On This Day - July 3
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Tuesday | $35,866,884 | $262,717,220 |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Wednesday | $35,010,665 | $368,065,385 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Saturday | $33,748,257 | $374,715,055 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Sunday | $30,376,098 | $352,390,543 |
| 2007 | Transformers | Tuesday | $27,851,016 | $319,246,193 |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Wednesday | $27,508,094 | $391,362,492 |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Wednesday | $27,202,050 | $359,672,705 |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Sunday | $26,129,245 | $370,270,765 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Saturday | $23,420,629 | $300,531,751 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Sunday | $19,775,949 | $234,280,354 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 3.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Tuesday | $35,866,884 | $262,717,220 |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Wednesday | $35,010,665 | $368,065,385 |
| 2007 | Transformers | Tuesday | $27,851,016 | $319,246,193 |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Wednesday | $27,202,050 | $359,672,705 |
| 2002 | Men in Black 2 | Wednesday | $18,599,621 | $190,418,803 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Wednesday | $17,406,144 | $306,169,255 |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Wednesday | $9,261,072 | $203,464,105 |
| 2013 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | Wednesday | $4,773,916 | $32,244,051 |
| 2002 | Like Mike | Wednesday | $4,016,000 | $51,432,423 |
| 2019 | Midsommar | Wednesday | $3,007,568 | $27,426,363 |
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 3.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | $107,010,140 | $370,270,765 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $97,852,865 | $352,390,543 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | $88,156,227 | $374,715,055 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | $64,878,725 | $234,280,354 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $64,832,191 | $300,531,751 |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $42,320,877 | $402,111,870 |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | $41,817,176 | $486,295,561 |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $41,690,382 | $196,573,705 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | $40,325,019 | $131,772,187 |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | $38,527,856 | $126,643,061 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Warner Bros. Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Franz Kafka (1883, turned 141 this year), Doris Lloyd (1896, died on May 21, 1968 at the age of 71), George Sanders (1906, died on April 25, 1972 at the age of 65), Rae Allen (1926, died on April 6, 2022 at the age of 95), Ken Russell (1927, died on November 27, 2011 at the age of 84), Kinji Fukasaku (1930, died on January 12, 2003 at the age of 72), Richard Roat (1933, died on August 5, 2022 at the age of 89), Tom Stoppard (1937, turned 87 this year), David Shire (1937, turned 87 this year), Michael Cole (1940, turned 84 this year), Kurtwood Smith (1943, turned 81 this year), Betty Buckley (1947, turned 77 this year), Susan Penhaligon (1949, turned 75 this year), Rick Ducommun (1952, died on June 12, 2015 at the age of 62), Cork Hubbert (1952, turned 72 this year), Barry Crimmins (1953, died on February 28, 2018 at the age of 64), Bruce Altman (1955, turned 69 this year), Jesse Corti (1955, turned 69 this year), Michele Soavi (1957, turned 67 this year), Andreas Wisniewski (1959, turned 65 this year), Tom Cruise (1962, turned 62 this year), Thomas Gibson (1962, turned 62 this year), Jay Tarses (1963, turned 61 this year), Yeardley Smith (1964, turned 60 this year), Peyton Reed (1964, turned 60 this year), Connie Nielsen (1965, turned 59 this year), Tommy Flanagan (1965, turned 59 this year), Arnaud Giovaninetti (1967, died on January 23, 2018 at the age of 50), Tigmanshu Dhulia (1967, turned 57 this year), Shawnee Smith (1969, turned 55 this year), Gedeon Burkhard (1969, turned 55 this year), Mykel Shannon Jenkins (1969, turned 55 this year), Justin Dreyfuss (1969, turned 55 this year), Audra McDonald (1970, turned 54 this year), Julian Assange (1971, turned 53 this year), Matt Schulze (1972, turned 52 this year), Patrick Wilson (1973, turned 51 this year), Corey Reynolds (1974, turned 50 this year), Dohn Norwood (1974, turned 50 this year), Ryan McPartlin (1975, turned 49 this year), Dan Clark (1976, turned 48 this year), Shawn Parsons (1977, turned 47 this year), Ian Anthony Dale (1978, turned 46 this year), Ludivine Sagnier (1979, turned 45 this year), Olivia Munn (1980, turned 44 this year), Shoshannah Stern (1980, turned 44 this year), Shoshannah Stern (1980, turned 44 this year), Diana Bang (1981, turned 43 this year), Alexandra Silber (1983, turned 41 this year), Corey Sevier (1984, turned 40 this year), Max Mauff (1987, turned 37 this year), Noemi Gonzalez (1988, turned 36 this year), Grant Rosenmeyer (1991, turned 33 this year), Nathalia Ramos (1992, turned 32 this year), Vincent Lacoste (1993, turned 31 this year), Ben Winchell (1994, turned 30 this year), Jason Genao (1996, turned 28 this year), Sara Waisglass (1998, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gabriel Dell (1988, at the age of 68), Jim Backus (1989, at the age of 76), Andy Griffith (2012, at the age of 86), Diana Douglas (2015, at the age of 92), Amanda Peterson (2015, at the age of 43), Diana Douglas (2015, at the age of 92), Noel Neill (2016, at the age of 95), Pol Cruchten (2019, at the age of 55), Saroj Khan (2020, at the age of 71), Earl Cameron (2020, at the age of 102)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.