On This Day - March 8

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 8.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Captain Marvel Friday $61,715,051 $426,829,839
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Friday $24,096,622 $234,770,996
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 Friday $19,448,090 $193,590,620
2014 300: Rise of an Empire Saturday $16,089,450 $106,580,051
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Saturday $14,374,771 $111,506,430
2008 10,000 B.C. Saturday $14,016,202 $94,784,201
2003 Bringing Down the House Saturday $13,360,006 $132,675,402
2009 Watchmen Sunday $12,314,598 $107,509,799
2024 Dune: Part Two Friday $12,203,923 $282,144,358
2022 The Batman Tuesday $10,772,573 $369,345,583

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 8.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2019 Captain Marvel Friday $61,715,051 $426,829,839
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Friday $24,096,622 $234,770,996
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 Friday $19,448,090 $193,590,620
2002 The Time Machine Friday $7,216,000 $56,684,819
2024 Imaginary Friday $3,623,574 $28,009,161
2002 All About the Benjamins Friday $3,165,000 $25,482,931
2024 Cabrini Friday $3,091,042 $19,512,135
2013 Dead Man Down Friday $1,832,509 $10,895,295
2013 Emperor Friday $330,828 $3,346,264
2024 YOLO (热辣滚烫) Friday $312,820 $2,001,584

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was March 8.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Captain Marvel $153,433,423 $426,829,839
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful $79,110,453 $234,770,996
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 $57,989,905 $193,590,620
2009 Watchmen $55,214,334 $107,509,799
2024 Dune: Part Two $46,215,424 $282,144,358
2014 300: Rise of an Empire $45,038,460 $106,580,051
2020 Onward $39,119,861 $61,555,145
2008 10,000 B.C. $35,867,488 $94,784,201
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman $32,207,057 $111,506,430
2003 Bringing Down the House $31,101,026 $132,675,402

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Louise Beavers (1902, died on October 26, 1962 at the age of 60), Claire Trevor (1910, died on April 8, 2000 at the age of 90), Cyd Charisse (1921, turned 103 this year), Sean McClory (1924, died on December 10, 2003 at the age of 79), Red West (1936, died on July 18, 2017 at the age of 81), Mali Finn (1938, died on November 28, 2007 at the age of 69), George Innes (1938, turned 86 this year), Lynn Redgrave (1943, died on May 2, 2010 at the age of 67), Susan Clark (1943, turned 81 this year), Janet Wright (1945, died on November 14, 2016 at the age of 71), Micky Dolenz (1945, turned 79 this year), Anna Wunderlich (1954, died on March 3, 2023 at the age of 68), John Kapelos (1956, turned 68 this year), David Paul (1957, died on March 6, 2020 at the age of 62), Cynthia Rothrock (1957, turned 67 this year), Peter Paul (1957, turned 67 this year), Aidan Quinn (1959, turned 65 this year), Barbara Eve Harris (1959, turned 65 this year), Camryn Manheim (1961, turned 63 this year), Robert Stanton (1963, turned 61 this year), Bob Bergen (1964, turned 60 this year), Tom Bezucha (1964, turned 60 this year), Don Hall (1969, turned 55 this year), Jed Rees (1970, turned 54 this year), Meredith Scott Lynn (1970, turned 54 this year), Matt Nable (1972, turned 52 this year), Keisha Whitaker (1972, died on December 7, 2023 at the age of 51), Boris Kodjoe (1973, turned 51 this year), Christiane Paul (1974, turned 50 this year), Sebastian Lelio (1974, turned 50 this year), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (1976, turned 48 this year), James Van Der Beek (1977, turned 47 this year), Alison Becker (1977, turned 47 this year), Reagan Pasternak (1977, turned 47 this year), Nick Zano (1978, turned 46 this year), Jessica Collins (1983, turned 41 this year), Nora-Jane Noone (1984, turned 40 this year), Fernanda Andrade (1984, turned 40 this year), Milana Vayntrub (1987, turned 37 this year), Devon Graye (1987, turned 37 this year), Devon Werkheiser (1991, turned 33 this year), Kit Connor (2004, turned 20 this year)

Died on this day in history: Harold Lloyd (1971, turned 20 this year), George Stevens (1975, at the age of 70), Edward Andrews (1985, at the age of 70), Raul Martinez (1993, at the age of 72), Robert Pastorelli (2004, at the age of 49), Wendy Hughes (2014, at the age of 61), George Martin (2016, at the age of 90), Richard Davalos (2016, at the age of 85), George Morfogen (2019, at the age of 85), John Yune (2020, at the age of 83), Max von Sydow (2020, at the age of 90), Trevor Peacock (2021, at the age of 89), Leon Gast (2021, at the age of 84), Ron Miles (2022, at the age of 58), Bert I. Gordon (2023, at the age of 100), Topol (2023, at the age of 87)

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