 this year), Luke Ford (1981, turns 45 this year), Neal Bledsoe (1981, turns 45 this year), Joe Anderson (1982, turns 44 this year), Jonathan Groff (1985, turns 41 this year), Keira Knightley (1985, turns 41 this year), Carly Chaikin (1990, turns 36 this year), Choi Woo-sik (1990, turns 36 this year), Brittney Wilson (1991, turns 35 this year), Haley Ramm (1992, turns 34 this year), Freya Tingley (1994, turns 32 this year), Emily Tosta (1998, turns 28 this year), Ella Anderson (2005, turns 21 this year)

Died on this day in history: Max Ophüls (1957, at the age of 54), Roy Halston (1990, at the age of 57), Jan Sterling (2004, at the age of 82), Don Payne (2013, at the age of 48), Jim Harrison (2016, at the age of 78), Darlene Cates (2017, at the age of 69), Michael Sorkin (2020, at the age of 71), Menggie Cobarrubias (2020, at the age of 68), Mark Blum (2020, at the age of 69), Ron Prather (2022, at the age of 73), Jeff Carson (2022, at the age of 58), Ivano Marescotti (2023, at the age of 77), Jacques Collard (2023, at the age of 91), Richard Serra (2024, at the age of 85)

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