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 | $534,235,491 |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Wednesday | $12,267,217 | $381,193,157 |
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 | $534,235,491 |
| 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 |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | $34,233,750 | $119,725,280 |
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 100 this year), Heather Chasen (1927, died on May 22, 2020 at the age of 92), Sally Ann Howes (1930, turns 94 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 87 this year), Natalie Wood (1938, turns 86 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 84 this year), Stephenie McMillan (1942, died on August 19, 2013 at the age of 71), Christopher Murney (1943, turns 81 this year), Randal Kleiser (1946, turns 78 this year), Camille Keaton (1947, turns 77 this year), Muse Watson (1948, turns 76 this year), Dennis Radesky (1948, turns 76 this year), Tantoo Cardinal (1950, turns 74 this year), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turns 74 this year), Jeff Rawle (1951, turns 73 this year), Lee Garlington (1953, turns 71 this year), Sencar Sagdic (1954, died on July 4, 2022 at the age of 67), Dan Monahan (1955, turns 69 this year), Ryo Ishibashi (1956, turns 68 this year), Donna Dixon (1957, turns 67 this year), Robert Peters (1961, turns 63 this year), Carlos Alazraqui (1962, turns 62 this year), Benjamin Dane (1962, turns 62 this year), Frank Whaley (1963, turns 61 this year), Adoni Maropis (1963, turns 61 this year), Dean Winters (1964, turns 60 this year), Chris Cornell (1964, died on May 17, 2017 at the age of 52), Terri Irwin (1964, turns 60 this year), Adrian G. Griffiths (1964, turns 60 this year), Laurent Lucas (1965, turns 59 this year), Reed Diamond (1967, turns 57 this year), Rodney Eastman (1967, turns 57 this year), Julian Rhind-Tutt (1968, turns 56 this year), Josh Holloway (1969, turns 55 this year), Erik Jensen (1970, turns 54 this year), Sandra Oh (1971, turns 53 this year), William Demeo (1971, turns 53 this year), Colleen Fitzpatrick (1972, turns 52 this year), Omar Epps (1973, turns 51 this year), Roberto Orci (1973, turns 51 this year), Simon Rex (1974, turns 50 this year), Judy Greer (1975, turns 49 this year), Aimee Mullins (1975, turns 49 this year), Ray Allen (1975, turns 49 this year), Charlie Korsmo (1978, turns 46 this year), Gisele Bundchen (1980, turns 44 this year), Jin Goo (1980, turns 44 this year), Percy Daggs III (1982, turns 42 this year), Martin McCann (1983, turns 41 this year), Barbara Goenaga (1983, turns 41 this year), Rory Jennings (1983, turns 41 this year), John Francis Daley (1985, turns 39 this year), Osric Chau (1986, turns 38 this year), Kristian de la Osa (1986, turns 38 this year), Valeska Miller (1987, turns 37 this year), Julianne Hough (1988, turns 36 this year), Paige Hurd (1992, turns 32 this year), Jordan Rodrigues (1992, turns 32 this year), Alycia Debnam Carey (1993, turns 31 this year), Joey Bragg (1996, turns 28 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.