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.