On This Day - April 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Friday | $26,061,023 | $163,214,888 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Saturday | $22,334,278 | $330,360,194 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sunday | $18,293,907 | $195,330,621 |
| 2011 | Hop | Saturday | $15,479,175 | $108,085,305 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Sunday | $14,461,891 | $175,003,033 |
| 2022 | Morbius | Saturday | $13,148,513 | $73,865,530 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Sunday | $13,102,741 | $504,014,165 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Friday | $12,154,448 | $60,095,852 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Friday | $11,600,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Friday | $11,028,592 | $217,851,976 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Friday | $26,061,023 | $163,214,888 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Friday | $12,154,448 | $60,095,852 |
| 2004 | Hellboy | Friday | $8,780,000 | $59,623,958 |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Friday | $5,540,000 | $46,213,824 |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Friday | $4,030,000 | $50,026,353 |
| 2004 | The Prince & Me | Friday | $3,510,000 | $28,165,882 |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Friday | $2,635,000 | $28,544,120 |
| 2021 | The Unholy | Friday | $1,221,214 | $15,532,137 |
| 2023 | The Journey: A Music Special | Sunday | $1,201,091 | $3,574,915 |
| 2021 | The Girl Who Believes In Miracles | Friday | $210,000 | $3,163,362 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | $61,235,105 | $163,214,888 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $51,335,254 | $330,360,194 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $50,198,902 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $45,420,743 | $504,014,165 |
| 2022 | Morbius | $39,005,895 | $73,865,530 |
| 2011 | Hop | $37,543,710 | $108,085,305 |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | $37,205,784 | $93,549,650 |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | $32,200,000 | $100,916,094 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | $29,289,537 | $60,095,852 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Disney Film, Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Buddy Ebsen (1908, died on July 6, 2003 at the age of 95), Alec Guinness (1914, died on August 5, 2000 at the age of 86), Dabbs Greer (1917, turns 109 this year), Jack Webb (1920, died on December 23, 1982 at the age of 62), George MacDonald Fraser (1925, died on January 2, 2008 at the age of 82), Serge Gainsbourg (1928, died on March 2, 1991 at the age of 62), Siegfried Rauch (1932, died on March 11, 2018 at the age of 85), Richard Portman (1934, died on January 28, 2017 at the age of 82), Shirley Douglas (1934, died on April 5, 2020 at the age of 86), Hans-Michael Rehberg (1938, died on November 7, 2017 at the age of 79), Marvin Gaye (1939, died on April 1, 1984 at the age of 44), Roshan Seth (1942, turns 84 this year), Linda Hunt (1945, turns 81 this year), Sam Anderson (1947, turns 79 this year), Pamela Reed (1949, turns 77 this year), Ron Palillo (1949, died on August 14, 2012 at the age of 63), Zhang Yimou (1950, turns 76 this year), Allan Corduner (1950, turns 76 this year), Debralee Scott (1953, turns 73 this year), Donald Petrie (1954, turns 72 this year), Hank Steinbrenner (1957, died on April 14, 2020 at the age of 63), David Frankel (1959, turns 67 this year), Christopher Meloni (1961, turns 65 this year), Clark Gregg (1962, turns 64 this year), Ajay Devgn (1969, turns 57 this year), John Thomson (1969, turns 57 this year), Remo D'Souza (1972, turns 54 this year), Roselyn Sánchez (1973, turns 53 this year), Simon Farnaby (1973, turns 53 this year), Pedro Pascal (1975, turns 51 this year), Adam Rodriguez (1975, turns 51 this year), Pattie Mallette (1976, turns 50 this year), Michael Fassbender (1977, turns 49 this year), Ethan Smith (1978, turns 48 this year), Jaime Ray Newman (1978, turns 48 this year), Deon Richmond (1978, turns 48 this year), Lindy Booth (1979, turns 47 this year), Gavin Heffernan (1980, turns 46 this year), Kapil Sharma (1981, turns 45 this year), Bethany Lenz (1981, turns 45 this year), Adam Shulman (1981, turns 45 this year), Shawn Roberts (1984, turns 42 this year), Ashley Peldon (1984, turns 42 this year), Tiffany Brouwer (1984, turns 42 this year), Christina Masterson (1985, turns 41 this year), Drew Van Acker (1986, turns 40 this year), Briga Heelan (1987, turns 39 this year), Jesse Plemons (1988, turns 38 this year)
Died on this day in history: Paul Biensfeldt (1933, at the age of 64), C.S. Forester (1966, at the age of 66), Fortunio Bonanova (1969, at the age of 74), Tomisaburo Wakayama (1992, at the age of 62), Betty Furness (1994, at the age of 78), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1997, at the age of 86), Jack Kruschen (2002, at the age of 80), Milo O'Shea (2013, at the age of 86), Jesus Franco (2013, at the age of 82), Tom Towles (2015, at the age of 65), Susan Anspach (2018, at the age of 75), Patricia Bosworth (2020, at the age of 86), Mantas Kvedaravicius (2022, at the age of 45), Estelle Harris (2022, at the age of 93)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.