On This Day - July 29
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barbie | Saturday | $34,586,429 | $636,238,421 |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Friday | $22,611,225 | $162,192,920 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Sunday | $19,654,489 | $448,139,099 |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Sunday | $19,552,000 | $180,011,740 |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Sunday | $19,479,149 | $183,135,014 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Saturday | $18,217,115 | $329,862,540 |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fallout | Sunday | $17,011,158 | $220,159,104 |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Saturday | $16,039,674 | $123,307,945 |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Friday | $13,260,814 | $142,614,158 |
| 2011 | Cowboys and Aliens | Friday | $13,087,485 | $100,368,560 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 29.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Friday | $22,611,225 | $162,192,920 |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Friday | $13,260,814 | $142,614,158 |
| 2011 | Cowboys and Aliens | Friday | $13,087,485 | $100,368,560 |
| 2016 | Bad Moms | Friday | $9,544,064 | $113,257,297 |
| 2022 | DC League of Super Pets | Friday | $9,327,632 | $93,657,117 |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Friday | $6,584,335 | $84,351,197 |
| 2005 | Sky High | Friday | $4,924,638 | $63,939,454 |
| 2005 | Stealth | Friday | $4,769,491 | $32,116,746 |
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs | Friday | $4,522,499 | $43,894,863 |
| 2015 | Vacation | Wednesday | $3,821,231 | $58,884,188 |
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 29.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barbie | $93,011,602 | $636,238,421 |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | $74,036,787 | $183,135,014 |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | $68,532,960 | $180,011,740 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $62,101,451 | $448,139,099 |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fallout | $61,236,534 | $220,159,104 |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | $59,215,365 | $162,192,920 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $46,705,630 | $329,862,540 |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | $42,518,830 | $123,307,945 |
| 2011 | Cowboys and Aliens | $36,431,290 | $100,368,560 |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | $35,611,637 | $142,614,158 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Maria Ouspenskaya (1876, died on December 3, 1949 at the age of 73), William Powell (1892, died on March 5, 1984 at the age of 91), Stephen McNally (1911, turns 113 this year), Budd Boetticher (1916, died on November 29, 2001 at the age of 85), Rodolfo Acosta (1920, died on November 7, 1974 at the age of 54), Richard Egan (1921, died on July 20, 1987 at the age of 65), Chris Marker (1921, turns 103 this year), Ludek Elias (1923, died on July 10, 2018 at the age of 94), Gordon Mitchell (1923, died on September 20, 2003 at the age of 80), Mikis Theodorakis (1925, died on September 2, 2021 at the age of 96), Jack Higgins (1929, died on April 9, 2022 at the age of 92), Mike Hodges (1932, died on December 17, 2022 at the age of 90), Robert Fuller (1933, turns 91 this year), Enzo G. Castellari (1938, turns 86 this year), Terele Pávez (1939, died on August 11, 2017 at the age of 78), David Warner (1941, died on July 24, 2022 at the age of 80), Tony Sirico (1942, died on July 8, 2022 at the age of 79), Charles Hallahan (1943, died on November 25, 1997 at the age of 54), Bill Forsyth (1946, turns 78 this year), John Clarke (1948, died on April 9, 2017 at the age of 68), Leslie Easterbrook (1949, turns 75 this year), Ryan Cutrona (1949, turns 75 this year), Mike Starr (1950, turns 74 this year), Jack Blessing (1951, died on November 14, 2017 at the age of 66), Wendy Hughes (1952, died on March 8, 2014 at the age of 61), Ken Burns (1953, turns 71 this year), Patti Scialfa (1953, turns 71 this year), Geddy Lee (1953, turns 71 this year), Jeanetta Arnette (1954, turns 70 this year), Jean-Hugues Anglade (1955, turns 69 this year), Ulrich Tukur (1957, turns 67 this year), Sanjay Dutt (1959, turns 65 this year), Brian Peck (1960, turns 64 this year), Delia Sheppard (1960, turns 64 this year), Kevin Spirtas (1962, turns 62 this year), Alexandra Paul (1963, turns 61 this year), Ian Roberts (1965, turns 59 this year), Dean Haglund (1965, turns 59 this year), Richard Horvitz (1966, turns 58 this year), Timothy Omundson (1969, turns 55 this year), Monica Calhoun (1971, turns 53 this year), Wil Wheaton (1972, turns 52 this year), Ato Essandoh (1972, turns 52 this year), Joe Vaz (1972, turns 52 this year), Stephen Dorff (1973, turns 51 this year), Dileep Rao (1973, turns 51 this year), Josh Radnor (1974, turns 50 this year), Robert J. Steinmiller, Jr. (1978, turns 46 this year), Rachel Miner (1980, turns 44 this year), Megan Hayes (1980, turns 44 this year), Allison Mack (1982, turns 42 this year), Dominic Burgess (1982, turns 42 this year), Heidi Johanningmeier (1982, turns 42 this year), Emily Neves (1982, turns 42 this year), Genesis Rodriguez (1987, turns 37 this year), Matt Prokop (1990, turns 34 this year), Munro Chambers (1990, turns 34 this year), Maestro Harrell (1991, turns 33 this year), Miki Ishikawa (1991, turns 33 this year), Lino Facioli (2000, turns 24 this year), T.J. McGibbon (2005, turns 19 this year)
Died on this day in history: David Lochary (1977, at the age of 32), Raymond Massey (1983, at the age of 86), Luis Bunuel (1983, at the age of 83), David Niven (1983, at the age of 73), Woodrow Parfrey (1984, at the age of 61), Jerome Robbins (1998, at the age of 79), Alex Nicol (2001, at the age of 85), Mike Reid (2007, at the age of 67), Michel Serrault (2007, at the age of 79), John Finnegan (2012, at the age of 85), Antony Holland (2015, at the age of 95), Vivean Gray (2016, at the age of 92), Carl Levin (2021, at the age of 87)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.