On This Day - April 9
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Sunday | $34,567,680 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Saturday | $26,898,385 | $190,872,904 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Saturday | $10,660,730 | $330,360,194 |
| 2016 | The Boss | Saturday | $9,759,355 | $63,077,560 |
| 2011 | Hop | Saturday | $9,654,720 | $108,085,305 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sunday | $9,433,008 | $195,330,621 |
| 2010 | Date Night | Friday | $9,170,065 | $98,711,404 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Friday | $8,335,540 | $163,214,888 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Thursday | $8,228,890 | $353,007,020 |
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | Wednesday | $7,758,325 | $423,949,195 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Date Night | Friday | $9,170,065 | $98,711,404 |
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Friday | $4,285,000 | $55,474,757 |
| 2004 | The Alamo | Friday | $3,356,000 | $22,406,362 |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Friday | $2,771,000 | $22,913,677 |
| 2004 | The Whole Ten Yards | Friday | $2,712,000 | $16,323,969 |
| 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Friday | $2,467,000 | $14,589,444 |
| 1999 | Go! | Friday | $1,715,000 | $16,875,273 |
| 1999 | Twin Dragons | Friday | $890,000 | $8,332,431 |
| 1999 | Foolish | Friday | $725,000 | $6,026,908 |
| 2021 | Voyagers | Friday | $518,397 | $3,149,935 |
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 9.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $146,361,865 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | $72,105,176 | $190,872,904 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $33,823,894 | $195,330,621 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | $26,633,209 | $163,214,888 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $26,363,488 | $175,003,033 |
| 2010 | Date Night | $25,207,599 | $98,711,404 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | $24,863,535 | $217,851,976 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $23,652,605 | $504,014,165 |
| 2016 | The Boss | $23,586,645 | $63,077,560 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $23,363,079 | $330,360,194 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ward Bond (1903, turns 123 this year), Robert Helpmann (1909, died on September 28, 1986 at the age of 77), Paul Krassner (1932, died on July 21, 2019 at the age of 87), Jack Smethurst (1932, died on February 16, 2022 at the age of 89), Gian Maria Volontè (1933, died on December 6, 1994 at the age of 61), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933, died on September 6, 2021 at the age of 88), Marty Krofft (1937, died on November 25, 2023 at the age of 86), Michael Learned (1939, turns 87 this year), Rakesh Pandey (1940, died on March 21, 2025 at the age of 84), Hannah Gordon (1941, turns 85 this year), Brandon De Wilde (1942, died on July 6, 1972 at the age of 30), Anthony Chisholm (1943, died on October 16, 2020 at the age of 77), Jaya Bachchan (1948, turns 78 this year), Sorcha Cusack (1949, turns 77 this year), Lenny McLean (1949, turns 77 this year), Nathan Cook (1950, died on June 11, 1988 at the age of 38), Bruno Zanin (1951, died on July 7, 2024 at the age of 73), Dennis Quaid (1954, turns 72 this year), Kathryn Hunter (1957, turns 69 this year), Cameron Dye (1959, turns 67 this year), Fred Dekker (1959, turns 67 this year), Perry Benson (1961, turns 65 this year), John Eaves (1962, turns 64 this year), Marc Jacobs (1963, turns 63 this year), Joe Scarborough (1963, turns 63 this year), Josh Coxx (1964, turns 62 this year), Paulina Porizkova (1965, turns 61 this year), Mark Pellegrino (1965, turns 61 this year), Cynthia Nixon (1966, turns 60 this year), Jay Chandrasekhar (1968, turns 58 this year), Matthew Bennett (1968, turns 58 this year), Barnaby Kay (1969, turns 57 this year), Austin Peck (1971, turns 55 this year), Bernard Ackah (1972, turns 54 this year), Neve McIntosh (1972, turns 54 this year), David Gordon Green (1975, turns 51 this year), Jamie Little (1978, turns 48 this year), Keshia Knight Pulliam (1979, turns 47 this year), Keisha Knight Pullman (1979, turns 47 this year), Moran Atias (1981, turns 45 this year), Kathleen Munroe (1982, turns 44 this year), Jay Baruchel (1982, turns 44 this year), Allyn Rachel (1983, turns 43 this year), Lili Mirojnick (1984, turns 42 this year), Leighton Meester (1986, turns 40 this year), Jesse McCartney (1987, turns 39 this year), Kristen Stewart (1990, turns 36 this year), Marine Vacth (1991, turns 35 this year), Will Merrick (1993, turns 33 this year), Joey Pollari (1994, turns 32 this year), Morgan Taylor Campbell (1995, turns 31 this year), Elle Fanning (1998, turns 28 this year), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (1999, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Vilgot Sjöman (2006, at the age of 81), Sidney Lumet (2011, at the age of 86), Paul Almond (2015, at the age of 83), Arthur Anderson (2016, at the age of 93), Kim Young-ae (김영애) (2017, at the age of 65), John Clarke (2017, at the age of 68), Malcolm Dixon (2020, at the age of 66), DMX (2021, at the age of 50), Jack Higgins (2022, at the age of 92), Mel Novak (2025, at the age of 82)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.