On This Day - March 31
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Saturday | $24,738,873 | $408,010,692 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Friday | $21,788,862 | $195,330,621 |
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Sunday | $16,784,910 | $196,350,016 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Friday | $15,621,148 | $175,003,033 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Saturday | $15,601,179 | $137,690,172 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Friday | $15,222,358 | $93,549,650 |
| 2019 | Dumbo | Sunday | $13,224,329 | $114,766,307 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Friday | $12,839,851 | $504,014,165 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Saturday | $12,718,660 | $83,670,083 |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Saturday | $12,325,990 | $118,594,548 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Friday | $21,788,862 | $195,330,621 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Friday | $15,621,148 | $175,003,033 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Friday | $15,222,358 | $93,549,650 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Wednesday | $9,600,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Friday | $7,660,626 | $40,563,557 |
| 2010 | The Last Song | Wednesday | $5,125,103 | $62,950,384 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Wednesday | $4,803,310 | $173,993,387 |
| 2006 | ATL | Friday | $4,566,669 | $21,170,563 |
| 2000 | The Skulls | Friday | $4,396,561 | $35,007,180 |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Friday | $3,676,101 | $50,802,661 |
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 31.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $80,006,561 | $196,350,016 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $58,551,063 | $408,010,692 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $50,198,902 | $175,003,033 |
| 2019 | Dumbo | $45,990,748 | $114,766,307 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $45,420,743 | $504,014,165 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $41,769,050 | $137,690,172 |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $40,501,814 | $122,523,060 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | $37,205,784 | $93,549,650 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | $33,457,188 | $83,670,083 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Victor Varconi (1891, died on June 6, 1976 at the age of 85), Robert Stevenson (1905, died on April 30, 1986 at the age of 81), Eddie Quillan (1907, turned 117 this year), Lucille Bliss (1916, died on November 8, 2012 at the age of 96), Ted Post (1918, died on August 20, 2013 at the age of 95), Peggy Rea (1921, died on February 5, 2011 at the age of 89), Richard Kiley (1922, died on March 5, 1999 at the age of 76), Patrick Magee (1922, died on August 14, 1982 at the age of 60), Jean Coutu (1925, died on November 1, 1999 at the age of 74), William Daniels (1927, turned 97 this year), Wolfgang Kohlhaase (1931, died on October 5, 2022 at the age of 91), Nagisa Ôshima (1932, died on January 15, 2013 at the age of 80), Richard Chamberlain (1934, turned 90 this year), Shirley Jones (1934, turned 90 this year), Herb Alpert (1935, turned 89 this year), Yevgeni Lazarev (1937, died on November 18, 2016 at the age of 79), Israel Horovitz (1939, died on November 9, 2020 at the age of 81), Volker Schlondorff (1939, turned 85 this year), James Walker (1940, died on February 28, 2017 at the age of 76), Brian Ackland-Snow (1940, died on March 30, 2013 at the age of 72), Valerie Curtin (1941, turned 83 this year), Roy Andersson (1943, turned 81 this year), Christopher Walken (1943, turned 81 this year), Gabe Kaplan (1945, turned 79 this year), Al Gore (1948, turned 76 this year), Rhea Perlman (1948, turned 76 this year), Ed Marinaro (1950, turned 74 this year), Marc McClure (1957, turned 67 this year), Tony Cox (1958, turned 66 this year), Sylvester Groth (1958, turned 66 this year), Michelle Nicastro (1960, turned 64 this year), Gary Winick (1961, died on February 27, 2011 at the age of 49), Paul Mercurio (1963, turned 61 this year), William McNamara (1965, turned 59 this year), Steve Bing (1965, died on June 22, 2020 at the age of 55), Jacqueline Kim (1965, turned 59 this year), Beth Goddard (1969, turned 55 this year), Damon Herriman (1970, turned 54 this year), Ewan McGregor (1971, turned 53 this year), Alejandro Amenábar (1972, turned 52 this year), Andrew Bowen (1972, turned 52 this year), Victoria Smurfit (1974, turned 50 this year), Adrian Holmes (1974, turned 50 this year), Adam Green (1975, turned 49 this year), Kellee Stewart (1976, turned 48 this year), Daniel Mays (1978, turned 46 this year), Kate Micucci (1980, turned 44 this year), Ryan Bingham (1981, turned 43 this year), Chloé Zhao (1982, turned 42 this year), Judith Shekoni (1982, turned 42 this year), Melissa Ordway (1983, turned 41 this year), Ashleigh Ball (1983, turned 41 this year), Jeeja Yanin (1984, turned 40 this year), Jessica Szohr (1985, turned 39 this year), Caitlin Carver (1992, turned 32 this year), Liza Koshy (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Brandon Lee (1993, at the age of 28), Jules Dassin (2008, at the age of 96), Adam Schlesinger (2020, at the age of 52), Andrew Jack (2020, at the age of 76), Vincent Marzello (2020, at the age of 68), Istvan Lenart (2021, at the age of 99), Barbara Rush (2024, at the age of 97), Casey Benjamin (2024, at the age of 45)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.