On This Day - July 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Friday | $48,234,190 | $370,270,765 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Friday | $32,988,883 | $352,390,543 |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Saturday | $24,330,080 | $264,624,300 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Thursday | $24,211,138 | $300,531,751 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Thursday | $23,812,920 | $373,524,485 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Friday | $21,920,576 | $234,280,354 |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Sunday | $19,706,880 | $417,719,760 |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Saturday | $18,584,093 | $174,480,468 |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Saturday | $18,419,067 | $200,120,000 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Thursday | $17,511,097 | $131,772,187 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Friday | $48,234,190 | $370,270,765 |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Thursday | $17,511,097 | $131,772,187 |
| 2016 | The Purge: Election Year | Friday | $14,513,360 | $79,042,440 |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Friday | $14,051,421 | $126,643,061 |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Wednesday | $13,791,157 | $196,573,705 |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Wednesday | $9,668,216 | $201,578,182 |
| 2015 | Magic Mike XXL | Wednesday | $9,306,397 | $66,013,057 |
| 2015 | Terminator: Genisys | Wednesday | $8,930,404 | $89,760,956 |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Wednesday | $8,165,025 | $97,104,620 |
| 2016 | The BFG | Friday | $7,084,842 | $55,483,770 |
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 1.
| 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 |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | $72,434,025 | $264,624,300 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | $64,878,725 | $234,280,354 |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | $60,912,195 | $417,719,760 |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | $60,368,101 | $174,480,468 |
| 2012 | Ted | $54,415,205 | $218,665,740 |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | $52,535,096 | $200,120,000 |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | $47,027,395 | $206,445,654 |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | $46,417,761 | $608,581,744 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Scotty Bowers (1923, died on October 13, 2019 at the age of 96), Farley Granger (1925, died on March 27, 2011 at the age of 85), Claude Berri (1934, died on January 12, 2009 at the age of 74), David Prowse (1935, died on November 28, 2020 at the age of 85), Antonio Salines (1936, died on June 22, 2021 at the age of 84), Ben Roberts (1950, died on June 7, 2021 at the age of 70), David Gulpilil (1953, died on November 29, 2021 at the age of 68), Alan Ruck (1956, turns 68 this year), Phyllis Cicero (1959, died on February 12, 2021 at the age of 61), Andre Braugher (1962, died on December 11, 2023 at the age of 61), Pamela Anderson (1967, turns 57 this year), Rashid Khan (1968, died on January 9, 2024 at the age of 55), Julianne Nicholson (1971, turns 53 this year), Liv Tyler (1977, turns 47 this year), Hilarie Burton (1982, turns 42 this year), Lea Seydoux (1985, turns 39 this year), Sonoya Mizuno (1986, turns 38 this year), Evan Ellingson (1988, died on November 5, 2023 at the age of 35), Chosen Jacobs (2001, turns 23 this year), Olivia de Havilland (2020, died on July 25, 2020 at the age of 0)
Died on this day in history: Thea von Harbou (1954, at the age of 65), Margaux Hemingway (1996, at the age of 42), Robert Mitchum (1997, at the age of 79), Edward Dmytryk (1999, at the age of 90), Walter Matthau (2000, at the age of 79), Marlon Brando (2004, at the age of 80), Marlon Brando (2004, at the age of 80), Karl Malden (2009, at the age of 97), Ilene Woods (2010, at the age of 81), Geoffrey Hutchings (2010, at the age of 71), Robin Hardy (2016, at the age of 86), Heathcote Williams (2017, at the age of 75), Lawrence Turman (2023, at the age of 96)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.