On This Day - April 6
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Thursday | $26,566,130 | $574,934,330 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Sunday | $23,430,665 | $259,746,958 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Saturday | $19,524,162 | $140,371,656 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Friday | $18,861,111 | $188,024,361 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Monday | $14,015,350 | $353,007,020 |
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Saturday | $13,743,640 | $196,350,016 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Friday | $12,799,832 | $408,010,692 |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Friday | $9,272,760 | $56,758,835 |
| 2019 | Pet Sematary | Saturday | $9,027,342 | $54,724,696 |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Saturday | $8,928,764 | $122,523,060 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Friday | $18,861,111 | $188,024,361 |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Friday | $9,272,760 | $56,758,835 |
| 2018 | Blockers | Friday | $7,768,185 | $60,311,495 |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | Friday | $5,423,000 | $74,058,698 |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Friday | $5,017,197 | $25,031,037 |
| 2001 | Blow | Friday | $3,628,500 | $52,990,775 |
| 2001 | Pokemon 3: The Movie | Friday | $2,848,500 | $17,052,128 |
| 2018 | Chappaquiddick | Friday | $1,892,035 | $17,395,521 |
| 2018 | The Miracle Season | Friday | $1,401,107 | $10,230,620 |
| 2018 | Pandas | Friday | $59,728 | $7,873,570 |
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 6.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | $95,023,721 | $259,746,958 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | $53,505,326 | $140,371,656 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $50,203,562 | $188,024,361 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $33,111,557 | $408,010,692 |
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $31,203,359 | $196,350,016 |
| 2013 | Evil Dead | $25,775,847 | $54,239,856 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $24,624,178 | $137,690,172 |
| 2019 | Pet Sematary | $24,502,775 | $54,724,696 |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | $22,522,330 | $118,594,548 |
| 2012 | American Reunion | $21,514,080 | $56,758,835 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Phil Leeds (1916, died on August 16, 1998 at the age of 82), André Previn (1929, died on February 28, 2019 at the age of 89), Ram Dass (1931, died on December 22, 2019 at the age of 88), Merle Haggard (1937, died on April 6, 2016 at the age of 79), Billy Dee Williams (1937, turned 87 this year), Roy Thinnes (1938, turned 86 this year), Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. (1940, died on December 26, 2011 at the age of 71), Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. (1940, died on December 26, 2011 at the age of 71), Phil Austin (1941, turned 83 this year), Barry Levinson (1942, turned 82 this year), John Ratzenberger (1947, turned 77 this year), Patrika Darbo (1948, turned 76 this year), Marilu Henner (1952, turned 72 this year), Patrick Doyle (1953, turned 71 this year), Jason Hervey (1954, turned 70 this year), Michael Rooker (1955, turned 69 this year), Rob Epstein (1955, turned 69 this year), Hal Willner (1956, died on April 7, 2020 at the age of 64), Jonathan Firth (1967, turned 57 this year), Doug Ellin (1968, turned 56 this year), Paul Rudd (1969, turned 55 this year), Jason Hervey (1972, turned 52 this year), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972, turned 52 this year), Lori Heuring (1973, turned 51 this year), Gina Yashere (1974, turned 50 this year), Zach Braff (1975, turned 49 this year), James Fox (1976, turned 48 this year), Candace Cameron Bure (1976, turned 48 this year), Teddy Sears (1977, turned 47 this year), Matthew Carey (1980, turned 44 this year), Eliza Coupe (1981, turned 43 this year), Sofia Boutella (1982, turned 42 this year), Miguel Angel Silvestre (1982, turned 42 this year), Bret Harrison (1982, turned 42 this year), Alana Austin (1982, turned 42 this year), Diora Baird (1983, turned 41 this year), Al Mukadam (1984, turned 40 this year), Sinqua Walls (1985, turned 39 this year), Casper Smart (1987, turned 37 this year), Spencer List (1988, turned 36 this year), Charlie McDermott (1990, turned 34 this year), Seo Ye-ji (1990, turned 34 this year), Adrian Alonso (1994, turned 30 this year), Miranda May (1996, turned 28 this year), Peyton List (1998, turned 26 this year), Spencer List (1998, turned 26 this year), Kwesi Boakye (1999, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Igor Stravinsky (1971, at the age of 88), Greer Garson (1996, at the age of 91), Nobu McCarthy (2002, at the age of 67), Corin Redgrave (2010, at the age of 70), Mickey Rooney (2014, at the age of 93), Mary Anderson (2014, at the age of 96), James Best (2015, at the age of 88), Merle Haggard (2016, at the age of 79), Don Rickles (2017, at the age of 90), James Drury (2020, at the age of 85), Honor Blackman (2020, at the age of 94), James Drury (2020, at the age of 85), Walter Olkewicz (2021, at the age of 72), Eric Boehlert (2022, at the age of 72), Rae Allen (2022, at the age of 95), Norman Reynolds (2023, at the age of 89), Maria Del Carmen Farias (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.