On This Day - July 4
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Transformers | Wednesday | $29,073,898 | $319,246,193 |
| 2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Friday | $26,235,450 | $184,610,305 |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Thursday | $25,720,128 | $391,362,492 |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Thursday | $24,546,980 | $368,065,385 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Wednesday | $23,335,925 | $262,717,220 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sunday | $21,955,628 | $374,715,055 |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Thursday | $20,398,275 | $361,004,205 |
| 2008 | Hancock | Friday | $18,527,967 | $227,946,274 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Monday | $18,033,185 | $352,390,543 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Thursday | $17,343,388 | $306,169,255 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sound of Freedom | Tuesday | $14,242,063 | $184,178,046 |
| 2018 | The First Purge | Wednesday | $9,305,875 | $69,488,745 |
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | Wednesday | $9,023,454 | $93,375,151 |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Wednesday | $8,288,130 | $71,277,420 |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Wednesday | $5,926,700 | $117,323,878 |
| 2024 | Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot | Thursday | $3,591,283 | $11,647,099 |
| 2024 | Kill | Thursday | $154,737 | $1,171,487 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | $92,016,065 | $184,610,305 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | $88,156,227 | $374,715,055 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $64,832,191 | $300,531,751 |
| 2008 | Hancock | $62,603,879 | $227,946,274 |
| 1997 | Men in Black | $51,068,455 | $250,690,539 |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $44,041,440 | $150,358,296 |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $42,320,877 | $402,111,870 |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $41,690,382 | $196,573,705 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | $40,325,019 | $131,772,187 |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | $37,050,185 | $245,439,076 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Murphy (1902, died on May 3, 1992 at the age of 89), Gloria Stuart (1910, turned 115 this year), Eva Marie Saint (1924, turned 101 this year), Neil Simon (1927, died on August 26, 2018 at the age of 91), Gina Lollobrigida (1927, died on January 16, 2023 at the age of 95), Stephen Boyd (1931, died on June 2, 1977 at the age of 45), Colin Welland (1934, died on November 2, 2015 at the age of 81), Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (1935, died on June 7, 2019 at the age of 83), Al Wiggins (1936, died on February 22, 2017 at the age of 80), Bill Withers (1938, died on March 30, 2020 at the age of 81), Tony Tarantino (1940, turned 85 this year), Geraldo Rivera (1943, turned 82 this year), Susan Kellerman (1944, turned 81 this year), Bruce French (1945, died on February 7, 2025 at the age of 79), Ed O'Ross (1946, turned 79 this year), Ron Kovic (1946, turned 79 this year), Lembit Ulfsak (1947, died on March 22, 2017 at the age of 69), Vincent Marzello (1951, died on March 31, 2020 at the age of 68), John R. Leonetti (1956, turned 69 this year), Jenny Seagrove (1957, turned 68 this year), Victoria Abril (1959, turned 66 this year), Neil Morrissey (1962, turned 63 this year), Tracy Letts (1965, turned 60 this year), Marnie McPhail (1966, turned 59 this year), Ronni Ancona (1968, turned 57 this year), Marti Matulis (1970, turned 55 this year), Claire Price (1972, turned 53 this year), Jenica Bergere (1974, turned 51 this year), Yorgos Pirpassopoulos (1974, turned 51 this year), Mick Wingert (1974, turned 51 this year), Zoe Naylor (1977, turned 48 this year), Becki Newton (1978, turned 47 this year), Stephen Rannazzisi (1978, turned 47 this year), Andrea Gabriel (1978, turned 47 this year), Max Elliott Slade (1980, turned 45 this year), Carrie Keagan (1980, turned 45 this year), Tahar Rahim (1981, turned 44 this year), Mike Sorrentino (1981, turned 44 this year), Mo McRae (1982, turned 43 this year), Brent Bailey (1983, turned 42 this year), Jason Liles (1987, turned 38 this year), Luke Thompson (1988, turned 37 this year), Melissa Barrera (1990, turned 35 this year), David Kross (1990, turned 35 this year), Francesca Hayward (1992, turned 33 this year), Josh Swickard (1992, turned 33 this year), Rae Gray (1992, turned 33 this year), Post Malone (1995, turned 30 this year)
Died on this day in history: Anne Shirley (1993, at the age of 75), Eva Gabor (1995, at the age of 76), Evelyn Keyes (2008, at the age of 91), Eric Sykes (2012, at the age of 89), Paul Apted (2014, at the age of 89), Daniel Quinn (2015, at the age of 58), Abbas Kiarostami (2016, at the age of 76), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (2017, at the age of 77), Robby Müller (2018, at the age of 78), Mary Twala (2020, at the age of 79), Luminita Gheorghiu (2021, at the age of 71), Sencar Sagdic (2022, at the age of 67), Mark Snow (2025, at the age of 78), Young Noble (2025, at the age of 47)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.