On This Day - April 15

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Saturday $39,294,320 $574,934,330
2016 The Jungle Book Friday $32,013,316 $364,001,123
2017 The Fate of the Furious Saturday $31,543,625 $225,764,765
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Friday $20,027,334 $95,850,844
2006 Scary Movie 4 Saturday $13,443,698 $90,710,620
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Friday $10,851,467 $190,872,904
2011 Rio Friday $10,345,242 $143,619,809
2018 Rampage Sunday $10,325,183 $101,028,233
2005 The Amityville Horror Friday $9,100,000 $65,233,369
2018 A Quiet Place Sunday $8,971,518 $188,024,361

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Jungle Book Friday $32,013,316 $364,001,123
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Friday $20,027,334 $95,850,844
2011 Rio Friday $10,345,242 $143,619,809
2005 The Amityville Horror Friday $9,100,000 $65,233,369
2011 Scream 4 Friday $8,241,236 $38,180,928
2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut Friday $7,017,581 $54,030,051
2016 Criminal Friday $2,049,390 $14,708,696
2011 The Conspirator Friday $1,099,750 $11,538,204
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 Friday $674,000 $4,752,353
2016 Fan Friday $480,020 $1,689,879

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 15.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Jungle Book $103,261,464 $364,001,123
2017 The Fate of the Furious $98,786,705 $225,764,765
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $92,347,190 $574,934,330
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore $42,151,256 $95,850,844
2006 Scary Movie 4 $40,222,875 $90,710,620
2011 Rio $39,225,962 $143,619,809
2018 Rampage $35,753,093 $101,028,233
2018 A Quiet Place $32,970,049 $188,024,361
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 $29,304,395 $190,872,904
2005 The Amityville Horror $23,507,007 $65,233,369

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Hans Conried (1917, died on January 5, 1982 at the age of 64), Michael Ansara (1922, died on July 31, 2013 at the age of 91), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933, died on May 18, 1995 at the age of 62), David Hamilton (1933, died on November 25, 2016 at the age of 83), Jacques Boudet (1935, died on July 15, 2024 at the age of 89), Frank Vincent (1937, died on September 13, 2017 at the age of 80), Claudia Cardinale (1938, turned 86 this year), Lois Chiles (1947, turned 77 this year), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (1947, turned 77 this year), Craig Zadan (1949, died on August 20, 2018 at the age of 69), Amy Wright (1950, turned 74 this year), Josiane Balasko (1950, turned 74 this year), Marsha Ivins (1951, turned 73 this year), Kym Gyngell (1952, turned 72 this year), Dodi Fayed (1955, died on August 31, 1997 at the age of 42), Emma Thompson (1959, turned 65 this year), Fruit Chan (1959, turned 65 this year), Susanne Bier (1960, turned 64 this year), Tom Kane (1962, turned 62 this year), Linda Perry (1965, turned 59 this year), Sergey Puskepalis (1966, died on September 20, 2022 at the age of 56), Lou Romano (1972, turned 52 this year), Douglas Spain (1974, turned 50 this year), Danny Pino (1974, turned 50 this year), Luke Evans (1979, turned 45 this year), Seth Rogen (1982, turned 42 this year), Alice Braga (1983, turned 41 this year), Emma Watson (1990, turned 34 this year), Maisie Williams (1997, turned 27 this year)

Died on this day in history: Wallace Beery (1949, at the age of 64), Clara Blandick (1962, at the age of 85), Toto (1967, at the age of 69), Tim McIntire (1986, at the age of 41), Charles Vanel (1989, at the age of 96), Greta Garbo (1990, at the age of 84), Margaretta Scott (2005, at the age of 93), Hazel Court (2008, at the age of 82), Michael Pataki (2010, at the age of 72), Paul Bogart (2012, at the age of 92), Clifton James (2017, at the age of 96), Vittorio Taviani (2018, at the age of 88), R. Lee Ermey (2018, at the age of 74), Ranjit Chowdhry (2020, at the age of 64), Lee Konitz (2020, at the age of 92), Allen Daviau (2020, at the age of 77), Brian Dennehy (2020, at the age of 81), Liz Sheridan (2022, at the age of 93), Jay Binder (2022, at the age of 93), Mario Fratti (2023, at the age of 93), David Caffey (2024, at the age of 93)

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