On This Day - August 26
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Don’t Breathe | Friday | $10,033,350 | $89,217,875 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Sunday | $7,441,656 | $174,532,921 |
| 2006 | Invincible | Saturday | $6,736,898 | $57,806,952 |
| 2007 | Superbad | Sunday | $5,698,976 | $121,463,226 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Saturday | $5,403,542 | $636,238,421 |
| 2000 | Bring it On | Saturday | $5,309,000 | $68,353,550 |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Friday | $5,200,000 | $37,899,638 |
| 2005 | The 40 Year-old Virgin | Friday | $4,846,915 | $109,449,237 |
| 2011 | The Help | Friday | $4,402,344 | $169,705,587 |
| 2023 | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | Saturday | $4,145,935 | $44,428,554 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Don’t Breathe | Friday | $10,033,350 | $89,217,875 |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Friday | $5,200,000 | $37,899,638 |
| 2011 | Colombiana | Friday | $3,726,068 | $36,665,854 |
| 2011 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Friday | $3,582,854 | $24,046,682 |
| 2022 | The Invitation | Friday | $2,681,924 | $25,100,080 |
| 2017 | Mayweather vs. McGregor | Saturday | $2,620,183 | $2,620,183 |
| 2016 | Mechanic: Resurrection | Friday | $2,607,553 | $21,218,403 |
| 2011 | Our Idiot Brother | Friday | $2,390,226 | $24,814,830 |
| 2005 | The Cave | Friday | $2,032,201 | $15,007,991 |
| 2015 | No Escape | Wednesday | $1,179,112 | $27,288,872 |
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 26.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Don’t Breathe | $26,411,706 | $89,217,875 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | $24,808,202 | $174,532,921 |
| 2007 | Superbad | $18,044,369 | $121,463,226 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $15,104,145 | $636,238,421 |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | $15,092,079 | $37,899,638 |
| 2011 | The Help | $14,536,118 | $169,705,587 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jim Davis (1909, died on April 26, 1981 at the age of 71), Robert Chartoff (1933, died on June 10, 2015 at the age of 81), Francine York (1936, died on January 6, 2017 at the age of 80), Barbet Schroeder (1941, turned 83 this year), Jane Merrow (1941, turned 83 this year), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941, turned 83 this year), Barbara Ehrenreich (1942, died on September 1, 2022 at the age of 80), Alison Steadman (1946, turned 78 this year), Annette Badland (1950, turned 74 this year), Michael Jeter (1952, died on March 30, 2003 at the age of 50), Emiliano Diez (1953, turned 71 this year), Brett Cullen (1956, turned 68 this year), Wanda De Jesus (1958, turned 66 this year), Chris Burke (1965, turned 59 this year), Oleg Taktarov (1967, turned 57 this year), Kirk Fox (1969, turned 55 this year), Melissa McCarthy (1970, turned 54 this year), Inder Kumar (1973, died on July 28, 2017 at the age of 43), Andy Muschietti (1973, turned 51 this year), Meredith Eaton (1974, turned 50 this year), Mike Colter (1976, turned 48 this year), Gene Stupnitsky (1977, turned 47 this year), Patrick Kennedy (1977, turned 47 this year), Amanda Schull (1978, turned 46 this year), Chris Pine (1980, turned 44 this year), Macaulay Culkin (1980, turned 44 this year), Joel Rush (1981, turned 43 this year), Nazneen Contractor (1982, turned 42 this year), Adina Galupa (1986, turned 38 this year), Cassie Ventura (1986, turned 38 this year), Evan Ross (1988, turned 36 this year), Dylan O’Brien (1991, turned 33 this year), Keke Palmer (1993, turned 31 this year), Gracie Dzienny (1995, turned 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lon Chaney (1930, at the age of 47), Lon Chaney (1930, at the age of 47), Kay Francis (1968, at the age of 63), Charles Boyer (1978, at the age of 78), Wade Dominguez (1998, at the age of 32), Peter Kern (2015, at the age of 66), Pascal Chaumeil (2015, at the age of 54), Tobe Hooper (2017, at the age of 74), Neil Simon (2018, at the age of 91), Ray Henwood (2019, at the age of 82), Max Berliner (2019, at the age of 99), Bob Barker (2023, at the age of 99), Arleen Sorkin (2023, at the age of 66), Gleb Panfilov (2023, at the age of 89), Sven-Goran Eriksson (2024, at the age of 76)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.