On This Day - July 3
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Tuesday | $35,016,884 | $262,030,663 |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Wednesday | $35,010,665 | $368,065,385 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Saturday | $33,748,257 | $374,686,354 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Sunday | $30,376,098 | $352,390,543 |
| 2007 | Transformers | Tuesday | $27,851,016 | $319,246,193 |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Wednesday | $27,508,094 | $390,532,085 |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Sunday | $26,129,245 | $370,270,765 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Saturday | $23,420,629 | $300,531,751 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Sunday | $19,775,949 | $234,280,354 |
| 2002 | Men in Black 2 | Wednesday | $18,599,621 | $190,418,803 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Transformers | Tuesday | $27,851,016 | $319,246,193 |
| 2002 | Men in Black 2 | Wednesday | $18,599,621 | $190,418,803 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Wednesday | $17,406,144 | $306,169,255 |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Wednesday | $9,261,072 | $203,464,105 |
| 2013 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | Wednesday | $4,773,916 | $32,244,051 |
| 2002 | Like Mike | Wednesday | $4,016,000 | $51,432,423 |
| 2019 | Midsommar | Wednesday | $3,007,568 | $27,426,363 |
| 2007 | License to Wed | Tuesday | $2,200,000 | $43,799,818 |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | Wednesday | $1,700,000 | $215,136,452 |
| 2002 | The Powerpuff Girls | Wednesday | $1,526,626 | $11,411,644 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was July 3.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | $107,010,140 | $370,270,765 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $97,852,865 | $352,390,543 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | $88,156,227 | $374,686,354 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | $64,878,725 | $234,280,354 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $64,832,191 | $300,531,751 |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $42,320,877 | $402,111,870 |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | $41,817,176 | $486,295,561 |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $41,690,382 | $196,573,705 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | $40,325,019 | $131,772,187 |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | $38,527,856 | $126,643,061 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Despicable Me 4, 2026: Untitled Warner Bros. Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Rae Allen (1926, died on April 6, 2022 at the age of 95), Kinji Fukasaku (1930, died on January 12, 2003 at the age of 72), Kurtwood Smith (1943, turns 81 this year), Barry Crimmins (1953, died on February 28, 2018 at the age of 64), Tom Cruise (1962, turns 62 this year), Thomas Gibson (1962, turns 62 this year), Connie Nielsen (1965, turns 59 this year), Tommy Flanagan (1965, turns 59 this year), Arnaud Giovaninetti (1967, died on January 23, 2018 at the age of 50), Shawnee Smith (1969, turns 55 this year), Patrick Wilson (1973, turns 51 this year), Olivia Munn (1980, turns 44 this year), Shoshannah Stern (1980, turns 44 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gabriel Dell (1988, at the age of 68), Jim Backus (1989, at the age of 76), Andy Griffith (2012, at the age of 86), Diana Douglas (2015, at the age of 92), Amanda Peterson (2015, at the age of 43), Diana Douglas (2015, at the age of 92), Noel Neill (2016, at the age of 95), Pol Cruchten (2019, at the age of 55), Saroj Khan (2020, at the age of 71), Earl Cameron (2020, at the age of 102)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.