On This Day - August 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Friday | $37,845,336 | $333,714,112 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | Saturday | $19,652,426 | $195,042,377 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Thursday | $18,046,013 | $636,745,858 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Tuesday | $15,302,634 | $636,785,476 |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Friday | $15,228,130 | $102,491,776 |
| 2004 | The Village | Sunday | $12,886,097 | $114,197,520 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Friday | $12,709,035 | $536,625,724 |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Friday | $12,228,060 | $104,354,205 |
| 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | Sunday | $9,400,000 | $140,539,099 |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | Sunday | $9,300,000 | $152,257,509 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Friday | $37,845,336 | $333,714,112 |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Friday | $15,228,130 | $102,491,776 |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Friday | $12,228,060 | $104,354,205 |
| 2014 | Get on Up | Friday | $4,887,830 | $30,569,935 |
| 1997 | Picture Perfect | Friday | $2,726,000 | $31,301,775 |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Friday | $1,965,667 | $16,289,867 |
| 1997 | Air Bud | Friday | $1,556,192 | $26,033,546 |
| 2003 | Gigli | Friday | $1,449,667 | $6,087,542 |
| 2014 | Calvary | Friday | $19,852 | $3,600,006 |
| 1997 | Love Serenade | Friday | $13,308 | $604,523 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $94,320,883 | $333,714,112 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | $55,520,089 | $195,042,377 |
| 2004 | The Village | $50,746,142 | $114,197,520 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $42,664,219 | $536,625,724 |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $40,457,770 | $102,491,776 |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | $35,055,556 | $152,257,509 |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | $35,018,731 | $116,987,516 |
| 2003 | American Wedding | $33,369,440 | $104,354,205 |
| 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | $29,207,381 | $140,539,099 |
| 2010 | Inception | $27,485,245 | $293,662,683 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: The Sparrow in the Chimney, Harvest, CatVideoFest 2025, The Wildman of Shaggy Creek, Trouble Man!, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint: Prophecy, The Bad Guys 2, She Rides Shotgun, Naked Gun, Architecton, Souleymane’s Story, Together
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Jones (1912, died on May 17, 1999 at the age of 86), Martin Melcher (1915, died on April 20, 1968 at the age of 52), Richard Pearson (1918, died on August 2, 2011 at the age of 93), Arthur Hill (1922, died on October 22, 2006 at the age of 84), Paul Lambert (1922, died on April 27, 1997 at the age of 74), Jack Shea (1928, died on April 28, 2013 at the age of 84), Camillo Milli (1929, died on January 20, 2022 at the age of 92), Geoffrey Holder (1930, turns 95 this year), Julie Bovasso (1930, turns 95 this year), Jacques Collard (1931, died on March 26, 2023 at the age of 91), Dom DeLuise (1933, died on May 4, 2009 at the age of 75), Paddy Moloney (1938, died on October 11, 2021 at the age of 83), Robert James Waller (1939, died on March 10, 2017 at the age of 77), Terry Kiser (1939, turns 86 this year), Craig Littler (1941, turns 84 this year), Giancarlo Giannini (1942, turns 83 this year), Andrew G. Vajna (1944, died on January 20, 2019 at the age of 74), Andrew G. Vajna (1944, died on January 20, 2019 at the age of 74), Laila Morse (1945, turns 80 this year), David Calder (1946, turns 79 this year), Lee Benton (1952, turns 73 this year), Brian Patrick Clarke (1952, turns 73 this year), Annabel Jankel (1955, turns 70 this year), Lewis Smith (1956, turns 69 this year), Alexandre Rockwell (1956, turns 69 this year), Taylor Negron (1957, died on January 10, 2015 at the age of 57), Adrian Dunbar (1958, turns 67 this year), Michael Penn (1958, turns 67 this year), Michael Spiller (1961, turns 64 this year), Jesse Borrego (1962, turns 63 this year), John Carroll Lynch (1963, turns 62 this year), Demián Bichir (1963, turns 62 this year), Coolio (1963, died on September 28, 2022 at the age of 59), Adam Duritz (1964, turns 61 this year), Sam Mendes (1965, turns 60 this year), Caprice Benedetti (1965, turns 60 this year), Daniel Gerson (1966, died on February 6, 2016 at the age of 49), Jose Padilha (1967, turns 58 this year), Cameron Rhodes (1967, turns 58 this year), David Wain (1969, turns 56 this year), Ana Celentano (1969, turns 56 this year), Jennifer Gareis (1970, turns 55 this year), Kseniya Kutepova (1971, turns 54 this year), Charles Malik Whitfield (1972, turns 53 this year), Kris Holden-Reid (1973, turns 52 this year), Tempestt Bledsoe (1973, turns 52 this year), Eduardo Noriega (1973, turns 52 this year), Chan Kwok-kwan (1975, turns 50 this year), Ane Dahl-Torp (1975, turns 50 this year), Kate Norby (1976, turns 49 this year), Dhani Harrison (1978, turns 47 this year), Jason Momoa (1979, turns 46 this year), Honeysuckle Weeks (1979, turns 46 this year), Crystal Moselle (1980, turns 45 this year), Catherine Kresge (1980, turns 45 this year), Miracle Laurie (1981, turns 44 this year), Montserrat Lombard (1982, turns 43 this year), Sara Giraudeau (1985, turns 40 this year), Elijah Kelley (1986, turns 39 this year), Taapsee Pannu (1987, turns 38 this year), Max Carver (1988, turns 37 this year), Sasha Jackson (1988, turns 37 this year), Ana Girardot (1988, turns 37 this year), Landry Allbright (1989, turns 36 this year), Devanny Pinn (1989, turns 36 this year), Jack O'Connell (1990, turns 35 this year), Alakina Mann (1990, turns 35 this year), Leon Thomas III (1993, turns 32 this year), Cymphonique Miller (1996, turns 29 this year), Ella Wahlestedt (1998, turns 27 this year), Oona Laurence (2002, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Strother Martin (1980, at the age of 61), Peter Arne (1983, at the age of 62), Jonathan D. Krane (2016, at the age of 63), Mariann Mayberry (2017, at the age of 52), D.A. Pennebaker (2019, at the age of 94), Wilford Brimley (2020, at the age of 85), Reni Santoni (2020, at the age of 81), Tom Pollock (2020, at the age of 77), Alvin Ing (2021, at the age of 89), Leonard Engelman (2024, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.