On This Day - April 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Sunday | $30,436,171 | $364,001,123 |
| 2011 | Rio | Sunday | $11,413,055 | $143,619,809 |
| 2009 | 17 Again | Friday | $9,417,156 | $64,167,069 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Saturday | $9,111,273 | $217,851,976 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Monday | $8,524,260 | $225,764,765 |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Saturday | $8,335,000 | $66,207,920 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Friday | $8,324,400 | $353,007,020 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Sunday | $8,313,094 | $95,850,844 |
| 1999 | Life | Saturday | $8,205,000 | $64,062,587 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Saturday | $7,830,000 | $180,383,363 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17 Again | Friday | $9,417,156 | $64,167,069 |
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Friday | $7,293,721 | $71,091,594 |
| 2015 | Unfriended | Friday | $6,820,110 | $32,789,645 |
| 2009 | State of Play | Friday | $4,583,125 | $37,017,955 |
| 1998 | The Object of my Affection | Friday | $3,865,000 | $29,145,924 |
| 2009 | Crank 2: High Voltage | Friday | $2,702,008 | $13,684,249 |
| 1998 | Paulie | Friday | $1,555,000 | $27,084,499 |
| 2015 | Monkey Kingdom | Friday | $1,549,648 | $16,432,322 |
| 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | Friday | $730,000 | $3,551,208 |
| 2015 | True Story | Friday | $677,427 | $4,719,695 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $103,261,464 | $364,001,123 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | $42,151,256 | $95,850,844 |
| 2011 | Rio | $39,225,962 | $143,619,809 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | $29,304,395 | $190,872,904 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | $29,156,595 | $353,007,020 |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | $25,104,949 | $66,207,920 |
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | $23,762,435 | $71,091,594 |
| 2009 | 17 Again | $23,722,310 | $64,167,069 |
| 2005 | The Amityville Horror | $23,507,007 | $65,233,369 |
| 1999 | Life | $20,414,775 | $64,062,587 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, Untitled Disney Film, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Normal
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ivan Goff (1910, died on September 23, 1999 at the age of 89), Marta Eggerth (1912, died on December 26, 2013 at the age of 101), William Holden (1918, died on November 12, 1981 at the age of 63), Anne Shirley (1918, died on July 4, 1993 at the age of 75), Chavela Vargas (1919, died on August 5, 2012 at the age of 93), Lindsay Anderson (1923, died on August 30, 1994 at the age of 71), Charles Frank (1947, turns 79 this year), Olivia Hussey (1951, died on December 27, 2024 at the age of 73), Joe Alaskey (1952, died on February 3, 2016 at the age of 63), Mattia Sbragia (1952, turns 74 this year), Roddy Piper (1954, died on July 31, 2015 at the age of 61), Kristine Sutherland (1955, turns 71 this year), Vyto Ruginis (1956, turns 70 this year), Nick Hornby (1957, turns 69 this year), Sean Bean (1959, turns 67 this year), Carlo Rota (1961, turns 65 this year), Joel Murray (1963, turns 63 this year), Lela Rochon (1964, turns 62 this year), William Mapother (1965, turns 61 this year), Vikram (1966, turns 60 this year), Liz Phair (1967, turns 59 this year), Kimberly Elise (1967, turns 59 this year), Adam McKay (1968, turns 58 this year), Redman (1970, turns 56 this year), Jennifer Garner (1972, turns 54 this year), Victoria Beckham (1974, turns 52 this year), Monet Mazur (1976, turns 50 this year), Lucila Sola (1976, turns 50 this year), Lindsay Hartley (1978, turns 48 this year), Tate Ellington (1979, turns 47 this year), Ken Duken (1979, turns 47 this year), Michael Treanor (1979, turns 47 this year), Nick D’Agosto (1980, turns 46 this year), Alaina Huffman (1980, turns 46 this year), Charlie Hofheimer (1981, turns 45 this year), Lee Joon-Gi (1982, turns 44 this year), Luke Mitchell (1985, turns 41 this year), Rooney Mara (1985, turns 41 this year), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (1987, turns 39 this year), Beau Knapp (1989, turns 37 this year), Gia Mantegna (1990, turns 36 this year), Phoebe Dynevor (1995, turns 31 this year), Paulie Litt (1995, turns 31 this year), Darci Shaw (2002, turns 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Dick Shawn (1987, at the age of 63), Linda McCartney (1998, at the age of 56), Henderson Forsythe (2006, at the age of 88), Michael Sarrazin (2011, at the age of 70), Scott Nimerfro (2016, at the age of 54), Doris Roberts (2016, at the age of 90), Bradley Welsh (2019, at the age of 90), Sergio Fantoni (2020, at the age of 89), Vivek (2021, at the age of 61), Catherine Spaak (2022, at the age of 77), Hollis Resnik (2022, at the age of 64), Terence Stamp (2025, at the age of 86)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.