On This Day - March 17
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Friday | $63,777,443 | $504,014,165 |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Sunday | $19,532,991 | $426,829,839 |
| 2002 | Ice Age | Sunday | $13,600,000 | $176,387,405 |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | Saturday | $12,929,856 | $138,447,667 |
| 2007 | 300 | Saturday | $12,557,442 | $210,614,939 |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Friday | $11,701,380 | $57,721,819 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Sunday | $11,646,564 | $234,770,996 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Saturday | $11,558,877 | $700,059,566 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Saturday | $9,592,105 | $214,151,550 |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Friday | $8,742,504 | $70,511,035 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Friday | $63,777,443 | $504,014,165 |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Friday | $11,701,380 | $57,721,819 |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Friday | $8,742,504 | $70,511,035 |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Friday | $7,810,000 | $125,548,685 |
| 2006 | She’s the Man | Friday | $3,695,630 | $33,889,159 |
| 2000 | Final Destination | Friday | $3,130,000 | $53,302,314 |
| 2017 | The Belko Experiment | Friday | $1,518,000 | $10,166,820 |
| 2024 | The End of Evangelion | Sunday | $603,219 | $1,302,300 |
| 2023 | Moving On | Friday | $245,784 | $2,136,832 |
| 2023 | Inside | Friday | $169,055 | $918,415 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $174,750,616 | $504,014,165 |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | $67,988,130 | $426,829,839 |
| 2002 | Ice Age | $46,312,454 | $176,387,405 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $41,252,702 | $234,770,996 |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | $36,302,612 | $138,447,667 |
| 2007 | 300 | $32,877,328 | $210,614,939 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | $30,149,970 | $193,590,620 |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | $30,111,158 | $57,721,819 |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $28,505,206 | $282,709,065 |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | $28,138,465 | $125,548,685 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Oh, The Places You’ll Go
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Gabriele Ferzetti (1925, died on December 2, 2015 at the age of 90), William Ford Gibson (1948, turned 77 this year), Patrick Duffy (1949, turned 76 this year), Kurt Russell (1951, turned 74 this year), Lesley-Anne Down (1954, turned 71 this year), Gary Sinise (1955, turned 70 this year), Mark Boone Jr. (1955, turned 70 this year), Laurene Landon (1957, turned 68 this year), Christian Clemenson (1958, turned 67 this year), Arye Gross (1960, turned 65 this year), Vicki Lewis (1960, turned 65 this year), Casey Siemaszko (1961, turned 64 this year), Rob Sitch (1962, turned 63 this year), Clare Grogan (1962, turned 63 this year), Rob Lowe (1964, turned 61 this year), Victor McGuire (1964, turned 61 this year), Jose Garcia (1966, turned 59 this year), Billy Corgan (1967, turned 58 this year), Mathew St. Patrick (1968, turned 57 this year), Alexander McQueen (1969, died on February 11, 2010 at the age of 40), Amelia Heinle (1973, turned 52 this year), Marisa Coughlan (1974, turned 51 this year), Mille Dinesen (1974, turned 51 this year), Janaya Stephens (1974, turned 51 this year), Natalie Zea (1975, turned 50 this year), Gina Holden (1975, turned 50 this year), Brittany Daniel (1976, turned 49 this year), Cynthia Daniel (1976, turned 49 this year), Patrick Seitz (1978, turned 47 this year), Stephen Kramer Glickman (1979, turned 46 this year), Nicky Jam (1981, turned 44 this year), Ryan Rottman (1984, turned 41 this year), Olesya Rulin (1986, turned 39 this year), Bryan Dechart (1987, turned 38 this year), John Boyega (1992, turned 33 this year), Eliza Bennett (1992, turned 33 this year), Julia Winter (1993, turned 32 this year), Nijiro Murakami (1997, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Fred Allen (1956, at the age of 61), Luchino Visconti (1976, at the age of 69), Mai Zetterling (1994, at the age of 68), Rick Aviles (1995, at the age of 42), René Clément (1996, at the age of 82), Freddie Francis (2007, at the age of 89), Michael Gough (2011, at the age of 94), Larry Drake (2016, at the age of 67), John Carl Buechler (2019, at the age of 66), Yuya Uchida (2019, at the age of 79), Jacques Frantz (2021, at the age of 73), Peter Bowles (2022, at the age of 85), Natalya Nazarova (2022, at the age of 72), Hal Dresner (2023, at the age of 85), Lance Reddick (2023, at the age of 60), David Steven Cohen (2025, at the age of 58), Marty Callner (2025, at the age of 74)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.