On This Day - April 28
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Sunday | $90,389,244 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Saturday | $82,131,612 | $678,815,482 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Friday | $8,895,805 | $574,934,330 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Saturday | $7,692,464 | $91,547,205 |
| 2025 | Sinners | Monday | $5,506,409 | $279,989,632 |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Sunday | $5,410,981 | $49,875,291 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Sunday | $5,156,000 | $90,580,000 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Friday | $5,144,730 | $225,764,765 |
| 2012 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Saturday | $5,082,223 | $31,051,126 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Saturday | $4,967,274 | $408,010,692 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | R.V. | Friday | $4,599,523 | $71,724,497 |
| 2017 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Friday | $4,598,336 | $18,985,794 |
| 2006 | Stick It | Friday | $4,103,342 | $26,910,736 |
| 2017 | How to Be a Latin Lover | Friday | $3,896,264 | $32,149,404 |
| 2006 | United 93 | Friday | $3,688,725 | $31,567,134 |
| 2017 | The Circle | Friday | $3,186,666 | $20,497,844 |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Friday | $3,180,870 | $35,231,365 |
| 2000 | Where the Heart Is | Friday | $2,967,779 | $33,771,174 |
| 2000 | Frequency | Friday | $2,844,785 | $44,983,704 |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret | Friday | $2,247,219 | $20,372,406 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $357,115,007 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $257,698,183 | $678,815,482 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $40,835,805 | $574,934,330 |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | $20,244,505 | $49,875,291 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $19,936,540 | $225,764,765 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | $18,038,270 | $90,580,000 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | $17,803,425 | $89,107,235 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $17,604,141 | $91,547,205 |
| 2006 | R.V. | $16,414,767 | $71,724,497 |
| 2024 | Challengers | $15,011,061 | $50,119,408 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Lionel Barrymore (1878, died on November 15, 1954 at the age of 76), Robert Cornthwaite (1917, died on July 20, 2006 at the age of 89), Bruce Kirby (1925, died on January 24, 2021 at the age of 95), Harper Lee (1926, died on February 19, 2016 at the age of 89), Carolyn Jones (1930, died on August 3, 1983 at the age of 53), Paul Vecchiali (1930, died on January 18, 2023 at the age of 92), Lois Duncan (1934, died on June 15, 2016 at the age of 82), Madge Sinclair (1938, died on December 20, 1995 at the age of 57), Michiyo Yasuda (1939, died on October 5, 2016 at the age of 77), Ann-Margret (1941, turns 85 this year), Marcia Strassman (1948, died on October 24, 2014 at the age of 66), Bruno Kirby (1949, died on August 14, 2006 at the age of 57), Paul Guilfoyle (1949, turns 77 this year), Jay Leno (1950, turns 76 this year), Mary McDonnell (1952, turns 74 this year), Teodor Corban (1957, died on January 17, 2023 at the age of 65), Jamieson Price (1961, turns 65 this year), Sandrine Dumas (1963, turns 63 this year), Too Short (1966, turns 60 this year), Kari Wuhrer (1967, turns 59 this year), Claes Bang (1967, turns 59 this year), Blake Neely (1969, turns 57 this year), Bridget Moynahan (1971, turns 55 this year), Chris Young (1971, turns 55 this year), Gabriel Casseus (1972, turns 54 this year), Jorge Garcia (1973, turns 53 this year), Elisabeth Rohm (1973, turns 53 this year), Penélope Cruz (1974, turns 52 this year), Eric Vale (1974, turns 52 this year), Dan Goor (1975, turns 51 this year), Robert Oliveri (1978, turns 48 this year), Jonathan Silver Scott (1978, turns 48 this year), Jessica Alba (1981, turns 45 this year), Catherine Reitman (1981, turns 45 this year), Harry Shum Jr. (1982, turns 44 this year), Brandon Baker (1985, turns 41 this year), Jenna Ushkowtiz (1986, turns 40 this year), Aleisha Allen (1991, turns 35 this year), Tony Revolori (1996, turns 30 this year), Madeleine Harris (2001, turns 25 this year), Austyn Johnson (2006, turns 20 this year), Dabbs Greer (2007, turns 19 this year)
Died on this day in history: Ed Begley (1970, at the age of 69), Ricardo Cortez (1977, at the age of 76), Rory Calhoun (1999, at the age of 76), Wayne Tippit (2009, at the age of 76), William Campbell (2011, at the age of 87), Patricia Medina (2012, at the age of 92), Jack Shea (2013, at the age of 84), John Singleton (2019, at the age of 51), Harold Livingston (2022, at the age of 97), Zack Norman (2024, at the age of 83), Brian McCardie (2024, at the age of 59), Alan Scarfe (2024, at the age of 77), Priscilla Pointer (2025, at the age of 100), Andrew Karpen (2025, at the age of 59)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.