On This Day - July 21
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barbie | Friday | $70,503,178 | $636,785,476 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Sunday | $52,832,619 | $543,638,043 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Saturday | $44,931,966 | $448,139,099 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Friday | $33,017,635 | $330,078,895 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Monday | $24,493,313 | $536,625,724 |
| 2024 | Twisters | Sunday | $21,594,615 | $267,762,265 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Saturday | $20,539,000 | $181,166,115 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Friday | $19,736,259 | $190,068,280 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Saturday | $12,709,883 | $102,084,362 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Saturday | $12,281,132 | $293,108,509 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barbie | Friday | $70,503,178 | $636,785,476 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Friday | $33,017,635 | $330,078,895 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Friday | $19,736,259 | $190,068,280 |
| 2017 | Girls Trip | Friday | $11,704,040 | $115,108,515 |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Friday | $9,998,065 | $155,464,351 |
| 2000 | Pokemon 2000 | Friday | $9,639,373 | $43,746,923 |
| 2006 | Monster House | Friday | $7,362,974 | $73,661,010 |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | Friday | $6,851,808 | $42,285,169 |
| 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Friday | $6,495,217 | $40,479,370 |
| 2006 | Clerks II | Friday | $4,020,770 | $24,148,068 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Lion King | $191,770,759 | $543,638,043 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $162,022,044 | $636,785,476 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $160,887,295 | $448,139,099 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $82,455,420 | $330,078,895 |
| 2024 | Twisters | $81,251,415 | $267,762,265 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $50,771,645 | $181,166,115 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | $50,513,488 | $190,068,280 |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | $41,855,326 | $137,400,141 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | $36,011,640 | $102,084,362 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $35,215,201 | $423,315,812 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Hello Kitty
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: C. Aubrey Smith (1863, died on December 20, 1948 at the age of 85), Phyllis Povah (1893, died on August 7, 1975 at the age of 82), Ernest Hemingway (1899, died on July 2, 1961 at the age of 61), Don Knotts (1924, died on February 24, 2006 at the age of 81), Norman Jewison (1926, died on January 20, 2024 at the age of 97), Paul Burke (1926, died on September 13, 2009 at the age of 83), Karel Reisz (1926, turned 99 this year), Chuck Low (1928, died on September 18, 2017 at the age of 89), Anthony Steffen (1930, turned 95 this year), Kaye Stevens (1932, turned 93 this year), Jonathan W. Miller (1934, died on November 27, 2019 at the age of 85), William Blinn (1937, died on October 22, 2020 at the age of 83), Gray Frederickson (1937, died on November 20, 2022 at the age of 85), Amnon Weinstein (1939, died on March 5, 2024 at the age of 84), Veronique Vendell (1942, turned 83 this year), Edward Herrmann (1943, died on December 31, 2014 at the age of 71), Michael Caton (1943, turned 82 this year), Leigh Lawson (1945, turned 80 this year), Sergio Calderon (1945, died on May 31, 2023 at the age of 77), Mel Damski (1946, turned 79 this year), Art Hindle (1948, turned 77 this year), Trish Garland (1948, turned 77 this year), Jordan Clarke (1950, turned 75 this year), Robin Williams (1951, died on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63), Robin Williams (1951, died on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63), Lillias White (1951, turned 74 this year), Briony Behets (1951, turned 74 this year), George Wallace (1952, turned 73 this year), Bela Tarr (1955, turned 70 this year), Jon Lovitz (1957, turned 68 this year), Susan Forrest (1958, died on March 15, 2024 at the age of 65), Lance Guest (1960, turned 65 this year), Matt Mulhern (1960, turned 65 this year), Ike Eisenmann (1962, turned 63 this year), Kym Whitley (1962, turned 63 this year), Susan Swift (1964, turned 61 this year), Treva Etienne (1965, turned 60 this year), Arija Bareikis (1966, turned 59 this year), Scott Handy (1968, turned 57 this year), Samuli Edelmann (1968, turned 57 this year), Christopher Shea (1969, turned 56 this year), Godfrey (1969, turned 56 this year), Alysia Reiner (1970, turned 55 this year), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971, turned 54 this year), Miguel Rodarte (1971, turned 54 this year), Darren Le Gallo (1974, turned 51 this year), Ray Galletti (1974, turned 51 this year), Florentine Lahme (1974, turned 51 this year), Steve Byrne (1974, turned 51 this year), Lisa Pepper (1976, turned 49 this year), David Dastmalchian (1977, turned 48 this year), Justin Bartha (1978, turned 47 this year), Josh Hartnett (1978, turned 47 this year), Sprague Grayden (1980, turned 45 this year), Chrishell Stause (1981, turned 44 this year), Paloma Faith (1981, turned 44 this year), Katy Louise Saunders (1984, turned 41 this year), Vanessa Lengies (1985, turned 40 this year), Betty Gilpin (1986, turned 39 this year), Diane Guerrero (1986, turned 39 this year), Michael Doneger (1986, turned 39 this year), Hatty Jones (1988, turned 37 this year), Juno Temple (1989, turned 36 this year), Jasmine Cephas-Jones (1989, turned 36 this year), Rory Culkin (1989, turned 36 this year), Ali Cobrin (1989, turned 36 this year), Jamie Waylett (1989, turned 36 this year), Sara Sampaio (1991, turned 34 this year), Jessica Barden (1992, turned 33 this year)
Died on this day in history: Basil Rathbone (1967, at the age of 75), Billy West (1975, at the age of 82), Herb Edelman (1996, at the age of 62), Robert Young (1998, at the age of 91), Jerry Goldsmith (2004, at the age of 75), Mako (2006, at the age of 72), Theodore Bikel (2015, at the age of 91), John Heard (2017, at the age of 71), Jonathan Gold (2018, at the age of 57), Elmarie Wendel (2018, at the age of 89), Paul Krassner (2019, at the age of 87), Robert Morgenthau (2019, at the age of 99), Éric Névé (2019, at the age of 57), Annie Ross (2020, at the age of 89), Taurean Blacque (2022, at the age of 82), Shonka Dukureh (2022, at the age of 44), Tony Bennett (2023, at the age of 96), Salvatore Piscicelli (2024, at the age of 76), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (2025, at the age of 54)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.