On This Day - April 20
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Oblivion | Saturday | $14,715,885 | $89,107,235 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Saturday | $14,275,000 | $90,580,000 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Friday | $12,125,834 | $91,547,205 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | Friday | $9,105,607 | $60,457,138 |
| 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | Saturday | $8,790,664 | $54,733,739 |
| 2013 | 42 | Saturday | $8,001,513 | $95,020,213 |
| 2018 | Super Troopers 2 | Friday | $7,945,555 | $30,617,396 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Saturday | $6,563,790 | $140,371,656 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Friday | $6,406,541 | $188,024,361 |
| 2014 | Heaven is for Real | Sunday | $6,397,295 | $91,386,097 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Friday | $12,125,834 | $91,547,205 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | Friday | $9,105,607 | $60,457,138 |
| 2018 | Super Troopers 2 | Friday | $7,945,555 | $30,617,396 |
| 2018 | I Feel Pretty | Friday | $6,199,651 | $48,795,601 |
| 2007 | Fracture | Friday | $3,600,000 | $39,004,700 |
| 2012 | Chimpanzee | Friday | $3,547,039 | $28,965,459 |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | Friday | $2,997,000 | $14,249,005 |
| 2007 | Vacancy | Friday | $2,801,548 | $19,063,007 |
| 2001 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Friday | $2,376,000 | $25,590,119 |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Friday | $2,100,000 | $23,618,786 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Oblivion | $37,054,485 | $89,107,235 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | $36,075,875 | $90,580,000 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $33,636,303 | $91,547,205 |
| 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | $26,347,631 | $54,733,739 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | $25,587,056 | $259,746,958 |
| 2003 | Anger Management | $25,005,588 | $135,560,942 |
| 2014 | Heaven is for Real | $22,522,221 | $91,386,097 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | $22,518,358 | $60,457,138 |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | $22,159,742 | $131,538,435 |
| 2008 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $21,401,121 | $52,075,270 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Betty Lou Gerson (1914, died on January 12, 1999 at the age of 84), Leslie Phillips (1924, died on November 7, 2022 at the age of 98), Nina Foch (1924, died on December 5, 2008 at the age of 84), Robert DoQui (1934, died on February 9, 2008 at the age of 73), Mario Camus (1935, died on September 18, 2021 at the age of 86), George Takei (1937, turned 87 this year), Joe Camp (1939, died on March 15, 2024 at the age of 84), James Gammon (1940, died on July 16, 2010 at the age of 70), Ryan O'Neal (1941, died on December 8, 2023 at the age of 82), Michael Brandon (1945, turned 79 this year), Judith O’Dea (1945, turned 79 this year), Julien Poulin (1946, turned 78 this year), David Leland (1947, died on December 24, 2024 at the age of 77), Gregory Itzin (1948, died on July 8, 2022 at the age of 74), Jane Daly (1948, turned 76 this year), Jessica Lange (1949, turned 75 this year), Veronica Cartwright (1949, turned 75 this year), James Chance (1953, died on June 18, 2024 at the age of 71), Georgie Glen (1956, turned 68 this year), Peter Chelsom (1956, turned 68 this year), Clint Howard (1959, turned 65 this year), Yuji Okumoto (1959, turned 65 this year), Nicholas Lyndhurst (1961, turned 63 this year), Mike Pniewski (1961, turned 63 this year), Nicholas Cascone (1963, turned 61 this year), Andy Serkis (1964, turned 60 this year), Crispin Glover (1964, turned 60 this year), Lea Fazer (1965, turned 59 this year), J. D. Roth (1968, turned 56 this year), Shemar Moore (1970, turned 54 this year), Carmen Electra (1972, turned 52 this year), Viv Leacock (1974, turned 50 this year), David Matranga (1975, turned 49 this year), Joey Lawrence (1976, turned 48 this year), Ali Atay (1976, turned 48 this year), Clayne Crawford (1978, turned 46 this year), Barbara Lennie (1984, turned 40 this year), Tim Jo (1984, turned 40 this year), Billy Magnussen (1985, turned 39 this year), Chun Woo-hee (1987, turned 37 this year), John Patrick Amedori (1987, turned 37 this year), Alex Black (1989, turned 35 this year)
Died on this day in history: Harold Lloyd (1893, turned 35 this year), Martin Melcher (1968, at the age of 52), Cecil Parker (1971, at the age of 73), Robert Armstrong (1973, at the age of 82), Don Siegel (1991, at the age of 78), Benny Hill (1992, at the age of 68), Peter Howell (2015, at the age of 68), Chyna (2016, at the age of 46), Guy Hamilton (2016, at the age of 93), Monte Hellman (2021, at the age of 91), Tempest Storm (2021, at the age of 93), Robert Morse (2022, at the age of 90)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.