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 | $339,640,400 |
| 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 | $375,828,527 |
| 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 | $339,640,400 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | $88,156,227 | $375,828,527 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $64,832,191 | $300,834,957 |
| 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, turns 116 this year), Eva Marie Saint (1924, turns 102 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, turns 86 this year), Geraldo Rivera (1943, turns 83 this year), Susan Kellerman (1944, turns 82 this year), Bruce French (1945, died on February 7, 2025 at the age of 79), Ed O'Ross (1946, turns 80 this year), Ron Kovic (1946, turns 80 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, turns 70 this year), Jenny Seagrove (1957, turns 69 this year), Victoria Abril (1959, turns 67 this year), Neil Morrissey (1962, turns 64 this year), Tracy Letts (1965, turns 61 this year), Marnie McPhail (1966, turns 60 this year), Ronni Ancona (1968, turns 58 this year), Marti Matulis (1970, turns 56 this year), Claire Price (1972, turns 54 this year), Jenica Bergere (1974, turns 52 this year), Yorgos Pirpassopoulos (1974, turns 52 this year), Mick Wingert (1974, turns 52 this year), Zoe Naylor (1977, turns 49 this year), Becki Newton (1978, turns 48 this year), Stephen Rannazzisi (1978, turns 48 this year), Andrea Gabriel (1978, turns 48 this year), Max Elliott Slade (1980, turns 46 this year), Carrie Keagan (1980, turns 46 this year), Tahar Rahim (1981, turns 45 this year), Mike Sorrentino (1981, turns 45 this year), Mo McRae (1982, turns 44 this year), Brent Bailey (1983, turns 43 this year), Jason Liles (1987, turns 39 this year), Luke Thompson (1988, turns 38 this year), Melissa Barrera (1990, turns 36 this year), David Kross (1990, turns 36 this year), Francesca Hayward (1992, turns 34 this year), Josh Swickard (1992, turns 34 this year), Rae Gray (1992, turns 34 this year), Post Malone (1995, turns 31 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.