On This Day - July 26

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Friday $96,189,710 $636,745,858
2008 The Dark Knight Saturday $28,272,494 $536,625,724
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Friday $26,452,000 $213,117,789
2023 Barbie Wednesday $23,034,051 $636,785,476
2019 The Lion King Friday $22,432,165 $543,638,043
2013 The Wolverine Friday $20,655,772 $132,556,852
2019 Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Friday $16,726,119 $142,502,728
2014 Lucy Saturday $15,024,580 $126,573,960
1997 Air Force One Saturday $14,006,743 $172,956,409
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Thursday $13,202,371 $448,139,099

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 26.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Friday $96,189,710 $636,745,858
2013 The Wolverine Friday $20,655,772 $132,556,852
2019 Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Friday $16,726,119 $142,502,728
2002 The Country Bears Friday $1,701,000 $16,988,996
2000 Thomas and the Magic Railroad Wednesday $1,405,543 $15,911,332
2013 The To Do List Friday $590,202 $3,491,669
2019 Dear Comrade Friday $457,000 $457,000
2024 The Fabulous Four Friday $369,086 $2,854,289
2013 Blue Jasmine Friday $175,000 $33,404,871
2024 Raayan Friday $140,000 $140,000

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 26.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $211,435,291 $636,745,858
2019 The Lion King $76,621,553 $543,638,043
2008 The Dark Knight $75,166,466 $536,625,724
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember $73,071,188 $213,117,789
2013 The Wolverine $53,113,752 $132,556,852
2014 Lucy $43,899,340 $126,573,960
2019 Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood $41,082,018 $142,502,728
1997 Air Force One $37,132,505 $172,956,409
2024 Twisters $34,991,430 $267,762,265
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over $33,417,739 $111,760,631

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Joseph Sweeney (1884, died on November 25, 1963 at the age of 79), Charles Butterworth (1896, died on June 13, 1946 at the age of 49), Jean Shepherd (1921, died on October 16, 1999 at the age of 78), Jason Robards (1922, died on December 26, 2000 at the age of 78), Blake Edwards (1922, died on December 15, 2010 at the age of 88), James Best (1926, died on April 6, 2015 at the age of 88), Stanley Kubrick (1928, died on March 7, 1999 at the age of 70), Barbara Jefford (1930, died on September 12, 2020 at the age of 90), William J. Creber (1931, died on March 7, 2019 at the age of 87), Chino Williams (1933, turns 92 this year), Clifton Jones (1937, died on June 12, 2025 at the age of 87), Darlene Love (1938, turns 87 this year), Mick Jagger (1943, turns 82 this year), Peter Hyams (1943, turns 82 this year), Helen Mirren (1945, turns 80 this year), Linda Harrison (1945, turns 80 this year), Suzanna Leigh (1945, turns 80 this year), Leon Vitali (1948, died on August 20, 2022 at the age of 74), Jeremy Thomas (1949, turns 76 this year), Roger Taylor (1949, turns 76 this year), Nicholas Walker (1953, turns 72 this year), Nana Visitor (1957, turns 68 this year), Biao Yuen (1957, turns 68 this year), Hart Hanson (1957, turns 68 this year), Kevin Spacey (1959, turns 66 this year), Tom McGowan (1959, turns 66 this year), Boris Krutonog (1960, turns 65 this year), David Heyman (1961, turns 64 this year), Luba Mason (1961, turns 64 this year), Sandra Bullock (1964, turns 61 this year), Danny Woodburn (1964, turns 61 this year), Jeremy Piven (1965, turns 60 this year), Dito Montiel (1965, turns 60 this year), Jay Huguley (1966, turns 59 this year), Jason Statham (1967, turns 58 this year), Olivia Williams (1968, turns 57 this year), Frederic Diefenthal (1968, turns 57 this year), Cress Williams (1970, turns 55 this year), Bruna Papandrea (1971, turns 54 this year), Chris Harrison (1971, turns 54 this year), Spencer Wilding (1972, turns 53 this year), Jonny Pasvolsky (1972, turns 53 this year), Max Hopp (1972, turns 53 this year), Kate Beckinsale (1973, turns 52 this year), Ben Cotton (1975, turns 50 this year), Juliet Rylance (1979, turns 46 this year), Mageina Tovah (1979, turns 46 this year), Madeleine West (1979, turns 46 this year), Andrej Dojkic (1980, turns 45 this year), Abe Forsythe (1981, turns 44 this year), Megan Ketch (1982, turns 43 this year), Miriam McDonald (1987, turns 38 this year), Hallie Meyers-Shyer (1987, turns 38 this year), Francia Raisa (1988, turns 37 this year), Caitlin Gerard (1988, turns 37 this year), Bianca Santos (1990, turns 35 this year), Sheila Houlahan (1991, turns 34 this year), Elizabeth Gillies (1993, turns 32 this year), Taylor Momsen (1993, turns 32 this year), Thomasin McKenzie (2000, turns 25 this year), Kingston Foster (2010, turns 15 this year)

Died on this day in history: June Foray (2017, at the age of 99), Patti Deutsch (2017, at the age of 73), Russi Taylor (2019, at the age of 75), Barbara Zatler (2019, at the age of 38), Michael Mandell (2020, at the age of 38), Sinead O’Connor (2023, at the age of 38), Amber Thompson (2024, at the age of 38)

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