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
2025 Superman Sunday $18,858,328 $354,184,465
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

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
2025 Superman $58,450,094 $354,184,465
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

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, turned 101 this year), Heather Chasen (1927, died on May 22, 2020 at the age of 92), Sally Ann Howes (1930, turned 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, turned 88 this year), Natalie Wood (1938, turned 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, turned 85 this year), Stephenie McMillan (1942, died on August 19, 2013 at the age of 71), Christopher Murney (1943, turned 82 this year), Randal Kleiser (1946, turned 79 this year), Camille Keaton (1947, turned 78 this year), Muse Watson (1948, turned 77 this year), Dennis Radesky (1948, turned 77 this year), Tantoo Cardinal (1950, turned 75 this year), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turned 75 this year), Jeff Rawle (1951, turned 74 this year), Lee Garlington (1953, turned 72 this year), Sencar Sagdic (1954, died on July 4, 2022 at the age of 67), Dan Monahan (1955, turned 70 this year), Ryo Ishibashi (1956, turned 69 this year), Donna Dixon (1957, turned 68 this year), Robert Peters (1961, turned 64 this year), Carlos Alazraqui (1962, turned 63 this year), Benjamin Dane (1962, turned 63 this year), Frank Whaley (1963, turned 62 this year), Adoni Maropis (1963, turned 62 this year), Dean Winters (1964, turned 61 this year), Chris Cornell (1964, died on May 17, 2017 at the age of 52), Terri Irwin (1964, turned 61 this year), Adrian G. Griffiths (1964, turned 61 this year), Laurent Lucas (1965, turned 60 this year), Reed Diamond (1967, turned 58 this year), Rodney Eastman (1967, turned 58 this year), Julian Rhind-Tutt (1968, turned 57 this year), Josh Holloway (1969, turned 56 this year), Erik Jensen (1970, turned 55 this year), Sandra Oh (1971, turned 54 this year), William Demeo (1971, turned 54 this year), Colleen Fitzpatrick (1972, turned 53 this year), Omar Epps (1973, turned 52 this year), Roberto Orci (1973, died on February 25, 2025 at the age of 51), Simon Rex (1974, turned 51 this year), Judy Greer (1975, turned 50 this year), Aimee Mullins (1975, turned 50 this year), Ray Allen (1975, turned 50 this year), Charlie Korsmo (1978, turned 47 this year), Gisele Bundchen (1980, turned 45 this year), Jin Goo (1980, turned 45 this year), Percy Daggs III (1982, turned 43 this year), Martin McCann (1983, turned 42 this year), Barbara Goenaga (1983, turned 42 this year), Rory Jennings (1983, turned 42 this year), John Francis Daley (1985, turned 40 this year), Osric Chau (1986, turned 39 this year), Kristian de la Osa (1986, turned 39 this year), Valeska Miller (1987, turned 38 this year), Julianne Hough (1988, turned 37 this year), Paige Hurd (1992, turned 33 this year), Jordan Rodrigues (1992, turned 33 this year), Alycia Debnam Carey (1993, turned 32 this year), Joey Bragg (1996, turned 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.