On This Day - February 16

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 16.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2018 Black Panther Friday $75,941,146 $700,059,566
2014 The Lego Movie Sunday $16,785,339 $257,784,718
2020 Sonic The Hedgehog Sunday $16,541,359 $146,066,470
2007 Ghost Rider Friday $15,420,123 $115,802,596
2019 Alita: Battle Angel Saturday $11,702,169 $85,838,210
2016 Deadpool Tuesday $11,559,606 $363,070,709
2008 Jumper Saturday $10,681,418 $80,172,128
2013 A Good Day to Die Hard Saturday $10,165,916 $67,349,198
2013 Identity Thief Saturday $9,906,450 $134,506,920
2003 Daredevil Sunday $9,789,964 $102,543,518

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 16.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2018 Black Panther Friday $75,941,146 $700,059,566
2007 Ghost Rider Friday $15,420,123 $115,802,596
2007 Bridge to Terabithia Friday $6,290,733 $82,234,139
2007 Breach Friday $2,933,425 $33,000,880
2018 Early Man Friday $849,299 $8,267,544
2024 Land of Bad Friday $682,503 $4,620,045
2018 Samson Friday $630,110 $4,719,928
2018 Tang Ren Jie Tan An 2 Friday $191,124 $1,983,984
2018 Zhuo yao ji 2 Friday $116,236 $706,153
2024 No Way Up Friday $17,014 $163,756

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 16.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2018 Black Panther $202,003,951 $700,059,566
2020 Sonic The Hedgehog $58,018,348 $146,066,470
2014 The Lego Movie $49,846,430 $257,784,718
2007 Ghost Rider $45,388,836 $115,802,596
2003 Daredevil $40,310,418 $102,543,518
2001 Hannibal $33,501,505 $165,092,266
2024 Bob Marley: One Love $28,659,004 $96,893,170
2019 Alita: Battle Angel $28,525,613 $85,838,210
2008 Jumper $27,354,808 $80,172,128
2014 About Last Night $25,649,011 $48,637,684

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Chester Morris (1901, died on September 11, 1970 at the age of 69), Edgar Bergen (1903, died on September 30, 1978 at the age of 75), Hugh Beaumont (1909, died on May 14, 1982 at the age of 73), John Schlesinger (1926, died on July 25, 2003 at the age of 77), Ken Takakura (1931, died on November 10, 2014 at the age of 83), Sonny Bono (1935, died on January 5, 1998 at the age of 62), Brian Bedford (1935, turned 89 this year), Fernando E. Solanas (1936, died on November 7, 2020 at the age of 84), Barry Primus (1938, turned 86 this year), Jeremy Bulloch (1945, died on December 17, 2020 at the age of 75), Troy Evans (1948, turned 76 this year), R.D. Call (1950, died on February 27, 2020 at the age of 70), William Katt (1952, turned 72 this year), Margaux Hemingway (1954, died on July 1, 1996 at the age of 42), Vincent Ward (1956, turned 68 this year), LeVar Burton (1957, turned 67 this year), Ice-T (1958, turned 66 this year), John McEnroe (1959, turned 65 this year), Sam Rubin (1960, died on May 10, 2024 at the age of 64), Faran Tahir (1963, turned 61 this year), Christopher Eccleston (1964, turned 60 this year), Pasha Lychnikoff (1967, turned 57 this year), Matthew Cottle (1967, turned 57 this year), Warren Ellis (1968, turned 56 this year), Naomi Nishida (1972, turned 52 this year), Sarah Clarke (1972, turned 52 this year), Mahershala Ali (1974, turned 50 this year), Janet Varney (1976, turned 48 this year), John Tartaglia (1978, turned 46 this year), Eric Ladin (1978, turned 46 this year), Agyness Deyn (1983, turned 41 this year), Kim Soo-hyun (1988, turned 36 this year), Elizabeth Olsen (1989, turned 35 this year), The Weeknd (1990, turned 34 this year), Jimmy Tatro (1992, turned 32 this year), Charlie Gustafsson (1992, turned 32 this year), Mike Weinberg (1993, turned 31 this year), Matthew Knight (1994, turned 30 this year), Roger Bowen (1996, turned 28 this year), Erana James (1999, turned 25 this year), Hailey Kilgore (1999, turned 25 this year), Chloe East (2001, turned 23 this year), Vera Ellen (2021, died on August 30, 1981 at the age of -40)

Died on this day in history: Howard Da Silva (1986, at the age of 76), Marceline Day (2000, at the age of 91), Lila Kedrova (2000, at the age of 81), Howard W. Koch (2001, at the age of 84), Dick Anthony Williams (2012, at the age of 77), George “The Animal” Steele (2017, at the age of 79), Serge Merlin (2019, at the age of 86), Patrick Caddell (2019, at the age of 68), Jason Davis (2020, at the age of 35), Kellye Nakahara-Wallett (2020, at the age of 72), Zoe Caldwell (2020, at the age of 86), Jason Davis (2020, at the age of 35), Jack Smethurst (2022, at the age of 89), Gail Halvorsen (2022, at the age of 101), Ellen Hovde (2023, at the age of 97), Alexei Navalny (2024, at the age of 47), Jose Pinto (2024, at the age of 94)

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