On This Day - April 24
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 24.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Sunday | $18,369,560 | $364,001,123 |
| 2009 | Obsessed | Friday | $11,209,297 | $68,261,644 |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Saturday | $9,424,420 | $77,906,816 |
| 2004 | 13 Going On 30 | Saturday | $8,721,574 | $57,139,723 |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat | Saturday | $8,675,000 | $42,326,031 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Saturday | $6,775,807 | $217,851,976 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Sunday | $6,616,800 | $97,787,945 |
| 2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) | Saturday | $6,445,970 | $50,272,044 |
| 2025 | Sinners | Thursday | $6,001,255 | $279,989,632 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Sunday | $5,778,015 | $72,708,161 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 24.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Obsessed | Friday | $11,209,297 | $68,261,644 |
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline | Friday | $4,962,070 | $42,629,776 |
| 2009 | Fighting | Friday | $4,536,995 | $23,091,010 |
| 1998 | The Big Hit | Friday | $3,860,000 | $27,066,941 |
| 2009 | The Soloist | Friday | $3,204,135 | $31,853,584 |
| 2015 | Little Boy | Friday | $1,355,876 | $6,485,961 |
| 2025 | Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii | Thursday | $1,297,249 | $2,620,076 |
| 2015 | The Water Diviner | Friday | $375,376 | $4,200,117 |
| 1998 | Tarzan and the Lost City | Friday | $300,000 | $2,147,114 |
| 1998 | Two Girls and a Guy | Friday | $195,000 | $2,057,193 |
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 24.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $61,538,821 | $364,001,123 |
| 2009 | Obsessed | $28,612,730 | $68,261,644 |
| 2011 | Rio | $26,323,321 | $143,619,809 |
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | $25,068,677 | $53,345,287 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | $23,950,245 | $97,787,945 |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat | $23,302,503 | $42,326,031 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | $22,822,455 | $72,708,161 |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | $22,751,490 | $77,906,816 |
| 2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) | $21,144,800 | $50,272,044 |
| 2004 | 13 Going On 30 | $21,054,238 | $57,139,723 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Elijah Peel, Michael, Omaha
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Marceline Day (1908, died on February 16, 2000 at the age of 91), William Castle (1914, died on May 31, 1977 at the age of 63), Shammi (1929, died on March 6, 2018 at the age of 88), Richard Donner (1930, died on July 5, 2021 at the age of 91), Patricia Bosworth (1933, died on April 2, 2020 at the age of 86), Shirley MacLaine (1934, turns 92 this year), Jill Ireland (1936, turns 90 this year), Michael Parks (1940, died on May 9, 2017 at the age of 77), Barbra Streisand (1942, turns 84 this year), Phil Robertson (1946, died on May 25, 2025 at the age of 79), Peter Friedman (1949, turns 77 this year), Ralph Winter (1952, turns 74 this year), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952, turns 74 this year), Eric Bogosian (1953, turns 73 this year), Michael O'Keefe (1955, turns 71 this year), Glenn Morshower (1959, turns 67 this year), Cedric the Entertainer (1964, turns 62 this year), Djimon Hounsou (1964, turns 62 this year), Aidan Gillen (1968, turns 58 this year), Rory McCann (1969, turns 57 this year), Stefania Rocca (1971, turns 55 this year), Damon Lindelof (1973, turns 53 this year), Dean Armstrong (1973, turns 53 this year), Eric Kripke (1974, turns 52 this year), Derek Luke (1974, turns 52 this year), Noah Danby (1974, turns 52 this year), Thad Luckinbill (1975, turns 51 this year), Shane McDermott (1976, turns 50 this year), Eric Balfour (1977, turns 49 this year), Rebecca Mader (1977, turns 49 this year), Austin Nichols (1980, turns 46 this year), Reagan Gomez-Preston (1980, turns 46 this year), Sasha Barrese (1981, turns 45 this year), Jasmine Trinca (1981, turns 45 this year), Kelly Clarkson (1982, turns 44 this year), Lindsey Gort (1984, turns 42 this year), Tyson Ritter (1984, turns 42 this year), Varun Dhawan (1987, turns 39 this year), Jason Maza (1987, turns 39 this year), Kim Tae-ri (1990, turns 36 this year), Joe Keery (1992, turns 34 this year), Jack Quaid (1992, turns 34 this year), Doc Shaw (1992, turns 34 this year), Jordan Fisher (1994, turns 32 this year), Ryan Whitney (1998, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Frank Overton (1967, at the age of 49), Bud Abbott (1974, at the age of 76), Pat Conway (1981, at the age of 50), Donald Cammell (1996, at the age of 62), Pat Paulsen (1997, at the age of 69), Don Gordon (2017, at the age of 90), Jean-Pierre Marielle (2019, at the age of 87), Conrado San Martín (2019, at the age of 98), Michael Koskoff (2019, at the age of 77), Bob Fass (2021, at the age of 87), Ray Chan (2024, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.