On This Day - April 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Saturday | $27,950,775 | $195,330,621 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Saturday | $20,115,863 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Saturday | $19,478,151 | $504,014,165 |
| 2022 | Morbius | Friday | $17,305,908 | $73,865,530 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Sunday | $15,159,630 | $408,010,692 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Friday | $15,014,297 | $330,360,194 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Saturday | $12,910,476 | $93,549,650 |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Saturday | $12,269,125 | $187,131,806 |
| 2005 | Sin City | Friday | $11,900,000 | $74,103,820 |
| 2011 | Hop | Friday | $11,524,380 | $108,085,305 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Morbius | Friday | $17,305,908 | $73,865,530 |
| 2005 | Sin City | Friday | $11,900,000 | $74,103,820 |
| 2011 | Hop | Friday | $11,524,380 | $108,085,305 |
| 2011 | Source Code | Friday | $5,053,494 | $54,712,227 |
| 2011 | Insidious | Friday | $4,776,838 | $54,009,150 |
| 2016 | God’s Not Dead 2 | Friday | $2,933,485 | $20,773,069 |
| 2016 | Meet the Blacks | Friday | $1,426,075 | $9,097,072 |
| 2022 | The Contractor | Friday | $195,771 | $1,035,265 |
| 2016 | Saturday’s Warrior | Friday | $56,900 | $744,046 |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Wednesday | $51,480 | $33,307,793 |
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 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $58,551,063 | $408,010,692 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $51,335,254 | $330,360,194 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $50,198,902 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $45,420,743 | $504,014,165 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $41,769,050 | $137,690,172 |
| 2022 | Morbius | $39,005,895 | $73,865,530 |
| 2011 | Hop | $37,543,710 | $108,085,305 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | $37,205,784 | $93,549,650 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | $33,457,188 | $83,670,083 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Edgar Wallace (1875, died on February 10, 1932 at the age of 56), Lon Chaney (1883, died on August 26, 1930 at the age of 47), Lon Chaney (1883, died on August 26, 1930 at the age of 47), Wallace Beery (1885, died on April 15, 1949 at the age of 64), Ned Glass (1906, died on June 15, 1984 at the age of 78), Melville Shavelson (1917, died on August 8, 2007 at the age of 90), Joachim Tomaschewsky (1919, died on February 8, 2019 at the age of 99), Toshiro Mifune (1920, died on December 24, 1997 at the age of 77), George Grizzard (1928, died on October 2, 2007 at the age of 79), Jane Powell (1929, died on September 16, 2021 at the age of 92), Jonathan Haze (1929, died on November 2, 2024 at the age of 95), Barbara Bryne (1929, died on May 2, 2023 at the age of 94), Grace Lee Whitney (1930, died on May 1, 2015 at the age of 85), Debbie Reynolds (1932, died on December 28, 2016 at the age of 84), Peter Collinson (1936, died on December 16, 1980 at the age of 44), Ali MacGraw (1939, turned 86 this year), Annette O'Toole (1952, turned 73 this year), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953, turned 72 this year), Denise Nickerson (1957, died on July 10, 2019 at the age of 62), Jennifer Runyon (1960, turned 65 this year), Jane Adams (1965, turned 60 this year), Tomas Alfredson (1965, turned 60 this year), Dean Copkov (1966, died on January 22, 2019 at the age of 52), Traci Lind (1968, turned 57 this year), April Stewart (1969, turned 56 this year), Sung Hi Lee (1970, turned 55 this year), Deborah Kaplan (1970, turned 55 this year), Method Man (1971, turned 54 this year), Boots Riley (1971, turned 54 this year), Lachy Hulme (1971, turned 54 this year), Albert Hughes (1972, turned 53 this year), Allen Hughes (1972, turned 53 this year), Kris Marshall (1973, turned 52 this year), Rachel Maddow (1973, turned 52 this year), David Oyelowo (1976, turned 49 this year), Troy Baker (1976, turned 49 this year), Anamaria Marinca (1978, turned 47 this year), Bijou Phillips (1980, turned 45 this year), Hannah Spearritt (1981, turned 44 this year), Taran Killam (1982, turned 43 this year), Sam Huntington (1982, turned 43 this year), Matt Lanter (1983, turned 42 this year), Josh Zuckerman (1985, turned 40 this year), Mackenzie Davis (1987, turned 38 this year), Emily Goss (1990, turned 35 this year), Asa Butterfield (1997, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Marvin Gaye (1984, at the age of 44), Christopher Cary (2000, at the age of 69), Leslie Cheung (2003, at the age of 46), Carrie Snodgress (2004, at the age of 58), John Forsythe (2010, at the age of 92), Bobby Harwell (2017, at the age of 85), Steven Bochco (2018, at the age of 74), Joe Flaherty (2024, at the age of 82), Val Kilmer (2025, at the age of 65), Ray Sahetapy (2025, at the age of 68)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.