On This Day - April 22
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Saturday | $26,046,205 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Saturday | $16,942,100 | $225,764,765 |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Friday | $16,452,479 | $364,001,123 |
| 2011 | Rio | Friday | $10,685,096 | $143,619,809 |
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | Friday | $10,457,457 | $53,345,287 |
| 2025 | Sinners | Tuesday | $8,601,183 | $279,653,537 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Sunday | $8,345,415 | $91,547,205 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Saturday | $8,152,634 | $67,356,372 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Friday | $7,985,745 | $97,787,945 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Saturday | $7,432,582 | $46,982,632 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 22.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | Friday | $10,457,457 | $53,345,287 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Friday | $7,985,745 | $97,787,945 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Friday | $7,400,000 | $72,708,161 |
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Friday | $7,271,320 | $48,003,015 |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Friday | $6,924,487 | $58,709,717 |
| 2022 | The Northman | Friday | $5,062,020 | $34,233,110 |
| 2009 | Earth | Wednesday | $4,023,788 | $32,011,576 |
| 2011 | African Cats | Friday | $3,327,053 | $15,428,747 |
| 2005 | A Lot Like Love | Friday | $3,000,000 | $21,835,784 |
| 2022 | The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | Friday | $2,901,370 | $20,300,157 |
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 22.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $61,538,821 | $364,001,123 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $59,930,940 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $38,408,415 | $225,764,765 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $33,636,303 | $91,547,205 |
| 2011 | Rio | $26,323,321 | $143,619,809 |
| 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | $25,068,677 | $53,345,287 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | $24,504,315 | $67,356,372 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | $23,950,245 | $97,787,945 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | $22,822,455 | $72,708,161 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | $22,518,358 | $60,457,138 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Eddie Albert (1906, died on May 26, 2005 at the age of 99), Kaneto Shindo (1912, died on May 29, 2012 at the age of 100), Aaron Spelling (1923, died on June 23, 2006 at the age of 83), Bettie Page (1923, died on December 11, 2008 at the age of 85), Charlotte Rae (1926, died on August 5, 2018 at the age of 92), Jill Freud (1927, died on November 24, 2025 at the age of 98), Tom Priestley (1932, died on December 25, 2023 at the age of 91), Mark Damon (1933, died on May 12, 2024 at the age of 91), Glen Campbell (1936, died on August 8, 2017 at the age of 81), Jack Nicholson (1937, turns 89 this year), Jason Miller (1939, died on May 13, 2001 at the age of 62), Mel Carter (1939, turns 87 this year), Marie-José Nat (1940, died on October 10, 2019 at the age of 79), Madison Mason (1943, turns 83 this year), Nicole Garcia (1946, turns 80 this year), John Waters (1948, turns 78 this year), Stephen Jeffreys (1950, died on September 17, 2018 at the age of 68), Peter Frampton (1950, turns 76 this year), Lee Tamahori (1950, died on November 7, 2025 at the age of 75), Robert Elswit (1950, turns 76 this year), Robin Bartlett (1951, turns 75 this year), François Berleand (1952, turns 74 this year), Joseph Bottoms (1954, turns 72 this year), Jack Mulcahy (1954, turns 72 this year), Johnnie To (1955, turns 71 this year), Catherine Mary Stewart (1959, turns 67 this year), Ryan Stiles (1959, turns 67 this year), Brooke McCarter (1963, died on December 22, 2015 at the age of 52), Chris Makepeace (1964, turns 62 this year), Roman Coppola (1965, turns 61 this year), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966, turns 60 this year), Dana Barron (1966, turns 60 this year), Sherri Shepherd (1967, turns 59 this year), Eric Mabius (1971, turns 55 this year), Ingo Rademacher (1971, turns 55 this year), Christopher Sabat (1973, turns 53 this year), Manu Intiraymi (1978, turns 48 this year), Malcolm Barrett (1980, turns 46 this year), Nicole Grimaudo (1980, turns 46 this year), Sarah French (1982, turns 44 this year), Michelle Ryan (1984, turns 42 this year), Amy De Bhrun (1984, turns 42 this year), Kristin Fairlie (1985, turns 41 this year), Zachary Gottsagen (1985, turns 41 this year), Amber Heard (1986, turns 40 this year), Colson Baker (1990, turns 36 this year), Leonie Benesch (1991, turns 35 this year)
Died on this day in history: Lionel Atwill (1946, at the age of 61), Will Geer (1978, at the age of 76), Linda Lovelace (2002, at the age of 53), Andrea King (2003, at the age of 84), Alida Valli (2006, at the age of 84), Jack Cardiff (2009, at the age of 94), Richie Havens (2013, at the age of 72), Gennadi Vengerov (2015, at the age of 55), Shirley Knight (2020, at the age of 83), Barry Humphries (2023, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.