On This Day - March 5
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Batman | Saturday | $43,262,039 | $369,345,583 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Friday | $40,804,962 | $334,191,110 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Saturday | $31,636,202 | $341,268,248 |
| 2017 | Logan | Sunday | $24,091,050 | $226,277,068 |
| 2011 | Rango | Saturday | $16,602,375 | $123,477,607 |
| 2023 | Creed III | Sunday | $14,980,184 | $156,248,615 |
| 2005 | The Pacifier | Saturday | $13,585,990 | $113,006,880 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Friday | $13,400,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Friday | $9,800,000 | $88,200,225 |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Saturday | $9,620,111 | $55,849,401 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Friday | $40,804,962 | $334,191,110 |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Friday | $9,800,000 | $88,200,225 |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Friday | $5,900,000 | $67,286,731 |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Friday | $5,155,000 | $106,885,658 |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions | Friday | $4,995,000 | $38,665,260 |
| 2010 | Brooklyn's Finest | Friday | $4,730,543 | $27,163,593 |
| 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Friday | $2,603,122 | $54,723,032 |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Friday | $1,326,427 | $13,287,908 |
| 2021 | Boogie | Friday | $441,050 | $4,178,620 |
| 2010 | The Secret of Kells | Friday | $9,599 | $690,290 |
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 5.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Batman | $134,008,624 | $369,345,583 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | $116,101,023 | $334,191,110 |
| 2017 | Logan | $88,411,916 | $226,277,068 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | $75,063,401 | $341,268,248 |
| 2023 | Creed III | $58,370,007 | $156,248,615 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $53,246,801 | $370,782,930 |
| 2011 | Rango | $38,079,323 | $123,477,607 |
| 2005 | The Pacifier | $30,552,694 | $113,006,880 |
| 2017 | Get Out | $28,236,285 | $175,837,935 |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | $28,103,367 | $88,200,225 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Daniell (1894, died on October 31, 1963 at the age of 69), Rex Harrison (1908, died on June 2, 1990 at the age of 82), James Noble (1922, died on March 28, 2016 at the age of 94), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922, died on November 2, 1975 at the age of 53), Jack Cassidy (1927, died on December 12, 1976 at the age of 49), Alyque Padamsee (1931, died on November 17, 2018 at the age of 87), George Ogilvie (1931, died on April 5, 2020 at the age of 89), Paul Sand (1932, turned 92 this year), Nicholas Smith (1934, died on December 6, 2015 at the age of 81), James Sikking (1934, turned 90 this year), Daniel Kahneman (1934, died on March 27, 2024 at the age of 90), Dean Stockwell (1936, died on November 7, 2021 at the age of 85), Fred Williamson (1938, turned 86 this year), Samantha Eggar (1939, turned 85 this year), Charles Fuller (1939, died on October 3, 2022 at the age of 83), Michael Warren (1946, turned 78 this year), Penn Jillette (1955, turned 69 this year), Adriana Barraza (1956, turned 68 this year), Talia Balsam (1959, turned 65 this year), Simon Abkarian (1962, turned 62 this year), Jonathan Penner (1962, turned 62 this year), Aasif Mandvi (1966, turned 58 this year), Paul Blackthorne (1969, turned 55 this year), Yuri Lowenthal (1971, turned 53 this year), Allelon Ruggiero (1971, turned 53 this year), Eva Mendes (1974, turned 50 this year), Kevin Connolly (1974, turned 50 this year), Matt Lucas (1974, turned 50 this year), Jill Ritchie (1974, turned 50 this year), Jolene Blalock (1975, turned 49 this year), Neil Jackson (1976, turned 48 this year), Lucian Msamati (1976, turned 48 this year), Riki Lindhome (1979, turned 45 this year), Jessica Boehrs (1980, turned 44 this year), Karolina Wydra (1981, turned 43 this year), Hanna Alström (1981, turned 43 this year), Iben Akerlie (1988, turned 36 this year), Jake Lloyd (1989, turned 35 this year), Sterling Knight (1989, turned 35 this year), Pallavi Sharda (1990, turned 34 this year), Hanna Mangan-Lawrence (1991, turned 33 this year), Bregje Heinen (1993, turned 31 this year), Nico Greetham (1995, turned 29 this year), Micah Fowler (1998, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: John Belushi (1982, at the age of 33), William Powell (1984, at the age of 91), Gary Merrill (1990, at the age of 74), Donald Woods (1998, at the age of 91), Richard Kiley (1999, at the age of 76), Charles B. Pierce (2010, at the age of 81), Abraham Stavans (2019, at the age of 86), Alejandro Sieveking (2020, at the age of 85), Qavi Khan (2023, at the age of 80), Amnon Weinstein (2024, at the age of 84), Sean Stone (2024, at the age of 31)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.