On This Day - April 21
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Friday | $14,233,650 | $574,934,330 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Saturday | $13,165,054 | $91,547,205 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Friday | $10,984,225 | $225,764,765 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Friday | $10,348,229 | $67,356,372 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Saturday | $9,356,926 | $188,024,361 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Sunday | $9,247,000 | $90,580,000 |
| 2018 | Rampage | Saturday | $9,088,365 | $101,028,233 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | Sunday | $9,041,355 | $89,107,235 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | Saturday | $8,561,095 | $60,457,138 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Friday | $8,140,217 | $46,982,632 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Friday | $10,348,229 | $67,356,372 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Friday | $8,140,217 | $46,982,632 |
| 2000 | U-571 | Friday | $7,936,115 | $77,086,030 |
| 2006 | The Sentinel | Friday | $4,802,942 | $36,280,697 |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Friday | $3,003,490 | $27,441,122 |
| 2023 | Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant | Friday | $2,259,928 | $16,938,039 |
| 2017 | Unforgettable | Friday | $1,674,090 | $11,368,012 |
| 2017 | Born in China | Friday | $1,581,795 | $13,873,211 |
| 2017 | The Promise | Friday | $1,441,951 | $8,224,288 |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Friday | $1,200,025 | $7,314,027 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $59,930,940 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $38,408,415 | $225,764,765 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | $24,504,315 | $67,356,372 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | $22,518,358 | $60,457,138 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $20,911,809 | $188,024,361 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | $20,152,598 | $46,982,632 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Anthony Quinn (1915, died on June 3, 2001 at the age of 86), Nelo Risi (1920, died on September 17, 2015 at the age of 95), Alistair MacLean (1922, died on February 2, 1987 at the age of 64), Queen Elizabeth II (1926, died on September 8, 2022 at the age of 96), Silvana Mangano (1930, died on December 16, 1989 at the age of 59), Elaine May (1932, turned 92 this year), Charles Grodin (1935, died on May 18, 2021 at the age of 86), Reni Santoni (1939, died on August 1, 2020 at the age of 81), George DiCenzo (1940, turned 84 this year), Claire Denis (1946, turned 78 this year), Iggy Pop (1947, turned 77 this year), Patti LuPone (1949, turned 75 this year), 김영애 (Kim Young-ae) (1951, died on April 9, 2017 at the age of 65), Tony Danza (1951, turned 73 this year), Jean-Pierre Dardenne (1951, turned 73 this year), James Morrison (1954, turned 70 this year), Peter Kosminsky (1956, turned 68 this year), Dorsey Wright (1957, turned 67 this year), Andie MacDowell (1958, turned 66 this year), Chad Hayes (1961, turned 63 this year), Carey Hayes (1961, turned 63 this year), Catherine Cavadini (1961, turned 63 this year), Kate Vernon (1961, turned 63 this year), John Cameron Mitchell (1963, turned 61 this year), Roy Dupuis (1963, turned 61 this year), Lisa Darr (1963, turned 61 this year), Brian Goldner (1963, died on October 12, 2021 at the age of 58), Karen Foster (1965, turned 59 this year), Toby Stephens (1969, turned 55 this year), Joel de la Fuente (1969, turned 55 this year), Nicole Sullivan (1970, turned 54 this year), Rob Riggle (1970, turned 54 this year), Glen Hansard (1970, turned 54 this year), Jeff Anderson (1970, turned 54 this year), Alice Wu (1970, turned 54 this year), Bridget Everett (1972, turned 52 this year), Ian Kahn (1972, turned 52 this year), Jennifer Blanc (1974, turned 50 this year), Brian White (1975, turned 49 this year), Charlie O'Connell (1975, turned 49 this year), Molly Bloom (1978, turned 46 this year), James McAvoy (1979, turned 45 this year), Alphonso McAuley (1979, turned 45 this year), Dylan Bruce (1980, turned 44 this year), Hadley Fraser (1980, turned 44 this year), Brianne Davis (1982, turned 42 this year), Pyotr Fyodorov (1982, turned 42 this year), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983, turned 41 this year), Ruthie Ann Miles (1983, turned 41 this year), Shayna Fox (1984, turned 40 this year), Sophie Rundle (1988, turned 36 this year), Robbie Amell (1988, turned 36 this year), Christoph Sanders (1988, turned 36 this year), Valerie Tian (1989, turned 35 this year), Frank Dillane (1991, turned 33 this year), Thomas Doherty (1995, turned 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Leslie Banks (1952, at the age of 61), Charles MacArthur (1956, at the age of 60), Joe Sawyer (1982, at the age of 75), Walter Slezak (1983, at the age of 80), Luigi Pistilli (1996, at the age of 66), Prince (2016, at the age of 57), Sandy Gallin (2017, at the age of 76), Verne Troyer (2018, at the age of 49), Steve Golin (2019, at the age of 64), Quentin Mare (2019, at the age of 64), Dimitri Diatchenko (2020, at the age of 52), Jacques Perrin (2022, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.