On This Day - February 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Friday | $22,800,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Saturday | $14,160,782 | $363,070,709 |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Saturday | $10,323,195 | $128,012,934 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Tuesday | $10,204,038 | $700,059,566 |
| 2010 | Cop Out | Saturday | $7,742,374 | $44,875,481 |
| 2010 | Avatar | Saturday | $6,639,830 | $785,221,649 |
| 2015 | Focus | Friday | $6,451,899 | $53,862,963 |
| 2010 | The Crazies | Saturday | $6,346,995 | $39,123,589 |
| 2022 | Uncharted | Sunday | $6,317,243 | $148,648,820 |
| 1999 | 8MM | Saturday | $5,875,000 | $36,443,442 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Focus | Friday | $6,451,899 | $53,862,963 |
| 2009 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | Friday | $4,960,309 | $19,162,740 |
| 2015 | The Lazarus Effect | Friday | $3,786,762 | $25,801,570 |
| 2004 | Twisted | Friday | $2,900,000 | $25,195,050 |
| 2004 | Dirty Dancing Havana Nights | Friday | $2,200,000 | $14,140,215 |
| 1998 | Dark City | Friday | $1,950,000 | $14,435,076 |
| 2009 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Friday | $1,764,444 | $8,742,261 |
| 2004 | Club Dread | Friday | $1,300,000 | $5,001,655 |
| 1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe | Friday | $910,000 | $7,571,115 |
| 2015 | A La Mala | Friday | $429,302 | $3,629,842 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $83,848,082 | $370,782,930 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | $31,115,195 | $363,070,709 |
| 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 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $19,633,056 | $674,460,013 |
| 2015 | Focus | $18,685,137 | $53,862,963 |
| 2010 | Cop Out | $18,211,126 | $44,875,481 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | $16,175,926 | $90,508,336 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, Scream 7
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: William Demarest (1892, died on December 28, 1983 at the age of 91), Ed Brophy (1895, died on May 27, 1960 at the age of 65), Franchot Tone (1905, died on September 18, 1968 at the age of 63), Joan Bennett (1910, died on December 7, 1990 at the age of 80), Michael Fox (1921, died on June 1, 1996 at the age of 75), Dexter Gordon (1923, died on April 25, 1990 at the age of 67), Lynn Cartwright (1927, died on January 2, 2004 at the age of 76), Joanne Woodward (1930, turned 95 this year), Peter Stone (1930, died on April 26, 2003 at the age of 73), Elizabeth Taylor (1932, died on March 23, 2011 at the age of 79), Ralph Nader (1934, turned 91 this year), Barbara Babcock (1937, turned 88 this year), P.H. Moriarty (1939, died on February 2, 2025 at the age of 85), Bill Hunter (1940, died on May 21, 2011 at the age of 71), Howard Hesseman (1940, died on January 29, 2022 at the age of 81), Charlotte Stewart (1941, turned 84 this year), Alan Fudge (1944, died on October 10, 2011 at the age of 67), Bolo Yeung (1946, turned 79 this year), Debra Monk (1949, turned 76 this year), Rene Kirby (1955, turned 70 this year), Angela Aames (1956, died on November 27, 1988 at the age of 32), Timothy Spall (1957, turned 68 this year), Grant Shaud (1961, turned 64 this year), Adam Baldwin (1962, turned 63 this year), Grant Show (1962, turned 63 this year), John Pyper-Ferguson (1964, turned 61 this year), Noah Emmerich (1965, turned 60 this year), Baltasar Kormakur (1966, turned 59 this year), Donal Logue (1966, turned 59 this year), Rozonda Thomas (1971, turned 54 this year), Charles Baker (1971, turned 54 this year), Susan Yeagley (1971, turned 54 this year), Richard Coyle (1972, turned 53 this year), Li Bingbing (1973, turned 52 this year), Quentin Kenihan (1975, died on October 6, 2018 at the age of 43), Christopher Landon (1975, turned 50 this year), Nikki Amuka-Bird (1976, turned 49 this year), Stoney Jackson (1976, turned 49 this year), Ji Sung (1977, turned 48 this year), Loredana Simioli (1978, died on June 26, 2019 at the age of 41), Alba Rohrwacher (1979, turned 46 this year), Stephen Wight (1980, turned 45 this year), Josh Groban (1981, turned 44 this year), Juan Riedlinger (1981, turned 44 this year), Adetokumboh M'Cormack (1982, turned 43 this year), Kate Mara (1983, turned 42 this year), Stephanie Beran (1983, turned 42 this year), Jenni 'JWOWW' Farley (1985, turned 40 this year), Kim Whalen (1985, turned 40 this year), Lindsey Morgan (1990, turned 35 this year), Theo Stevenson (1998, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: George Tobias (1980, at the age of 78), J. Pat O'Malley (1985, at the age of 80), David Huffman (1985, at the age of 39), Joe Silver (1989, at the age of 66), Lillian Gish (1993, at the age of 99), J.T. Walsh (1998, at the age of 54), Fred Rogers (2003, at the age of 74), Gary Winick (2011, at the age of 49), Leonard Nimoy (2015, at the age of 83), Bruce Golin (2016, at the age of 83), R.D. Call (2020, at the age of 70), Gene Dynarski (2020, at the age of 26), Ned Eisenberg (2022, at the age of 65), Burny Mattinson (2023, at the age of 87), Ricou Browning (2023, at the age of 92), Richard Lewis (2024, at the age of 92), Michael Culver (2024, at the age of 85), Michael Preece (2025, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.