On This Day - April 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Saturday | $39,294,320 | $574,934,330 |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Friday | $32,013,316 | $364,001,123 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Saturday | $31,543,625 | $225,764,765 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Friday | $20,027,334 | $95,850,844 |
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Saturday | $13,443,698 | $90,710,620 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Friday | $10,851,467 | $190,872,904 |
| 2011 | Rio | Friday | $10,345,242 | $143,619,809 |
| 2018 | Rampage | Sunday | $10,325,183 | $101,028,233 |
| 2005 | The Amityville Horror | Friday | $9,100,000 | $65,233,369 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Sunday | $8,971,518 | $188,024,361 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Friday | $32,013,316 | $364,001,123 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Friday | $20,027,334 | $95,850,844 |
| 2011 | Rio | Friday | $10,345,242 | $143,619,809 |
| 2005 | The Amityville Horror | Friday | $9,100,000 | $65,233,369 |
| 2011 | Scream 4 | Friday | $8,241,236 | $38,180,928 |
| 2016 | Barbershop: The Next Cut | Friday | $7,017,581 | $54,030,051 |
| 2016 | Criminal | Friday | $2,049,390 | $14,708,696 |
| 2011 | The Conspirator | Friday | $1,099,750 | $11,538,204 |
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 | Friday | $674,000 | $4,752,353 |
| 2016 | Fan | Friday | $480,020 | $1,689,879 |
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 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $103,261,464 | $364,001,123 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $98,786,705 | $225,764,765 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $92,347,190 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | $42,151,256 | $95,850,844 |
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | $40,222,875 | $90,710,620 |
| 2011 | Rio | $39,225,962 | $143,619,809 |
| 2018 | Rampage | $35,753,093 | $101,028,233 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $32,970,049 | $188,024,361 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | $29,304,395 | $190,872,904 |
| 2005 | The Amityville Horror | $23,507,007 | $65,233,369 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Hans Conried (1917, died on January 5, 1982 at the age of 64), Michael Ansara (1922, died on July 31, 2013 at the age of 91), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933, died on May 18, 1995 at the age of 62), David Hamilton (1933, died on November 25, 2016 at the age of 83), Jacques Boudet (1935, died on July 15, 2024 at the age of 89), Frank Vincent (1937, died on September 13, 2017 at the age of 80), Claudia Cardinale (1938, turned 86 this year), Lois Chiles (1947, turned 77 this year), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (1947, turned 77 this year), Craig Zadan (1949, died on August 20, 2018 at the age of 69), Amy Wright (1950, turned 74 this year), Josiane Balasko (1950, turned 74 this year), Marsha Ivins (1951, turned 73 this year), Kym Gyngell (1952, turned 72 this year), Dodi Fayed (1955, died on August 31, 1997 at the age of 42), Emma Thompson (1959, turned 65 this year), Fruit Chan (1959, turned 65 this year), Susanne Bier (1960, turned 64 this year), Tom Kane (1962, turned 62 this year), Linda Perry (1965, turned 59 this year), Sergey Puskepalis (1966, died on September 20, 2022 at the age of 56), Lou Romano (1972, turned 52 this year), Douglas Spain (1974, turned 50 this year), Danny Pino (1974, turned 50 this year), Luke Evans (1979, turned 45 this year), Seth Rogen (1982, turned 42 this year), Alice Braga (1983, turned 41 this year), Emma Watson (1990, turned 34 this year), Maisie Williams (1997, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Wallace Beery (1949, at the age of 64), Clara Blandick (1962, at the age of 85), Toto (1967, at the age of 69), Tim McIntire (1986, at the age of 41), Charles Vanel (1989, at the age of 96), Greta Garbo (1990, at the age of 84), Margaretta Scott (2005, at the age of 93), Hazel Court (2008, at the age of 82), Michael Pataki (2010, at the age of 72), Paul Bogart (2012, at the age of 92), Clifton James (2017, at the age of 96), Vittorio Taviani (2018, at the age of 88), R. Lee Ermey (2018, at the age of 74), Ranjit Chowdhry (2020, at the age of 64), Lee Konitz (2020, at the age of 92), Allen Daviau (2020, at the age of 77), Brian Dennehy (2020, at the age of 81), Liz Sheridan (2022, at the age of 93), Jay Binder (2022, at the age of 93), Mario Fratti (2023, at the age of 93), David Caffey (2024, at the age of 93)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.