On This Day - April 6
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | Sunday | $46,229,840 | $424,087,780 |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Thursday | $26,566,130 | $574,934,330 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Sunday | $23,430,665 | $259,746,958 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Saturday | $19,524,162 | $140,371,656 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Friday | $18,861,111 | $188,024,361 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Monday | $14,015,350 | $353,007,020 |
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Saturday | $13,743,640 | $196,805,338 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Friday | $12,799,832 | $408,010,692 |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Friday | $9,272,760 | $56,758,835 |
| 2019 | Pet Sematary | Saturday | $9,027,342 | $54,724,696 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Friday | $18,861,111 | $188,024,361 |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Friday | $9,272,760 | $56,758,835 |
| 2018 | Blockers | Friday | $7,768,185 | $60,311,495 |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | Friday | $5,423,000 | $74,058,698 |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Friday | $5,017,197 | $25,031,037 |
| 2001 | Blow | Friday | $3,628,500 | $52,990,775 |
| 2001 | Pokemon 3: The Movie | Friday | $2,848,500 | $17,052,128 |
| 2018 | Chappaquiddick | Friday | $1,892,035 | $17,395,521 |
| 2018 | The Miracle Season | Friday | $1,401,107 | $10,230,620 |
| 2018 | Pandas | Friday | $59,728 | $8,121,313 |
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 6.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | $162,753,003 | $424,087,780 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | $95,023,721 | $259,746,958 |
| 2019 | Shazam! | $53,505,326 | $140,371,656 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $50,203,562 | $188,024,361 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $33,111,557 | $408,010,692 |
| 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $31,203,359 | $196,805,338 |
| 2013 | Evil Dead | $25,775,847 | $54,239,856 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $24,624,178 | $137,690,172 |
| 2019 | Pet Sematary | $24,502,775 | $54,724,696 |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | $22,522,330 | $118,594,548 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Phil Leeds (1916, died on August 16, 1998 at the age of 82), André Previn (1929, died on February 28, 2019 at the age of 89), Ram Dass (1931, died on December 22, 2019 at the age of 88), Merle Haggard (1937, died on April 6, 2016 at the age of 79), Billy Dee Williams (1937, turns 89 this year), Roy Thinnes (1938, turns 88 this year), Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. (1940, died on December 26, 2011 at the age of 71), Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. (1940, died on December 26, 2011 at the age of 71), Phil Austin (1941, turns 85 this year), Barry Levinson (1942, turns 84 this year), John Ratzenberger (1947, turns 79 this year), Patrika Darbo (1948, turns 78 this year), Marilu Henner (1952, turns 74 this year), Patrick Doyle (1953, turns 73 this year), Judi Bowker (1954, turns 72 this year), Michael Rooker (1955, turns 71 this year), Rob Epstein (1955, turns 71 this year), Hal Willner (1956, died on April 7, 2020 at the age of 64), Jonathan Firth (1967, turns 59 this year), Doug Ellin (1968, turns 58 this year), Paul Rudd (1969, turns 57 this year), Jason Hervey (1972, turns 54 this year), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972, turns 54 this year), Lori Heuring (1973, turns 53 this year), Gina Yashere (1974, turns 52 this year), Zach Braff (1975, turns 51 this year), James Fox (1976, turns 50 this year), Candace Cameron Bure (1976, turns 50 this year), Teddy Sears (1977, turns 49 this year), Matthew Carey (1980, turns 46 this year), Eliza Coupe (1981, turns 45 this year), Sofia Boutella (1982, turns 44 this year), Miguel Angel Silvestre (1982, turns 44 this year), Bret Harrison (1982, turns 44 this year), Alana Austin (1982, turns 44 this year), Diora Baird (1983, turns 43 this year), Al Mukadam (1984, turns 42 this year), Sinqua Walls (1985, turns 41 this year), Casper Smart (1987, turns 39 this year), Mike Bailey (1988, turns 38 this year), Charlie McDermott (1990, turns 36 this year), Seo Ye-ji (1990, turns 36 this year), Adrian Alonso (1994, turns 32 this year), Miranda May (1996, turns 30 this year), Peyton List (1998, turns 28 this year), Spencer List (1998, turns 28 this year), Kwesi Boakye (1999, turns 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Igor Stravinsky (1971, at the age of 88), Greer Garson (1996, at the age of 91), Nobu McCarthy (2002, at the age of 67), Corin Redgrave (2010, at the age of 70), Mickey Rooney (2014, at the age of 93), Mary Anderson (2014, at the age of 96), James Best (2015, at the age of 88), Merle Haggard (2016, at the age of 79), Don Rickles (2017, at the age of 90), James Drury (2020, at the age of 85), Honor Blackman (2020, at the age of 94), James Drury (2020, at the age of 85), Walter Olkewicz (2021, at the age of 72), Eric Boehlert (2022, at the age of 72), Rae Allen (2022, at the age of 95), Norman Reynolds (2023, at the age of 89), Maria Del Carmen Farias (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.