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
2017 The Boss Baby Sunday $7,603,610 $175,003,033

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 $217,581,232
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, turned 121 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, turned 85 this year), Hannah Gordon (1941, turned 83 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, turned 76 this year), Sorcha Cusack (1949, turned 75 this year), Lenny McLean (1949, turned 75 this year), Nathan Cook (1950, died on June 11, 1988 at the age of 38), Dennis Quaid (1954, turned 70 this year), Kathryn Hunter (1957, turned 67 this year), Cameron Dye (1959, turned 65 this year), Fred Dekker (1959, turned 65 this year), Perry Benson (1961, turned 63 this year), John Eaves (1962, turned 62 this year), Marc Jacobs (1963, turned 61 this year), Joe Scarborough (1963, turned 61 this year), Josh Coxx (1964, turned 60 this year), Paulina Porizkova (1965, turned 59 this year), Mark Pellegrino (1965, turned 59 this year), Cynthia Nixon (1966, turned 58 this year), Jay Chandrasekhar (1968, turned 56 this year), Matthew Bennett (1968, turned 56 this year), Barnaby Kay (1969, turned 55 this year), Austin Peck (1971, turned 53 this year), Bernard Ackah (1972, turned 52 this year), Neve McIntosh (1972, turned 52 this year), David Gordon Green (1975, turned 49 this year), Jamie Little (1978, turned 46 this year), Keshia Knight Pulliam (1979, turned 45 this year), Keisha Knight Pullman (1979, turned 45 this year), Moran Atias (1981, turned 43 this year), Kathleen Munroe (1982, turned 42 this year), Jay Baruchel (1982, turned 42 this year), Allyn Rachel (1983, turned 41 this year), Lili Mirojnick (1984, turned 40 this year), Leighton Meester (1986, turned 38 this year), Jesse McCartney (1987, turned 37 this year), Kristen Stewart (1990, turned 34 this year), Marine Vacth (1991, turned 33 this year), Will Merrick (1993, turned 31 this year), Joey Pollari (1994, turned 30 this year), Morgan Taylor Campbell (1995, turned 29 this year), Elle Fanning (1998, turned 26 this year), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (1999, turned 25 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), 김영애 (Kim Young-ae) (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)

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