On This Day - March 3
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on March 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Logan | Friday | $33,005,352 | $226,277,068 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Saturday | $31,286,310 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Saturday | $30,052,665 | $700,059,566 |
| 2023 | Creed III | Friday | $22,089,127 | $156,248,615 |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Sunday | $21,575,131 | $282,709,065 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Saturday | $17,404,024 | $168,213,584 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Sunday | $9,521,600 | $160,799,505 |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Saturday | $8,698,000 | $66,808,615 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Wednesday | $8,402,000 | $370,782,930 |
| 2017 | Get Out | Friday | $8,033,860 | $175,837,935 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on March 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Logan | Friday | $33,005,352 | $226,277,068 |
| 2023 | Creed III | Friday | $22,089,127 | $156,248,615 |
| 2017 | The Shack | Friday | $5,462,867 | $57,386,418 |
| 2023 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba—To the Swordsmith Village | Friday | $4,220,412 | $16,945,424 |
| 2006 | 16 Blocks | Friday | $3,732,117 | $36,895,141 |
| 2006 | Ultraviolet | Friday | $3,301,338 | $18,522,064 |
| 2006 | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Friday | $2,700,000 | $11,718,595 |
| 2006 | Aquamarine | Friday | $2,038,857 | $18,597,342 |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Friday | $1,973,000 | $14,983,572 |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Friday | $1,724,000 | $15,427,192 |
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 3.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Logan | $88,411,916 | $226,277,068 |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $82,505,391 | $282,709,065 |
| 2012 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | $70,217,070 | $214,151,550 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | $66,306,935 | $700,059,566 |
| 2023 | Creed III | $58,370,007 | $156,248,615 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | $39,699,023 | $168,213,584 |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | $30,028,540 | $160,799,505 |
| 2017 | Get Out | $28,236,285 | $175,837,935 |
| 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 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Dark Arrows
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jean Harlow (1911, died on June 7, 1937 at the age of 26), James Doohan (1920, died on July 20, 2005 at the age of 85), Tomas Milian (1933, died on March 22, 2017 at the age of 84), Mark Peploe (1943, died on June 18, 2025 at the age of 82), George Miller (1945, turns 81 this year), Larry Pine (1945, turns 81 this year), Danny Keogh (1948, died on July 23, 2019 at the age of 71), Gloria Hendry (1949, turns 77 this year), Tim Kazurinsky (1950, turns 76 this year), Robert Gossett (1954, turns 72 this year), Michele Reiner (1955, died on December 14, 2025 at the age of 70), Miranda Richardson (1958, turns 68 this year), Taylor Nichols (1959, turns 67 this year), Susan Gallagher (1960, turns 66 this year), Mary Page Keller (1961, turns 65 this year), Carsten Norgaard (1963, turns 63 this year), Laura Harring (1964, turns 62 this year), Ian Beattie (1965, turns 61 this year), Hope Marie Carlton (1966, turns 60 this year), Tone Loc (1966, turns 60 this year), Sean Bridgers (1968, turns 58 this year), Julie Bowen (1970, turns 56 this year), Matthew Marsden (1973, turns 53 this year), Alison King (1973, turns 53 this year), Jared Rushton (1974, turns 52 this year), David Faustino (1974, turns 52 this year), Barret Swatek (1977, turns 49 this year), Aarti Mann (1978, turns 48 this year), Patrick Renna (1979, turns 47 this year), Katherine Waterston (1980, turns 46 this year), Mei Melancon (1980, turns 46 this year), Jessica Biel (1982, turns 44 this year), Mercedes Mason (1983, turns 43 this year), Hayley Marie Norman (1984, turns 42 this year), Yolandi Visser (1984, turns 42 this year), Bree Condon (1986, turns 40 this year), Shraddha Kapoor (1987, turns 39 this year), Andrea Brooks (1989, turns 37 this year), Joy Rieger (1994, turns 32 this year), Camila Cabello (1997, turns 29 this year), Thomas Barbusca (2003, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lou Costello (1959, at the age of 52), Danny Kaye (1987, at the age of 76), Robert Beatty (1992, at the age of 82), Horst Buchholz (2003, at the age of 69), Leonardo Cimino (2012, at the age of 94), Ralph McQuarrie (2012, at the age of 82), Míriam Colón (2017, at the age of 80), Nathan George (2017, at the age of 80), David Ogden Stiers (2018, at the age of 75), Bobbie Battista (2020, at the age of 67), Tom Sizemore (2023, at the age of 61), Anna Wunderlich (2023, at the age of 68), Chris Mortensen (2024, at the age of 72), Edward Bond (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.