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 | $382,088,758 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Friday | $26,820,572 | $302,854,063 |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Friday | $22,649,199 | $180,202,163 |
| 2010 | Inception | Saturday | $21,791,608 | $293,662,683 |
| 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 | $110,225,700 |
| 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 | $382,088,758 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $77,835,727 | $302,854,063 |
| 2010 | Inception | $62,785,337 | $293,662,683 |
| 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: The Odyssey, Cut Off
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, turned 113 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), Mimi Hines (1933, died on October 21, 2024 at the age of 91), Donald Sutherland (1935, died on June 20, 2024 at the age of 88), 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, died on September 10, 2025 at the age of 84), 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, turned 79 this year), Ron Asheton (1948, died on January 6, 2009 at the age of 60), P.J. Soles (1950, turned 75 this year), Lucie Arnaz (1951, turned 74 this year), David Hasselhoff (1952, turned 73 this year), Robert Romanus (1956, turned 69 this year), Robin Shou (1960, turned 65 this year), John Ventimiglia (1963, turned 62 this year), Heather Langenkamp (1964, turned 61 this year), Alex Winter (1965, turned 60 this year), Santiago Segura (1965, turned 60 this year), Beth Littleford (1968, turned 57 this year), Jason Clarke (1969, turned 56 this year), Tyrin Turner (1972, turned 53 this year), Tony Dovolani (1973, turned 52 this year), Elena Anaya (1975, turned 50 this year), Cécile de France (1975, turned 50 this year), Dagmara Dominczyk (1976, turned 49 this year), Eric Winter (1976, turned 49 this year), Eddie Shin (1976, turned 49 this year), Katharine Towne (1978, turned 47 this year), Mike Vogel (1979, turned 46 this year), Melanie Thierry (1981, turned 44 this year), Sarah Jones (1983, turned 42 this year), Tom Cullen (1985, turned 40 this year), Brando Eaton (1986, turned 39 this year), Summer Bishil (1988, turned 37 this year), Lexi Giovagnoli (1991, turned 34 this year), Billie Lourd (1992, turned 33 this year), Jessica Amlee (1994, turned 31 this year), Grace Fulton (1996, turned 29 this year), Jeffrey Wahlberg (1996, turned 29 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), Hassani Shapi (2024, at the age of 51), Alan Bergman (2025, at the age of 99)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.