On This Day - July 2

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 2.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Tuesday $39,255,628 $391,362,492
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Saturday $34,487,884 $352,390,543
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Saturday $32,646,705 $370,549,695
2004 Spider-Man 2 Friday $32,452,342 $374,715,055
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Wednesday $30,503,855 $184,610,305
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Friday $28,153,316 $300,531,751
2005 War of the Worlds Saturday $23,182,200 $234,280,354
2017 Despicable Me 3 Sunday $19,098,605 $264,624,300
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Sunday $18,101,010 $174,480,468
2006 Superman Returns Sunday $17,797,603 $200,120,000

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 2.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Tuesday $39,255,628 $391,362,492
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Wednesday $30,503,855 $184,610,305
2008 Hancock Wednesday $17,386,366 $227,946,274
1997 Men in Black Wednesday $14,043,310 $250,690,539
2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Wednesday $9,147,000 $90,639,088
2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business Friday $7,850,390 $57,300,280
2014 Tammy Wednesday $6,211,368 $84,525,432
2021 The Forever Purge Friday $5,770,300 $44,539,245
2014 Deliver Us from Evil Wednesday $2,854,714 $30,577,122
2014 Earth to Echo Wednesday $2,649,920 $38,934,842

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 2.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru $107,010,140 $370,549,695
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $97,852,865 $352,390,543
2004 Spider-Man 2 $88,156,227 $374,715,055
2017 Despicable Me 3 $72,434,025 $264,624,300
2005 War of the Worlds $64,878,725 $234,280,354
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $64,832,191 $300,531,751
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $60,368,101 $174,480,468
2006 Superman Returns $52,535,096 $200,120,000
2016 Finding Dory $41,817,176 $486,295,561
2000 The Perfect Storm $41,325,042 $182,618,434

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Alan Webb (1906, turned 119 this year), Phil Karlson (1908, died on December 12, 1985 at the age of 77), Brock Peters (1927, died on August 23, 2005 at the age of 78), Line Renaud (1928, turned 97 this year), Jack Garfein (1930, died on December 30, 2019 at the age of 89), Frank Williams (1931, died on June 26, 2022 at the age of 90), Kenneth McMillan (1932, turned 93 this year), Polly Holliday (1937, turned 88 this year), Richard Petty (1937, turned 88 this year), Albert Solé (1943, turned 82 this year), Ron Silver (1946, died on March 15, 2009 at the age of 62), Larry David (1947, turned 78 this year), Saul Rubinek (1948, turned 77 this year), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (1949, turned 76 this year), Nancy Stephens (1949, turned 76 this year), Wendy Schaal (1954, turned 71 this year), Andrew Divoff (1955, turned 70 this year), Jerry Hall (1956, turned 69 this year), Pawan Malhotra (1958, turned 67 this year), Julia Montgomery (1960, turned 65 this year), Terry Rossio (1960, turned 65 this year), Jimmy McNichol (1961, turned 64 this year), Samy Naceri (1961, turned 64 this year), Tetchie Agbayani (1961, turned 64 this year), Doug Benson (1962, turned 63 this year), Jean-Francois Richet (1966, turned 59 this year), Fridtjov Saheim (1968, turned 57 this year), John Emmet Tracy (1969, turned 56 this year), Kim Wall (1969, turned 56 this year), Jenni Rivera (1969, died on December 9, 2012 at the age of 43), Yancy Butler (1970, turned 55 this year), Scott Aukerman (1970, turned 55 this year), Lee Boardman (1972, turned 53 this year), Michael Patrick McGill (1973, turned 52 this year), Peter Kay (1973, turned 52 this year), Moon So-Ri (1974, turned 51 this year), Matthew Reilly (1974, turned 51 this year), Elizabeth Reaser (1975, turned 50 this year), Alma Har'el (1975, turned 50 this year), Guillaume Delaunay (1975, turned 50 this year), Benjamin Caron (1976, turned 49 this year), Erin Burnett (1976, turned 49 this year), Andrea Stefancikova (1976, turned 49 this year), John Paesano (1977, turned 48 this year), Owain Yeoman (1978, turned 47 this year), Owain Yeoman (1978, turned 47 this year), Leslie Hayman (1978, turned 47 this year), Nick Lloyd Webber (1979, died on March 25, 2023 at the age of 43), Vanessa Lee Chester (1984, turned 41 this year), Ryan Serhant (1984, turned 41 this year), Ashley Tisdale (1985, turned 40 this year), Dave McCary (1985, turned 40 this year), Nelson Franklin (1985, turned 40 this year), Lindsay Lohan (1986, turned 39 this year), Alex Morgan (1989, turned 36 this year), Margot Robbie (1990, turned 35 this year), Kim Go-eun (1991, turned 34 this year), Gus Halper (1992, turned 33 this year), Vince Staples (1993, turned 32 this year), Jackson Odell (1997, died on June 8, 2018 at the age of 20), Danny Griffin (1997, turned 28 this year), Abraham Attah (2002, turned 23 this year), Caitlin Carmichael (2004, turned 21 this year), Alexa Swinton (2009, turned 16 this year)

Died on this day in history: Gladys Brockwell (1929, at the age of 34), Ernest Hemingway (1961, at the age of 61), Betty Grable (1973, at the age of 56), George Macready (1973, at the age of 73), Franklin J. Schaffner (1989, at the age of 69), Ben Wright (1989, at the age of 74), Lee Remick (1991, at the age of 55), Fred Gwynne (1993, at the age of 66), James Stewart (1997, at the age of 89), Mario Puzo (1999, at the age of 78), Mordecai Richler (2001, at the age of 70), Ernest Lehman (2005, at the age of 89), Michael Rauch (2015, at the age of 89), Michael Cimino (2016, at the age of 77), Ronald L. Schwary (2020, at the age of 76), Philece Sampler (2021, at the age of 67), Peter Brook (2022, at the age of 97), Leandro De Niro Rodriguez (2023, at the age of 97), Julian McMahon (2025, at the age of 56)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.