On This Day - April 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 22.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Saturday $26,046,205 $574,934,330
2017 The Fate of the Furious Saturday $16,942,100 $225,764,765
2016 The Jungle Book Friday $16,452,479 $364,001,123
2011 Rio Friday $10,685,096 $143,619,809
2011 Madea’s Big Happy Family Friday $10,457,457 $53,345,287
2012 Think Like a Man Sunday $8,345,415 $91,547,205
2023 Evil Dead Rise Saturday $8,152,634 $67,356,372
2022 The Bad Guys Friday $7,985,745 $97,459,240
2006 Silent Hill Saturday $7,432,582 $46,982,632
2005 The Interpreter Friday $7,400,000 $72,708,161

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 22.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2011 Madea’s Big Happy Family Friday $10,457,457 $53,345,287
2022 The Bad Guys Friday $7,985,745 $97,459,240
2005 The Interpreter Friday $7,400,000 $72,708,161
2016 The Huntsman: Winter’s War Friday $7,271,320 $48,003,015
2011 Water for Elephants Friday $6,924,487 $58,709,717
2022 The Northman Friday $5,062,020 $34,233,110
2009 Earth Wednesday $4,023,788 $32,011,576
2011 African Cats Friday $3,327,053 $15,428,747
2005 A Lot Like Love Friday $3,000,000 $21,835,784
2022 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Friday $2,901,370 $20,300,157

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 22.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Jungle Book $61,538,821 $364,001,123
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $59,930,940 $574,934,330
2017 The Fate of the Furious $38,408,415 $225,764,765
2012 Think Like a Man $33,636,303 $91,547,205
2011 Rio $26,323,321 $143,619,809
2011 Madea’s Big Happy Family $25,068,677 $53,345,287
2023 Evil Dead Rise $24,504,315 $67,356,372
2022 The Bad Guys $23,950,245 $97,459,240
2005 The Interpreter $22,822,455 $72,708,161
2012 The Lucky One $22,518,358 $60,457,138

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Eddie Albert (1906, died on May 26, 2005 at the age of 99), Kaneto Shindo (1912, died on May 29, 2012 at the age of 100), Aaron Spelling (1923, died on June 23, 2006 at the age of 83), Bettie Page (1923, died on December 11, 2008 at the age of 85), Charlotte Rae (1926, died on August 5, 2018 at the age of 92), Tom Priestley (1932, died on December 25, 2023 at the age of 91), Mark Damon (1933, died on May 12, 2024 at the age of 91), Glen Campbell (1936, died on August 8, 2017 at the age of 81), Jack Nicholson (1937, turned 87 this year), Jason Miller (1939, died on May 13, 2001 at the age of 62), Mel Carter (1939, turned 85 this year), Marie-José Nat (1940, died on October 10, 2019 at the age of 79), Madison Mason (1943, turned 81 this year), Nicole Garcia (1946, turned 78 this year), John Waters (1948, turned 76 this year), Stephen Jeffreys (1950, died on September 17, 2018 at the age of 68), Peter Frampton (1950, turned 74 this year), Lee Tamahori (1950, turned 74 this year), Robert Elswit (1950, turned 74 this year), Robin Bartlett (1951, turned 73 this year), François Berleand (1952, turned 72 this year), Joseph Bottoms (1954, turned 70 this year), Jack Mulcahy (1954, turned 70 this year), Johnnie To (1955, turned 69 this year), Catherine Mary Stewart (1959, turned 65 this year), Ryan Stiles (1959, turned 65 this year), Brooke McCarter (1963, died on December 22, 2015 at the age of 52), Chris Makepeace (1964, turned 60 this year), Roman Coppola (1965, turned 59 this year), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966, turned 58 this year), Dana Barron (1966, turned 58 this year), Sherri Shepherd (1967, turned 57 this year), Eric Mabius (1971, turned 53 this year), Ingo Rademacher (1971, turned 53 this year), Christopher Sabat (1973, turned 51 this year), Manu Intiraymi (1978, turned 46 this year), Malcolm Barrett (1980, turned 44 this year), Nicole Grimaudo (1980, turned 44 this year), Sarah French (1982, turned 42 this year), Michelle Ryan (1984, turned 40 this year), Amy De Bhrun (1984, turned 40 this year), Kristin Fairlie (1985, turned 39 this year), Zachary Gottsagen (1985, turned 39 this year), Amber Heard (1986, turned 38 this year), Colson Baker (1990, turned 34 this year), Leonie Benesch (1991, turned 33 this year)

Died on this day in history: Lionel Atwill (1946, at the age of 61), Will Geer (1978, at the age of 76), Linda Lovelace (2002, at the age of 53), Andrea King (2003, at the age of 84), Alida Valli (2006, at the age of 84), Jack Cardiff (2009, at the age of 94), Richie Havens (2013, at the age of 72), Gennadi Vengerov (2015, at the age of 55), Shirley Knight (2020, at the age of 83), Barry Humphries (2023, at the age of 89)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.