On This Day - April 12
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Saturday | $17,734,355 | $259,746,958 |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Saturday | $17,549,412 | $135,560,942 |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Saturday | $15,473,229 | $131,538,435 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Sunday | $15,263,490 | $353,007,020 |
| 2024 | Civil War | Friday | $10,817,252 | $51,095,459 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Wednesday | $10,757,435 | $574,934,330 |
| 2013 | 42 | Friday | $9,061,823 | $95,020,213 |
| 2008 | Prom Night | Saturday | $8,317,732 | $43,869,350 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Friday | $6,347,368 | $140,371,656 |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | Sunday | $6,110,785 | $155,064,265 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Civil War | Friday | $10,817,252 | $51,095,459 |
| 2013 | 42 | Friday | $9,061,823 | $95,020,213 |
| 2013 | Scary Movie V | Friday | $5,515,954 | $32,015,787 |
| 2019 | Little | Friday | $5,376,290 | $40,860,481 |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Friday | $5,226,000 | $66,790,248 |
| 2019 | Hellboy | Friday | $4,943,668 | $21,903,748 |
| 2002 | The Sweetest Thing | Friday | $3,387,000 | $24,430,272 |
| 2019 | After | Friday | $2,932,423 | $12,138,565 |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Friday | $1,614,134 | $16,649,539 |
| 2002 | Frailty | Friday | $1,312,000 | $13,110,448 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Furious 7 | $59,585,930 | $353,007,020 |
| 2003 | Anger Management | $42,220,847 | $135,560,942 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | $41,274,861 | $259,746,958 |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | $39,327,869 | $131,538,435 |
| 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,324,487 | $79,576,189 |
| 2013 | 42 | $27,487,144 | $95,020,213 |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | $27,237,905 | $155,064,265 |
| 2024 | Civil War | $25,537,368 | $51,095,459 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | $24,453,514 | $140,371,656 |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $21,812,253 | $198,351,526 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ann Miller (1923, died on January 22, 2004 at the age of 80), Alvin Sargent (1927, died on May 9, 2019 at the age of 92), Hardy Krüger (1928, turned 96 this year), Jean-Pierre Marielle (1932, died on April 24, 2019 at the age of 87), Charles Napier (1936, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 75), Dennis Banks (1937, died on October 29, 2017 at the age of 80), Alan Ayckbourn (1939, turned 85 this year), John Dunsworth (1946, died on October 16, 2017 at the age of 71), Ed O'Neill (1946, turned 78 this year), Dan Lauria (1947, turned 77 this year), David Letterman (1947, turned 77 this year), Tom Clancy (1947, died on October 1, 2013 at the age of 66), Tom Noonan (1951, turned 73 this year), Herbert Gronemeyer (1956, turned 68 this year), Andy Garcia (1956, turned 68 this year), Vince Gill (1957, turned 67 this year), Suzzanne Douglas (1957, died on July 6, 2021 at the age of 64), Kerry Shawn Duffy (1958, died on May 20, 2023 at the age of 65), Magda Szubanski (1961, turned 63 this year), Kim Bodnia (1965, turned 59 this year), Alicia Coppola (1968, turned 56 this year), Shannen Doherty (1971, turned 53 this year), Nicholas Brendon (1971, turned 53 this year), Marley Shelton (1974, turned 50 this year), Scott Crary (1978, turned 46 this year), Jennifer Morrison (1979, turned 45 this year), Claire Danes (1979, turned 45 this year), Brooklyn Decker (1987, turned 37 this year), Saoirse Ronan (1994, turned 30 this year)
Died on this day in history: Josephine Baker (1975, at the age of 68), Christopher Pettiet (2000, at the age of 24), Michael France (2013, at the age of 51), Anne Jackson (2016, at the age of 90), Charlie Murphy (2017, at the age of 57), Alex Beckett (2018, at the age of 35), Georgia Engel (2019, at the age of 70), John McEnery (2019, at the age of 75), Maurice Barrier (2020, at the age of 87), Gilbert Gottfried (2022, at the age of 67), Bernardo Moll (2023, at the age of 67)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.