On This Day - July 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Sunday | $35,703,962 | $381,193,157 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Friday | $26,820,572 | $302,089,278 |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Friday | $22,649,199 | $180,202,163 |
| 2010 | Inception | Saturday | $21,791,608 | $292,576,195 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Saturday | $19,206,675 | $144,801,023 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Sunday | $16,112,728 | $206,459,076 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Sunday | $15,610,560 | $369,094,830 |
| 2015 | Minions | Friday | $14,571,180 | $336,045,770 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Sunday | $14,354,321 | $343,256,830 |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Saturday | $12,725,425 | $252,756,705 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Friday | $22,649,199 | $180,202,163 |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | Friday | $10,738,440 | $110,212,700 |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Friday | $7,430,000 | $93,828,745 |
| 2013 | Turbo | Wednesday | $5,552,403 | $83,028,130 |
| 2002 | Eight Legged Freaks | Wednesday | $1,432,000 | $17,266,505 |
| 2019 | Between Me and My Mind | Wednesday | $778,213 | $813,844 |
| 2015 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Friday | $735,000 | $8,178,001 |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Friday | $651,477 | $17,737,646 |
| 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Friday | $263,178 | $32,425,665 |
| 2015 | Irrational Man | Friday | $53,000 | $4,030,360 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $169,189,427 | $381,193,157 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $77,835,727 | $302,089,278 |
| 2010 | Inception | $62,785,337 | $292,576,195 |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | $57,225,526 | $180,202,163 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $56,178,450 | $206,459,076 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | $52,179,887 | $144,801,023 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $50,838,355 | $369,094,830 |
| 2015 | Minions | $49,274,730 | $336,045,770 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $46,632,172 | $343,256,830 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | $46,018,755 | $128,350,574 |
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: James Cagney (1899, died on March 30, 1986 at the age of 86), James Cagney (1899, died on March 30, 1986 at the age of 86), Irene Manning (1912, turns 112 this year), Phyllis Diller (1917, died on August 20, 2012 at the age of 95), Helen Walker (1920, died on March 10, 1968 at the age of 47), Donald Sutherland (1935, turns 89 this year), Diahann Carroll (1935, died on October 4, 2019 at the age of 84), Peter Schickele (1935, died on January 16, 2024 at the age of 88), Phyllis Davis (1940, died on September 27, 2013 at the age of 73), Paula Shaw (1941, turns 83 this year), Peter Sissons (1942, died on October 1, 2019 at the age of 77), Jean-Claude Brisseau (1944, died on May 11, 2019 at the age of 74), Alun Armstrong (1946, turns 78 this year), Ron Asheton (1948, died on January 6, 2009 at the age of 60), P.J. Soles (1950, turns 74 this year), Lucie Arnaz (1951, turns 73 this year), David Hasselhoff (1952, turns 72 this year), Robert Romanus (1956, turns 68 this year), Robin Shou (1960, turns 64 this year), John Ventimiglia (1963, turns 61 this year), Heather Langenkamp (1964, turns 60 this year), Alex Winter (1965, turns 59 this year), Santiago Segura (1965, turns 59 this year), Beth Littleford (1968, turns 56 this year), Jason Clarke (1969, turns 55 this year), Tyrin Turner (1972, turns 52 this year), Elena Anaya (1975, turns 49 this year), Cécile de France (1975, turns 49 this year), Dagmara Dominczyk (1976, turns 48 this year), Eric Winter (1976, turns 48 this year), Eddie Shin (1976, turns 48 this year), Katharine Towne (1978, turns 46 this year), Mike Vogel (1979, turns 45 this year), Melanie Thierry (1981, turns 43 this year), Sarah Jones (1983, turns 41 this year), Tom Cullen (1985, turns 39 this year), Brando Eaton (1986, turns 38 this year), Summer Bishil (1988, turns 36 this year), Lexi Giovagnoli (1991, turns 33 this year), Billie Lourd (1992, turns 32 this year), Jessica Amlee (1994, turns 30 this year), Grace Fulton (1996, turns 28 this year), Jeffrey Wahlberg (1996, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Billie Holiday (1959, at the age of 44), Cliff Edwards (1971, at the age of 76), Pat Roach (2004, at the age of 67), Geraldine Fitzgerald (2005, at the age of 91), Walter Cronkite (2009, at the age of 92), Harvey Atkin (2017, at the age of 75), Evan Helmuth (2017, at the age of 39), Yvonne Blake (2018, at the age of 78), Gary Beach (2018, at the age of 70), John Lewis (2020, at the age of 70), Jonathan Oppenheim (2020, at the age of 67)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.