On This Day - April 9
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on April 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Sunday | $34,567,680 | $574,934,330 |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Saturday | $26,898,385 | $190,872,904 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Saturday | $10,660,730 | $330,360,194 |
| 2016 | The Boss | Saturday | $9,759,355 | $63,077,560 |
| 2011 | Hop | Saturday | $9,654,720 | $108,085,305 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sunday | $9,433,008 | $195,330,621 |
| 2010 | Date Night | Friday | $9,170,065 | $98,711,404 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Friday | $8,335,540 | $163,214,888 |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Thursday | $8,228,890 | $353,007,020 |
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | Wednesday | $7,758,325 | $423,949,195 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on April 9.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Date Night | Friday | $9,170,065 | $98,711,404 |
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Friday | $4,285,000 | $55,474,757 |
| 2004 | The Alamo | Friday | $3,356,000 | $22,406,362 |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Friday | $2,771,000 | $22,913,677 |
| 2004 | The Whole Ten Yards | Friday | $2,712,000 | $16,323,969 |
| 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Friday | $2,467,000 | $14,589,444 |
| 1999 | Go! | Friday | $1,715,000 | $16,875,273 |
| 1999 | Twin Dragons | Friday | $890,000 | $8,332,431 |
| 1999 | Foolish | Friday | $725,000 | $6,026,908 |
| 2021 | Voyagers | Friday | $518,397 | $3,149,935 |
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 9.
| 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 |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $33,823,894 | $195,330,621 |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | $26,633,209 | $163,214,888 |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | $26,363,488 | $175,003,033 |
| 2010 | Date Night | $25,207,599 | $98,711,404 |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | $24,863,535 | $217,851,976 |
| 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: Ward Bond (1903, turned 122 this year), Robert Helpmann (1909, died on September 28, 1986 at the age of 77), Paul Krassner (1932, died on July 21, 2019 at the age of 87), Jack Smethurst (1932, died on February 16, 2022 at the age of 89), Gian Maria Volontè (1933, died on December 6, 1994 at the age of 61), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933, died on September 6, 2021 at the age of 88), Marty Krofft (1937, died on November 25, 2023 at the age of 86), Michael Learned (1939, turned 86 this year), Rakesh Pandey (1940, died on March 21, 2025 at the age of 84), Hannah Gordon (1941, turned 84 this year), Brandon De Wilde (1942, died on July 6, 1972 at the age of 30), Anthony Chisholm (1943, died on October 16, 2020 at the age of 77), Jaya Bachchan (1948, turned 77 this year), Sorcha Cusack (1949, turned 76 this year), Lenny McLean (1949, turned 76 this year), Nathan Cook (1950, died on June 11, 1988 at the age of 38), Bruno Zanin (1951, died on July 7, 2024 at the age of 73), Dennis Quaid (1954, turned 71 this year), Kathryn Hunter (1957, turned 68 this year), Cameron Dye (1959, turned 66 this year), Fred Dekker (1959, turned 66 this year), Perry Benson (1961, turned 64 this year), John Eaves (1962, turned 63 this year), Marc Jacobs (1963, turned 62 this year), Joe Scarborough (1963, turned 62 this year), Josh Coxx (1964, turned 61 this year), Paulina Porizkova (1965, turned 60 this year), Mark Pellegrino (1965, turned 60 this year), Cynthia Nixon (1966, turned 59 this year), Jay Chandrasekhar (1968, turned 57 this year), Matthew Bennett (1968, turned 57 this year), Barnaby Kay (1969, turned 56 this year), Austin Peck (1971, turned 54 this year), Bernard Ackah (1972, turned 53 this year), Neve McIntosh (1972, turned 53 this year), David Gordon Green (1975, turned 50 this year), Jamie Little (1978, turned 47 this year), Keshia Knight Pulliam (1979, turned 46 this year), Keisha Knight Pullman (1979, turned 46 this year), Moran Atias (1981, turned 44 this year), Kathleen Munroe (1982, turned 43 this year), Jay Baruchel (1982, turned 43 this year), Allyn Rachel (1983, turned 42 this year), Lili Mirojnick (1984, turned 41 this year), Leighton Meester (1986, turned 39 this year), Jesse McCartney (1987, turned 38 this year), Kristen Stewart (1990, turned 35 this year), Marine Vacth (1991, turned 34 this year), Will Merrick (1993, turned 32 this year), Joey Pollari (1994, turned 31 this year), Morgan Taylor Campbell (1995, turned 30 this year), Elle Fanning (1998, turned 27 this year), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (1999, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Vilgot Sjöman (2006, at the age of 81), Sidney Lumet (2011, at the age of 86), Paul Almond (2015, at the age of 83), Arthur Anderson (2016, at the age of 93), 김영애 (Kim Young-ae) (2017, at the age of 65), John Clarke (2017, at the age of 68), Malcolm Dixon (2020, at the age of 66), DMX (2021, at the age of 50), Jack Higgins (2022, at the age of 92), Mel Novak (2025, at the age of 82)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.