On This Day - April 7

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 7.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Friday $54,804,460 $574,934,330
2018 A Quiet Place Saturday $19,086,510 $188,024,361
2019 Shazam! Sunday $13,629,723 $140,371,656
2015 Furious 7 Tuesday $13,311,640 $353,007,020
2012 The Hunger Games Saturday $13,017,393 $408,010,692
2018 Ready Player One Saturday $11,053,393 $137,690,172
2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Sunday $9,002,461 $196,350,016
2007 Blades of Glory Saturday $8,830,454 $118,594,548
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Friday $8,616,901 $195,330,621
2018 Blockers Saturday $8,223,180 $60,311,495

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 7.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2006 The Benchwarmers Friday $6,804,750 $59,843,754
2000 Rules of Engagement Friday $4,499,000 $61,322,858
2017 Going in Style Friday $4,254,454 $45,018,541
2006 Take the Lead Friday $4,200,000 $34,742,066
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village Friday $4,100,320 $45,020,282
2000 Return to Me Friday $2,517,000 $32,662,299
2006 Lucky Number Slevin Friday $2,323,069 $22,495,466
2000 Ready to Rumble Friday $1,833,000 $12,372,410
2017 The Case for Christ Friday $1,541,531 $14,678,714
2004 Johnson Family Vacation Wednesday $1,219,000 $31,203,964

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 7.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $146,361,865 $574,934,330
2019 Shazam! $53,505,326 $140,371,656
2018 A Quiet Place $50,203,562 $188,024,361
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown $33,823,894 $195,330,621
2012 The Hunger Games $33,111,557 $408,010,692
2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire $31,203,359 $196,350,016
2017 The Boss Baby $26,363,488 $175,003,033
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

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Stanley Adams (1915, died on April 27, 1977 at the age of 62), Billie Holiday (1915, died on July 17, 1959 at the age of 44), Anthony Caruso (1916, died on April 4, 2003 at the age of 86), R.G. Armstrong (1917, died on July 27, 2012 at the age of 95), Istvan Lenart (1921, died on March 31, 2021 at the age of 99), Bill Butler (1921, died on April 5, 2023 at the age of 101), James Garner (1928, died on July 19, 2014 at the age of 86), Alan J. Pakula (1928, died on November 19, 1998 at the age of 70), James Garner (1928, died on July 19, 2014 at the age of 86), Andrew Sachs (1930, died on November 23, 2016 at the age of 86), Ted Kotcheff (1931, turned 93 this year), Daniel Ellsberg (1931, died on June 16, 2023 at the age of 92), Ian Richardson (1934, died on February 9, 2007 at the age of 72), Francis Ford Coppola (1939, turned 85 this year), Sir. David Frost (1939, died on August 31, 2013 at the age of 74), Gorden Kaye (1941, died on January 23, 2017 at the age of 75), Danny Wells (1941, turned 83 this year), Julia Phillips (1944, died on January 1, 2002 at the age of 57), Stan Winston (1946, turned 78 this year), Dennis Hayden (1952, turned 72 this year), Clarke Peters (1952, turned 72 this year), Jackie Chan (1954, turned 70 this year), Patricia Belcher (1954, turned 70 this year), Grace Hightower (1955, turned 69 this year), Lawrence Steven Meyers (1956, died on December 5, 2023 at the age of 67), Phoebe Nicholls (1957, turned 67 this year), Michael Almereyda (1959, turned 65 this year), Sandy Powell (1960, turned 64 this year), Kirsten Baker (1960, turned 64 this year), Elaine Miles (1960, turned 64 this year), Tracy Smith (1961, turned 63 this year), Ram Gopal Varma (1962, turned 62 this year), Russell Crowe (1964, turned 60 this year), Bill Bellamy (1965, turned 59 this year), Matt Servitto (1965, turned 59 this year), Ellie Harvie (1965, turned 59 this year), Richard Gomez (1966, turned 58 this year), Jennifer Lynch (1968, turned 56 this year), Keith Jefferson (1970, died on October 5, 2023 at the age of 53), Guillaume Depardieu (1971, died on October 13, 2008 at the age of 37), Jennifer Schwalbach (1971, turned 53 this year), Tygo Gernandt (1974, turned 50 this year), Heather Burns (1975, turned 49 this year), Sergio Peris-Mencheta (1975, turned 49 this year), Kevin Alejandro (1976, turned 48 this year), Eric Wareheim (1976, turned 48 this year), Tetsuji Tamayama (1980, turned 44 this year), Michael Bellisario (1980, turned 44 this year), Jason Ralph (1986, turned 38 this year), Ismael Cruz Cordova (1987, turned 37 this year), Ed Speleers (1988, turned 36 this year), Conner Rayburn (1999, turned 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Walter Huston (1950, at the age of 67), Jim Thompson (1977, at the age of 70), Norman Taurog (1981, at the age of 82), Beatrice Straight (2001, at the age of 86), David Graf (2001, at the age of 50), John Agar (2002, at the age of 81), David Greene (2003, at the age of 82), Victor Argo (2004, at the age of 69), Barry Nelson (2007, at the age of 89), Mike Wallace (2012, at the age of 93), Les Blank (2013, at the age of 77), Geoffrey Lewis (2015, at the age of 79), Stan Freberg (2015, at the age of 88), Tim Pigott-Smith (2017, at the age of 70), Seymour Cassel (2019, at the age of 84), John Prine (2020, at the age of 73), Allen Garfield (2020, at the age of 80), Hal Willner (2020, at the age of 64), Ghyslain Tremblay (2020, at the age of 68), James Hampton (2021, at the age of 84), Benjamin Ferencz (2023, at the age of 103), Edgar Burcksen (2024, at the age of 76)

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