On This Day - July 6

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Saturday $34,222,790 $390,532,085
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Friday $33,725,082 $216,648,740
2013 Despicable Me 2 Saturday $29,377,950 $368,065,385
2007 Transformers Friday $22,656,420 $319,246,193
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Friday $20,480,039 $262,030,663
2002 Men in Black 2 Saturday $18,516,005 $190,418,803
2008 Hancock Sunday $18,294,508 $227,946,274
1997 Men in Black Sunday $15,126,003 $250,690,539
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Wednesday $13,568,820 $370,270,765
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Sunday $13,264,560 $150,358,296

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Friday $33,725,082 $216,648,740
2012 Savages Friday $5,715,555 $47,323,100
2001 Kiss of the Dragon Friday $4,795,500 $36,833,473
2016 Sultan Wednesday $502,472 $5,599,781
2018 Whitney Friday $479,974 $3,026,558
2018 Sorry to Bother You Friday $274,827 $17,493,096
2007 Joshua Friday $15,678 $482,355
2022 Fire of Love Wednesday $6,926 $1,120,412
2016 V paprscích slunce Wednesday $2,942 $99,436

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 6.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home $92,579,212 $390,532,085
2013 Despicable Me 2 $84,227,980 $368,065,385
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp $75,812,205 $216,648,740
2007 Transformers $70,502,384 $319,246,193
2008 Hancock $62,603,879 $227,946,274
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man $62,004,688 $262,030,663
2002 Men in Black 2 $52,148,751 $190,418,803
1997 Men in Black $51,068,455 $250,690,539
1996 Independence Day $50,228,264 $306,169,255
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines $44,041,440 $150,358,296

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Sebastian Cabot (1918, died on August 22, 1977 at the age of 59), William Schallert (1922, died on May 8, 2016 at the age of 93), Cathy O’Donnell (1923, died on April 11, 1970 at the age of 46), Pat Paulsen (1927, died on April 24, 1997 at the age of 69), Janet Leigh (1927, died on October 3, 2004 at the age of 77), Della Reese (1931, died on November 19, 2017 at the age of 86), Ned Beatty (1937, died on June 13, 2021 at the age of 83), Rosemary Forsyth (1943, turns 81 this year), Burt Ward (1945, turns 79 this year), Sylvester Stallone (1946, turns 78 this year), Fred Dryer (1946, turns 78 this year), Shelley Hack (1947, turns 77 this year), Nathalie Baye (1948, turns 76 this year), Geraldine James (1950, turns 74 this year), Allyce Beasley (1951, turns 73 this year), Grant Goodeve (1952, turns 72 this year), Stanley DeSantis (1953, turns 71 this year), Casey Sander (1956, turns 68 this year), Kate Guinzburg (1957, died on September 17, 2017 at the age of 60), Jennifer Saunders (1958, turns 66 this year), Kimberly Foster (1961, turns 63 this year), Brian Posehn (1966, turns 58 this year), Brian Van Holt (1969, turns 55 this year), Susan Aceron (1972, died on October 9, 2016 at the age of 44), William Lee Scott (1973, turns 51 this year), Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (1975, turns 49 this year), Alessandro Juliani (1975, turns 49 this year), Audrey Fleurot (1977, turns 47 this year), Bradford Young (1977, turns 47 this year), Tia Mowry (1978, turns 46 this year), Tamera Mowry (1978, turns 46 this year), Adam Busch (1978, turns 46 this year), Kevin Hart (1979, turns 45 this year), Eva Green (1980, turns 44 this year), Nnamdi Asomugha (1981, turns 43 this year), Gregory Smith (1983, turns 41 this year), Ranveer Singh (1985, turns 39 this year), Matt O'Leary (1987, turns 37 this year), Kate Nash (1987, turns 37 this year), Jennifer Saunders (1988, turns 36 this year), Brittany Underwood (1988, turns 36 this year), Jeremy Suarez (1990, turns 34 this year), Dylan Kingwell (2004, turns 20 this year)

Died on this day in history: William Faulkner (1962, at the age of 64), Brandon De Wilde (1972, at the age of 30), Joe E. Brown (1973, at the age of 81), Roy Rogers (1998, at the age of 86), John Frankenheimer (2002, at the age of 72), Buddy Ebsen (2003, at the age of 95), Jimmie F. Skaggs (2004, at the age of 59), Dave Legeno (2014, at the age of 50), Jerry Weintraub (2015, at the age of 77), Bukky Ajayi (2016, at the age of 82), John McMartin (2016, at the age of 86), Cameron Boyce (2019, at the age of 20), Eddie Jones (2019, at the age of 84), Ennio Morricone (2020, at the age of 91), Charlie Daniels (2020, at the age of 91), Suzzanne Douglas (2021, at the age of 64), James Caan (2022, at the age of 82)

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