On This Day - July 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Saturday | $42,414,346 | $381,193,157 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Thursday | $22,011,215 | $302,089,278 |
| 2010 | Inception | Friday | $21,782,199 | $292,576,195 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Saturday | $20,028,900 | $369,094,830 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Saturday | $19,351,327 | $206,459,076 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Sunday | $18,954,137 | $423,315,812 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Saturday | $18,501,978 | $343,256,830 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Friday | $17,800,000 | $144,801,023 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | Sunday | $16,837,868 | $172,640,980 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Saturday | $16,395,482 | $128,350,574 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Inception | Friday | $21,782,199 | $292,576,195 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Friday | $17,800,000 | $144,801,023 |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Friday | $13,100,000 | $70,592,228 |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Friday | $7,760,000 | $55,691,208 |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Friday | $5,600,000 | $51,438,175 |
| 2021 | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions | Friday | $3,850,310 | $25,314,753 |
| 1999 | Lake Placid | Friday | $3,505,000 | $31,770,413 |
| 1997 | George Of The Jungle | Wednesday | $3,277,315 | $105,263,257 |
| 1999 | The Wood | Friday | $2,790,000 | $25,059,640 |
| 2021 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | Friday | $781,675 | $5,354,970 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $169,189,427 | $381,193,157 |
| 2010 | Inception | $62,785,337 | $292,576,195 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | $52,179,887 | $144,801,023 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $50,838,355 | $369,094,830 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $46,632,172 | $343,256,830 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Barbara Stanwyck (1907, died on January 20, 1990 at the age of 82), Ginger Rogers (1911, died on April 25, 1995 at the age of 83), Corin Redgrave (1939, died on April 6, 2010 at the age of 70), Camille Saviola (1950, died on October 29, 2021 at the age of 71), Philece Sampler (1953, died on July 2, 2021 at the age of 67), Faye Grant (1957, turned 67 this year), Phoebe Cates (1963, turned 61 this year), Denise Faye (1963, turned 61 this year), Daryl Mitchell (1965, turned 59 this year), Scott Derrickson (1966, turned 58 this year), Will Ferrell (1967, turned 57 this year), Jonathan Adams (1967, turned 57 this year), Corey Feldman (1971, turned 53 this year), Myron Dewey (1972, died on September 26, 2021 at the age of 49), Brad Venable (1977, died on January 7, 2021 at the age of 43), Jayma Mays (1979, turned 45 this year), Michelle Morgan (1981, turned 43 this year), Eleanor Matsuura (1983, turned 41 this year), Katrina Kaif (1984, turned 40 this year), Rosa Salazar (1985, turned 39 this year), Laura Carmichael (1986, turned 38 this year), AnnaLynne McCord (1987, turned 37 this year), Kate Berlant (1987, turned 37 this year), Eddie Hassell (1990, died on November 1, 2020 at the age of 30), Jonathan Morgan Heit (2000, turned 24 this year), Milly Shapiro (2002, turned 22 this year), Amiah Miller (2004, turned 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: James Gammon (2010, at the age of 70), George A. Romero (2017, at the age of 77), Trevor Baxter (2017, at the age of 84), Jane Birkin (2023, at the age of 76)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.