On This Day - April 3

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 3.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 Furious 7 Friday $67,407,340 $353,007,020
2009 Fast & Furious Friday $30,560,630 $155,064,265
2010 Clash of the Titans Saturday $21,361,412 $163,214,888
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Sunday $13,986,679 $330,360,194
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Saturday $12,500,000 $100,916,094
2015 Home Friday $11,293,624 $177,397,510
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Saturday $11,084,274 $217,851,976
1999 The Matrix Saturday $10,725,000 $180,383,363
2011 Hop Sunday $10,540,155 $108,085,305
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Saturday $10,525,357 $60,095,852

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 3.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2015 Furious 7 Friday $67,407,340 $353,007,020
2009 Fast & Furious Friday $30,560,630 $155,064,265
1998 Lost In Space Friday $6,835,000 $69,117,629
1998 Mercury Rising Friday $3,380,000 $32,983,332
2009 Adventureland Friday $2,160,484 $16,044,025
2009 Alien Trespass Friday $12,425 $104,526
2015 Far Too Far Friday $1,771 $15,000
2020 The Other Lamb Friday $471 $6,024

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 3.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2015 Furious 7 $147,187,040 $353,007,020
2009 Fast & Furious $70,950,500 $155,064,265
2010 Clash of the Titans $61,235,105 $163,214,888
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $51,335,254 $330,360,194
2022 Morbius $39,005,895 $73,865,530
2011 Hop $37,543,710 $108,085,305
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens $32,609,165 $198,351,526
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong $32,200,000 $100,916,094
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? $29,289,537 $60,095,852
2005 Sin City $29,120,273 $74,103,820

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Living the Land, A Great Awakening, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, The Drama

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Mary Anderson (1918, died on April 6, 2014 at the age of 96), Jan Sterling (1921, died on March 26, 2004 at the age of 82), Doris Day (1922, died on May 13, 2019 at the age of 97), Marlon Brando (1924, died on July 1, 2004 at the age of 80), Marlon Brando (1924, died on July 1, 2004 at the age of 80), David Swift (1931, died on April 8, 2016 at the age of 85), Jane Goodall (1934, died on October 1, 2025 at the age of 91), Lawrence Dane (1937, died on March 21, 2022 at the age of 84), Wolf Kahler (1940, turns 86 this year), Eric Braeden (1941, turns 85 this year), Marsha Mason (1942, turns 84 this year), Wayne Newton (1942, turns 84 this year), Jonathan Lynn (1943, turns 83 this year), Catherine Spaak (1945, died on April 17, 2022 at the age of 77), Marisa Paredes (1946, died on December 17, 2024 at the age of 78), Tomas Arana (1955, turns 71 this year), Miguel Bose (1956, turns 70 this year), John Laughlin (1956, turns 70 this year), Alec Baldwin (1958, turns 68 this year), David Hyde Pierce (1959, turns 67 this year), Lesley Sharp (1960, turns 66 this year), Eddie Murphy (1961, turns 65 this year), Elizabeth Gracen (1961, turns 65 this year), Bill Sage (1962, turns 64 this year), Jennifer Rubin (1962, turns 64 this year), Angela Featherstone (1965, turns 61 this year), Cristi Puiu (1967, turns 59 this year), Charlotte Coleman (1968, died on November 14, 2001 at the age of 33), Sebastian Bach (1968, turns 58 this year), Ben Mendelsohn (1969, turns 57 this year), Jennie Garth (1972, turns 54 this year), Catherine McCormack (1972, turns 54 this year), Adam Scott (1973, turns 53 this year), Jamie Bamber (1973, turns 53 this year), Aries Spears (1975, turns 51 this year), Kornel Mundruczo (1975, turns 51 this year), Will Mellor (1976, turns 50 this year), Alice Lowe (1977, turns 49 this year), Matthew Goode (1978, turns 48 this year), Cobie Smulders (1982, turns 44 this year), Josh Safdie (1984, turns 42 this year), Amanda Bynes (1986, turns 40 this year), Rachel Bloom (1987, turns 39 this year), Christiane Seidel (1988, turns 38 this year), Hayley Kiyoko (1991, turns 35 this year), Natacha Karam (1995, turns 31 this year), Sarah Jeffery (1996, turns 30 this year), Paris Jackson (1998, turns 28 this year), Ella Bleu Travolta (2000, turns 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: Conrad Veidt (1943, at the age of 50), Ray Enright (1965, at the age of 69), Warren Oates (1982, at the age of 53), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (2013, at the age of 85), Erik Bauersfeld (2016, at the age of 93), Don Francks (2016, at the age of 84), Bill Henderson (2016, at the age of 90), Arthur Kopit (2021, at the age of 83), Lois de Banzie (2021, at the age of 90), Christopher Durang (2024, at the age of 75), Adrian Schiller (2024, at the age of 60)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.