On This Day - August 3
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 3.
Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Sunday | $25,485,690 | $333,714,112 |
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Friday | $24,668,225 | $227,471,070 |
2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Friday | $22,617,500 | $226,164,286 |
2002 | Signs | Saturday | $21,683,678 | $227,969,295 |
2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Saturday | $20,552,805 | $173,956,935 |
2019 | The Lion King | Saturday | $15,388,700 | $543,638,043 |
2008 | The Dark Knight | Sunday | $12,764,034 | $534,235,491 |
2023 | Barbie | Thursday | $11,804,507 | $636,238,421 |
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Saturday | $11,549,931 | $213,117,789 |
2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Sunday | $10,603,240 | $102,491,776 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 3.
Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Friday | $24,668,225 | $227,471,070 |
2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Friday | $22,617,500 | $226,164,286 |
2018 | Christopher Robin | Friday | $9,514,392 | $99,215,042 |
2012 | Total Recall | Friday | $9,092,341 | $58,877,969 |
2001 | The Princess Diaries | Friday | $8,170,500 | $108,244,774 |
2012 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | Friday | $5,839,346 | $49,008,662 |
2018 | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Friday | $5,011,316 | $33,562,069 |
2007 | Underdog | Friday | $4,140,660 | $43,760,605 |
2018 | The Darkest Minds | Friday | $2,330,430 | $12,695,691 |
2001 | Original Sin | Friday | $2,153,000 | $16,521,410 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 3.
Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $94,320,883 | $333,714,112 |
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $69,283,690 | $227,471,070 |
2001 | Rush Hour 2 | $67,408,222 | $226,164,286 |
2002 | Signs | $60,116,619 | $227,969,295 |
2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | $60,038,950 | $173,956,935 |
2008 | The Dark Knight | $42,664,219 | $534,235,491 |
2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $40,457,770 | $102,491,776 |
2019 | The Lion King | $38,520,022 | $543,638,043 |
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $35,737,330 | $448,139,099 |
2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fallout | $35,323,815 | $220,159,104 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Tony Bennett (1926, died on July 21, 2023 at the age of 96), Bethel Leslie (1929, turns 95 this year), Omero Antonutti (1935, died on November 5, 2019 at the age of 84), John Erman (1935, died on June 25, 2021 at the age of 85), Steven Berkoff (1937, turns 87 this year), Richard Foronjy (1937, died on May 19, 2024 at the age of 86), Martin Sheen (1940, turns 84 this year), Martha Stewart (1941, turns 83 this year), John Wesley (1947, died on September 8, 2019 at the age of 72), Leon Ichaso (1948, died on May 22, 2023 at the age of 74), John Landis (1950, turns 74 this year), Jo Marie Payton (1950, turns 74 this year), Corey Burton (1955, turns 69 this year), Lambert Wilson (1958, turns 66 this year), John C. McGinley (1959, turns 65 this year), Molly Hagan (1961, turns 63 this year), Lisa Ann Walter (1963, turns 61 this year), Isaiah Washington (1963, turns 61 this year), James Hetfield (1963, turns 61 this year), Nick Sandow (1966, turns 58 this year), Mathieu Kassovitz (1967, turns 57 this year), Tom Long (1968, died on January 4, 2020 at the age of 51), Elizabeth Berrington (1970, turns 54 this year), Sumalee Montano (1972, turns 52 this year), Brigid Brannagh (1972, turns 52 this year), Stephen Graham (1973, turns 51 this year), Michael Ealy (1973, turns 51 this year), Justin Kurzel (1974, turns 50 this year), Tomas Lemarquis (1977, turns 47 this year), Tom Brady (1977, turns 47 this year), Tommy Dewey (1978, turns 46 this year), Evangeline Lilly (1979, turns 45 this year), Hannah Simone (1980, turns 44 this year), Travis Willingham (1981, turns 43 this year), Mamie Gummer (1983, turns 41 this year), Sara Chase (1983, turns 41 this year), Kyle Schmid (1984, turns 40 this year), Emily Baldoni (1984, turns 40 this year), Jon Foster (1984, turns 40 this year), Georgina Haig (1985, turns 39 this year), Max Landis (1985, turns 39 this year), Elena Franklin (1988, turns 36 this year), Cozi Zuehlsdorff (1998, turns 26 this year), Landry Bender (2000, turns 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Carolyn Jones (1983, at the age of 53), James Donald (1993, at the age of 76), Ida Lupino (1995, at the age of 77), Bubba Smith (2011, at the age of 66), Robert Hardy (2017, at the age of 91), Marcia Nasatir (2021, at the age of 95), Mark Margolis (2023, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.