On This Day - July 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Tuesday | $39,255,628 | $390,532,085 |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Saturday | $34,487,884 | $352,390,543 |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Saturday | $32,646,705 | $370,270,765 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Friday | $32,452,342 | $374,333,180 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Friday | $28,153,316 | $300,531,751 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Saturday | $23,182,200 | $234,280,354 |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Sunday | $19,098,605 | $264,624,300 |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Sunday | $18,101,010 | $174,480,468 |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Sunday | $17,797,603 | $200,120,000 |
| 2008 | Hancock | Wednesday | $17,386,366 | $227,946,274 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Tuesday | $39,255,628 | $390,532,085 |
| 2008 | Hancock | Wednesday | $17,386,366 | $227,946,274 |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Wednesday | $14,043,310 | $250,690,539 |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Wednesday | $9,147,000 | $90,639,088 |
| 2021 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | Friday | $7,850,390 | $57,300,280 |
| 2014 | Tammy | Wednesday | $6,211,368 | $84,525,432 |
| 2021 | The Forever Purge | Friday | $5,770,300 | $44,539,245 |
| 2014 | Deliver Us from Evil | Wednesday | $2,854,714 | $30,577,122 |
| 2014 | Earth to Echo | Wednesday | $2,649,920 | $38,934,842 |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Friday | $2,020,000 | $19,288,130 |
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 2.
| 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 | $374,333,180 |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | $72,434,025 | $264,624,300 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | $64,878,725 | $234,280,354 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $64,832,191 | $300,531,751 |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | $60,368,101 | $174,480,468 |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | $52,535,096 | $200,120,000 |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | $41,817,176 | $486,295,561 |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | $41,325,042 | $182,618,434 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Disney Film, Jurassic World Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jack Garfein (1930, died on December 30, 2019 at the age of 89), Albert Solé (1943, turns 81 this year), Ron Silver (1946, died on March 15, 2009 at the age of 62), Larry David (1947, turns 77 this year), Saul Rubinek (1948, turns 76 this year), Wendy Schaal (1954, turns 70 this year), Andrew Divoff (1955, turns 69 this year), Yancy Butler (1970, turns 54 this year), Elizabeth Reaser (1975, turns 49 this year), Owain Yeoman (1978, turns 46 this year), Nick Lloyd Webber (1979, died on March 25, 2023 at the age of 43), Ashley Tisdale (1985, turns 39 this year), Lindsay Lohan (1986, turns 38 this year), Margot Robbie (1990, turns 34 this year), Jackson Odell (1997, died on June 8, 2018 at the age of 20)
Died on this day in history: Gladys Brockwell (1929, at the age of 34), Ernest Hemingway (1961, at the age of 61), Betty Grable (1973, at the age of 56), George Macready (1973, at the age of 73), Franklin J. Schaffner (1989, at the age of 69), Ben Wright (1989, at the age of 74), Lee Remick (1991, at the age of 55), Fred Gwynne (1993, at the age of 66), James Stewart (1997, at the age of 89), Mario Puzo (1999, at the age of 78), Mordecai Richler (2001, at the age of 70), Ernest Lehman (2005, at the age of 89), Michael Rauch (2015, at the age of 89), Michael Cimino (2016, at the age of 77), Ronald L. Schwary (2020, at the age of 76), Philece Sampler (2021, at the age of 67), Peter Brook (2022, at the age of 97), Leandro De Niro Rodriguez (2023, at the age of 97)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.