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 $109,607,527
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 $109,607,527

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, turns 85 this year), Tuesday Weld (1943, turns 83 this year), Chuck Girard (1943, died on August 11, 2025 at the age of 81), G.W. Bailey (1944, turns 82 this year), Gigio Morra (1945, died on March 10, 2024 at the age of 78), Barbara Bach (1947, turns 79 this year), Kevin Tierney (1950, died on May 12, 2018 at the age of 67), Charles Fleischer (1950, turns 76 this year), Paul Reubens (1952, died on July 30, 2023 at the age of 70), Gary Imhoff (1952, turns 74 this year), Peter Stormare (1953, turns 73 this year), Diana Scarwid (1955, turns 71 this year), Robert Richardson (1955, turns 71 this year), Jean-Yves Berteloot (1957, turns 69 this year), Daniela Romo (1959, turns 67 this year), Gennadi Vengerov (1959, died on April 22, 2015 at the age of 55), Peter Mensah (1959, turns 67 this year), Maya Massar (1959, turns 67 this year), Mark Curry (1961, turns 65 this year), Yolanda Adams (1961, turns 65 this year), Tom Ford (1961, turns 65 this year), Dean Devlin (1962, turns 64 this year), Stephan Elliott (1964, turns 62 this year), Claire Stansfield (1964, turns 62 this year), Robert Bogue (1964, turns 62 this year), Antti Reini (1964, turns 62 this year), Lynn Shelton (1965, died on May 16, 2020 at the age of 54), Lisa Marie Newmyer (1968, turns 58 this year), Chandra Wilson (1969, turns 57 this year), Reece Shearsmith (1969, turns 57 this year), Ann Russo (1969, turns 57 this year), Leanna Creel (1970, turns 56 this year), Monica Lacy (1970, turns 56 this year), Mike Smith (1972, turns 54 this year), Dalip Singh (1972, turns 54 this year), Adam Vernier (1972, turns 54 this year), Cory Bowles (1973, turns 53 this year), Darren Goldstein (1974, turns 52 this year), Sarah Chalke (1976, turns 50 this year), Kaouther Ben Hania (1977, turns 49 this year), Shaun Weiss (1978, turns 48 this year), Susy Kane (1978, turns 48 this year), Aaron Paul (1979, turns 47 this year), Neha Dhupia (1980, turns 46 this year), Heloise Godet (1980, turns 46 this year), Patrick J. Adams (1981, turns 45 this year), Sugar Lyn Beard (1981, turns 45 this year), Karla Mosley (1981, turns 45 this year), Lauren Jones (1982, turns 44 this year), Danica Curcic (1985, turns 41 this year), Mario (1986, turns 40 this year), Jack Kesy (1986, turns 40 this year), Tiffany Boone (1987, turns 39 this year), Alexa PenaVega (1988, turns 38 this year), Blake Jenner (1992, turns 34 this year), Ellar Coltrane (1994, turns 32 this year), Cainan Wiebe (1995, turns 31 this year), Ariana Greenblatt (2007, turns 19 this year), Eve Brent (2011, turns 15 this year)

Died on this day in history: Robert Z. Leonard (1968, turns 15 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.