On This Day - April 3

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 3.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 Furious 7 Friday $67,407,340 $353,007,020
2009 Fast & Furious Friday $30,560,630 $155,064,265
2010 Clash of the Titans Saturday $21,361,412 $163,214,888
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Sunday $13,986,679 $330,360,194
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Saturday $12,500,000 $100,916,094
2015 Home Friday $11,293,624 $177,397,510
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Saturday $11,084,274 $217,851,976
1999 The Matrix Saturday $10,725,000 $174,304,288
2011 Hop Sunday $10,540,155 $108,085,305
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Saturday $10,525,357 $60,095,852

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 3.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2015 Furious 7 Friday $67,407,340 $353,007,020
2009 Fast & Furious Friday $30,560,630 $155,064,265
1998 Lost In Space Friday $6,835,000 $69,117,629
1998 Mercury Rising Friday $3,380,000 $32,983,332
2009 Adventureland Friday $2,160,484 $16,044,025
2009 Alien Trespass Friday $12,425 $104,526
2015 Far Too Far Friday $1,771 $15,000
2020 The Other Lamb Friday $471 $6,024

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 3.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2015 Furious 7 $147,187,040 $353,007,020
2009 Fast & Furious $70,950,500 $155,064,265
2010 Clash of the Titans $61,235,105 $163,214,888
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $51,335,254 $330,360,194
2022 Morbius $39,005,895 $73,865,530
2011 Hop $37,543,710 $108,085,305
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens $32,609,165 $198,351,526
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong $32,200,000 $100,916,094
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? $29,289,537 $60,095,852
2005 Sin City $29,120,273 $74,103,820

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Super Mario World

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Mary Anderson (1918, died on April 6, 2014 at the age of 96), Jan Sterling (1921, died on March 26, 2004 at the age of 82), Doris Day (1922, died on May 13, 2019 at the age of 97), Marlon Brando (1924, died on July 1, 2004 at the age of 80), Marlon Brando (1924, died on July 1, 2004 at the age of 80), David Swift (1931, died on April 8, 2016 at the age of 85), Lawrence Dane (1937, died on March 21, 2022 at the age of 84), Wolf Kahler (1940, turned 85 this year), Eric Braeden (1941, turned 84 this year), Marsha Mason (1942, turned 83 this year), Wayne Newton (1942, turned 83 this year), Jonathan Lynn (1943, turned 82 this year), Catherine Spaak (1945, died on April 17, 2022 at the age of 77), Marisa Paredes (1946, died on December 17, 2024 at the age of 78), Tomas Arana (1955, turned 70 this year), Miguel Bose (1956, turned 69 this year), John Laughlin (1956, turned 69 this year), Alec Baldwin (1958, turned 67 this year), David Hyde Pierce (1959, turned 66 this year), Lesley Sharp (1960, turned 65 this year), Eddie Murphy (1961, turned 64 this year), Elizabeth Gracen (1961, turned 64 this year), Bill Sage (1962, turned 63 this year), Jennifer Rubin (1962, turned 63 this year), Angela Featherstone (1965, turned 60 this year), Cristi Puiu (1967, turned 58 this year), Charlotte Coleman (1968, died on November 14, 2001 at the age of 33), Sebastian Bach (1968, turned 57 this year), Ben Mendelsohn (1969, turned 56 this year), Jennie Garth (1972, turned 53 this year), Catherine McCormack (1972, turned 53 this year), Adam Scott (1973, turned 52 this year), Jamie Bamber (1973, turned 52 this year), Aries Spears (1975, turned 50 this year), Kornel Mundruczo (1975, turned 50 this year), Will Mellor (1976, turned 49 this year), Alice Lowe (1977, turned 48 this year), Matthew Goode (1978, turned 47 this year), Cobie Smulders (1982, turned 43 this year), Josh Safdie (1984, turned 41 this year), Amanda Bynes (1986, turned 39 this year), Rachel Bloom (1987, turned 38 this year), Christiane Seidel (1988, turned 37 this year), Hayley Kiyoko (1991, turned 34 this year), Natacha Karam (1995, turned 30 this year), Sarah Jeffery (1996, turned 29 this year), Paris Jackson (1998, turned 27 this year), Ella Bleu Travolta (2000, turned 25 this year)

Died on this day in history: Conrad Veidt (1943, at the age of 50), Warren Oates (1982, at the age of 53), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (2013, at the age of 85), Erik Bauersfeld (2016, at the age of 93), Don Francks (2016, at the age of 84), Bill Henderson (2016, at the age of 90), Arthur Kopit (2021, at the age of 83), Lois de Banzie (2021, at the age of 90), Christopher Durang (2024, at the age of 75), Adrian Schiller (2024, at the age of 60)

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