On This Day - July 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Friday | $75,754,897 | $448,139,099 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Saturday | $61,007,382 | $543,638,043 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Sunday | $43,596,151 | $536,625,724 |
| 2024 | Twisters | Saturday | $27,516,920 | $267,762,265 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Friday | $16,212,500 | $181,166,115 |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | Friday | $14,286,815 | $120,634,935 |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | Saturday | $13,939,346 | $137,400,141 |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Sunday | $13,435,935 | $138,540,870 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Friday | $13,375,850 | $102,084,362 |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Friday | $12,599,475 | $119,725,280 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Friday | $75,754,897 | $448,139,099 |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | Friday | $14,286,815 | $120,634,935 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Friday | $13,375,850 | $102,084,362 |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Friday | $12,599,475 | $119,725,280 |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Friday | $10,984,000 | $118,871,849 |
| 2001 | America’s Sweethearts | Friday | $10,836,000 | $93,607,673 |
| 2018 | Unfriended: Dark Web | Friday | $1,401,070 | $8,866,745 |
| 2018 | Blindspotting | Friday | $143,178 | $4,333,394 |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Friday | $77,366 | $3,688,560 |
| 2018 | McQueen | Friday | $34,580 | $1,257,275 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Lion King | $191,770,759 | $543,638,043 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $160,887,295 | $448,139,099 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $158,411,483 | $536,625,724 |
| 2024 | Twisters | $81,251,415 | $267,762,265 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $50,771,645 | $181,166,115 |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | $46,522,560 | $138,540,870 |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | $41,855,326 | $137,400,141 |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | $36,254,310 | $208,545,589 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | $36,011,640 | $102,084,362 |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | $34,952,180 | $120,634,935 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2029: Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Verna Felton (1890, died on December 14, 1966 at the age of 76), Vivean Gray (1924, died on July 29, 2016 at the age of 92), Lola Albright (1924, turns 101 this year), Heather Chasen (1927, died on May 22, 2020 at the age of 92), Sally Ann Howes (1930, turns 95 this year), Cormac McCarthy (1933, died on June 13, 2023 at the age of 89), Saginaw Grant (1936, died on July 28, 2021 at the age of 85), Tim Scott (1937, turns 88 this year), Natalie Wood (1938, turns 87 this year), Diana Rigg (1938, died on September 10, 2020 at the age of 82), Gary Graver (1938, died on November 16, 2006 at the age of 68), Walter Scott (1940, turns 85 this year), Stephenie McMillan (1942, died on August 19, 2013 at the age of 71), Christopher Murney (1943, turns 82 this year), Randal Kleiser (1946, turns 79 this year), Camille Keaton (1947, turns 78 this year), Muse Watson (1948, turns 77 this year), Dennis Radesky (1948, turns 77 this year), Tantoo Cardinal (1950, turns 75 this year), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turns 75 this year), Jeff Rawle (1951, turns 74 this year), Lee Garlington (1953, turns 72 this year), Sencar Sagdic (1954, died on July 4, 2022 at the age of 67), Dan Monahan (1955, turns 70 this year), Ryo Ishibashi (1956, turns 69 this year), Donna Dixon (1957, turns 68 this year), Robert Peters (1961, turns 64 this year), Carlos Alazraqui (1962, turns 63 this year), Benjamin Dane (1962, turns 63 this year), Frank Whaley (1963, turns 62 this year), Adoni Maropis (1963, turns 62 this year), Dean Winters (1964, turns 61 this year), Chris Cornell (1964, died on May 17, 2017 at the age of 52), Terri Irwin (1964, turns 61 this year), Adrian G. Griffiths (1964, turns 61 this year), Laurent Lucas (1965, turns 60 this year), Reed Diamond (1967, turns 58 this year), Rodney Eastman (1967, turns 58 this year), Julian Rhind-Tutt (1968, turns 57 this year), Josh Holloway (1969, turns 56 this year), Erik Jensen (1970, turns 55 this year), Sandra Oh (1971, turns 54 this year), William Demeo (1971, turns 54 this year), Colleen Fitzpatrick (1972, turns 53 this year), Omar Epps (1973, turns 52 this year), Roberto Orci (1973, died on February 25, 2025 at the age of 51), Simon Rex (1974, turns 51 this year), Judy Greer (1975, turns 50 this year), Aimee Mullins (1975, turns 50 this year), Ray Allen (1975, turns 50 this year), Charlie Korsmo (1978, turns 47 this year), Gisele Bundchen (1980, turns 45 this year), Jin Goo (1980, turns 45 this year), Percy Daggs III (1982, turns 43 this year), Martin McCann (1983, turns 42 this year), Barbara Goenaga (1983, turns 42 this year), Rory Jennings (1983, turns 42 this year), John Francis Daley (1985, turns 40 this year), Osric Chau (1986, turns 39 this year), Kristian de la Osa (1986, turns 39 this year), Valeska Miller (1987, turns 38 this year), Julianne Hough (1988, turns 37 this year), Paige Hurd (1992, turns 33 this year), Jordan Rodrigues (1992, turns 33 this year), Alycia Debnam Carey (1993, turns 32 this year), Joey Bragg (1996, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bruce Lee (1973, at the age of 32), Richard Egan (1987, at the age of 65), James Doohan (2005, at the age of 85), Robert Cornthwaite (2006, at the age of 89), Gérard Oury (2006, at the age of 87), Claude Rich (2017, at the age of 88), David Dukas (2021, at the age of 51)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.