On This Day - March 2
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Saturday | $28,718,894 | $282,144,358 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Friday | $17,526,300 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Friday | $16,257,536 | $700,059,566 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Saturday | $14,075,780 | $160,799,505 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Saturday | $12,004,736 | $65,187,603 |
| 2019 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral | Saturday | $11,273,575 | $73,257,045 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Friday | $11,250,573 | $168,213,584 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Tuesday | $9,283,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Saturday | $9,268,000 | $78,120,196 |
| 2012 | Project X | Friday | $8,125,879 | $54,731,865 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Friday | $17,526,300 | $214,151,550 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Friday | $11,250,573 | $168,213,584 |
| 2012 | Project X | Friday | $8,125,879 | $54,731,865 |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Friday | $6,512,000 | $66,808,615 |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | Friday | $6,012,929 | $46,874,505 |
| 2018 | Death Wish | Friday | $4,280,945 | $34,017,028 |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Friday | $4,206,713 | $33,080,084 |
| 2001 | See Spot Run | Friday | $2,295,000 | $33,357,476 |
| 2007 | Black Snake Moan | Friday | $1,385,728 | $9,396,870 |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Friday | $12,677 | $540,152 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $82,505,391 | $282,144,358 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | $70,217,070 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | $66,306,935 | $700,059,566 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | $39,699,023 | $168,213,584 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | $30,028,540 | $160,799,505 |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | $28,875,635 | $91,742,160 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $27,202,226 | $65,187,603 |
| 2019 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral | $27,062,332 | $73,257,045 |
| 2014 | Son of God | $25,601,865 | $59,700,064 |
| 2012 | Project X | $21,051,363 | $54,731,865 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Dr Seuss (1904, died on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87), Martin Ritt (1914, died on December 8, 1990 at the age of 76), Desi Arnaz (1917, turned 107 this year), Jennifer Jones (1919, turned 105 this year), John Cullum (1930, turned 94 this year), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931, died on August 30, 2022 at the age of 91), Jon Finch (1942, turned 82 this year), Gates McFadden (1949, turned 75 this year), Cookie Mueller (1949, turned 75 this year), Mac Gudgeon (1949, died on May 29, 2023 at the age of 74), Molly Cheek (1950, turned 74 this year), Cassie Yates (1951, turned 73 this year), Laraine Newman (1952, turned 72 this year), William Hope (1955, turned 69 this year), Angel Salazar (1956, died on August 11, 2024 at the age of 68), Jon Bon Jovi (1962, turned 62 this year), Laird Hamilton (1964, turned 60 this year), Daniel Craig (1968, turned 56 this year), Alexander Armstrong (1970, turned 54 this year), Michael Rapaport (1970, turned 54 this year), Amber Smith (1971, turned 53 this year), Stefano Accorsi (1971, turned 53 this year), Richard Ruccolo (1972, turned 52 this year), Paul Popowich (1973, turned 51 this year), Valérie Donzelli (1973, turned 51 this year), Jeff Wadlow (1976, turned 48 this year), Heather McComb (1977, turned 47 this year), Chris Martin (1977, turned 47 this year), Rebel Wilson (1980, turned 44 this year), Ingrid Bolso Berdal (1980, turned 44 this year), Rebecca Harrell Tickell (1980, turned 44 this year), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981, turned 43 this year), Pilou Asbaek (1982, turned 42 this year), Kim Smith (1983, turned 41 this year), Blake Anderson (1984, turned 40 this year), Ian Sinclair (1984, turned 40 this year), Robert Iler (1985, turned 39 this year), Ethan Peck (1986, turned 38 this year), Sonja Kinski (1986, turned 38 this year), Nathalie Emmanuel (1989, turned 35 this year), Isabelle McNally (1989, turned 35 this year), Anjela Nedyalkova (1991, turned 33 this year), Maisie Richardson Sellers (1992, turned 32 this year), Kofi Siriboe (1994, turned 30 this year), Becky G (1997, turned 27 this year), Barbara Luna (2021, turned 3 this year)
Died on this day in history: D.H. Lawrence (1930, at the age of 44), Eric Blore (1959, at the age of 71), Philip K. Dick (1982, at the age of 53), Randolph Scott (1987, at the age of 89), Serge Gainsbourg (1991, at the age of 62), Sandy Dennis (1992, at the age of 54), Mercedes McCambridge (2004, at the age of 87), Harry J. Ufland (2018, at the age of 81), James Lipton (2020, at the age of 93), Alan Ladd, Jr. (2022, at the age of 84), Tony Walton (2022, at the age of 87), Wayne Shorter (2023, at the age of 89), Steve Mackey (2023, at the age of 56), Maria Onetto (2023, at the age of 56), Mark Dodson (2024, at the age of 64)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.