On This Day - April 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Friday | $26,061,023 | $163,214,888 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Saturday | $22,334,278 | $330,360,194 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sunday | $18,293,907 | $195,330,621 |
| 2011 | Hop | Saturday | $15,479,175 | $108,085,305 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Sunday | $14,461,891 | $175,003,033 |
| 2022 | Morbius | Saturday | $13,148,513 | $73,865,530 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Sunday | $13,102,741 | $504,014,165 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Friday | $12,154,448 | $60,095,852 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Friday | $11,600,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Friday | $11,028,592 | $217,581,232 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Friday | $26,061,023 | $163,214,888 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Friday | $12,154,448 | $60,095,852 |
| 2004 | Hellboy | Friday | $8,780,000 | $59,623,958 |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Friday | $5,540,000 | $46,213,824 |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Friday | $4,030,000 | $50,026,353 |
| 2004 | The Prince & Me | Friday | $3,510,000 | $28,165,882 |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Friday | $2,635,000 | $28,544,120 |
| 2021 | The Unholy | Friday | $1,221,214 | $15,532,137 |
| 2023 | The Journey: A Music Special | Sunday | $1,201,091 | $3,574,915 |
| 2021 | The Girl Who Believes In Miracles | Friday | $210,000 | $3,163,362 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | $61,235,105 | $163,214,888 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | $32,200,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | $29,289,537 | $60,095,852 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Buddy Ebsen (1908, died on July 6, 2003 at the age of 95), Alec Guinness (1914, died on August 5, 2000 at the age of 86), Dabbs Greer (1917, turned 107 this year), Jack Webb (1920, died on December 23, 1982 at the age of 62), George MacDonald Fraser (1925, died on January 2, 2008 at the age of 82), Serge Gainsbourg (1928, died on March 2, 1991 at the age of 62), Siegfried Rauch (1932, died on March 11, 2018 at the age of 85), Richard Portman (1934, died on January 28, 2017 at the age of 82), Shirley Douglas (1934, died on April 5, 2020 at the age of 86), Hans-Michael Rehberg (1938, died on November 7, 2017 at the age of 79), Marvin Gaye (1939, died on April 1, 1984 at the age of 44), Roshan Seth (1942, turned 82 this year), Linda Hunt (1945, turned 79 this year), Sam Anderson (1947, turned 77 this year), Pamela Reed (1949, turned 75 this year), Ron Palillo (1949, died on August 14, 2012 at the age of 63), Zhang Yimou (1950, turned 74 this year), Allan Corduner (1950, turned 74 this year), Debralee Scott (1953, turned 71 this year), Donald Petrie (1954, turned 70 this year), Hank Steinbrenner (1957, died on April 14, 2020 at the age of 63), David Frankel (1959, turned 65 this year), Christopher Meloni (1961, turned 63 this year), Clark Gregg (1962, turned 62 this year), Ajay Devgn (1969, turned 55 this year), John Thomson (1969, turned 55 this year), Remo D'Souza (1972, turned 52 this year), Roselyn Sánchez (1973, turned 51 this year), Simon Farnaby (1973, turned 51 this year), Pedro Pascal (1975, turned 49 this year), Adam Rodriguez (1975, turned 49 this year), Pattie Mallette (1976, turned 48 this year), Michael Fassbender (1977, turned 47 this year), Ethan Smith (1978, turned 46 this year), Jaime Ray Newman (1978, turned 46 this year), Deon Richmond (1978, turned 46 this year), Lindy Booth (1979, turned 45 this year), Gavin Heffernan (1980, turned 44 this year), Kapil Sharma (1981, turned 43 this year), Bethany Lenz (1981, turned 43 this year), Adam Shulman (1981, turned 43 this year), Shawn Roberts (1984, turned 40 this year), Ashley Peldon (1984, turned 40 this year), Tiffany Brouwer (1984, turned 40 this year), Christina Masterson (1985, turned 39 this year), Drew Van Acker (1986, turned 38 this year), Briga Heelan (1987, turned 37 this year), Jesse Plemons (1988, turned 36 this year)
Died on this day in history: Paul Biensfeldt (1933, at the age of 64), C.S. Forester (1966, at the age of 66), Fortunio Bonanova (1969, at the age of 74), Tomisaburo Wakayama (1992, at the age of 62), Betty Furness (1994, at the age of 78), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1997, at the age of 86), Jack Kruschen (2002, at the age of 80), Milo O'Shea (2013, at the age of 86), Jesus Franco (2013, at the age of 82), Tom Towles (2015, at the age of 65), Susan Anspach (2018, at the age of 75), Patricia Bosworth (2020, at the age of 86), Mantas Kvedaravicius (2022, at the age of 45), Estelle Harris (2022, at the age of 93)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.