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 |
| 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 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Saturday | $4,784,050 | $188,024,361 |
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 83 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 75 this year), Jay Leno (1950, turned 74 this year), Mary McDonnell (1952, turned 72 this year), Teodor Corban (1957, died on January 17, 2023 at the age of 65), Jamieson Price (1961, turned 63 this year), Sandrine Dumas (1963, turned 61 this year), Too Short (1966, turned 58 this year), Kari Wuhrer (1967, turned 57 this year), Claes Bang (1967, turned 57 this year), Blake Neely (1969, turned 55 this year), Bridget Moynahan (1971, turned 53 this year), Chris Young (1971, turned 53 this year), Gabriel Casseus (1972, turned 52 this year), Jorge Garcia (1973, turned 51 this year), Elisabeth Rohm (1973, turned 51 this year), Penélope Cruz (1974, turned 50 this year), Eric Vale (1974, turned 50 this year), Dan Goor (1975, turned 49 this year), Robert Oliveri (1978, turned 46 this year), Jonathan Silver Scott (1978, turned 46 this year), Jessica Alba (1981, turned 43 this year), Catherine Reitman (1981, turned 43 this year), Harry Shum Jr. (1982, turned 42 this year), Brandon Baker (1985, turned 39 this year), Jenna Ushkowtiz (1986, turned 38 this year), Aleisha Allen (1991, turned 33 this year), Tony Revolori (1996, turned 28 this year), Madeleine Harris (2001, turned 23 this year), Austyn Johnson (2006, turned 18 this year), Dabbs Greer (2007, turned 17 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)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.