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 | $391,362,492 |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Thursday | $24,546,980 | $368,065,385 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Wednesday | $23,335,925 | $262,717,220 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sunday | $21,955,628 | $374,715,055 |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Thursday | $20,398,275 | $360,581,960 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 2024 | Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot | Thursday | $3,591,283 | $11,636,149 |
| 2024 | Kill | Thursday | $154,737 | $1,171,487 |
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 | $374,715,055 |
| 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: 2025: Untitled Angel Studios Film, Untitled Matt Stone/Trey Parker Musical
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, turned 114 this year), Eva Marie Saint (1924, turned 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, turned 84 this year), Geraldo Rivera (1943, turned 81 this year), Susan Kellerman (1944, turned 80 this year), Ed O'Ross (1946, turned 78 this year), Ron Kovic (1946, turned 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, turned 68 this year), Jenny Seagrove (1957, turned 67 this year), Victoria Abril (1959, turned 65 this year), Neil Morrissey (1962, turned 62 this year), Tracy Letts (1965, turned 59 this year), Marnie McPhail (1966, turned 58 this year), Ronni Ancona (1968, turned 56 this year), Marti Matulis (1970, turned 54 this year), Claire Price (1972, turned 52 this year), Jenica Bergere (1974, turned 50 this year), Yorgos Pirpassopoulos (1974, turned 50 this year), Mick Wingert (1974, turned 50 this year), Zoe Naylor (1977, turned 47 this year), Becki Newton (1978, turned 46 this year), Stephen Rannazzisi (1978, turned 46 this year), Andrea Gabriel (1978, turned 46 this year), Max Elliott Slade (1980, turned 44 this year), Carrie Keagan (1980, turned 44 this year), Tahar Rahim (1981, turned 43 this year), Mike Sorrentino (1981, turned 43 this year), Mo McRae (1982, turned 42 this year), Brent Bailey (1983, turned 41 this year), Jason Liles (1987, turned 37 this year), Luke Thompson (1988, turned 36 this year), Melissa Barrera (1990, turned 34 this year), David Kross (1990, turned 34 this year), Francesca Hayward (1992, turned 32 this year), Josh Swickard (1992, turned 32 this year), Rae Gray (1992, turned 32 this year), Post Malone (1995, turned 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.