On This Day - August 27

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Record Day

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

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 Don’t Breathe Saturday $9,880,037 $89,217,875
2010 The Last Exorcism Friday $9,406,821 $41,034,350
2021 Candyman Friday $9,215,245 $61,186,570
2010 Takers Friday $7,476,207 $57,744,720
2004 Jet Li’s Hero Friday $6,800,000 $53,652,140
2005 The 40 Year-old Virgin Saturday $6,739,800 $109,519,237
2005 The Brothers Grimm Saturday $5,900,000 $37,899,638
2011 The Help Saturday $5,882,006 $169,705,587
1999 The Sixth Sense Friday $5,808,000 $293,506,292
2023 Barbie Sunday $5,679,220 $636,785,476

Record Opening Day

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

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2010 The Last Exorcism Friday $9,406,821 $41,034,350
2021 Candyman Friday $9,215,245 $61,186,570
2010 Takers Friday $7,476,207 $57,744,720
2004 Jet Li’s Hero Friday $6,800,000 $53,652,140
2004 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Friday $4,200,000 $31,526,393
1999 The 13th Warrior Friday $3,381,000 $32,698,899
1999 The Muse Friday $1,178,000 $11,614,954
1999 The Astronaut's Wife Friday $1,174,000 $10,672,566
1997 Hoodlum Wednesday $1,140,847 $23,489,997
2004 Suspect Zero Friday $1,050,000 $8,712,564

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 27.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 Don’t Breathe $26,411,706 $89,217,875
2021 Candyman $22,001,750 $61,186,570
2010 Takers $20,512,304 $57,744,720
2010 The Last Exorcism $20,366,613 $41,034,350
1999 The Sixth Sense $20,099,149 $293,506,292
2004 Jet Li’s Hero $18,004,319 $53,652,140
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 $109,519,237

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Byron Foulger (1899, died on April 4, 1970 at the age of 70), C.S. Forester (1899, died on April 2, 1966 at the age of 66), Frederick O'Neal (1905, died on August 25, 1992 at the age of 86), Martha Raye (1916, died on October 19, 1994 at the age of 78), Mark Daniels (1916, died on April 10, 1990 at the age of 73), Leo Penn (1921, died on September 5, 1998 at the age of 77), Ira Levin (1929, died on November 12, 2007 at the age of 78), Hoke Howell (1929, died on May 9, 1997 at the age of 67), Don Perlin (1929, died on May 14, 2024 at the age of 94), Janet Maclachlan (1933, died on October 11, 2010 at the age of 77), Frank Yablans (1935, died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 79), Philippe Labro (1936, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 88), Harrison Page (1941, turned 84 this year), Tuesday Weld (1943, turned 82 this year), Chuck Girard (1943, died on August 11, 2025 at the age of 81), G.W. Bailey (1944, turned 81 this year), Gigio Morra (1945, died on March 10, 2024 at the age of 78), Barbara Bach (1947, turned 78 this year), Kevin Tierney (1950, died on May 12, 2018 at the age of 67), Charles Fleischer (1950, turned 75 this year), Paul Reubens (1952, died on July 30, 2023 at the age of 70), Gary Imhoff (1952, turned 73 this year), Peter Stormare (1953, turned 72 this year), Diana Scarwid (1955, turned 70 this year), Robert Richardson (1955, turned 70 this year), Jean-Yves Berteloot (1957, turned 68 this year), Daniela Romo (1959, turned 66 this year), Gennadi Vengerov (1959, died on April 22, 2015 at the age of 55), Peter Mensah (1959, turned 66 this year), Maya Massar (1959, turned 66 this year), Mark Curry (1961, turned 64 this year), Yolanda Adams (1961, turned 64 this year), Tom Ford (1961, turned 64 this year), Dean Devlin (1962, turned 63 this year), Stephan Elliott (1964, turned 61 this year), Claire Stansfield (1964, turned 61 this year), Robert Bogue (1964, turned 61 this year), Antti Reini (1964, turned 61 this year), Lynn Shelton (1965, died on May 16, 2020 at the age of 54), Lisa Marie Newmyer (1968, turned 57 this year), Chandra Wilson (1969, turned 56 this year), Reece Shearsmith (1969, turned 56 this year), Ann Russo (1969, turned 56 this year), Leanna Creel (1970, turned 55 this year), Monica Lacy (1970, turned 55 this year), Mike Smith (1972, turned 53 this year), Dalip Singh (1972, turned 53 this year), Adam Vernier (1972, turned 53 this year), Cory Bowles (1973, turned 52 this year), Darren Goldstein (1974, turned 51 this year), Sarah Chalke (1976, turned 49 this year), Kaouther Ben Hania (1977, turned 48 this year), Shaun Weiss (1978, turned 47 this year), Susy Kane (1978, turned 47 this year), Aaron Paul (1979, turned 46 this year), Neha Dhupia (1980, turned 45 this year), Heloise Godet (1980, turned 45 this year), Patrick J. Adams (1981, turned 44 this year), Sugar Lyn Beard (1981, turned 44 this year), Karla Mosley (1981, turned 44 this year), Lauren Jones (1982, turned 43 this year), Danica Curcic (1985, turned 40 this year), Mario (1986, turned 39 this year), Jack Kesy (1986, turned 39 this year), Tiffany Boone (1987, turned 38 this year), Alexa PenaVega (1988, turned 37 this year), Blake Jenner (1992, turned 33 this year), Ellar Coltrane (1994, turned 31 this year), Cainan Wiebe (1995, turned 30 this year), Ariana Greenblatt (2007, turned 18 this year), Eve Brent (2011, turned 14 this year)

Died on this day in history: Robert Z. Leonard (1968, turned 14 this year), Douglas Kenney (1980, at the age of 33), Greg Morris (1996, at the age of 62), Éléonore Faucher (2023, at the age of 50), Robert Hale (2023, at the age of 90), Gabor Medvigy (2023, at the age of 66), Eusebio Poncela (2025, at the age of 79)

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