On This Day - April 8
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Saturday | $56,989,725 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Friday | $26,381,096 | $190,872,904 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Saturday | $15,773,985 | $195,330,621 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Sunday | $12,255,941 | $188,024,361 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Saturday | $11,831,324 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Saturday | $10,531,285 | $504,014,165 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Wednesday | $9,187,550 | $353,007,020 |
| 2006 | The Benchwarmers | Saturday | $8,539,533 | $59,843,754 |
| 2016 | The Boss | Friday | $8,099,225 | $63,077,560 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Sunday | $7,294,332 | $408,010,692 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Friday | $26,381,096 | $190,872,904 |
| 2016 | The Boss | Friday | $8,099,225 | $63,077,560 |
| 2005 | Sahara | Friday | $6,150,277 | $68,671,925 |
| 2005 | Fever Pitch | Friday | $4,521,644 | $42,071,069 |
| 2011 | Arthur | Friday | $4,498,436 | $33,035,397 |
| 2011 | Hanna | Friday | $4,163,040 | $40,259,119 |
| 2011 | Your Highness | Friday | $3,766,125 | $21,596,445 |
| 2011 | Soul Surfer | Friday | $3,642,639 | $43,853,424 |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Friday | $3,202,075 | $22,781,115 |
| 2016 | Hardcore Henry | Friday | $2,004,387 | $9,252,038 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $146,361,865 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | $72,105,176 | $190,872,904 |
| 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 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $26,363,488 | $175,003,033 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $24,624,178 | $137,690,172 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $23,652,605 | $504,014,165 |
| 2016 | The Boss | $23,586,645 | $63,077,560 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $23,363,079 | $330,360,194 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Mary Pickford (1892, died on May 29, 1979 at the age of 87), Ilka Chase (1905, died on February 15, 1978 at the age of 72), Alfie Bass (1916, died on July 15, 1987 at the age of 71), Sue Casey (1926, died on February 21, 2019 at the age of 92), Shecky Greene (1926, died on December 31, 2023 at the age of 97), John Gavin (1931, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 86), Vivienne Westwood (1941, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 81), Douglas Trumbull (1942, died on February 7, 2022 at the age of 79), Jack O'Halloran (1943, turned 81 this year), Hywel Bennett (1944, died on July 25, 2017 at the age of 73), Tim Thomerson (1946, turned 78 this year), Stuart Pankin (1946, turned 78 this year), John Madden (1949, died on December 28, 2021 at the age of 72), Kane Hodder (1955, turned 69 this year), Darryl Cox (1955, turned 69 this year), Jim Piddock (1956, turned 68 this year), Christine Boisson (1956, turned 68 this year), John Schneider (1960, turned 64 this year), Dean Norris (1963, turned 61 this year), Robin Wright (1966, turned 58 this year), Kazunari Tanaka (1967, died on October 10, 2016 at the age of 49), Patricia Arquette (1968, turned 56 this year), J.R. Bourne (1970, turned 54 this year), Craig Mazin (1971, turned 53 this year), Sung Kang (1972, turned 52 this year), Emma Caulfield (1973, turned 51 this year), Ana de la Reguera (1977, turned 47 this year), Paola Nuñez (1978, turned 46 this year), Rachel Roberts (1978, turned 46 this year), Jacqueline Pinol (1979, turned 45 this year), Dorian Brown (1979, turned 45 this year), Katee Sackhoff (1980, turned 44 this year), Jessica Grabowsky (1980, turned 44 this year), Taylor Kitsch (1981, turned 43 this year), Alexis Krause (1981, turned 43 this year), Allu Arjun (1983, turned 41 this year), Stephanie Cayo (1988, turned 36 this year), Gabriella Wilde (1989, turned 35 this year), Shelby Young (1992, turned 32 this year), Sadie Calvano (1997, turned 27 this year), Ty Panitz (1999, turned 25 this year), Skai Jackson (2002, turned 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Ben Johnson (1996, at the age of 77), Claire Trevor (2000, at the age of 90), Bing Russell (2003, at the age of 76), Annette Funicello (2013, at the age of 70), David Swift (2016, at the age of 85), Chuck McCann (2018, at the age of 83), Lois Kelly-Miller (2020, at the age of 102), Michael Lerner (2023, at the age of 81)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.