On This Day - March 27

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Sunday $33,791,754 $330,360,194
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Saturday $17,519,363 $217,851,976
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Friday $16,754,032 $198,351,526
2015 Home Friday $15,716,740 $177,397,510
2015 Get Hard Friday $12,904,507 $90,411,453
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Saturday $12,743,150 $84,185,387
2012 The Hunger Games Tuesday $10,348,198 $408,010,692
2009 The Haunting in Connecticut Friday $9,669,724 $55,389,516
2010 Alice in Wonderland Saturday $7,434,111 $334,191,110
2022 The Lost City Sunday $7,119,473 $105,344,029

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 27.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Friday $16,754,032 $198,351,526
2015 Home Friday $15,716,740 $177,397,510
2015 Get Hard Friday $12,904,507 $90,411,453
2009 The Haunting in Connecticut Friday $9,669,724 $55,389,516
2009 12 Rounds Friday $1,808,292 $12,234,694
1998 The Newton Boys Friday $1,465,000 $10,341,093
2025 L2: Empuraan Thursday $940,556 $2,210,556
1998 Ride Friday $820,000 $5,485,295
2009 Goodbye Solo Friday $10,324 $871,445

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 27.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $166,007,347 $330,360,194
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens $59,321,095 $198,351,526
2015 Home $52,107,731 $177,397,510
2010 How to Train Your Dragon $43,732,319 $217,851,976
2015 Get Hard $33,803,253 $90,411,453
2022 The Lost City $30,453,269 $105,344,029
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed $29,438,331 $84,185,387
2016 Zootopia $24,022,288 $341,268,248
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules $23,751,502 $52,698,535
2009 The Haunting in Connecticut $23,004,765 $55,389,516

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Yes, She Dances, Hunting Matthew Nichols, Nika & Madison, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, They Will Kill You

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: William Harrigan (1886, turns 140 this year), Gloria Swanson (1899, died on April 4, 1983 at the age of 84), Sidney Buchman (1902, died on August 23, 1975 at the age of 73), Richard Denning (1914, died on October 11, 1998 at the age of 84), Richard Marner (1921, turns 105 this year), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (1923, died on March 28, 2014 at the age of 91), Anne Ramsey (1929, died on August 11, 1988 at the age of 59), David Janssen (1931, died on February 13, 1980 at the age of 48), Julian Glover (1935, turns 91 this year), Austin Pendleton (1940, turns 86 this year), Michael York (1942, turns 84 this year), Art Evans (1942, died on December 21, 2024 at the age of 82), Chick Vennera (1947, died on July 7, 2021 at the age of 74), Maria Schneider (1952, died on February 3, 2011 at the age of 58), Stephen Dillane (1957, turns 69 this year), Caroline Williams (1957, turns 69 this year), Adrian Rawlins (1958, turns 68 this year), Brian Tarantina (1959, died on November 2, 2019 at the age of 60), Quentin Tarantino (1963, turns 63 this year), Clive Rowe (1964, turns 62 this year), Paula Trickey (1966, turns 60 this year), Talisa Soto (1967, turns 59 this year), Pauley Perrette (1969, turns 57 this year), Kevin Corrigan (1969, turns 57 this year), Francie Swift (1969, turns 57 this year), Mariah Carey (1970, turns 56 this year), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970, turns 56 this year), Nathan Fillion (1971, turns 55 this year), Fergie (1975, turns 51 this year), Fergie (1975, turns 51 this year), Kenny Doughty (1975, turns 51 this year), Louise Brealey (1979, turns 47 this year), Blake McIver Ewing (1985, turns 41 this year), Brenda Song (1988, turns 38 this year), Holliday Grainger (1988, turns 38 this year), Jessica Ellen Cornish (1988, turns 38 this year), Bevin Bru (1991, turns 35 this year), Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (1996, turns 30 this year), Natasha Calis (1999, turns 27 this year), Sophie Nelisse (2000, turns 26 this year), Halle Bailey (2000, turns 26 this year), Amelia Crouch (2004, turns 22 this year)

Died on this day in history: Mikhail Kalatozov (1973, at the age of 69), Steve Fisher (1980, at the age of 67), Jack Starrett (1989, at the age of 52), Aldo Ray (1991, at the age of 64), Milton Berle (2002, at the age of 93), Dudley Moore (2002, at the age of 66), Billy Wilder (2002, at the age of 95), Dan Curtis (2006, at the age of 78), Farley Granger (2011, at the age of 85), Warren Stevens (2012, at the age of 92), Stephane Audran (2018, at the age of 85), Daniel Kahneman (2024, at the age of 90)

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