On This Day - April 12
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | Saturday | $34,501,941 | $423,949,195 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Saturday | $17,734,355 | $259,746,958 |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Saturday | $17,549,412 | $135,560,942 |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Saturday | $15,473,229 | $131,538,435 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Sunday | $15,263,490 | $353,007,020 |
| 2024 | Civil War | Friday | $10,817,252 | $68,757,539 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Wednesday | $10,757,435 | $574,934,330 |
| 2013 | 42 | Friday | $9,061,823 | $95,020,213 |
| 2008 | Prom Night | Saturday | $8,317,732 | $43,869,350 |
| 2025 | The King of Kings | Saturday | $6,802,329 | $60,270,106 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Civil War | Friday | $10,817,252 | $68,757,539 |
| 2013 | 42 | Friday | $9,061,823 | $95,020,213 |
| 2013 | Scary Movie V | Friday | $5,515,954 | $32,015,787 |
| 2019 | Little | Friday | $5,376,290 | $40,860,481 |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Friday | $5,226,000 | $66,790,248 |
| 2019 | Hellboy | Friday | $4,943,668 | $21,903,748 |
| 2002 | The Sweetest Thing | Friday | $3,387,000 | $24,430,272 |
| 2019 | After | Friday | $2,932,423 | $12,138,565 |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Friday | $1,614,134 | $16,649,539 |
| 2002 | Frailty | Friday | $1,312,000 | $13,110,448 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | $78,503,124 | $423,949,195 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | $59,585,930 | $353,007,020 |
| 2003 | Anger Management | $42,220,847 | $135,560,942 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | $41,274,861 | $259,746,958 |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | $39,327,869 | $131,538,435 |
| 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,324,487 | $79,576,189 |
| 2013 | 42 | $27,487,144 | $95,020,213 |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | $27,237,905 | $155,064,265 |
| 2024 | Civil War | $25,537,368 | $68,757,539 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | $24,453,514 | $140,371,656 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Royal Opera House: Giselle
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ann Miller (1923, died on January 22, 2004 at the age of 80), Alvin Sargent (1927, died on May 9, 2019 at the age of 92), Hardy Krüger (1928, turns 98 this year), Jean-Pierre Marielle (1932, died on April 24, 2019 at the age of 87), Charles Napier (1936, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 75), Dennis Banks (1937, died on October 29, 2017 at the age of 80), Alan Ayckbourn (1939, turns 87 this year), John Dunsworth (1946, died on October 16, 2017 at the age of 71), Ed O'Neill (1946, turns 80 this year), Dan Lauria (1947, turns 79 this year), David Letterman (1947, turns 79 this year), Tom Clancy (1947, died on October 1, 2013 at the age of 66), Tom Noonan (1951, turns 75 this year), Herbert Gronemeyer (1956, turns 70 this year), Andy Garcia (1956, turns 70 this year), Vince Gill (1957, turns 69 this year), Suzzanne Douglas (1957, died on July 6, 2021 at the age of 64), Kerry Shawn Duffy (1958, died on May 20, 2023 at the age of 65), Magda Szubanski (1961, turns 65 this year), Kim Bodnia (1965, turns 61 this year), Alicia Coppola (1968, turns 58 this year), Shannen Doherty (1971, died on July 13, 2024 at the age of 53), Nicholas Brendon (1971, turns 55 this year), Marley Shelton (1974, turns 52 this year), Scott Crary (1978, turns 48 this year), Jennifer Morrison (1979, turns 47 this year), Claire Danes (1979, turns 47 this year), Brooklyn Decker (1987, turns 39 this year), Saoirse Ronan (1994, turns 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: James Gleason (1959, at the age of 76), Josephine Baker (1975, at the age of 68), Christopher Pettiet (2000, at the age of 24), Michael France (2013, at the age of 51), Anne Jackson (2016, at the age of 90), Charlie Murphy (2017, at the age of 57), Alex Beckett (2018, at the age of 35), Georgia Engel (2019, at the age of 70), John McEnery (2019, at the age of 75), Maurice Barrier (2020, at the age of 87), Gilbert Gottfried (2022, at the age of 67), Bernardo Moll (2023, at the age of 67), Nicky Katt (2025, at the age of 54)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.