On This Day - July 8
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Friday | $69,554,073 | $343,256,830 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Saturday | $44,443,225 | $423,315,812 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Friday | $38,542,760 | $369,094,830 |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Saturday | $37,045,244 | $334,201,140 |
| 2007 | Transformers | Sunday | $22,144,125 | $319,246,193 |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | Friday | $21,263,992 | $154,696,080 |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Sunday | $18,531,751 | $216,648,740 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sunday | $17,867,545 | $262,030,663 |
| 2000 | Scary Movie | Saturday | $16,260,000 | $157,019,771 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Friday | $14,842,714 | $352,390,543 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 8.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Friday | $69,554,073 | $343,256,830 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Friday | $38,542,760 | $369,094,830 |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | Friday | $21,263,992 | $154,696,080 |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses | Friday | $9,882,271 | $117,538,559 |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Friday | $7,365,038 | $80,360,866 |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Friday | $6,635,592 | $46,009,673 |
| 2005 | Dark Water | Friday | $3,873,273 | $25,473,093 |
| 2016 | Captain Fantastic | Friday | $29,722 | $5,879,835 |
| 2011 | Project Nim | Friday | $7,167 | $411,184 |
| 2022 | Avec amour et acharnement | Friday | $5,559 | $201,047 |
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 8.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $144,165,107 | $343,256,830 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $135,634,554 | $423,315,812 |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $117,027,503 | $334,201,140 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $104,352,905 | $369,094,830 |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | $75,812,205 | $216,648,740 |
| 2007 | Transformers | $70,502,384 | $319,246,193 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $62,004,688 | $262,030,663 |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | $56,061,504 | $154,696,080 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $47,103,276 | $352,390,543 |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | $46,128,405 | $370,270,765 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Eugene Pallette (1899, died on September 3, 1954 at the age of 55), Bill Thompson (1913, died on July 15, 1971 at the age of 58), Jean Rouverol (1916, died on March 24, 2017 at the age of 100), Craig Stevens (1918, died on May 10, 2000 at the age of 81), Congressman John Dingell (1926, died on February 7, 2019 at the age of 92), Marty Feldman (1934, died on December 2, 1982 at the age of 48), Steve Lawrence (1935, died on March 7, 2024 at the age of 88), Andrey Myagkov (1938, died on February 18, 2021 at the age of 82), Jeffrey Tambor (1944, turns 80 this year), Kim Darby (1947, turns 77 this year), Ken Kelsch (1947, died on December 11, 2023 at the age of 76), Evzen Kolar (1950, died on July 11, 2017 at the age of 67), Anjelica Huston (1951, turns 73 this year), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952, died on May 20, 2015 at the age of 62), Matthew Marsh (1954, turns 70 this year), Lena Endre (1955, turns 69 this year), Kevin Bacon (1958, turns 66 this year), Robert Knepper (1959, turns 65 this year), Valarie Pettiford (1960, turns 64 this year), Wally Pfister (1961, turns 63 this year), Toby Keith (1961, died on February 5, 2024 at the age of 62), Rocky Carroll (1963, turns 61 this year), Lee Tergesen (1965, turns 59 this year), Corey Parker (1965, turns 59 this year), Suzanne Krull (1966, turns 58 this year), Marcus Chong (1967, turns 57 this year), Michael B. Silver (1967, turns 57 this year), Billy Crudup (1968, turns 56 this year), Michael Weatherly (1968, turns 56 this year), Nikita Ager (1969, turns 55 this year), Amanda Peterson (1971, died on July 3, 2015 at the age of 43), Joe Russo (1971, turns 53 this year), Amy O'Neill (1971, turns 53 this year), Kathleen Robertson (1973, turns 51 this year), Milo Ventimiglia (1977, turns 47 this year), Lance Gross (1981, turns 43 this year), Sophia Bush (1982, turns 42 this year), Pendleton Ward (1982, turns 42 this year), Alicia Vela-Bailey (1982, turns 42 this year), Schuyler Fisk (1982, turns 42 this year), Ana Ayora (1983, turns 41 this year), Alexis Dziena (1984, turns 40 this year), Jason Day (1985, turns 39 this year), Jake McDorman (1986, turns 38 this year), Jamie Blackley (1991, turns 33 this year), Sky Ferreira (1992, turns 32 this year), David Corenswet (1993, turns 31 this year), Jaden Smith (1998, turns 26 this year), Maya Hawke (1998, turns 26 this year), Riele Downs (2001, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Vivien Leigh (1967, at the age of 53), Howard Duff (1990, at the age of 76), James Franciscus (1991, at the age of 57), Dick Sargent (1994, at the age of 64), June Allyson (2006, at the age of 88), Roberts Blossom (2011, at the age of 87), Ernest Borgnine (2012, at the age of 95), Irwin Keyes (2015, at the age of 63), Nelsan Ellis (2017, at the age of 39), Carlo Vanzina (2018, at the age of 67), Tab Hunter (2018, at the age of 86), William Wolff (2020, at the age of 93), Naya Rivera (2020, at the age of 33), Larry Storch (2022, at the age of 99), Tony Sirico (2022, at the age of 79), Gregory Itzin (2022, at the age of 74)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.