On This Day - April 28

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 28.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Avengers: Endgame Sunday $90,389,244 $858,373,000
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Saturday $82,131,612 $678,815,482
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Friday $8,895,805 $574,934,330
2012 Think Like a Man Saturday $7,692,464 $91,547,205
2013 Pain & Gain Sunday $5,410,981 $49,875,291
2002 The Scorpion King Sunday $5,156,000 $90,580,000
2017 The Fate of the Furious Friday $5,144,730 $225,764,765
2012 The Pirates! Band of Misfits Saturday $5,082,223 $31,051,126
2012 The Hunger Games Saturday $4,967,274 $408,010,692
2018 A Quiet Place Saturday $4,784,050 $188,024,361

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 28.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2006 R.V. Friday $4,599,523 $71,724,497
2017 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Friday $4,598,336 $18,985,794
2006 Stick It Friday $4,103,342 $26,910,736
2017 How to Be a Latin Lover Friday $3,896,264 $32,149,404
2006 United 93 Friday $3,688,725 $31,567,134
2017 The Circle Friday $3,186,666 $20,497,844
2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Friday $3,180,870 $35,231,365
2000 Where the Heart Is Friday $2,967,779 $33,771,174
2000 Frequency Friday $2,844,785 $44,983,704
2023 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Friday $2,247,219 $20,372,406

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 28.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Avengers: Endgame $357,115,007 $858,373,000
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $257,698,183 $678,815,482
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $40,835,805 $574,934,330
2013 Pain & Gain $20,244,505 $49,875,291
2017 The Fate of the Furious $19,936,540 $225,764,765
2002 The Scorpion King $18,038,270 $90,580,000
2013 Oblivion $17,803,425 $89,107,235
2012 Think Like a Man $17,604,141 $91,547,205
2006 R.V. $16,414,767 $71,724,497
2017 How to Be a Latin Lover $12,252,439 $32,149,404

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Lionel Barrymore (1878, died on November 15, 1954 at the age of 76), Robert Cornthwaite (1917, died on July 20, 2006 at the age of 89), Bruce Kirby (1925, died on January 24, 2021 at the age of 95), Harper Lee (1926, died on February 19, 2016 at the age of 89), Carolyn Jones (1930, died on August 3, 1983 at the age of 53), Paul Vecchiali (1930, died on January 18, 2023 at the age of 92), Lois Duncan (1934, died on June 15, 2016 at the age of 82), Madge Sinclair (1938, died on December 20, 1995 at the age of 57), Michiyo Yasuda (1939, died on October 5, 2016 at the age of 77), Ann-Margret (1941, turns 83 this year), Marcia Strassman (1948, died on October 24, 2014 at the age of 66), Bruno Kirby (1949, died on August 14, 2006 at the age of 57), Paul Guilfoyle (1949, turns 75 this year), Jay Leno (1950, turns 74 this year), Mary McDonnell (1952, turns 72 this year), Teodor Corban (1957, died on January 17, 2023 at the age of 65), Jamieson Price (1961, turns 63 this year), Sandrine Dumas (1963, turns 61 this year), Too Short (1966, turns 58 this year), Kari Wuhrer (1967, turns 57 this year), Claes Bang (1967, turns 57 this year), Blake Neely (1969, turns 55 this year), Bridget Moynahan (1971, turns 53 this year), Chris Young (1971, turns 53 this year), Gabriel Casseus (1972, turns 52 this year), Jorge Garcia (1973, turns 51 this year), Elisabeth Rohm (1973, turns 51 this year), Penélope Cruz (1974, turns 50 this year), Eric Vale (1974, turns 50 this year), Dan Goor (1975, turns 49 this year), Robert Oliveri (1978, turns 46 this year), Jonathan Silver Scott (1978, turns 46 this year), Jessica Alba (1981, turns 43 this year), Catherine Reitman (1981, turns 43 this year), Harry Shum Jr. (1982, turns 42 this year), Brandon Baker (1985, turns 39 this year), Jenna Ushkowtiz (1986, turns 38 this year), Aleisha Allen (1991, turns 33 this year), Tony Revolori (1996, turns 28 this year), Madeleine Harris (2001, turns 23 this year), Austyn Johnson (2006, turns 18 this year), Dabbs Greer (2007, turns 17 this year)

Died on this day in history: Ed Begley (1970, at the age of 69), Ricardo Cortez (1977, at the age of 76), Rory Calhoun (1999, at the age of 76), Wayne Tippit (2009, at the age of 76), William Campbell (2011, at the age of 87), Patricia Medina (2012, at the age of 92), Jack Shea (2013, at the age of 84), John Singleton (2019, at the age of 51), Harold Livingston (2022, at the age of 97)

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