On This Day - April 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Sunday | $90,389,244 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Saturday | $82,131,612 | $678,815,482 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Friday | $8,895,805 | $574,934,330 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Saturday | $7,692,464 | $91,547,205 |
| 2025 | Sinners | Monday | $5,506,409 | $278,410,761 |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Sunday | $5,410,981 | $49,875,291 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Sunday | $5,156,000 | $90,580,000 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Friday | $5,144,730 | $225,764,765 |
| 2012 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Saturday | $5,082,223 | $31,051,126 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Saturday | $4,967,274 | $408,010,692 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | R.V. | Friday | $4,599,523 | $71,724,497 |
| 2017 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Friday | $4,598,336 | $18,985,794 |
| 2006 | Stick It | Friday | $4,103,342 | $26,910,736 |
| 2017 | How to Be a Latin Lover | Friday | $3,896,264 | $32,149,404 |
| 2006 | United 93 | Friday | $3,688,725 | $31,567,134 |
| 2017 | The Circle | Friday | $3,186,666 | $20,497,844 |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Friday | $3,180,870 | $35,231,365 |
| 2000 | Where the Heart Is | Friday | $2,967,779 | $33,771,174 |
| 2000 | Frequency | Friday | $2,844,785 | $44,983,704 |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret | Friday | $2,247,219 | $20,372,406 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $357,115,007 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $257,698,183 | $678,815,482 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $40,835,805 | $574,934,330 |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | $20,244,505 | $49,875,291 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $19,936,540 | $225,764,765 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | $18,038,270 | $90,580,000 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | $17,803,425 | $89,107,235 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $17,604,141 | $91,547,205 |
| 2006 | R.V. | $16,414,767 | $71,724,497 |
| 2024 | Challengers | $15,011,061 | $50,119,408 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lionel Barrymore (1878, died on November 15, 1954 at the age of 76), Robert Cornthwaite (1917, died on July 20, 2006 at the age of 89), Bruce Kirby (1925, died on January 24, 2021 at the age of 95), Harper Lee (1926, died on February 19, 2016 at the age of 89), Carolyn Jones (1930, died on August 3, 1983 at the age of 53), Paul Vecchiali (1930, died on January 18, 2023 at the age of 92), Lois Duncan (1934, died on June 15, 2016 at the age of 82), Madge Sinclair (1938, died on December 20, 1995 at the age of 57), Michiyo Yasuda (1939, died on October 5, 2016 at the age of 77), Ann-Margret (1941, turned 84 this year), Marcia Strassman (1948, died on October 24, 2014 at the age of 66), Bruno Kirby (1949, died on August 14, 2006 at the age of 57), Paul Guilfoyle (1949, turned 76 this year), Jay Leno (1950, turned 75 this year), Mary McDonnell (1952, turned 73 this year), Teodor Corban (1957, died on January 17, 2023 at the age of 65), Jamieson Price (1961, turned 64 this year), Sandrine Dumas (1963, turned 62 this year), Too Short (1966, turned 59 this year), Kari Wuhrer (1967, turned 58 this year), Claes Bang (1967, turned 58 this year), Blake Neely (1969, turned 56 this year), Bridget Moynahan (1971, turned 54 this year), Chris Young (1971, turned 54 this year), Gabriel Casseus (1972, turned 53 this year), Jorge Garcia (1973, turned 52 this year), Elisabeth Rohm (1973, turned 52 this year), Penélope Cruz (1974, turned 51 this year), Eric Vale (1974, turned 51 this year), Dan Goor (1975, turned 50 this year), Robert Oliveri (1978, turned 47 this year), Jonathan Silver Scott (1978, turned 47 this year), Jessica Alba (1981, turned 44 this year), Catherine Reitman (1981, turned 44 this year), Harry Shum Jr. (1982, turned 43 this year), Brandon Baker (1985, turned 40 this year), Jenna Ushkowtiz (1986, turned 39 this year), Aleisha Allen (1991, turned 34 this year), Tony Revolori (1996, turned 29 this year), Madeleine Harris (2001, turned 24 this year), Austyn Johnson (2006, turned 19 this year), Dabbs Greer (2007, turned 18 this year)
Died on this day in history: Ed Begley (1970, at the age of 69), Ricardo Cortez (1977, at the age of 76), Rory Calhoun (1999, at the age of 76), Wayne Tippit (2009, at the age of 76), William Campbell (2011, at the age of 87), Patricia Medina (2012, at the age of 92), Jack Shea (2013, at the age of 84), John Singleton (2019, at the age of 51), Harold Livingston (2022, at the age of 97), Zack Norman (2024, at the age of 83), Brian McCardie (2024, at the age of 59), Alan Scarfe (2024, at the age of 77), Priscilla Pointer (2025, at the age of 100), Andrew Karpen (2025, at the age of 59)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.