On This Day - April 24

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 24.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Jungle Book Sunday $18,369,560 $364,001,123
2009 Obsessed Friday $11,209,297 $68,261,644
2004 Man on Fire Saturday $9,424,420 $77,906,816
2004 13 Going On 30 Saturday $8,721,574 $57,139,723
2021 Mortal Kombat Saturday $8,675,000 $42,326,031
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Saturday $6,775,807 $217,851,976
2022 The Bad Guys Sunday $6,616,800 $97,459,240
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) Saturday $6,445,970 $50,272,044
2025 Sinners Thursday $6,001,255 $278,541,000
2005 The Interpreter Sunday $5,778,015 $72,708,161

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 24.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2009 Obsessed Friday $11,209,297 $68,261,644
2015 The Age of Adaline Friday $4,962,070 $42,629,776
2009 Fighting Friday $4,536,995 $23,091,010
1998 The Big Hit Friday $3,860,000 $27,066,941
2009 The Soloist Friday $3,204,135 $31,853,584
2015 Little Boy Friday $1,355,876 $6,485,961
2025 Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Thursday $1,297,249 $2,620,076
2015 The Water Diviner Friday $375,376 $4,200,117
1998 Tarzan and the Lost City Friday $300,000 $2,147,114
1998 Two Girls and a Guy Friday $195,000 $2,057,193

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 24.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 The Jungle Book $61,538,821 $364,001,123
2009 Obsessed $28,612,730 $68,261,644
2011 Rio $26,323,321 $143,619,809
2011 Madea’s Big Happy Family $25,068,677 $53,345,287
2022 The Bad Guys $23,950,245 $97,459,240
2021 Mortal Kombat $23,302,503 $42,326,031
2005 The Interpreter $22,822,455 $72,708,161
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) $22,789,600 $50,272,044
2004 Man on Fire $22,751,490 $77,906,816
2004 13 Going On 30 $21,054,238 $57,139,723

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Marceline Day (1908, died on February 16, 2000 at the age of 91), William Castle (1914, died on May 31, 1977 at the age of 63), Shammi (1929, died on March 6, 2018 at the age of 88), Richard Donner (1930, died on July 5, 2021 at the age of 91), Patricia Bosworth (1933, died on April 2, 2020 at the age of 86), Shirley MacLaine (1934, turned 91 this year), Jill Ireland (1936, turned 89 this year), Michael Parks (1940, died on May 9, 2017 at the age of 77), Barbra Streisand (1942, turned 83 this year), Phil Robertson (1946, died on May 25, 2025 at the age of 79), Peter Friedman (1949, turned 76 this year), Ralph Winter (1952, turned 73 this year), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952, turned 73 this year), Eric Bogosian (1953, turned 72 this year), Michael O'Keefe (1955, turned 70 this year), Glenn Morshower (1959, turned 66 this year), Cedric the Entertainer (1964, turned 61 this year), Djimon Hounsou (1964, turned 61 this year), Aidan Gillen (1968, turned 57 this year), Rory McCann (1969, turned 56 this year), Stefania Rocca (1971, turned 54 this year), Damon Lindelof (1973, turned 52 this year), Dean Armstrong (1973, turned 52 this year), Eric Kripke (1974, turned 51 this year), Derek Luke (1974, turned 51 this year), Noah Danby (1974, turned 51 this year), Thad Luckinbill (1975, turned 50 this year), Shane McDermott (1976, turned 49 this year), Eric Balfour (1977, turned 48 this year), Rebecca Mader (1977, turned 48 this year), Austin Nichols (1980, turned 45 this year), Reagan Gomez-Preston (1980, turned 45 this year), Sasha Barrese (1981, turned 44 this year), Jasmine Trinca (1981, turned 44 this year), Kelly Clarkson (1982, turned 43 this year), Lindsey Gort (1984, turned 41 this year), Tyson Ritter (1984, turned 41 this year), Varun Dhawan (1987, turned 38 this year), Jason Maza (1987, turned 38 this year), Kim Tae-ri (1990, turned 35 this year), Joe Keery (1992, turned 33 this year), Jack Quaid (1992, turned 33 this year), Doc Shaw (1992, turned 33 this year), Jordan Fisher (1994, turned 31 this year), Ryan Whitney (1998, turned 27 this year)

Died on this day in history: Frank Overton (1967, at the age of 49), Bud Abbott (1974, at the age of 76), Pat Conway (1981, at the age of 50), Donald Cammell (1996, at the age of 62), Pat Paulsen (1997, at the age of 69), Don Gordon (2017, at the age of 90), Jean-Pierre Marielle (2019, at the age of 87), Conrado San Martín (2019, at the age of 98), Michael Koskoff (2019, at the age of 77), Bob Fass (2021, at the age of 87), Ray Chan (2024, at the age of 87)

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