On This Day - July 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie Saturday $47,812,356 $636,238,421
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Sunday $40,200,432 $448,139,099
2023 Oppenheimer Saturday $26,248,140 $329,862,540
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Friday $25,700,189 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond Friday $22,254,377 $158,848,340
2019 The Lion King Monday $21,050,219 $543,638,043
2008 The Dark Knight Tuesday $20,868,722 $534,235,491
2022 Nope Friday $19,538,690 $123,277,080
2017 Dunkirk Saturday $17,543,645 $190,068,280
2001 Jurassic Park III Sunday $14,780,000 $181,166,115

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Friday $25,700,189 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond Friday $22,254,377 $158,848,340
2022 Nope Friday $19,538,690 $123,277,080
2016 Lights Out Friday $9,150,958 $67,268,835
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Friday $7,919,094 $64,063,008
2011 Friends with Benefits Friday $6,801,594 $55,802,754
2005 The Island Friday $4,202,195 $35,818,913
2005 The Bad News Bears Friday $4,150,091 $32,868,349
2005 The Devil’s Rejects Friday $2,981,362 $17,044,981
2005 Hustle & Flow Friday $2,859,181 $22,202,809

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 22.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie $162,022,044 $636,238,421
2012 The Dark Knight Rises $160,887,295 $448,139,099
2023 Oppenheimer $82,455,420 $329,862,540
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger $65,058,524 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond $59,253,211 $158,848,340
2001 Jurassic Park III $50,771,645 $181,166,115
2017 Dunkirk $50,513,488 $190,068,280
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $47,422,212 $381,193,157
2022 Nope $44,366,910 $123,277,080
2018 The Equalizer 2 $36,011,640 $102,084,362

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: James Whale (1899, died on May 29, 1957 at the age of 57), Bob Dole (1923, died on December 5, 2021 at the age of 98), Joseph Sargent (1925, died on December 22, 2014 at the age of 89), Bryan Forbes (1926, turns 98 this year), Orson Bean (1928, died on February 7, 2020 at the age of 91), Vivien Merchant (1929, died on October 3, 1982 at the age of 53), Pat McNamara (1933, turns 91 this year), Louise Fletcher (1934, died on September 23, 2022 at the age of 88), Terence Stamp (1938, turns 86 this year), Alex Trebek (1940, died on November 8, 2020 at the age of 80), Gene Warren, Jr. (1941, died on November 28, 2019 at the age of 78), George Clinton (1941, turns 83 this year), Anthony James (1942, died on May 26, 2020 at the age of 77), Jennifer Bassey (1942, turns 82 this year), Nick Brimble (1944, turns 80 this year), Peter Jason (1944, turns 80 this year), Danny Glover (1946, turns 78 this year), Paul Schrader (1946, turns 78 this year), Albert Brooks (1947, turns 77 this year), J. Kenneth Campbell (1947, turns 77 this year), Don Henley (1947, turns 77 this year), Lou Eppolito (1948, died on November 3, 2019 at the age of 71), S.E. Hinton (1948, turns 76 this year), Otto Waalkes (1948, turns 76 this year), Alan Menken (1949, turns 75 this year), Tisa Farrow (1951, turns 73 this year), Sylvia Chang (1953, turns 71 this year), Lonette McKee (1954, turns 70 this year), Willem Dafoe (1955, turns 69 this year), Rena Owen (1962, turns 62 this year), Joanna Going (1963, turns 61 this year), Rob Estes (1963, turns 61 this year), Saxon Trainor (1963, turns 61 this year), Olivier Gourmet (1963, turns 61 this year), John Leguizamo (1964, turns 60 this year), David Spade (1964, turns 60 this year), Adam Godley (1964, turns 60 this year), Patrick Labyorteaux (1965, turns 59 this year), Shawn Michaels (1965, turns 59 this year), Rhys Ifans (1967, turns 57 this year), Irene Bedard (1967, turns 57 this year), James Arnold Taylor (1969, turns 55 this year), Diana-Maria Riva (1969, turns 55 this year), Terrell Tilford (1969, turns 55 this year), Scott Wiper (1970, turns 54 this year), Oliver Robins (1971, turns 53 this year), Adam Cooper (1971, turns 53 this year), Colin Ferguson (1972, turns 52 this year), Angela Little (1972, turns 52 this year), Jaime Camil (1973, turns 51 this year), Rufus Wainwright (1973, turns 51 this year), Franka Potente (1974, turns 50 this year), Claudio Santamaria (1974, turns 50 this year), Karen Cliche (1976, turns 48 this year), Reda Kateb (1977, turns 47 this year), A.J. Cook (1978, turns 46 this year), Candace Kroslak (1978, turns 46 this year), Damien Bonnard (1978, turns 46 this year), Lauren Bittner (1980, turns 44 this year), Clive Standen (1981, turns 43 this year), Josh Lawson (1981, turns 43 this year), Sarah Lind (1982, turns 42 this year), Lauren Morelli (1982, turns 42 this year), Sharni Vinson (1983, turns 41 this year), Amy Paffrath (1983, turns 41 this year), Blake Harrison (1985, turns 39 this year), Tim Oliver Schultz (1988, turns 36 this year), Keegan Allen (1989, turns 35 this year), Camila Banus (1990, turns 34 this year), Selena Gomez (1992, turns 32 this year), Aleksandr Kuznetsov (1992, turns 32 this year), Jaz Sinclair (1994, turns 30 this year), Skyler Gisondo (1996, turns 28 this year), Bebe Cave (1997, turns 27 this year), Madison Pettis (1998, turns 26 this year), Alisha Newton (2001, turns 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: Duane Jones (1988, at the age of 51), Claude Sautet (2000, at the age of 76), Eric Christmas (2000, at the age of 84), Estelle Getty (2008, at the age of 84), Dennis Farina (2013, at the age of 69), Christopher Kraft (2019, at the age of 95)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.