February isn't really known as a box office friendly month as most blockbusters either came out during the previous holiday season or are being held until the Summer. However, if you were to rank the highest grossing day from each month, February would come in 6th, behind only May, July, June, November and December.
The main reason for this uncanny success is due to one movie, The Passion of The Christ, which occupies four of the top five highest February days of all-time. The Passion of The Christ came out in 2004, also a leap year, and its Sunday take of opening weekend was $27.9 million, good enough for the second best single day in February ever. It so happened that is was also Leap Day.
Today, Will Ferrell's Semi-Pro opens and should do great business this weekend, but I would be shocked if it came close to challenging The Passion of The Christ's record.
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