On This Day - July 15
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Friday | $91,071,119 | $382,088,758 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Wednesday | $58,175,412 | $302,854,063 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Saturday | $24,846,771 | $423,315,812 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sunday | $22,955,554 | $293,108,509 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | Saturday | $21,190,469 | $172,640,980 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Friday | $20,714,395 | $206,459,076 |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Saturday | $19,293,223 | $146,880,162 |
| 2000 | X-Men | Saturday | $19,239,000 | $157,299,717 |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Saturday | $17,587,320 | $334,580,976 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Friday | $17,129,166 | $128,350,574 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 15.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Friday | $91,071,119 | $382,088,758 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Wednesday | $58,175,412 | $302,854,063 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Friday | $20,714,395 | $206,459,076 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Friday | $17,129,166 | $128,350,574 |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Friday | $10,316,000 | $209,218,368 |
| 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Friday | $7,264,581 | $90,230,760 |
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Friday | $2,915,267 | $26,692,846 |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Friday | $2,446,696 | $17,811,382 |
| 1998 | There’s Something About Mary | Wednesday | $2,007,550 | $176,484,651 |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Friday | $702,835 | $10,433,915 |
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 15.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $169,189,427 | $382,088,758 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | $77,108,414 | $293,108,509 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $62,345,264 | $423,315,812 |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $56,262,929 | $146,880,162 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $56,178,450 | $206,459,076 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | $54,688,347 | $172,640,980 |
| 2000 | X-Men | $54,471,475 | $157,299,717 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $50,838,355 | $369,094,830 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $46,632,172 | $343,256,830 |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $46,629,259 | $161,321,843 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henri Colpi (1921, died on January 14, 2006 at the age of 84), D.A. Pennebaker (1925, died on August 1, 2019 at the age of 94), Philip Carey (1925, turned 100 this year), Albert Popwell (1926, turned 99 this year), Carmen Zapata (1927, died on January 5, 2014 at the age of 86), Joe Turkel (1927, turned 98 this year), Nan Martin (1927, turned 98 this year), Bill Gunn (1929, turned 96 this year), Joanna Merlin (1931, died on October 15, 2023 at the age of 92), Giuseppe Ferrara (1932, died on June 25, 2016 at the age of 83), Alex Karras (1935, turned 90 this year), Steven Gilborn (1936, died on January 2, 2009 at the age of 72), Patrick Wayne (1939, turned 86 this year), Wallis Annenberg (1939, died on July 28, 2025 at the age of 86), Larry Cohen (1941, died on March 24, 2019 at the age of 77), Tony Hendra (1941, died on March 4, 2021 at the age of 79), Jan-Michael Vincent (1945, died on February 10, 2019 at the age of 73), Jeffrey Kramer (1945, turned 80 this year), Matthew Robbins (1945, turned 80 this year), Linda Ronstadt (1946, turned 79 this year), Richard Franklin (1948, turned 77 this year), Jesse Ventura (1951, turned 74 this year), Terry O'Quinn (1952, turned 73 this year), Celia Imrie (1952, turned 73 this year), Judson Scott (1952, turned 73 this year), Natasa Raab (1953, died on October 23, 2023 at the age of 70), Anne Fontaine (1959, turned 66 this year), Vincent Lindon (1959, turned 66 this year), Willie Aames (1960, turned 65 this year), Dennis Storhoi (1960, turned 65 this year), Forest Whitaker (1961, turned 64 this year), Lolita Davidovich (1961, turned 64 this year), Brigitte Nielsen (1963, turned 62 this year), Miles Richardson (1963, turned 62 this year), Shari Headley (1964, turned 61 this year), Galyn Gorg (1964, turned 61 this year), Irene Jacob (1966, turned 59 this year), Masatoshi Nagase (1966, turned 59 this year), Adam Savage (1967, turned 58 this year), Eddie Griffin (1968, turned 57 this year), Rosalinda Celentano (1968, turned 57 this year), Jim Rash (1971, turned 54 this year), Scott Foley (1972, turned 53 this year), Brian Austin Green (1973, turned 52 this year), Rachel Pickup (1973, turned 52 this year), Hassani Shapi (1973, died on July 17, 2024 at the age of 51), Ben Davis (1975, turned 50 this year), Diane Kruger (1976, turned 49 this year), Gabriel Iglesias (1976, turned 49 this year), Lana Parrilla (1977, turned 48 this year), Greg Sestero (1978, turned 47 this year), Meital Berdah (1978, turned 47 this year), Travis Fimmel (1979, turned 46 this year), Laura Benanti (1979, turned 46 this year), Philipp Karner (1979, turned 46 this year), Jasper Pääkkönen (1980, turned 45 this year), Josh Henry (1980, turned 45 this year), Maclain Nelson (1980, turned 45 this year), Taylor Kinney (1981, turned 44 this year), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986, turned 39 this year), Mishael Morgan (1986, turned 39 this year), Ari Aster (1986, turned 39 this year), Stephanie Andujar (1986, turned 39 this year), Mayra Leal (1986, turned 39 this year), Aimee Carrero (1988, turned 37 this year), Tristan Wilds (1989, turned 36 this year), Chloe Bayliss (1991, turned 34 this year), Medalion Rahimi (1992, turned 33 this year), Izzy Stevens (1993, turned 32 this year), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (1993, turned 32 this year), Sarah Desjardins (1994, turned 31 this year), Mason Dye (1994, turned 31 this year), Janis Valdez (1994, turned 31 this year), Hayden Rolence (2004, turned 21 this year), Iain Armitage (2008, turned 17 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bill Thompson (1971, at the age of 58), Alfie Bass (1987, at the age of 71), Kieron Moore (2007, at the age of 82), Googie Withers (2011, at the age of 94), Celeste Holm (2012, at the age of 95), Martin Landau (2017, at the age of 89), Maurice Roeves (2020, at the age of 83), Peter R. de Vries (2021, at the age of 64), Jacques Boudet (2024, at the age of 89)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.