On This Day - February 26
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on February 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Thursday | $14,781,316 | $370,782,930 |
| 2022 | Uncharted | Saturday | $10,745,059 | $148,648,820 |
| 2017 | Get Out | Sunday | $9,865,320 | $175,837,935 |
| 2005 | Hitch | Saturday | $9,480,634 | $177,784,257 |
| 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Saturday | $9,140,307 | $50,406,346 |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Sunday | $9,006,061 | $214,506,909 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Friday | $8,879,279 | $363,070,709 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Monday | $8,098,481 | $700,059,566 |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | Sunday | $7,163,594 | $63,257,940 |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Friday | $6,645,378 | $128,012,934 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on February 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Crazies | Friday | $5,981,133 | $39,123,589 |
| 2010 | Cop Out | Friday | $5,948,012 | $44,875,481 |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt | Friday | $4,778,391 | $31,153,464 |
| 1999 | 8MM | Friday | $4,565,000 | $36,443,442 |
| 2021 | Tom and Jerry | Friday | $4,000,000 | $46,536,687 |
| 2020 | Boku no Hīrō Akademia The Movie Hīrōzu: Raijingu | Wednesday | $2,583,834 | $13,553,826 |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | Friday | $2,145,044 | $12,639,297 |
| 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | Friday | $1,938,728 | $15,789,389 |
| 1999 | The Other Sister | Friday | $1,925,000 | $27,807,627 |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Friday | $1,120,000 | $6,852,450 |
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 26.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Get Out | $33,377,060 | $175,837,935 |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | $31,964,803 | $214,506,909 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | $31,115,195 | $363,070,709 |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | $30,030,661 | $63,257,940 |
| 2012 | Act of Valor | $24,476,632 | $70,012,847 |
| 2023 | Cocaine Bear | $23,260,790 | $64,670,240 |
| 2022 | Uncharted | $23,001,773 | $148,648,820 |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | $22,665,205 | $128,012,934 |
| 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | $21,905,089 | $50,406,346 |
| 2005 | Hitch | $20,420,799 | $177,784,257 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Dub Taylor (1907, turned 118 this year), Jackie Gleason (1916, died on June 24, 1987 at the age of 71), Mason Adams (1919, died on April 26, 2005 at the age of 86), Tony Randall (1920, died on May 17, 2004 at the age of 84), Michael Pate (1920, died on September 1, 2008 at the age of 88), Betty Hutton (1921, died on March 12, 2007 at the age of 86), John Llewellyn Moxey (1925, died on April 29, 2019 at the age of 94), Johnny Cash (1932, died on September 12, 2003 at the age of 71), Cliff Osmond (1937, turned 88 this year), Tony Selby (1938, died on September 5, 2021 at the age of 83), Bill Duke (1943, turned 82 this year), Marta Kristen (1945, turned 80 this year), Michael Bolton (1953, turned 72 this year), Barbara Niven (1953, turned 72 this year), Al Trautwig (1956, died on February 24, 2025 at the age of 68), Greg Germann (1958, turned 67 this year), Chase Masterson (1963, turned 62 this year), Mark Dacascos (1964, turned 61 this year), Jennifer Grant (1966, turned 59 this year), Fay Ripley (1966, turned 59 this year), Currie Graham (1967, turned 58 this year), Ed Quinn (1968, turned 57 this year), Ross Partridge (1968, turned 57 this year), Steve Agee (1969, turned 56 this year), Meeno Peluce (1970, turned 55 this year), Erykah Badu (1971, turned 54 this year), Keith Ferguson (1972, turned 53 this year), Maz Jobrani (1972, turned 53 this year), Erinn Bartlett (1973, turned 52 this year), Drew Goddard (1975, turned 50 this year), Brandon Crane (1976, turned 49 this year), James Wan (1977, turned 48 this year), Greg Rikaart (1977, turned 48 this year), Veronica Ngo (1979, turned 46 this year), Shalim Ortiz (1979, turned 46 this year), Demetrius Grosse (1981, turned 44 this year), Sharon Van Etten (1981, turned 44 this year), Amanda Loncar (1982, turned 43 this year), Adrian Lastra (1984, turned 41 this year), Shiloh Fernandez (1985, turned 40 this year), Teresa Palmer (1986, turned 39 this year), Max Lloyd-Jones (1991, turned 34 this year), Taylor Dooley (1993, turned 32 this year), Alicia Agneson (1996, turned 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bill Hicks (1994, at the age of 32), Jack Clayton (1995, at the age of 73), Lawrence Tierney (2002, at the age of 82), Antony Gibbs (2016, at the age of 90), Benjamin Melniker (2018, at the age of 104), Mag Bodard (2019, at the age of 103), Michelle Trachtenberg (2025, at the age of 39), Gene Hackman (2025, at the age of 95)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.