On This Day - March 2

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 2.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2024 Dune: Part Two Saturday $28,718,894 $282,144,358
2012 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Friday $17,526,300 $214,151,550
2018 Black Panther Friday $16,257,536 $700,059,566
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Saturday $14,075,780 $160,799,505
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Saturday $12,004,736 $65,187,603
2019 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral Saturday $11,273,575 $73,257,045
2007 Wild Hogs Friday $11,250,573 $168,213,584
2004 The Passion of the Christ Tuesday $9,283,000 $370,782,930
2002 We Were Soldiers Saturday $9,268,000 $78,120,196
2012 Project X Friday $8,125,879 $54,731,865

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 2.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2012 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Friday $17,526,300 $214,151,550
2007 Wild Hogs Friday $11,250,573 $168,213,584
2012 Project X Friday $8,125,879 $54,731,865
2001 The Mexican Friday $6,512,000 $66,808,615
2018 Red Sparrow Friday $6,012,929 $46,874,505
2018 Death Wish Friday $4,280,945 $34,017,028
2007 Zodiac Friday $4,206,713 $33,080,084
2001 See Spot Run Friday $2,295,000 $33,357,476
2007 Black Snake Moan Friday $1,385,728 $9,396,870
2012 Being Flynn Friday $12,677 $540,152

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 2.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2024 Dune: Part Two $82,505,391 $282,144,358
2012 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax $70,217,070 $214,151,550
2018 Black Panther $66,306,935 $700,059,566
2007 Wild Hogs $39,699,023 $168,213,584
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $30,028,540 $160,799,505
2014 Non-Stop $28,875,635 $91,742,160
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer $27,202,226 $65,187,603
2019 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral $27,062,332 $73,257,045
2014 Son of God $25,601,865 $59,700,064
2012 Project X $21,051,363 $54,731,865

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Dr Seuss (1904, died on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87), Martin Ritt (1914, died on December 8, 1990 at the age of 76), Desi Arnaz (1917, turned 107 this year), Jennifer Jones (1919, turned 105 this year), John Cullum (1930, turned 94 this year), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931, died on August 30, 2022 at the age of 91), Jon Finch (1942, turned 82 this year), Gates McFadden (1949, turned 75 this year), Cookie Mueller (1949, turned 75 this year), Mac Gudgeon (1949, died on May 29, 2023 at the age of 74), Molly Cheek (1950, turned 74 this year), Cassie Yates (1951, turned 73 this year), Laraine Newman (1952, turned 72 this year), William Hope (1955, turned 69 this year), Angel Salazar (1956, died on August 11, 2024 at the age of 68), Jon Bon Jovi (1962, turned 62 this year), Laird Hamilton (1964, turned 60 this year), Daniel Craig (1968, turned 56 this year), Alexander Armstrong (1970, turned 54 this year), Michael Rapaport (1970, turned 54 this year), Amber Smith (1971, turned 53 this year), Stefano Accorsi (1971, turned 53 this year), Richard Ruccolo (1972, turned 52 this year), Paul Popowich (1973, turned 51 this year), Valérie Donzelli (1973, turned 51 this year), Jeff Wadlow (1976, turned 48 this year), Heather McComb (1977, turned 47 this year), Chris Martin (1977, turned 47 this year), Rebel Wilson (1980, turned 44 this year), Ingrid Bolso Berdal (1980, turned 44 this year), Rebecca Harrell Tickell (1980, turned 44 this year), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981, turned 43 this year), Pilou Asbaek (1982, turned 42 this year), Kim Smith (1983, turned 41 this year), Blake Anderson (1984, turned 40 this year), Ian Sinclair (1984, turned 40 this year), Robert Iler (1985, turned 39 this year), Ethan Peck (1986, turned 38 this year), Sonja Kinski (1986, turned 38 this year), Nathalie Emmanuel (1989, turned 35 this year), Isabelle McNally (1989, turned 35 this year), Anjela Nedyalkova (1991, turned 33 this year), Maisie Richardson Sellers (1992, turned 32 this year), Kofi Siriboe (1994, turned 30 this year), Becky G (1997, turned 27 this year), Barbara Luna (2021, turned 3 this year)

Died on this day in history: D.H. Lawrence (1930, at the age of 44), Eric Blore (1959, at the age of 71), Philip K. Dick (1982, at the age of 53), Randolph Scott (1987, at the age of 89), Serge Gainsbourg (1991, at the age of 62), Sandy Dennis (1992, at the age of 54), Mercedes McCambridge (2004, at the age of 87), Harry J. Ufland (2018, at the age of 81), James Lipton (2020, at the age of 93), Alan Ladd, Jr. (2022, at the age of 84), Tony Walton (2022, at the age of 87), Wayne Shorter (2023, at the age of 89), Steve Mackey (2023, at the age of 56), Maria Onetto (2023, at the age of 56), Mark Dodson (2024, at the age of 64)

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