On This Day - April 21
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Friday | $14,233,650 | $574,934,330 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Saturday | $13,165,054 | $91,547,205 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Friday | $10,984,225 | $225,764,765 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Friday | $10,348,229 | $67,356,372 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Saturday | $9,356,926 | $188,024,361 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Sunday | $9,247,000 | $90,580,000 |
| 2018 | Rampage | Saturday | $9,088,365 | $101,028,233 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | Sunday | $9,041,355 | $89,107,235 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | Saturday | $8,561,095 | $60,457,138 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Friday | $8,140,217 | $46,982,632 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Friday | $10,348,229 | $67,356,372 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Friday | $8,140,217 | $46,982,632 |
| 2000 | U-571 | Friday | $7,936,115 | $77,086,030 |
| 2006 | The Sentinel | Friday | $4,802,942 | $36,280,697 |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Friday | $3,003,490 | $27,441,122 |
| 2023 | Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant | Friday | $2,259,928 | $16,938,039 |
| 2017 | Unforgettable | Friday | $1,674,090 | $11,368,012 |
| 2017 | Born in China | Friday | $1,581,795 | $13,873,211 |
| 2017 | The Promise | Friday | $1,441,951 | $8,224,288 |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Friday | $1,200,025 | $7,314,027 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $59,930,940 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $38,408,415 | $225,764,765 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | $37,054,485 | $89,107,235 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | $36,075,875 | $90,580,000 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $33,636,303 | $91,547,205 |
| 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | $26,347,631 | $54,733,739 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | $24,504,315 | $67,356,372 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | $22,518,358 | $60,457,138 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $20,911,809 | $188,024,361 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | $20,152,598 | $46,982,632 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Charlotte Bronte (1816, died on March 31, 1855 at the age of 38), Anthony Quinn (1915, died on June 3, 2001 at the age of 86), Nelo Risi (1920, died on September 17, 2015 at the age of 95), Alistair MacLean (1922, died on February 2, 1987 at the age of 64), Queen Elizabeth II (1926, died on September 8, 2022 at the age of 96), Silvana Mangano (1930, died on December 16, 1989 at the age of 59), Elaine May (1932, turns 94 this year), Charles Grodin (1935, died on May 18, 2021 at the age of 86), Reni Santoni (1939, died on August 1, 2020 at the age of 81), George DiCenzo (1940, turns 86 this year), Claire Denis (1946, turns 80 this year), Iggy Pop (1947, turns 79 this year), Patti LuPone (1949, turns 77 this year), Kim Young-ae (김영애) (1951, died on April 9, 2017 at the age of 65), Tony Danza (1951, turns 75 this year), Jean-Pierre Dardenne (1951, turns 75 this year), James Morrison (1954, turns 72 this year), Peter Kosminsky (1956, turns 70 this year), Dorsey Wright (1957, turns 69 this year), Andie MacDowell (1958, turns 68 this year), Chad Hayes (1961, turns 65 this year), Carey Hayes (1961, turns 65 this year), Catherine Cavadini (1961, turns 65 this year), Kate Vernon (1961, turns 65 this year), John Cameron Mitchell (1963, turns 63 this year), Roy Dupuis (1963, turns 63 this year), Lisa Darr (1963, turns 63 this year), Brian Goldner (1963, died on October 12, 2021 at the age of 58), Karen Foster (1965, turns 61 this year), Toby Stephens (1969, turns 57 this year), Joel de la Fuente (1969, turns 57 this year), Nicole Sullivan (1970, turns 56 this year), Rob Riggle (1970, turns 56 this year), Glen Hansard (1970, turns 56 this year), Jeff Anderson (1970, turns 56 this year), Alice Wu (1970, turns 56 this year), Bridget Everett (1972, turns 54 this year), Ian Kahn (1972, turns 54 this year), Jennifer Blanc (1974, turns 52 this year), Brian White (1975, turns 51 this year), Charlie O'Connell (1975, turns 51 this year), Molly Bloom (1978, turns 48 this year), James McAvoy (1979, turns 47 this year), Alphonso McAuley (1979, turns 47 this year), Dylan Bruce (1980, turns 46 this year), Hadley Fraser (1980, turns 46 this year), Brianne Davis (1982, turns 44 this year), Pyotr Fyodorov (1982, turns 44 this year), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983, turns 43 this year), Ruthie Ann Miles (1983, turns 43 this year), Shayna Fox (1984, turns 42 this year), Sophie Rundle (1988, turns 38 this year), Robbie Amell (1988, turns 38 this year), Christoph Sanders (1988, turns 38 this year), Valerie Tian (1989, turns 37 this year), Frank Dillane (1991, turns 35 this year), Thomas Doherty (1995, turns 31 this year)
Died on this day in history: Leslie Banks (1952, at the age of 61), Charles MacArthur (1956, at the age of 60), Joe Sawyer (1982, at the age of 75), Walter Slezak (1983, at the age of 80), Luigi Pistilli (1996, at the age of 66), Prince (2016, at the age of 57), Sandy Gallin (2017, at the age of 76), Verne Troyer (2018, at the age of 49), Steve Golin (2019, at the age of 64), Quentin Mare (2019, at the age of 64), Dimitri Diatchenko (2020, at the age of 52), Jacques Perrin (2022, at the age of 80), Will Hutchins (2025, at the age of 94)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.