On This Day - April 22
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Saturday | $26,046,205 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Saturday | $16,942,100 | $225,764,765 |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Friday | $16,452,479 | $364,001,123 |
| 2011 | Rio | Friday | $10,685,096 | $143,619,809 |
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | Friday | $10,457,457 | $53,345,287 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Sunday | $8,345,415 | $91,547,205 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Saturday | $8,152,634 | $67,356,372 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Friday | $7,985,745 | $97,459,240 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Saturday | $7,432,582 | $46,982,632 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Friday | $7,400,000 | $72,708,161 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | Friday | $10,457,457 | $53,345,287 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Friday | $7,985,745 | $97,459,240 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Friday | $7,400,000 | $72,708,161 |
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Friday | $7,271,320 | $48,003,015 |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Friday | $6,924,487 | $58,709,717 |
| 2022 | The Northman | Friday | $5,062,020 | $34,233,110 |
| 2009 | Earth | Wednesday | $4,023,788 | $32,011,576 |
| 2011 | African Cats | Friday | $3,327,053 | $15,428,747 |
| 2005 | A Lot Like Love | Friday | $3,000,000 | $21,835,784 |
| 2022 | The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | Friday | $2,901,370 | $20,300,157 |
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 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $61,538,821 | $364,001,123 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $59,930,940 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $38,408,415 | $225,764,765 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $33,636,303 | $91,547,205 |
| 2011 | Rio | $26,323,321 | $143,619,809 |
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | $25,068,677 | $53,345,287 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | $24,504,315 | $67,356,372 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | $23,950,245 | $97,459,240 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | $22,822,455 | $72,708,161 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | $22,518,358 | $60,457,138 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Eddie Albert (1906, died on May 26, 2005 at the age of 99), Kaneto Shindo (1912, died on May 29, 2012 at the age of 100), Aaron Spelling (1923, died on June 23, 2006 at the age of 83), Bettie Page (1923, died on December 11, 2008 at the age of 85), Charlotte Rae (1926, died on August 5, 2018 at the age of 92), Tom Priestley (1932, died on December 25, 2023 at the age of 91), Mark Damon (1933, turned 91 this year), Glen Campbell (1936, died on August 8, 2017 at the age of 81), Jack Nicholson (1937, turned 87 this year), Jason Miller (1939, died on May 13, 2001 at the age of 62), Mel Carter (1939, turned 85 this year), Marie-José Nat (1940, died on October 10, 2019 at the age of 79), Madison Mason (1943, turned 81 this year), Nicole Garcia (1946, turned 78 this year), John Waters (1948, turned 76 this year), Stephen Jeffreys (1950, died on September 17, 2018 at the age of 68), Peter Frampton (1950, turned 74 this year), Lee Tamahori (1950, turned 74 this year), Robert Elswit (1950, turned 74 this year), Robin Bartlett (1951, turned 73 this year), François Berleand (1952, turned 72 this year), Joseph Bottoms (1954, turned 70 this year), Jack Mulcahy (1954, turned 70 this year), Johnnie To (1955, turned 69 this year), Catherine Mary Stewart (1959, turned 65 this year), Ryan Stiles (1959, turned 65 this year), Brooke McCarter (1963, died on December 22, 2015 at the age of 52), Chris Makepeace (1964, turned 60 this year), Roman Coppola (1965, turned 59 this year), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966, turned 58 this year), Dana Barron (1966, turned 58 this year), Sherri Shepherd (1967, turned 57 this year), Eric Mabius (1971, turned 53 this year), Ingo Rademacher (1971, turned 53 this year), Christopher Sabat (1973, turned 51 this year), Manu Intiraymi (1978, turned 46 this year), Malcolm Barrett (1980, turned 44 this year), Nicole Grimaudo (1980, turned 44 this year), Sarah French (1982, turned 42 this year), Michelle Ryan (1984, turned 40 this year), Amy De Bhrun (1984, turned 40 this year), Kristin Fairlie (1985, turned 39 this year), Zachary Gottsagen (1985, turned 39 this year), Amber Heard (1986, turned 38 this year), Colson Baker (1990, turned 34 this year), Leonie Benesch (1991, turned 33 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lionel Atwill (1946, at the age of 61), Will Geer (1978, at the age of 76), Linda Lovelace (2002, at the age of 53), Andrea King (2003, at the age of 84), Alida Valli (2006, at the age of 84), Jack Cardiff (2009, at the age of 94), Richie Havens (2013, at the age of 72), Gennadi Vengerov (2015, at the age of 55), Shirley Knight (2020, at the age of 83), Barry Humphries (2023, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.