On This Day - August 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Don’t Breathe | Saturday | $9,880,037 | $89,217,875 |
| 2010 | The Last Exorcism | Friday | $9,406,821 | $41,034,350 |
| 2021 | Candyman | Friday | $9,215,245 | $61,186,570 |
| 2010 | Takers | Friday | $7,476,207 | $57,744,720 |
| 2004 | Jet Li's Hero | Friday | $6,800,000 | $53,652,140 |
| 2005 | The 40 Year-old Virgin | Saturday | $6,739,800 | $109,449,237 |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Saturday | $5,900,000 | $37,899,638 |
| 2011 | The Help | Saturday | $5,882,006 | $169,705,587 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Friday | $5,808,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Sunday | $5,679,220 | $636,238,421 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Last Exorcism | Friday | $9,406,821 | $41,034,350 |
| 2021 | Candyman | Friday | $9,215,245 | $61,186,570 |
| 2010 | Takers | Friday | $7,476,207 | $57,744,720 |
| 2004 | Jet Li's Hero | Friday | $6,800,000 | $53,652,140 |
| 2004 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | Friday | $4,200,000 | $31,526,393 |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Friday | $3,381,000 | $32,698,899 |
| 1999 | The Muse | Friday | $1,178,000 | $11,614,954 |
| 1999 | The Astronaut's Wife | Friday | $1,174,000 | $10,672,566 |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Wednesday | $1,140,847 | $23,489,997 |
| 2004 | Suspect Zero | Friday | $1,050,000 | $8,712,564 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Don’t Breathe | $26,411,706 | $89,217,875 |
| 2021 | Candyman | $22,001,750 | $61,186,570 |
| 2010 | Takers | $20,512,304 | $57,744,720 |
| 2010 | The Last Exorcism | $20,366,613 | $41,034,350 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $20,099,149 | $293,506,292 |
| 2004 | Jet Li's Hero | $18,004,319 | $53,652,140 |
| 2023 | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $17,410,552 | $44,428,554 |
| 2000 | Bring it On | $17,362,105 | $68,353,550 |
| 2006 | Invincible | $17,031,122 | $57,806,952 |
| 2005 | The 40 Year-old Virgin | $16,275,895 | $109,449,237 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Byron Foulger (1899, died on April 4, 1970 at the age of 70), C.S. Forester (1899, died on April 2, 1966 at the age of 66), Frederick O'Neal (1905, died on August 25, 1992 at the age of 86), Martha Raye (1916, died on October 19, 1994 at the age of 78), Mark Daniels (1916, died on April 10, 1990 at the age of 73), Leo Penn (1921, died on September 5, 1998 at the age of 77), Ira Levin (1929, died on November 12, 2007 at the age of 78), Hoke Howell (1929, died on May 9, 1997 at the age of 67), Don Perlin (1929, died on May 14, 2024 at the age of 94), Janet Maclachlan (1933, died on October 11, 2010 at the age of 77), Frank Yablans (1935, died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 79), Harrison Page (1941, turned 83 this year), Tuesday Weld (1943, turned 81 this year), G.W. Bailey (1944, turned 80 this year), Gigio Morra (1945, died on March 10, 2024 at the age of 78), Barbara Bach (1947, turned 77 this year), Kevin Tierney (1950, died on May 12, 2018 at the age of 67), Charles Fleischer (1950, turned 74 this year), Paul Reubens (1952, died on July 30, 2023 at the age of 70), Gary Imhoff (1952, turned 72 this year), Peter Stormare (1953, turned 71 this year), Diana Scarwid (1955, turned 69 this year), Robert Richardson (1955, turned 69 this year), Jean-Yves Berteloot (1957, turned 67 this year), Daniela Romo (1959, turned 65 this year), Gennadi Vengerov (1959, died on April 22, 2015 at the age of 55), Peter Mensah (1959, turned 65 this year), Maya Massar (1959, turned 65 this year), Mark Curry (1961, turned 63 this year), Yolanda Adams (1961, turned 63 this year), Tom Ford (1961, turned 63 this year), Dean Devlin (1962, turned 62 this year), Stephan Elliott (1964, turned 60 this year), Claire Stansfield (1964, turned 60 this year), Robert Bogue (1964, turned 60 this year), Antti Reini (1964, turned 60 this year), Lynn Shelton (1965, died on May 16, 2020 at the age of 54), Lisa Marie Newmyer (1968, turned 56 this year), Chandra Wilson (1969, turned 55 this year), Reece Shearsmith (1969, turned 55 this year), Ann Russo (1969, turned 55 this year), Leanna Creel (1970, turned 54 this year), Monica Lacy (1970, turned 54 this year), Mike Smith (1972, turned 52 this year), Dalip Singh (1972, turned 52 this year), Adam Vernier (1972, turned 52 this year), Cory Bowles (1973, turned 51 this year), Darren Goldstein (1974, turned 50 this year), Sarah Chalke (1976, turned 48 this year), Kaouther Ben Hania (1977, turned 47 this year), Shaun Weiss (1978, turned 46 this year), Susy Kane (1978, turned 46 this year), Aaron Paul (1979, turned 45 this year), Neha Dhupia (1980, turned 44 this year), Heloise Godet (1980, turned 44 this year), Patrick J. Adams (1981, turned 43 this year), Sugar Lyn Beard (1981, turned 43 this year), Karla Mosley (1981, turned 43 this year), Lauren Jones (1982, turned 42 this year), Danica Curcic (1985, turned 39 this year), Mario (1986, turned 38 this year), Tiffany Boone (1987, turned 37 this year), Alexa PenaVega (1988, turned 36 this year), Blake Jenner (1992, turned 32 this year), Ellar Coltrane (1994, turned 30 this year), Cainan Wiebe (1995, turned 29 this year), Ariana Greenblatt (2007, turned 17 this year), Eve Brent (2011, turned 13 this year)
Died on this day in history: Robert Z. Leonard (1968, turned 13 this year), Douglas Kenney (1980, at the age of 33), Greg Morris (1996, at the age of 62), Éléonore Faucher (2023, at the age of 50), Robert Hale (2023, at the age of 90), Gabor Medvigy (2023, at the age of 66)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.