On This Day - July 4
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Transformers | Wednesday | $29,073,898 | $319,246,193 |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Thursday | $25,720,128 | $390,532,085 |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Thursday | $24,546,980 | $368,065,385 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Wednesday | $23,335,925 | $262,030,663 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sunday | $21,955,628 | $374,686,354 |
| 2008 | Hancock | Friday | $18,527,967 | $227,946,274 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Monday | $18,033,185 | $352,390,543 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Thursday | $17,343,388 | $306,169,255 |
| 2002 | Men in Black 2 | Thursday | $16,493,214 | $190,418,803 |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Monday | $16,077,100 | $370,270,765 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sound of Freedom | Tuesday | $14,242,063 | $184,178,046 |
| 2018 | The First Purge | Wednesday | $9,305,875 | $69,488,745 |
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | Wednesday | $9,023,454 | $93,375,151 |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Wednesday | $8,288,130 | $71,277,420 |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Wednesday | $5,926,700 | $117,323,878 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | $88,156,227 | $374,686,354 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $64,832,191 | $300,531,751 |
| 2008 | Hancock | $62,603,879 | $227,946,274 |
| 1997 | Men in Black | $51,068,455 | $250,690,539 |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $44,041,440 | $150,358,296 |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $42,320,877 | $402,111,870 |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $41,690,382 | $196,573,705 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | $40,325,019 | $131,772,187 |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | $37,050,185 | $245,439,076 |
| 1998 | Armageddon | $36,089,972 | $201,578,182 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Kill, Possum Trot
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Murphy (1902, died on May 3, 1992 at the age of 89), Gloria Stuart (1910, turns 114 this year), Eva Marie Saint (1924, turns 100 this year), Neil Simon (1927, died on August 26, 2018 at the age of 91), Gina Lollobrigida (1927, died on January 16, 2023 at the age of 95), Stephen Boyd (1931, died on June 2, 1977 at the age of 45), Colin Welland (1934, died on November 2, 2015 at the age of 81), Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (1935, died on June 7, 2019 at the age of 83), Al Wiggins (1936, died on February 22, 2017 at the age of 80), Bill Withers (1938, died on March 30, 2020 at the age of 81), Tony Tarantino (1940, turns 84 this year), Geraldo Rivera (1943, turns 81 this year), Susan Kellerman (1944, turns 80 this year), Ed O'Ross (1946, turns 78 this year), Ron Kovic (1946, turns 78 this year), Lembit Ulfsak (1947, died on March 22, 2017 at the age of 69), Vincent Marzello (1951, died on March 31, 2020 at the age of 68), John R. Leonetti (1956, turns 68 this year), Jenny Seagrove (1957, turns 67 this year), Victoria Abril (1959, turns 65 this year), Neil Morrissey (1962, turns 62 this year), Tracy Letts (1965, turns 59 this year), Marnie McPhail (1966, turns 58 this year), Ronni Ancona (1968, turns 56 this year), Marti Matulis (1970, turns 54 this year), Claire Price (1972, turns 52 this year), Jenica Bergere (1974, turns 50 this year), Yorgos Pirpassopoulos (1974, turns 50 this year), Mick Wingert (1974, turns 50 this year), Zoe Naylor (1977, turns 47 this year), Becki Newton (1978, turns 46 this year), Stephen Rannazzisi (1978, turns 46 this year), Andrea Gabriel (1978, turns 46 this year), Max Elliott Slade (1980, turns 44 this year), Carrie Keagan (1980, turns 44 this year), Tahar Rahim (1981, turns 43 this year), Mike Sorrentino (1981, turns 43 this year), Mo McRae (1982, turns 42 this year), Brent Bailey (1983, turns 41 this year), Jason Liles (1987, turns 37 this year), Luke Thompson (1988, turns 36 this year), Melissa Barrera (1990, turns 34 this year), David Kross (1990, turns 34 this year), Francesca Hayward (1992, turns 32 this year), Josh Swickard (1992, turns 32 this year), Rae Gray (1992, turns 32 this year), Post Malone (1995, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Anne Shirley (1993, at the age of 75), Eva Gabor (1995, at the age of 76), Evelyn Keyes (2008, at the age of 91), Eric Sykes (2012, at the age of 89), Paul Apted (2014, at the age of 89), Daniel Quinn (2015, at the age of 58), Abbas Kiarostami (2016, at the age of 76), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (2017, at the age of 77), Robby Müller (2018, at the age of 78), Mary Twala (2020, at the age of 79), Luminita Gheorghiu (2021, at the age of 71), Sencar Sagdic (2022, at the age of 67)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.