On This Day - April 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Sunday | $30,436,171 | $364,001,123 |
| 2011 | Rio | Sunday | $11,413,055 | $143,619,809 |
| 2009 | 17 Again | Friday | $9,417,156 | $64,167,069 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Saturday | $9,111,273 | $217,581,232 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Monday | $8,524,260 | $225,764,765 |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Saturday | $8,335,000 | $66,207,920 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Friday | $8,324,400 | $353,007,020 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Sunday | $8,313,094 | $95,850,844 |
| 1999 | Life | Saturday | $8,205,000 | $64,062,587 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Saturday | $7,830,000 | $173,993,387 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17 Again | Friday | $9,417,156 | $64,167,069 |
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Friday | $7,293,721 | $71,091,594 |
| 2015 | Unfriended | Friday | $6,820,110 | $32,789,645 |
| 2009 | State of Play | Friday | $4,583,125 | $37,017,955 |
| 1998 | The Object of my Affection | Friday | $3,865,000 | $29,145,924 |
| 2009 | Crank 2: High Voltage | Friday | $2,702,008 | $13,684,249 |
| 1998 | Paulie | Friday | $1,555,000 | $27,084,499 |
| 2015 | Monkey Kingdom | Friday | $1,549,648 | $16,432,322 |
| 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | Friday | $730,000 | $3,551,208 |
| 2015 | True Story | Friday | $677,427 | $4,719,695 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $103,261,464 | $364,001,123 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | $42,151,256 | $95,850,844 |
| 2011 | Rio | $39,225,962 | $143,619,809 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | $29,304,395 | $190,872,904 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | $29,156,595 | $353,007,020 |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | $25,104,949 | $66,207,920 |
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | $23,762,435 | $71,091,594 |
| 2009 | 17 Again | $23,722,310 | $64,167,069 |
| 2005 | The Amityville Horror | $23,507,007 | $65,233,369 |
| 1999 | Life | $20,414,775 | $64,062,587 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Ivan Goff (1910, died on September 23, 1999 at the age of 89), Marta Eggerth (1912, died on December 26, 2013 at the age of 101), William Holden (1918, died on November 12, 1981 at the age of 63), Anne Shirley (1918, died on July 4, 1993 at the age of 75), Chavela Vargas (1919, died on August 5, 2012 at the age of 93), Lindsay Anderson (1923, died on August 30, 1994 at the age of 71), Charles Frank (1947, turned 77 this year), Olivia Hussey (1951, turned 73 this year), Joe Alaskey (1952, died on February 3, 2016 at the age of 63), Mattia Sbragia (1952, turned 72 this year), Roddy Piper (1954, died on July 31, 2015 at the age of 61), Kristine Sutherland (1955, turned 69 this year), Vyto Ruginis (1956, turned 68 this year), Nick Hornby (1957, turned 67 this year), Sean Bean (1959, turned 65 this year), Carlo Rota (1961, turned 63 this year), Joel Murray (1963, turned 61 this year), Lela Rochon (1964, turned 60 this year), William Mapother (1965, turned 59 this year), Vikram (1966, turned 58 this year), Liz Phair (1967, turned 57 this year), Kimberly Elise (1967, turned 57 this year), Adam McKay (1968, turned 56 this year), Redman (1970, turned 54 this year), Jennifer Garner (1972, turned 52 this year), Victoria Beckham (1974, turned 50 this year), Monet Mazur (1976, turned 48 this year), Lucila Sola (1976, turned 48 this year), Lindsay Hartley (1978, turned 46 this year), Tate Ellington (1979, turned 45 this year), Ken Duken (1979, turned 45 this year), Michael Treanor (1979, turned 45 this year), Nick D’Agosto (1980, turned 44 this year), Alaina Huffman (1980, turned 44 this year), Charlie Hofheimer (1981, turned 43 this year), Lee Joon-Gi (1982, turned 42 this year), Luke Mitchell (1985, turned 39 this year), Rooney Mara (1985, turned 39 this year), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (1987, turned 37 this year), Beau Knapp (1989, turned 35 this year), Gia Mantegna (1990, turned 34 this year), Phoebe Dynevor (1995, turned 29 this year), Paulie Litt (1995, turned 29 this year), Darci Shaw (2002, turned 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Dick Shawn (1987, at the age of 63), Linda McCartney (1998, at the age of 56), Henderson Forsythe (2006, at the age of 88), Michael Sarrazin (2011, at the age of 70), Scott Nimerfro (2016, at the age of 54), Doris Roberts (2016, at the age of 90), Bradley Welsh (2019, at the age of 90), Sergio Fantoni (2020, at the age of 89), Vivek (2021, at the age of 61), Catherine Spaak (2022, at the age of 77), Hollis Resnik (2022, at the age of 64)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.