On This Day - April 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Saturday | $27,950,775 | $195,330,621 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Saturday | $20,115,863 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Saturday | $19,478,151 | $504,014,165 |
| 2022 | Morbius | Friday | $17,305,908 | $73,865,530 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Sunday | $15,159,630 | $408,010,692 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Friday | $15,014,297 | $330,360,194 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Saturday | $12,910,476 | $93,549,650 |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Saturday | $12,269,125 | $187,131,806 |
| 2005 | Sin City | Friday | $11,900,000 | $74,103,820 |
| 2011 | Hop | Friday | $11,524,380 | $108,085,305 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Morbius | Friday | $17,305,908 | $73,865,530 |
| 2005 | Sin City | Friday | $11,900,000 | $74,103,820 |
| 2011 | Hop | Friday | $11,524,380 | $108,085,305 |
| 2011 | Source Code | Friday | $5,053,494 | $54,712,227 |
| 2011 | Insidious | Friday | $4,776,838 | $54,009,150 |
| 2016 | God’s Not Dead 2 | Friday | $2,933,485 | $20,773,069 |
| 2016 | Meet the Blacks | Friday | $1,426,075 | $9,097,072 |
| 2022 | The Contractor | Friday | $195,771 | $1,035,265 |
| 2016 | Saturday’s Warrior | Friday | $56,900 | $744,046 |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Wednesday | $51,480 | $33,307,793 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was April 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $58,551,063 | $408,010,692 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $51,335,254 | $330,360,194 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $50,198,902 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $45,420,743 | $504,014,165 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $41,769,050 | $137,690,172 |
| 2022 | Morbius | $39,005,895 | $73,865,530 |
| 2011 | Hop | $37,543,710 | $108,085,305 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | $37,205,784 | $93,549,650 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | $33,457,188 | $83,670,083 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edgar Wallace (1875, died on February 10, 1932 at the age of 56), Lon Chaney (1883, died on August 26, 1930 at the age of 47), Lon Chaney (1883, died on August 26, 1930 at the age of 47), Wallace Beery (1885, died on April 15, 1949 at the age of 64), Ned Glass (1906, died on June 15, 1984 at the age of 78), Melville Shavelson (1917, died on August 8, 2007 at the age of 90), Joachim Tomaschewsky (1919, died on February 8, 2019 at the age of 99), Toshiro Mifune (1920, died on December 24, 1997 at the age of 77), George Grizzard (1928, died on October 2, 2007 at the age of 79), Jane Powell (1929, died on September 16, 2021 at the age of 92), Jonathan Haze (1929, died on November 2, 2024 at the age of 95), Barbara Bryne (1929, died on May 2, 2023 at the age of 94), Grace Lee Whitney (1930, died on May 1, 2015 at the age of 85), Debbie Reynolds (1932, died on December 28, 2016 at the age of 84), Peter Collinson (1936, died on December 16, 1980 at the age of 44), Ali MacGraw (1939, turns 87 this year), Dominique Maurin (1949, died on August 4, 2025 at the age of 76), Annette O'Toole (1952, turns 74 this year), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953, turns 73 this year), Denise Nickerson (1957, died on July 10, 2019 at the age of 62), Jennifer Runyon (1960, turns 66 this year), Jane Adams (1965, turns 61 this year), Tomas Alfredson (1965, turns 61 this year), Dean Copkov (1966, died on January 22, 2019 at the age of 52), Traci Lind (1968, turns 58 this year), April Stewart (1969, turns 57 this year), Sung Hi Lee (1970, turns 56 this year), Deborah Kaplan (1970, turns 56 this year), Method Man (1971, turns 55 this year), Boots Riley (1971, turns 55 this year), Lachy Hulme (1971, turns 55 this year), Albert Hughes (1972, turns 54 this year), Allen Hughes (1972, turns 54 this year), Kris Marshall (1973, turns 53 this year), Rachel Maddow (1973, turns 53 this year), David Oyelowo (1976, turns 50 this year), Troy Baker (1976, turns 50 this year), Anamaria Marinca (1978, turns 48 this year), Bijou Phillips (1980, turns 46 this year), Hannah Spearritt (1981, turns 45 this year), Taran Killam (1982, turns 44 this year), Sam Huntington (1982, turns 44 this year), Matt Lanter (1983, turns 43 this year), Josh Zuckerman (1985, turns 41 this year), Mackenzie Davis (1987, turns 39 this year), Emily Goss (1990, turns 36 this year), Asa Butterfield (1997, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Marvin Gaye (1984, at the age of 44), Christopher Cary (2000, at the age of 69), Leslie Cheung (2003, at the age of 46), Carrie Snodgress (2004, at the age of 58), John Forsythe (2010, at the age of 92), Bobby Harwell (2017, at the age of 85), Steven Bochco (2018, at the age of 74), Joe Flaherty (2024, at the age of 82), Val Kilmer (2025, at the age of 65), Ray Sahetapy (2025, at the age of 68)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.