On This Day - July 29

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie Saturday $34,586,429 $636,785,476
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Monday $24,427,969 $636,745,858
2016 Jason Bourne Friday $22,611,225 $162,192,920
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Sunday $19,654,489 $448,139,099
2001 Planet of the Apes Sunday $19,552,000 $180,011,740
2007 The Simpsons Movie Sunday $19,479,149 $183,135,014
2023 Oppenheimer Saturday $18,217,115 $330,078,895
2018 Mission: Impossible—Fallout Sunday $17,011,158 $220,159,104
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Saturday $16,039,674 $123,307,945
2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Tuesday $14,189,835 $274,286,610

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2016 Jason Bourne Friday $22,611,225 $162,192,920
2011 The Smurfs Friday $13,260,814 $142,614,158
2011 Cowboys and Aliens Friday $13,087,485 $100,368,560
2016 Bad Moms Friday $9,544,064 $113,257,297
2022 DC League of Super Pets Friday $9,327,632 $93,657,117
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love Friday $6,584,335 $84,351,197
2005 Sky High Friday $4,924,638 $63,939,454
2005 Stealth Friday $4,769,491 $32,116,746
2005 Must Love Dogs Friday $4,522,499 $43,894,863
2015 Vacation Wednesday $3,821,231 $58,884,188

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 29.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie $93,011,602 $636,785,476
2007 The Simpsons Movie $74,036,787 $183,135,014
2001 Planet of the Apes $68,532,960 $180,011,740
2012 The Dark Knight Rises $62,101,451 $448,139,099
2018 Mission: Impossible—Fallout $61,236,534 $220,159,104
2016 Jason Bourne $59,215,365 $162,192,920
2023 Oppenheimer $46,705,630 $330,078,895
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps $42,518,830 $123,307,945
2011 Cowboys and Aliens $36,431,290 $100,368,560
2011 The Smurfs $35,611,637 $142,614,158

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Maria Ouspenskaya (1876, died on December 3, 1949 at the age of 73), William Powell (1892, died on March 5, 1984 at the age of 91), Stephen McNally (1911, died on June 4, 1994 at the age of 82), Budd Boetticher (1916, died on November 29, 2001 at the age of 85), Rodolfo Acosta (1920, died on November 7, 1974 at the age of 54), Richard Egan (1921, died on July 20, 1987 at the age of 65), Chris Marker (1921, turns 105 this year), Ludek Elias (1923, died on July 10, 2018 at the age of 94), Gordon Mitchell (1923, died on September 20, 2003 at the age of 80), Mikis Theodorakis (1925, died on September 2, 2021 at the age of 96), Jack Higgins (1929, died on April 9, 2022 at the age of 92), Mike Hodges (1932, died on December 17, 2022 at the age of 90), Robert Fuller (1933, turns 93 this year), Carlos Miranda (1933, died on February 17, 2025 at the age of 91), Enzo G. Castellari (1938, turns 88 this year), Terele Pávez (1939, died on August 11, 2017 at the age of 78), David Warner (1941, died on July 24, 2022 at the age of 80), Tony Sirico (1942, died on July 8, 2022 at the age of 79), Charles Hallahan (1943, died on November 25, 1997 at the age of 54), Bill Forsyth (1946, turns 80 this year), John Clarke (1948, died on April 9, 2017 at the age of 68), Leslie Easterbrook (1949, turns 77 this year), Ryan Cutrona (1949, turns 77 this year), Mike Starr (1950, turns 76 this year), Jack Blessing (1951, died on November 14, 2017 at the age of 66), Wendy Hughes (1952, died on March 8, 2014 at the age of 61), Ken Burns (1953, turns 73 this year), Patti Scialfa (1953, turns 73 this year), Geddy Lee (1953, turns 73 this year), Jeanetta Arnette (1954, turns 72 this year), Jean-Hugues Anglade (1955, turns 71 this year), Ulrich Tukur (1957, turns 69 this year), Sanjay Dutt (1959, turns 67 this year), Brian Peck (1960, turns 66 this year), Delia Sheppard (1960, turns 66 this year), Kevin Spirtas (1962, turns 64 this year), Alexandra Paul (1963, turns 63 this year), Ian Roberts (1965, turns 61 this year), Dean Haglund (1965, turns 61 this year), Richard Horvitz (1966, turns 60 this year), Timothy Omundson (1969, turns 57 this year), Monica Calhoun (1971, turns 55 this year), Wil Wheaton (1972, turns 54 this year), Ato Essandoh (1972, turns 54 this year), Joe Vaz (1972, turns 54 this year), Stephen Dorff (1973, turns 53 this year), Dileep Rao (1973, turns 53 this year), Josh Radnor (1974, turns 52 this year), Robert J. Steinmiller, Jr. (1978, turns 48 this year), Rachel Miner (1980, turns 46 this year), Megan Hayes (1980, turns 46 this year), Allison Mack (1982, turns 44 this year), Dominic Burgess (1982, turns 44 this year), Heidi Johanningmeier (1982, turns 44 this year), Emily Neves (1982, turns 44 this year), Genesis Rodriguez (1987, turns 39 this year), Matt Prokop (1990, turns 36 this year), Munro Chambers (1990, turns 36 this year), Maestro Harrell (1991, turns 35 this year), Miki Ishikawa (1991, turns 35 this year), Lino Facioli (2000, turns 26 this year), T.J. McGibbon (2005, turns 21 this year)

Died on this day in history: David Lochary (1977, at the age of 32), Raymond Massey (1983, at the age of 86), Luis Bunuel (1983, at the age of 83), David Niven (1983, at the age of 73), Woodrow Parfrey (1984, at the age of 61), Jerome Robbins (1998, at the age of 79), Alex Nicol (2001, at the age of 85), Mike Reid (2007, at the age of 67), Michel Serrault (2007, at the age of 79), John Finnegan (2012, at the age of 85), Antony Holland (2015, at the age of 95), Vivean Gray (2016, at the age of 92), Carl Levin (2021, at the age of 87), Alon Aboutboul (2025, at the age of 60)

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