On This Day - July 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Friday | $48,234,190 | $370,270,765 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Friday | $32,988,883 | $352,390,543 |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Saturday | $24,330,080 | $264,624,300 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Thursday | $24,211,138 | $300,531,751 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Thursday | $23,812,920 | $374,715,055 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Friday | $21,920,576 | $234,280,354 |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Sunday | $19,706,880 | $417,719,760 |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Saturday | $18,584,093 | $174,480,468 |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Saturday | $18,419,067 | $200,120,000 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Thursday | $17,511,097 | $131,772,187 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Friday | $48,234,190 | $370,270,765 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Thursday | $17,511,097 | $131,772,187 |
| 2016 | The Purge: Election Year | Friday | $14,513,360 | $79,042,440 |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Friday | $14,051,421 | $126,643,061 |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Wednesday | $13,791,157 | $196,573,705 |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Wednesday | $9,668,216 | $201,578,182 |
| 2015 | Magic Mike XXL | Wednesday | $9,306,397 | $66,013,057 |
| 2015 | Terminator: Genisys | Wednesday | $8,930,404 | $89,760,956 |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Wednesday | $8,165,025 | $97,104,620 |
| 2016 | The BFG | Friday | $7,084,842 | $55,483,770 |
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 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | $107,010,140 | $370,270,765 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $97,852,865 | $352,390,543 |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | $72,434,025 | $264,624,300 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | $64,878,725 | $234,280,354 |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | $60,912,195 | $417,719,760 |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | $60,368,101 | $174,480,468 |
| 2012 | Ted | $54,415,205 | $218,665,740 |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | $52,535,096 | $200,120,000 |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | $47,027,395 | $206,445,654 |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | $46,417,761 | $608,581,744 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Shrek 5
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Charles Laughton (1899, died on December 15, 1962 at the age of 63), Scotty Bowers (1923, died on October 13, 2019 at the age of 96), Farley Granger (1925, died on March 27, 2011 at the age of 85), Leslie Caron (1931, turned 93 this year), Claude Berri (1934, died on January 12, 2009 at the age of 74), Sydney Pollack (1934, died on May 26, 2008 at the age of 73), Jean Marsh (1934, turned 90 this year), Jamie Farr (1934, turned 90 this year), David Prowse (1935, died on November 28, 2020 at the age of 85), Antonio Salines (1936, died on June 22, 2021 at the age of 84), Karen Black (1939, died on August 8, 2013 at the age of 74), Geneviève Bujold (1942, turned 82 this year), Deborah Harry (1945, turned 79 this year), Ben Roberts (1950, died on June 7, 2021 at the age of 70), Terrence Mann (1951, turned 73 this year), Trevor Eve (1951, turned 73 this year), Martin Indyk (1951, died on July 25, 2024 at the age of 73), Dan Aykroyd (1952, turned 72 this year), Brian George (1952, turned 72 this year), David Gulpilil (1953, died on November 29, 2021 at the age of 68), Alan Ruck (1956, turned 68 this year), Lisa Blount (1957, died on October 25, 2010 at the age of 53), Phyllis Cicero (1959, died on February 12, 2021 at the age of 61), Dale Midkiff (1959, turned 65 this year), Dominic Keating (1961, turned 63 this year), Andre Braugher (1962, died on December 11, 2023 at the age of 61), Pamela Anderson (1967, turned 57 this year), Ritchie Coster (1967, turned 57 this year), Rashid Khan (1968, died on January 9, 2024 at the age of 55), Jordi Molla (1968, turned 56 this year), Vladimir Furdik (1970, turned 54 this year), Henry Simmons (1970, turned 54 this year), Julianne Nicholson (1971, turned 53 this year), Melissa Peterman (1971, turned 53 this year), Jonathan Roumie (1974, turned 50 this year), Thomas Sadoski (1976, turned 48 this year), Liv Tyler (1977, turned 47 this year), Hillary Tuck (1978, turned 46 this year), Fortune Feimster (1980, turned 44 this year), Hilarie Burton (1982, turned 42 this year), Kyle Soller (1983, turned 41 this year), Jared Keeso (1984, turned 40 this year), Lea Seydoux (1985, turned 39 this year), Sonoya Mizuno (1986, turned 38 this year), Evan Ellingson (1988, died on November 5, 2023 at the age of 35), Hannah Murray (1989, turned 35 this year), Gabrielle Haugh (1996, turned 28 this year), Chloe Bailey (1998, turned 26 this year), Chosen Jacobs (2001, turned 23 this year), Storm Reid (2003, turned 21 this year), Olivia de Havilland (2020, died on July 25, 2020 at the age of 0)
Died on this day in history: Thea von Harbou (1954, at the age of 65), Margaux Hemingway (1996, at the age of 42), Robert Mitchum (1997, at the age of 79), Edward Dmytryk (1999, at the age of 90), Walter Matthau (2000, at the age of 79), Marlon Brando (2004, at the age of 80), Marlon Brando (2004, at the age of 80), Karl Malden (2009, at the age of 97), Ilene Woods (2010, at the age of 81), Geoffrey Hutchings (2010, at the age of 71), Robin Hardy (2016, at the age of 86), Heathcote Williams (2017, at the age of 75), Lawrence Turman (2023, at the age of 96), Robert Towne (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.