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 | $636,785,476 |
| 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 | $636,785,476 |
| 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, turns 84 this year), Jane Merrow (1941, turns 84 this year), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941, turns 84 this year), Barbara Ehrenreich (1942, died on September 1, 2022 at the age of 80), Alison Steadman (1946, turns 79 this year), Mark Snow (1946, died on July 4, 2025 at the age of 78), Annette Badland (1950, turns 75 this year), Michael Jeter (1952, died on March 30, 2003 at the age of 50), Emiliano Diez (1953, turns 72 this year), Brett Cullen (1956, turns 69 this year), Wanda De Jesus (1958, turns 67 this year), Chris Burke (1965, turns 60 this year), Oleg Taktarov (1967, turns 58 this year), Kirk Fox (1969, turns 56 this year), Melissa McCarthy (1970, turns 55 this year), Inder Kumar (1973, died on July 28, 2017 at the age of 43), Andy Muschietti (1973, turns 52 this year), Meredith Eaton (1974, turns 51 this year), Mike Colter (1976, turns 49 this year), Gene Stupnitsky (1977, turns 48 this year), Patrick Kennedy (1977, turns 48 this year), Amanda Schull (1978, turns 47 this year), Chris Pine (1980, turns 45 this year), Macaulay Culkin (1980, turns 45 this year), Joel Rush (1981, turns 44 this year), Nazneen Contractor (1982, turns 43 this year), Adina Galupa (1986, turns 39 this year), Cassie Ventura (1986, turns 39 this year), Evan Ross (1988, turns 37 this year), Dylan O’Brien (1991, turns 34 this year), Keke Palmer (1993, turns 32 this year), Gracie Dzienny (1995, turns 30 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.