On This Day - March 31
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Saturday | $24,738,873 | $408,010,692 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Friday | $21,788,862 | $195,330,621 |
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Sunday | $16,784,910 | $196,805,338 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Friday | $15,621,148 | $175,003,033 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Saturday | $15,601,179 | $137,690,172 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Friday | $15,222,358 | $93,549,650 |
| 2019 | Dumbo | Sunday | $13,224,329 | $114,766,307 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Friday | $12,839,851 | $504,014,165 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Saturday | $12,718,660 | $83,670,083 |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Saturday | $12,325,990 | $118,594,548 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 31.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Friday | $21,788,862 | $195,330,621 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Friday | $15,621,148 | $175,003,033 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Friday | $15,222,358 | $93,549,650 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Wednesday | $9,600,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Friday | $7,660,626 | $40,563,557 |
| 2010 | The Last Song | Wednesday | $5,125,103 | $62,950,384 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Wednesday | $4,803,310 | $180,383,363 |
| 2006 | ATL | Friday | $4,566,669 | $21,170,563 |
| 2000 | The Skulls | Friday | $4,396,561 | $35,007,180 |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Friday | $3,676,101 | $50,802,661 |
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 31.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $80,006,561 | $196,805,338 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $58,551,063 | $408,010,692 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $50,198,902 | $175,003,033 |
| 2019 | Dumbo | $45,990,748 | $114,766,307 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $45,420,743 | $504,014,165 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $41,769,050 | $137,690,172 |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $40,501,814 | $122,523,060 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | $37,205,784 | $93,549,650 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | $33,457,188 | $83,670,083 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: The Six Billion Dollar Man, 2028: Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Victor Varconi (1891, died on June 6, 1976 at the age of 85), Robert Stevenson (1905, died on April 30, 1986 at the age of 81), Eddie Quillan (1907, turns 119 this year), Lucille Bliss (1916, died on November 8, 2012 at the age of 96), Ted Post (1918, died on August 20, 2013 at the age of 95), Peggy Rea (1921, died on February 5, 2011 at the age of 89), Richard Kiley (1922, died on March 5, 1999 at the age of 76), Patrick Magee (1922, died on August 14, 1982 at the age of 60), Jean Coutu (1925, died on November 1, 1999 at the age of 74), William Daniels (1927, turns 99 this year), Wolfgang Kohlhaase (1931, died on October 5, 2022 at the age of 91), Nagisa Ôshima (1932, died on January 15, 2013 at the age of 80), Richard Chamberlain (1934, died on March 29, 2025 at the age of 90), Shirley Jones (1934, turns 92 this year), Herb Alpert (1935, turns 91 this year), Yevgeni Lazarev (1937, died on November 18, 2016 at the age of 79), Israel Horovitz (1939, died on November 9, 2020 at the age of 81), Volker Schlondorff (1939, turns 87 this year), James Walker (1940, died on February 28, 2017 at the age of 76), Brian Ackland-Snow (1940, died on March 30, 2013 at the age of 72), Valerie Curtin (1941, turns 85 this year), Roy Andersson (1943, turns 83 this year), Christopher Walken (1943, turns 83 this year), Gabe Kaplan (1945, turns 81 this year), Al Gore (1948, turns 78 this year), Rhea Perlman (1948, turns 78 this year), Ed Marinaro (1950, turns 76 this year), Marc McClure (1957, turns 69 this year), Tony Cox (1958, turns 68 this year), Sylvester Groth (1958, turns 68 this year), Michelle Nicastro (1960, turns 66 this year), Gary Winick (1961, died on February 27, 2011 at the age of 49), Paul Mercurio (1963, turns 63 this year), William McNamara (1965, turns 61 this year), Steve Bing (1965, died on June 22, 2020 at the age of 55), Jacqueline Kim (1965, turns 61 this year), Beth Goddard (1969, turns 57 this year), Damon Herriman (1970, turns 56 this year), Ewan McGregor (1971, turns 55 this year), Alejandro Amenábar (1972, turns 54 this year), Andrew Bowen (1972, turns 54 this year), Victoria Smurfit (1974, turns 52 this year), Adrian Holmes (1974, turns 52 this year), Adam Green (1975, turns 51 this year), Kellee Stewart (1976, turns 50 this year), Daniel Mays (1978, turns 48 this year), Kate Micucci (1980, turns 46 this year), Ryan Bingham (1981, turns 45 this year), Chloé Zhao (1982, turns 44 this year), Judith Shekoni (1982, turns 44 this year), Brian Tyree Henry (1982, turns 44 this year), Melissa Ordway (1983, turns 43 this year), Ashleigh Ball (1983, turns 43 this year), Jeeja Yanin (1984, turns 42 this year), Jessica Szohr (1985, turns 41 this year), Caitlin Carver (1992, turns 34 this year), Liza Koshy (1996, turns 30 this year)
Died on this day in history: Charlotte Bronte (1855, at the age of 38), Brandon Lee (1993, at the age of 28), Jules Dassin (2008, at the age of 96), Adam Schlesinger (2020, at the age of 52), Andrew Jack (2020, at the age of 76), Vincent Marzello (2020, at the age of 68), Istvan Lenart (2021, at the age of 99), Barbara Rush (2024, at the age of 97), Casey Benjamin (2024, at the age of 45), Yves Boisset (2025, at the age of 86)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.