On This Day - July 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Friday | $91,071,119 | $382,088,758 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Wednesday | $58,175,412 | $302,854,063 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Saturday | $24,846,771 | $423,315,812 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sunday | $22,955,554 | $293,108,509 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | Saturday | $21,190,469 | $172,640,980 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Friday | $20,714,395 | $206,459,076 |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Saturday | $19,293,223 | $146,880,162 |
| 2000 | X-Men | Saturday | $19,239,000 | $157,299,717 |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Saturday | $17,587,320 | $334,580,976 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Friday | $17,129,166 | $128,350,574 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Friday | $91,071,119 | $382,088,758 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Wednesday | $58,175,412 | $302,854,063 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Friday | $20,714,395 | $206,459,076 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Friday | $17,129,166 | $128,350,574 |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Friday | $10,316,000 | $209,218,368 |
| 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Friday | $7,264,581 | $90,230,760 |
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Friday | $2,915,267 | $26,692,846 |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Friday | $2,446,696 | $17,811,382 |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Wednesday | $2,007,550 | $176,484,651 |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Friday | $702,835 | $10,433,915 |
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 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $169,189,427 | $382,088,758 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | $77,108,414 | $293,108,509 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $62,345,264 | $423,315,812 |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $56,262,929 | $146,880,162 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $56,178,450 | $206,459,076 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | $54,688,347 | $172,640,980 |
| 2000 | X-Men | $54,471,475 | $157,299,717 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $50,838,355 | $369,094,830 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $46,632,172 | $343,256,830 |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $46,629,259 | $161,321,843 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henri Colpi (1921, died on January 14, 2006 at the age of 84), D.A. Pennebaker (1925, died on August 1, 2019 at the age of 94), Philip Carey (1925, turns 100 today), Albert Popwell (1926, turns 99 today), Carmen Zapata (1927, died on January 5, 2014 at the age of 86), Joe Turkel (1927, turns 98 today), Nan Martin (1927, turns 98 today), Bill Gunn (1929, turns 96 today), Joanna Merlin (1931, died on October 15, 2023 at the age of 92), Giuseppe Ferrara (1932, died on June 25, 2016 at the age of 83), Alex Karras (1935, turns 90 today), Steven Gilborn (1936, died on January 2, 2009 at the age of 72), Patrick Wayne (1939, turns 86 today), Larry Cohen (1941, died on March 24, 2019 at the age of 77), Tony Hendra (1941, died on March 4, 2021 at the age of 79), Jan-Michael Vincent (1945, died on February 10, 2019 at the age of 73), Jeffrey Kramer (1945, turns 80 today), Matthew Robbins (1945, turns 80 today), Linda Ronstadt (1946, turns 79 today), Richard Franklin (1948, turns 77 today), Jesse Ventura (1951, turns 74 today), Terry O'Quinn (1952, turns 73 today), Celia Imrie (1952, turns 73 today), Judson Scott (1952, turns 73 today), Natasa Raab (1953, died on October 23, 2023 at the age of 70), Anne Fontaine (1959, turns 66 today), Vincent Lindon (1959, turns 66 today), Willie Aames (1960, turns 65 today), Dennis Storhoi (1960, turns 65 today), Forest Whitaker (1961, turns 64 today), Lolita Davidovich (1961, turns 64 today), Brigitte Nielsen (1963, turns 62 today), Miles Richardson (1963, turns 62 today), Shari Headley (1964, turns 61 today), Galyn Gorg (1964, turns 61 today), Irene Jacob (1966, turns 59 today), Masatoshi Nagase (1966, turns 59 today), Adam Savage (1967, turns 58 today), Eddie Griffin (1968, turns 57 today), Rosalinda Celentano (1968, turns 57 today), Jim Rash (1971, turns 54 today), Scott Foley (1972, turns 53 today), Brian Austin Green (1973, turns 52 today), Rachel Pickup (1973, turns 52 today), Hassani Shapi (1973, died on July 17, 2024 at the age of 51), Ben Davis (1975, turns 50 today), Diane Kruger (1976, turns 49 today), Gabriel Iglesias (1976, turns 49 today), Lana Parrilla (1977, turns 48 today), Greg Sestero (1978, turns 47 today), Meital Berdah (1978, turns 47 today), Travis Fimmel (1979, turns 46 today), Laura Benanti (1979, turns 46 today), Philipp Karner (1979, turns 46 today), Jasper Pääkkönen (1980, turns 45 today), Josh Henry (1980, turns 45 today), Maclain Nelson (1980, turns 45 today), Taylor Kinney (1981, turns 44 today), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986, turns 39 today), Mishael Morgan (1986, turns 39 today), Ari Aster (1986, turns 39 today), Stephanie Andujar (1986, turns 39 today), Mayra Leal (1986, turns 39 today), Aimee Carrero (1988, turns 37 today), Tristan Wilds (1989, turns 36 today), Chloe Bayliss (1991, turns 34 today), Medalion Rahimi (1992, turns 33 today), Izzy Stevens (1993, turns 32 today), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (1993, turns 32 today), Sarah Desjardins (1994, turns 31 today), Mason Dye (1994, turns 31 today), Janis Valdez (1994, turns 31 today), Hayden Rolence (2004, turns 21 today), Iain Armitage (2008, turns 17 today)
Died on this day in history: Bill Thompson (1971, at the age of 58), Alfie Bass (1987, at the age of 71), Kieron Moore (2007, at the age of 82), Googie Withers (2011, at the age of 94), Celeste Holm (2012, at the age of 95), Martin Landau (2017, at the age of 89), Maurice Roeves (2020, at the age of 83), Peter R. de Vries (2021, at the age of 64), Jacques Boudet (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.