On This Day - February 26

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2004 The Passion of the Christ Thursday $14,781,316 $370,782,930
2022 Uncharted Saturday $10,745,059 $148,648,820
2017 Get Out Sunday $9,865,320 $175,837,935
2005 Hitch Saturday $9,480,634 $177,784,257
2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman Saturday $9,140,307 $50,406,346
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Sunday $9,006,061 $214,506,909
2016 Deadpool Friday $8,879,279 $363,070,709
2018 Black Panther Monday $8,098,481 $700,059,566
2006 Madea's Family Reunion Sunday $7,163,594 $63,257,940
2010 Shutter Island Friday $6,645,378 $128,012,934

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2010 The Crazies Friday $5,981,133 $39,123,589
2010 Cop Out Friday $5,948,012 $44,875,481
2016 Gods of Egypt Friday $4,778,391 $31,153,464
1999 8MM Friday $4,565,000 $36,443,442
2021 Tom and Jerry Friday $4,000,000 $46,536,687
2020 Boku no Hīrō Akademia The Movie Hīrōzu: Raijingu Wednesday $2,583,834 $13,553,826
2016 Triple 9 Friday $2,145,044 $12,639,297
2016 Eddie the Eagle Friday $1,938,728 $15,789,389
1999 The Other Sister Friday $1,925,000 $27,807,627
1999 200 Cigarettes Friday $1,120,000 $6,852,450

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was February 26.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2017 Get Out $33,377,060 $175,837,935
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania $31,964,803 $214,506,909
2016 Deadpool $31,115,195 $363,070,709
2006 Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661 $63,257,940
2012 Act of Valor $24,476,632 $70,012,847
2023 Cocaine Bear $23,260,790 $64,670,240
2022 Uncharted $23,001,773 $148,648,820
2010 Shutter Island $22,665,205 $128,012,934
2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman $21,905,089 $50,406,346
2005 Hitch $20,420,799 $177,784,257

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Dub Taylor (1907, turned 117 this year), Jackie Gleason (1916, died on June 24, 1987 at the age of 71), Mason Adams (1919, died on April 26, 2005 at the age of 86), Tony Randall (1920, died on May 17, 2004 at the age of 84), Michael Pate (1920, died on September 1, 2008 at the age of 88), Betty Hutton (1921, died on March 12, 2007 at the age of 86), John Llewellyn Moxey (1925, died on April 29, 2019 at the age of 94), Johnny Cash (1932, died on September 12, 2003 at the age of 71), Cliff Osmond (1937, turned 87 this year), Tony Selby (1938, died on September 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Bill Duke (1943, turned 81 this year), Marta Kristen (1945, turned 79 this year), Michael Bolton (1953, turned 71 this year), Barbara Niven (1953, turned 71 this year), Greg Germann (1958, turned 66 this year), Chase Masterson (1963, turned 61 this year), Mark Dacascos (1964, turned 60 this year), Jennifer Grant (1966, turned 58 this year), Fay Ripley (1966, turned 58 this year), Currie Graham (1967, turned 57 this year), Ed Quinn (1968, turned 56 this year), Ross Partridge (1968, turned 56 this year), Steve Agee (1969, turned 55 this year), Meeno Peluce (1970, turned 54 this year), Erykah Badu (1971, turned 53 this year), Keith Ferguson (1972, turned 52 this year), Maz Jobrani (1972, turned 52 this year), Erinn Bartlett (1973, turned 51 this year), Drew Goddard (1975, turned 49 this year), Brandon Crane (1976, turned 48 this year), James Wan (1977, turned 47 this year), Greg Rikaart (1977, turned 47 this year), Veronica Ngo (1979, turned 45 this year), Shalim Ortiz (1979, turned 45 this year), Demetrius Grosse (1981, turned 43 this year), Sharon Van Etten (1981, turned 43 this year), Amanda Loncar (1982, turned 42 this year), Adrian Lastra (1984, turned 40 this year), Shiloh Fernandez (1985, turned 39 this year), Teresa Palmer (1986, turned 38 this year), Max Lloyd-Jones (1991, turned 33 this year), Taylor Dooley (1993, turned 31 this year), Alicia Agneson (1996, turned 28 this year)

Died on this day in history: Bill Hicks (1994, at the age of 32), Jack Clayton (1995, at the age of 73), Lawrence Tierney (2002, at the age of 82), Antony Gibbs (2016, at the age of 90), Benjamin Melniker (2018, at the age of 104), Mag Bodard (2019, at the age of 103)

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