On This Day - March 12
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Batman | Saturday | $28,137,360 | $369,612,903 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Saturday | $22,696,848 | $341,268,248 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Friday | $17,281,335 | $334,191,110 |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Sunday | $17,002,107 | $168,052,812 |
| 2005 | Robots | Saturday | $15,461,397 | $128,200,012 |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Tuesday | $14,641,119 | $426,829,839 |
| 2011 | Battle: Los Angeles | Saturday | $13,369,524 | $83,552,429 |
| 2017 | Logan | Sunday | $11,440,445 | $226,277,068 |
| 2011 | Rango | Saturday | $10,150,446 | $123,477,607 |
| 2023 | Scream VI | Sunday | $9,762,853 | $108,391,107 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Secret Window | Friday | $7,100,000 | $47,958,031 |
| 2022 | BTS Permission to Dance on Stage Seoul — Live Viewing | Saturday | $6,840,000 | $6,840,000 |
| 2010 | Green Zone | Friday | $5,045,040 | $35,497,337 |
| 2010 | Remember Me | Friday | $3,567,535 | $19,068,240 |
| 2010 | She\'s Out of My League | Friday | $3,348,833 | $32,010,860 |
| 2010 | Our Family Wedding | Friday | $2,496,341 | $20,255,281 |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | Friday | $2,465,000 | $17,760,244 |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Friday | $2,075,000 | $15,164,492 |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Friday | $2,000,000 | $23,514,247 |
| 1999 | Wing Commander | Friday | $1,835,000 | $11,578,022 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Batman | $66,511,221 | $369,612,903 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | $62,714,076 | $334,191,110 |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | $61,025,472 | $168,052,812 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | $51,339,887 | $341,268,248 |
| 2023 | Scream VI | $44,447,270 | $108,391,107 |
| 2017 | Logan | $38,112,425 | $226,277,068 |
| 2005 | Robots | $36,045,301 | $128,200,012 |
| 2011 | Battle: Los Angeles | $35,573,187 | $83,552,429 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $32,130,978 | $370,782,930 |
| 2023 | Creed III | $27,250,402 | $156,248,615 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Takashi Shimura (1905, died on February 11, 1982 at the age of 76), Googie Withers (1917, died on July 15, 2011 at the age of 94), Frank Overton (1918, died on April 24, 1967 at the age of 49), Edward Albee (1928, died on September 16, 2016 at the age of 88), Harry J. Ufland (1936, died on March 2, 2018 at the age of 81), Zoltan Horvath (1937, died on June 12, 2025 at the age of 88), Piera Degli Esposti (1938, died on August 14, 2021 at the age of 83), Frank Welker (1946, turned 79 this year), Liza Minnelli (1946, turned 79 this year), Dean Cundey (1946, turned 79 this year), Ole Thestrup (1948, died on February 2, 2018 at the age of 69), Rob Cohen (1949, turned 76 this year), Charles Levin (1949, died on June 28, 2019 at the age of 70), Julius Carry (1952, turned 73 this year), Lesley Manville (1956, turned 69 this year), Jerry Levine (1957, turned 68 this year), Jason Beghe (1960, turned 65 this year), Courtney B. Vance (1960, turned 65 this year), Julian Firth (1960, turned 65 this year), Julia Campbell (1962, turned 63 this year), Chris Sanders (1962, turned 63 this year), Rick Worthy (1967, turned 58 this year), Aaron Eckhart (1968, turned 57 this year), Jason Lively (1968, turned 57 this year), Jake Tapper (1969, turned 56 this year), Jo Hartley (1972, turned 53 this year), Richard Harrington (1975, turned 50 this year), Tsahi Halevi (1975, turned 50 this year), Elizabeth Regen (1975, turned 50 this year), Marian Aguilera (1977, turned 48 this year), Jackie Seiden (1979, turned 46 this year), Rhys Coiro (1979, turned 46 this year), Samm Levine (1982, turned 43 this year), Luis Gerardo Mendez (1982, turned 43 this year), Ron Funches (1983, turned 42 this year), Malina Weissman (2003, turned 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Josephine Hull (1957, at the age of 80), John Cazale (1978, at the age of 42), Morton Downey, Jr. (2001, at the age of 67), Lynne Thigpen (2003, at the age of 54), Betty Hutton (2007, at the age of 86), Leopold Kozlowski (2019, at the age of 100), Tonie Marshall (2020, at the age of 68), Gary B. Kibbe (2020, at the age of 79), Antonio Pedro (2023, at the age of 82), David Mixner (2024, at the age of 77)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.