On This Day - March 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Sunday | $33,791,754 | $330,360,194 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Saturday | $17,519,363 | $217,851,976 |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Friday | $16,754,032 | $198,351,526 |
| 2015 | Home | Friday | $15,716,740 | $177,397,510 |
| 2015 | Get Hard | Friday | $12,904,507 | $90,411,453 |
| 2004 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Saturday | $12,743,150 | $84,185,387 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Tuesday | $10,348,198 | $408,010,692 |
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Friday | $9,669,724 | $55,389,516 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Saturday | $7,434,111 | $334,191,110 |
| 2022 | The Lost City | Sunday | $7,119,473 | $105,344,029 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Friday | $16,754,032 | $198,351,526 |
| 2015 | Home | Friday | $15,716,740 | $177,397,510 |
| 2015 | Get Hard | Friday | $12,904,507 | $90,411,453 |
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Friday | $9,669,724 | $55,389,516 |
| 2009 | 12 Rounds | Friday | $1,808,292 | $12,234,694 |
| 1998 | The Newton Boys | Friday | $1,465,000 | $10,341,093 |
| 2025 | L2: Empuraan | Thursday | $940,556 | $2,210,556 |
| 1998 | Ride | Friday | $820,000 | $5,485,295 |
| 2009 | Goodbye Solo | Friday | $10,324 | $871,445 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $166,007,347 | $330,360,194 |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $59,321,095 | $198,351,526 |
| 2015 | Home | $52,107,731 | $177,397,510 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | $43,732,319 | $217,851,976 |
| 2015 | Get Hard | $33,803,253 | $90,411,453 |
| 2022 | The Lost City | $30,453,269 | $105,344,029 |
| 2004 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | $29,438,331 | $84,185,387 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | $24,022,288 | $341,268,248 |
| 2011 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | $23,751,502 | $52,698,535 |
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $23,004,765 | $55,389,516 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Warner Bros. Film, The Dog Stars
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: William Harrigan (1886, turned 139 this year), Gloria Swanson (1899, died on April 4, 1983 at the age of 84), Sidney Buchman (1902, died on August 23, 1975 at the age of 73), Richard Denning (1914, died on October 11, 1998 at the age of 84), Richard Marner (1921, turned 104 this year), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (1923, died on March 28, 2014 at the age of 91), Anne Ramsey (1929, died on August 11, 1988 at the age of 59), David Janssen (1931, died on February 13, 1980 at the age of 48), Julian Glover (1935, turned 90 this year), Austin Pendleton (1940, turned 85 this year), Michael York (1942, turned 83 this year), Art Evans (1942, died on December 21, 2024 at the age of 82), Chick Vennera (1947, died on July 7, 2021 at the age of 74), Maria Schneider (1952, died on February 3, 2011 at the age of 58), Stephen Dillane (1957, turned 68 this year), Caroline Williams (1957, turned 68 this year), Adrian Rawlins (1958, turned 67 this year), Brian Tarantina (1959, died on November 2, 2019 at the age of 60), Quentin Tarantino (1963, turned 62 this year), Clive Rowe (1964, turned 61 this year), Paula Trickey (1966, turned 59 this year), Talisa Soto (1967, turned 58 this year), Pauley Perrette (1969, turned 56 this year), Kevin Corrigan (1969, turned 56 this year), Francie Swift (1969, turned 56 this year), Mariah Carey (1970, turned 55 this year), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970, turned 55 this year), Nathan Fillion (1971, turned 54 this year), Fergie (1975, turned 50 this year), Fergie (1975, turned 50 this year), Kenny Doughty (1975, turned 50 this year), Louise Brealey (1979, turned 46 this year), Blake McIver Ewing (1985, turned 40 this year), Brenda Song (1988, turned 37 this year), Holliday Grainger (1988, turned 37 this year), Jessica Ellen Cornish (1988, turned 37 this year), Bevin Bru (1991, turned 34 this year), Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (1996, turned 29 this year), Natasha Calis (1999, turned 26 this year), Sophie Nelisse (2000, turned 25 this year), Halle Bailey (2000, turned 25 this year), Amelia Crouch (2004, turned 21 this year)
Died on this day in history: Mikhail Kalatozov (1973, at the age of 69), Steve Fisher (1980, at the age of 67), Jack Starrett (1989, at the age of 52), Aldo Ray (1991, at the age of 64), Milton Berle (2002, at the age of 93), Dudley Moore (2002, at the age of 66), Billy Wilder (2002, at the age of 95), Dan Curtis (2006, at the age of 78), Farley Granger (2011, at the age of 85), Warren Stevens (2012, at the age of 92), Stephane Audran (2018, at the age of 85), Daniel Kahneman (2024, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.