On This Day - March 5
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Batman | Saturday | $43,262,039 | $369,612,903 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Friday | $40,804,962 | $334,191,110 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Saturday | $31,636,202 | $341,268,248 |
| 2017 | Logan | Sunday | $24,091,050 | $226,277,068 |
| 2011 | Rango | Saturday | $16,602,375 | $123,477,607 |
| 2023 | Creed III | Sunday | $14,980,184 | $156,248,615 |
| 2005 | The Pacifier | Saturday | $13,585,990 | $113,006,880 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Friday | $13,400,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Friday | $9,800,000 | $88,200,225 |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Saturday | $9,620,111 | $55,849,401 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Friday | $40,804,962 | $334,191,110 |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Friday | $9,800,000 | $88,200,225 |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Friday | $5,900,000 | $67,286,731 |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Friday | $5,155,000 | $106,885,658 |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions | Friday | $4,995,000 | $38,665,260 |
| 2010 | Brooklyn’s Finest | Friday | $4,730,543 | $27,163,593 |
| 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Friday | $2,603,122 | $54,723,032 |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Friday | $1,326,427 | $13,287,908 |
| 2021 | Boogie | Friday | $441,050 | $4,178,620 |
| 2010 | The Secret of Kells | Friday | $9,599 | $690,290 |
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 5.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Batman | $134,008,624 | $369,612,903 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | $116,101,023 | $334,191,110 |
| 2017 | Logan | $88,411,916 | $226,277,068 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | $75,063,401 | $341,268,248 |
| 2023 | Creed III | $58,370,007 | $156,248,615 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $53,246,801 | $370,782,930 |
| 2011 | Rango | $38,079,323 | $123,477,607 |
| 2005 | The Pacifier | $30,552,694 | $113,006,880 |
| 2017 | Get Out | $28,236,285 | $175,837,935 |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | $28,103,367 | $88,200,225 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: The Thomas Crown Affair, Untitled DC Event Film, Gatto
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Daniell (1894, died on October 31, 1963 at the age of 69), Rex Harrison (1908, died on June 2, 1990 at the age of 82), James Noble (1922, died on March 28, 2016 at the age of 94), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922, died on November 2, 1975 at the age of 53), Jack Cassidy (1927, died on December 12, 1976 at the age of 49), Alyque Padamsee (1931, died on November 17, 2018 at the age of 87), George Ogilvie (1931, died on April 5, 2020 at the age of 89), Paul Sand (1932, turns 94 this year), Nicholas Smith (1934, died on December 6, 2015 at the age of 81), James Sikking (1934, died on July 13, 2024 at the age of 90), Daniel Kahneman (1934, died on March 27, 2024 at the age of 90), Dean Stockwell (1936, died on November 7, 2021 at the age of 85), Fred Williamson (1938, turns 88 this year), Samantha Eggar (1939, died on October 15, 2025 at the age of 86), Charles Fuller (1939, died on October 3, 2022 at the age of 83), Michael Warren (1946, turns 80 this year), Penn Jillette (1955, turns 71 this year), Adriana Barraza (1956, turns 70 this year), Talia Balsam (1959, turns 67 this year), Simon Abkarian (1962, turns 64 this year), Jonathan Penner (1962, turns 64 this year), Aasif Mandvi (1966, turns 60 this year), Paul Blackthorne (1969, turns 57 this year), Yuri Lowenthal (1971, turns 55 this year), Allelon Ruggiero (1971, turns 55 this year), Eva Mendes (1974, turns 52 this year), Kevin Connolly (1974, turns 52 this year), Matt Lucas (1974, turns 52 this year), Jill Ritchie (1974, turns 52 this year), Jolene Blalock (1975, turns 51 this year), Neil Jackson (1976, turns 50 this year), Lucian Msamati (1976, turns 50 this year), Riki Lindhome (1979, turns 47 this year), Jessica Boehrs (1980, turns 46 this year), Karolina Wydra (1981, turns 45 this year), Hanna Alström (1981, turns 45 this year), Iben Akerlie (1988, turns 38 this year), Jake Lloyd (1989, turns 37 this year), Sterling Knight (1989, turns 37 this year), Pallavi Sharda (1990, turns 36 this year), Hanna Mangan-Lawrence (1991, turns 35 this year), Bregje Heinen (1993, turns 33 this year), Nico Greetham (1995, turns 31 this year), Micah Fowler (1998, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Belushi (1982, at the age of 33), William Powell (1984, at the age of 91), Gary Merrill (1990, at the age of 74), Donald Woods (1998, at the age of 91), Richard Kiley (1999, at the age of 76), Charles B. Pierce (2010, at the age of 81), Abraham Stavans (2019, at the age of 86), Alejandro Sieveking (2020, at the age of 85), Qavi Khan (2023, at the age of 80), Amnon Weinstein (2024, at the age of 84), Sean Stone (2024, at the age of 31)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.