On This Day - April 21
| ← April 20 | Day Index | April 22 → |
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Friday | $14,233,650 | $574,934,330 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Saturday | $13,165,054 | $91,547,205 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Friday | $10,984,225 | $225,764,765 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Friday | $10,348,229 | $67,356,372 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Saturday | $9,356,926 | $188,024,361 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Sunday | $9,247,000 | $90,580,000 |
| 2018 | Rampage | Saturday | $9,088,365 | $101,028,233 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | Sunday | $9,041,355 | $89,107,235 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | Saturday | $8,561,095 | $60,457,138 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Friday | $8,140,217 | $46,982,632 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | Friday | $10,348,229 | $67,356,372 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Friday | $8,140,217 | $46,982,632 |
| 2000 | U-571 | Friday | $7,936,115 | $77,086,030 |
| 2006 | The Sentinel | Friday | $4,802,942 | $36,280,697 |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Friday | $3,003,490 | $27,441,122 |
| 2023 | Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant | Friday | $2,259,928 | $16,938,039 |
| 2017 | Unforgettable | Friday | $1,674,090 | $11,368,012 |
| 2017 | Born in China | Friday | $1,581,795 | $13,873,211 |
| 2017 | The Promise | Friday | $1,441,951 | $8,224,288 |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Friday | $1,200,025 | $7,314,027 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $59,930,940 | $574,934,330 |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | $38,408,415 | $225,764,765 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | $37,054,485 | $89,107,235 |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | $36,075,875 | $90,580,000 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | $33,636,303 | $91,547,205 |
| 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | $26,347,631 | $54,733,739 |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise | $24,504,315 | $67,356,372 |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | $22,518,358 | $60,457,138 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $20,911,809 | $188,024,361 |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | $20,152,598 | $46,982,632 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Anthony Quinn (1915, died on June 3, 2001 at the age of 86), Nelo Risi (1920, died on September 17, 2015 at the age of 95), Alistair MacLean (1922, died on February 2, 1987 at the age of 64), Queen Elizabeth II (1926, died on September 8, 2022 at the age of 96), Silvana Mangano (1930, died on December 16, 1989 at the age of 59), Elaine May (1932, turned 93 this year), Charles Grodin (1935, died on May 18, 2021 at the age of 86), Reni Santoni (1939, died on August 1, 2020 at the age of 81), George DiCenzo (1940, turned 85 this year), Claire Denis (1946, turned 79 this year), Iggy Pop (1947, turned 78 this year), Patti LuPone (1949, turned 76 this year), 김영애 (Kim Young-ae) (1951, died on April 9, 2017 at the age of 65), Tony Danza (1951, turned 74 this year), Jean-Pierre Dardenne (1951, turned 74 this year), James Morrison (1954, turned 71 this year), Peter Kosminsky (1956, turned 69 this year), Dorsey Wright (1957, turned 68 this year), Andie MacDowell (1958, turned 67 this year), Chad Hayes (1961, turned 64 this year), Carey Hayes (1961, turned 64 this year), Catherine Cavadini (1961, turned 64 this year), Kate Vernon (1961, turned 64 this year), John Cameron Mitchell (1963, turned 62 this year), Roy Dupuis (1963, turned 62 this year), Lisa Darr (1963, turned 62 this year), Brian Goldner (1963, died on October 12, 2021 at the age of 58), Karen Foster (1965, turned 60 this year), Toby Stephens (1969, turned 56 this year), Joel de la Fuente (1969, turned 56 this year), Nicole Sullivan (1970, turned 55 this year), Rob Riggle (1970, turned 55 this year), Glen Hansard (1970, turned 55 this year), Jeff Anderson (1970, turned 55 this year), Alice Wu (1970, turned 55 this year), Bridget Everett (1972, turned 53 this year), Ian Kahn (1972, turned 53 this year), Jennifer Blanc (1974, turned 51 this year), Brian White (1975, turned 50 this year), Charlie O'Connell (1975, turned 50 this year), Molly Bloom (1978, turned 47 this year), James McAvoy (1979, turned 46 this year), Alphonso McAuley (1979, turned 46 this year), Dylan Bruce (1980, turned 45 this year), Hadley Fraser (1980, turned 45 this year), Brianne Davis (1982, turned 43 this year), Pyotr Fyodorov (1982, turned 43 this year), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983, turned 42 this year), Ruthie Ann Miles (1983, turned 42 this year), Shayna Fox (1984, turned 41 this year), Sophie Rundle (1988, turned 37 this year), Robbie Amell (1988, turned 37 this year), Christoph Sanders (1988, turned 37 this year), Valerie Tian (1989, turned 36 this year), Frank Dillane (1991, turned 34 this year), Thomas Doherty (1995, turned 30 this year)
Died on this day in history: Leslie Banks (1952, at the age of 61), Charles MacArthur (1956, at the age of 60), Joe Sawyer (1982, at the age of 75), Walter Slezak (1983, at the age of 80), Luigi Pistilli (1996, at the age of 66), Prince (2016, at the age of 57), Sandy Gallin (2017, at the age of 76), Verne Troyer (2018, at the age of 49), Steve Golin (2019, at the age of 64), Quentin Mare (2019, at the age of 64), Dimitri Diatchenko (2020, at the age of 52), Jacques Perrin (2022, at the age of 80), Will Hutchins (2025, at the age of 94)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.