On This Day - April 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Saturday | $56,989,725 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Friday | $26,381,096 | $190,872,904 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Saturday | $15,773,985 | $195,330,621 |
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | Tuesday | $12,763,670 | $423,949,195 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Sunday | $12,255,941 | $188,024,361 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Saturday | $11,831,324 | $175,003,033 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Saturday | $10,531,285 | $504,014,165 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Wednesday | $9,187,550 | $353,007,020 |
| 2006 | The Benchwarmers | Saturday | $8,539,533 | $59,843,754 |
| 2016 | The Boss | Friday | $8,099,225 | $63,077,560 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Friday | $26,381,096 | $190,872,904 |
| 2016 | The Boss | Friday | $8,099,225 | $63,077,560 |
| 2005 | Sahara | Friday | $6,150,277 | $68,671,925 |
| 2005 | Fever Pitch | Friday | $4,521,644 | $42,071,069 |
| 2011 | Arthur | Friday | $4,498,436 | $33,035,397 |
| 2011 | Hanna | Friday | $4,163,040 | $40,259,119 |
| 2011 | Your Highness | Friday | $3,766,125 | $21,596,445 |
| 2011 | Soul Surfer | Friday | $3,642,639 | $43,853,424 |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Friday | $3,202,075 | $22,781,115 |
| 2016 | Hardcore Henry | Friday | $2,004,387 | $9,252,038 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $146,361,865 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | $72,105,176 | $190,872,904 |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | $50,203,562 | $188,024,361 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $33,823,894 | $195,330,621 |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | $33,111,557 | $408,010,692 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $26,363,488 | $175,003,033 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $24,624,178 | $137,690,172 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $23,652,605 | $504,014,165 |
| 2016 | The Boss | $23,586,645 | $63,077,560 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $23,363,079 | $330,360,194 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Mary Pickford (1892, died on May 29, 1979 at the age of 87), Ilka Chase (1905, died on February 15, 1978 at the age of 72), Alfie Bass (1916, died on July 15, 1987 at the age of 71), Sue Casey (1926, died on February 21, 2019 at the age of 92), Shecky Greene (1926, died on December 31, 2023 at the age of 97), John Gavin (1931, died on February 9, 2018 at the age of 86), Vivienne Westwood (1941, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 81), Douglas Trumbull (1942, died on February 7, 2022 at the age of 79), Jack O'Halloran (1943, turned 82 this year), Hywel Bennett (1944, died on July 25, 2017 at the age of 73), Joey D. Vieira (1944, died on April 7, 2025 at the age of 80), Tim Thomerson (1946, turned 79 this year), Stuart Pankin (1946, turned 79 this year), John Madden (1949, died on December 28, 2021 at the age of 72), Kane Hodder (1955, turned 70 this year), Darryl Cox (1955, turned 70 this year), Jim Piddock (1956, turned 69 this year), Christine Boisson (1956, died on October 21, 2024 at the age of 68), John Schneider (1960, turned 65 this year), Dean Norris (1963, turned 62 this year), Robin Wright (1966, turned 59 this year), Kazunari Tanaka (1967, died on October 10, 2016 at the age of 49), Patricia Arquette (1968, turned 57 this year), J.R. Bourne (1970, turned 55 this year), Craig Mazin (1971, turned 54 this year), Sung Kang (1972, turned 53 this year), Emma Caulfield (1973, turned 52 this year), Nadav Lapid (1975, turned 50 this year), Ana de la Reguera (1977, turned 48 this year), Paola Nuñez (1978, turned 47 this year), Rachel Roberts (1978, turned 47 this year), Jacqueline Pinol (1979, turned 46 this year), Dorian Brown (1979, turned 46 this year), Katee Sackhoff (1980, turned 45 this year), Jessica Grabowsky (1980, turned 45 this year), Taylor Kitsch (1981, turned 44 this year), Alexis Krause (1981, turned 44 this year), Allu Arjun (1983, turned 42 this year), Stephanie Cayo (1988, turned 37 this year), Gabriella Wilde (1989, turned 36 this year), Shelby Young (1992, turned 33 this year), Sadie Calvano (1997, turned 28 this year), Ty Panitz (1999, turned 26 this year), Skai Jackson (2002, turned 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Ben Johnson (1996, at the age of 77), Claire Trevor (2000, at the age of 90), Bing Russell (2003, at the age of 76), Annette Funicello (2013, at the age of 70), David Swift (2016, at the age of 85), Chuck McCann (2018, at the age of 83), Lois Kelly-Miller (2020, at the age of 102), Michael Lerner (2023, at the age of 81)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.