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 | $214,504,909 |
| 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 | $214,504,909 |
| 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 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: CoComelon: The Movie
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Dub Taylor (1907, turns 119 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, turns 89 this year), Tony Selby (1938, died on September 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Bill Duke (1943, turns 83 this year), Marta Kristen (1945, turns 81 this year), Michael Bolton (1953, turns 73 this year), Barbara Niven (1953, turns 73 this year), Al Trautwig (1956, died on February 24, 2025 at the age of 68), Greg Germann (1958, turns 68 this year), Chase Masterson (1963, turns 63 this year), Mark Dacascos (1964, turns 62 this year), Jennifer Grant (1966, turns 60 this year), Fay Ripley (1966, turns 60 this year), Currie Graham (1967, turns 59 this year), Ed Quinn (1968, turns 58 this year), Ross Partridge (1968, turns 58 this year), Steve Agee (1969, turns 57 this year), Meeno Peluce (1970, turns 56 this year), Erykah Badu (1971, turns 55 this year), Keith Ferguson (1972, turns 54 this year), Maz Jobrani (1972, turns 54 this year), Erinn Bartlett (1973, turns 53 this year), Drew Goddard (1975, turns 51 this year), Brandon Crane (1976, turns 50 this year), James Wan (1977, turns 49 this year), Greg Rikaart (1977, turns 49 this year), Veronica Ngo (1979, turns 47 this year), Shalim Ortiz (1979, turns 47 this year), Demetrius Grosse (1981, turns 45 this year), Sharon Van Etten (1981, turns 45 this year), Amanda Loncar (1982, turns 44 this year), Adrian Lastra (1984, turns 42 this year), Shiloh Fernandez (1985, turns 41 this year), Teresa Palmer (1986, turns 40 this year), Max Lloyd-Jones (1991, turns 35 this year), Taylor Dooley (1993, turns 33 this year), Alicia Agneson (1996, turns 30 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), Michelle Trachtenberg (2025, at the age of 39), Gene Hackman (2025, at the age of 95)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.