On This Day - April 4
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Saturday | $46,626,580 | $353,007,020 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Friday | $36,926,192 | $259,746,958 |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | Saturday | $24,694,235 | $155,064,265 |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Saturday | $14,319,484 | $198,351,526 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Sunday | $13,812,670 | $163,214,888 |
| 2015 | Home | Saturday | $9,684,180 | $177,397,510 |
| 1998 | Lost In Space | Saturday | $8,110,000 | $69,117,629 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Sunday | $8,100,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Sunday | $7,869,000 | $173,993,387 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Sunday | $6,897,178 | $217,581,232 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Friday | $36,926,192 | $259,746,958 |
| 2003 | Phone Booth | Friday | $5,174,521 | $46,566,212 |
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Friday | $4,596,540 | $31,373,938 |
| 2003 | A Man Apart | Friday | $4,058,500 | $26,500,000 |
| 2008 | Nim's Island | Friday | $3,909,111 | $48,006,762 |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Friday | $3,501,180 | $35,990,505 |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Friday | $2,789,241 | $17,432,844 |
| 2007 | Are We Done Yet? | Wednesday | $2,012,906 | $49,662,533 |
| 2007 | Firehouse Dog | Wednesday | $602,491 | $13,932,383 |
| 2008 | Shine a Light | Friday | $451,042 | $5,505,267 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Furious 7 | $147,187,040 | $353,007,020 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | $95,023,721 | $259,746,958 |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | $70,950,500 | $155,064,265 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | $61,235,105 | $163,214,888 |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $32,609,165 | $198,351,526 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | $32,200,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | $29,289,537 | $60,095,852 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | $29,010,044 | $217,581,232 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | $27,788,331 | $173,993,387 |
| 2015 | Home | $27,011,303 | $177,397,510 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Minecraft, Fast X: Part 2
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Pierre Fresnay (1897, died on January 9, 1975 at the age of 77), David White (1916, died on November 27, 1990 at the age of 74), Elizabeth Wilson (1921, died on May 9, 2015 at the age of 94), Peter Vaughan (1923, died on December 6, 2016 at the age of 93), Gene Reynolds (1923, died on February 3, 2020 at the age of 96), Ronnie Masterson (1926, died on February 10, 2014 at the age of 87), Estelle Harris (1928, died on April 2, 2022 at the age of 93), Monty Norman (1928, died on July 11, 2022 at the age of 94), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932, died on December 29, 1986 at the age of 54), Anthony Perkins (1932, died on September 12, 1992 at the age of 60), Clive Davis (1932, turned 92 this year), Pierre Lacotte (1932, died on April 10, 2023 at the age of 91), Helen Hanft (1934, died on May 30, 2013 at the age of 79), Kenneth Mars (1935, died on February 12, 2011 at the age of 75), Robby Müller (1940, died on July 4, 2018 at the age of 78), Craig T. Nelson (1944, turned 80 this year), Jacques Frantz (1947, died on March 17, 2021 at the age of 73), Derek Thompson (1948, turned 76 this year), Christine Lahti (1950, turned 74 this year), Simone Griffeth (1950, turned 74 this year), Cherie Lunghi (1952, turned 72 this year), Julie Carmen (1954, turned 70 this year), David E. Kelley (1956, turned 68 this year), Aki Kaurismaki (1957, turned 67 this year), Constance Shulman (1958, turned 66 this year), Phil Morris (1959, turned 65 this year), Hugo Weaving (1960, turned 64 this year), Lorraine Toussaint (1960, turned 64 this year), Ava Fabian (1962, turned 62 this year), David Cross (1964, turned 60 this year), Anthony Clark (1964, turned 60 this year), Robbie Rist (1964, turned 60 this year), Robert Downey, Jr. (1965, turned 59 this year), Nancy McKeon (1966, turned 58 this year), Barry Pepper (1970, turned 54 this year), Lisa Ray (1972, turned 52 this year), Jill Scott (1972, turned 52 this year), David Blaine (1973, turned 51 this year), Pamela Ribon (1975, turned 49 this year), Joyce Giraud (1975, turned 49 this year), Peter Vaughan (1975, died on December 6, 2016 at the age of 41), James Roday (1976, turned 48 this year), Matthew MacCaull (1978, turned 46 this year), Heath Ledger (1979, died on January 22, 2008 at the age of 28), Natasha Lyonne (1979, turned 45 this year), Trevor Moore (1980, died on August 6, 2021 at the age of 41), Collette Wolfe (1980, turned 44 this year), Ned Vizzini (1981, died on December 19, 2013 at the age of 32), Justin Cook (1982, turned 42 this year), Amanda Righetti (1983, turned 41 this year), Eric Andre (1983, turned 41 this year), Rachel Korine (1986, turned 38 this year), Sarah Gadon (1987, turned 37 this year), Alexa Nikolas (1992, turned 32 this year), Daniela Bobadilla (1993, turned 31 this year), Jeanne Goursaud (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Byron Foulger (1970, at the age of 70), Edgar Buchanan (1979, at the age of 76), Gloria Swanson (1983, at the age of 84), Priscilla Lane (1995, at the age of 79), Faith Domergue (1999, at the age of 74), Juliano Mer-Khamis (2001, at the age of 42), Anthony Caruso (2003, at the age of 86), Bob Clark (2007, at the age of 67), Claude Miller (2012, at the age of 70), Roger Ebert (2013, at the age of 70), Chus Lampreave (2016, at the age of 85), Soon-Tek Oh (2018, at the age of 85), Barry Malkin (2019, at the age of 80), Jay Benedict (2020, at the age of 68), Alex Harvey (2020, at the age of 73), Zygmunt Malanowicz (2021, at the age of 83), Kathy Lamkin (2022, at the age of 83), Andres Garcia (2023, at the age of 81), Lynne Reid Banks (2024, at the age of 94)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.