On This Day - March 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Saturday | $28,718,894 | $282,709,065 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Friday | $17,526,300 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Friday | $16,257,536 | $700,059,566 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Saturday | $14,075,780 | $160,799,505 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Saturday | $12,004,736 | $65,187,603 |
| 2019 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral | Saturday | $11,273,575 | $73,257,045 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Friday | $11,250,573 | $168,213,584 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Tuesday | $9,283,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Saturday | $9,268,000 | $78,120,196 |
| 2012 | Project X | Friday | $8,125,879 | $54,731,865 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Friday | $17,526,300 | $214,151,550 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Friday | $11,250,573 | $168,213,584 |
| 2012 | Project X | Friday | $8,125,879 | $54,731,865 |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Friday | $6,512,000 | $66,808,615 |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | Friday | $6,012,929 | $46,874,505 |
| 2018 | Death Wish | Friday | $4,280,945 | $34,017,028 |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Friday | $4,206,713 | $33,080,084 |
| 2001 | See Spot Run | Friday | $2,295,000 | $33,357,476 |
| 2007 | Black Snake Moan | Friday | $1,385,728 | $9,396,870 |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Friday | $12,677 | $540,152 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $82,505,391 | $282,709,065 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | $70,217,070 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | $66,306,935 | $700,059,566 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | $39,699,023 | $168,213,584 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | $30,028,540 | $160,799,505 |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | $28,875,635 | $91,742,160 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $27,202,226 | $65,187,603 |
| 2019 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral | $27,062,332 | $73,257,045 |
| 2014 | Son of God | $25,601,865 | $59,700,064 |
| 2012 | Project X | $21,051,363 | $54,731,865 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Dr Seuss (1904, died on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87), Martin Ritt (1914, died on December 8, 1990 at the age of 76), Desi Arnaz (1917, turns 109 today), Jennifer Jones (1919, turns 107 today), John Cullum (1930, turns 96 today), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931, died on August 30, 2022 at the age of 91), Jon Finch (1942, turns 84 today), Gates McFadden (1949, turns 77 today), Cookie Mueller (1949, turns 77 today), Mac Gudgeon (1949, died on May 29, 2023 at the age of 74), Molly Cheek (1950, turns 76 today), Cassie Yates (1951, turns 75 today), Laraine Newman (1952, turns 74 today), William Hope (1955, turns 71 today), Angel Salazar (1956, died on August 11, 2024 at the age of 68), Jon Bon Jovi (1962, turns 64 today), Laird Hamilton (1964, turns 62 today), Daniel Craig (1968, turns 58 today), Alexander Armstrong (1970, turns 56 today), Michael Rapaport (1970, turns 56 today), Amber Smith (1971, turns 55 today), Stefano Accorsi (1971, turns 55 today), Richard Ruccolo (1972, turns 54 today), Paul Popowich (1973, turns 53 today), Valérie Donzelli (1973, turns 53 today), Jeff Wadlow (1976, turns 50 today), Heather McComb (1977, turns 49 today), Chris Martin (1977, turns 49 today), Rebel Wilson (1980, turns 46 today), Ingrid Bolso Berdal (1980, turns 46 today), Rebecca Harrell Tickell (1980, turns 46 today), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981, turns 45 today), Pilou Asbaek (1982, turns 44 today), Kim Smith (1983, turns 43 today), John Bernecker (1984, died on July 13, 2017 at the age of 33), Blake Anderson (1984, turns 42 today), Ian Sinclair (1984, turns 42 today), Robert Iler (1985, turns 41 today), Ethan Peck (1986, turns 40 today), Sonja Kinski (1986, turns 40 today), Nathalie Emmanuel (1989, turns 37 today), Isabelle McNally (1989, turns 37 today), Anjela Nedyalkova (1991, turns 35 today), Maisie Richardson Sellers (1992, turns 34 today), Kofi Siriboe (1994, turns 32 today), Becky G (1997, turns 29 today), Barbara Luna (2021, turns 5 today)
Died on this day in history: D.H. Lawrence (1930, at the age of 44), Eric Blore (1959, at the age of 71), Philip K. Dick (1982, at the age of 53), Randolph Scott (1987, at the age of 89), Serge Gainsbourg (1991, at the age of 62), Sandy Dennis (1992, at the age of 54), Mercedes McCambridge (2004, at the age of 87), Harry J. Ufland (2018, at the age of 81), James Lipton (2020, at the age of 93), Alan Ladd, Jr. (2022, at the age of 84), Tony Walton (2022, at the age of 87), Wayne Shorter (2023, at the age of 89), Steve Mackey (2023, at the age of 56), Maria Onetto (2023, at the age of 56), Mark Dodson (2024, at the age of 64), Juan Margallo (2025, at the age of 84)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.