On This Day - February 22
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Friday | $17,376,690 | $160,799,505 |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Saturday | $14,479,033 | $258,364,131 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Thursday | $14,253,324 | $700,059,566 |
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World | Saturday | $12,867,133 | $200,500,001 |
| 2020 | Sonic The Hedgehog | Saturday | $11,961,933 | $146,066,470 |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | Saturday | $10,126,296 | $62,342,368 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | Sunday | $9,664,846 | $90,508,336 |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Saturday | $7,980,468 | $102,543,518 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Friday | $7,945,634 | $72,266,306 |
| 2003 | Old School | Saturday | $6,830,120 | $75,155,000 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Friday | $17,376,690 | $160,799,505 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Friday | $7,945,634 | $72,266,306 |
| 2002 | Queen of the Damned | Friday | $5,862,000 | $30,307,804 |
| 2013 | Snitch | Friday | $4,162,673 | $42,930,462 |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Friday | $3,389,000 | $30,063,805 |
| 2013 | Dark Skies | Friday | $3,094,178 | $17,418,667 |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Friday | $1,360,000 | $11,175,164 |
| 2019 | Run the Race | Friday | $760,168 | $6,424,420 |
| 2008 | Witless Protection | Friday | $667,018 | $4,151,836 |
| 2008 | Charlie Bartlett | Friday | $627,716 | $3,950,294 |
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 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | $55,022,245 | $160,799,505 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | $41,030,947 | $90,508,336 |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | $31,305,359 | $258,364,131 |
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World | $28,170,093 | $200,500,001 |
| 2020 | Sonic The Hedgehog | $26,192,294 | $146,066,470 |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | $24,791,624 | $62,342,368 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | $22,874,936 | $72,266,306 |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey | $22,259,030 | $166,167,230 |
| 1997 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $21,975,993 | $291,738,960 |
| 1998 | Titanic | $21,036,343 | $674,460,013 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Luis Bunuel (1900, died on July 29, 1983 at the age of 83), Sheldon Leonard (1907, died on January 10, 1997 at the age of 89), Robert Young (1907, died on July 21, 1998 at the age of 91), John Mills (1908, died on April 23, 2005 at the age of 97), David Greene (1921, died on April 7, 2003 at the age of 82), Bud Yorkin (1926, died on August 18, 2015 at the age of 89), Paul Dooley (1928, turns 98 this year), James Hong (1929, turns 97 this year), Rebecca Schull (1929, turns 97 this year), Marni Nixon (1930, died on July 24, 2016 at the age of 86), Giuliano Montaldo (1930, died on September 6, 2023 at the age of 93), Sheila Hancock (1933, turns 93 this year), Elizabeth MacRae (1936, died on May 27, 2024 at the age of 88), Barry Dennen (1938, died on September 26, 2017 at the age of 79), Karin Dor (1938, died on November 6, 2017 at the age of 79), Abraham Quintanilla (1939, died on December 13, 2025 at the age of 86), Judy Cornwell (1940, turns 86 this year), Jonathan Demme (1944, died on April 26, 2017 at the age of 73), Tucker Smallwood (1944, turns 82 this year), Leslie Charleson (1945, died on January 12, 2025 at the age of 79), John Ashton (1948, died on September 26, 2024 at the age of 76), Genesis P-Orridge (1950, died on March 14, 2020 at the age of 70), Julie Walters (1950, turns 76 this year), Miou-Miou (1950, turns 76 this year), Ellen Greene (1951, turns 75 this year), Nigel Planer (1953, turns 73 this year), Robert Bathurst (1957, turns 69 this year), Kyle MacLachlan (1959, turns 67 this year), Steve Irwin (1962, died on September 4, 2006 at the age of 44), Steve Speirs (1965, turns 61 this year), Rachel Dratch (1966, turns 60 this year), Paul Lieberstein (1967, turns 59 this year), Jeri Ryan (1968, turns 58 this year), Michelle Stacy (1968, turns 58 this year), Thomas Jane (1969, turns 57 this year), Jeremy Shamos (1970, turns 56 this year), Lea Salonga (1971, turns 55 this year), Drew Barrymore (1975, turns 51 this year), Michelle Bernard (1975, turns 51 this year), Tamara Mello (1976, turns 50 this year), Elodie Yung (1981, turns 45 this year), Dichen Lachman (1982, turns 44 this year), Iliza Shlesinger (1983, turns 43 this year), Mimi Michaels (1983, turns 43 this year), Zach Roerig (1985, turns 41 this year), Miko Hughes (1986, turns 40 this year), Josh Helman (1986, turns 40 this year), Han Hyo-joo (1987, turns 39 this year), Marieve Herington (1988, turns 38 this year), Bryce Hodgson (1989, turns 37 this year), Daniel E. Smith (1990, turns 36 this year)
Died on this day in history: Katina Paxinou (1973, at the age of 72), Ed Flanders (1995, at the age of 60), Chuck Jones (2002, at the age of 89), Dennis Letts (2008, at the age of 73), Howard Zieff (2009, at the age of 81), Douglas Slocombe (2016, at the age of 103), Al Wiggins (2017, at the age of 80), Billi Gordon (2018, at the age of 63), Bette Henritze (2018, at the age of 93), Brody Stevens (2019, at the age of 48), Morgan Woodward (2019, at the age of 93), Kent Melton (2024, at the age of 68)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.