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

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, turns 99 this year), Chuck Low (1928, died on September 18, 2017 at the age of 89), Anthony Steffen (1930, turns 95 this year), Kaye Stevens (1932, turns 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, turns 83 this year), Edward Herrmann (1943, turns 82 this year), Michael Caton (1943, turns 82 this year), Leigh Lawson (1945, turns 80 this year), Sergio Calderon (1945, died on May 31, 2023 at the age of 77), Mel Damski (1946, turns 79 this year), Art Hindle (1948, turns 77 this year), Trish Garland (1948, turns 77 this year), Jordan Clarke (1950, turns 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, turns 74 this year), Briony Behets (1951, turns 74 this year), George Wallace (1952, turns 73 this year), Bela Tarr (1955, turns 70 this year), Jon Lovitz (1957, turns 68 this year), Susan Forrest (1958, died on March 15, 2024 at the age of 65), Lance Guest (1960, turns 65 this year), Matt Mulhern (1960, turns 65 this year), Ike Eisenmann (1962, turns 63 this year), Kym Whitley (1962, turns 63 this year), Susan Swift (1964, turns 61 this year), Treva Etienne (1965, turns 60 this year), Arija Bareikis (1966, turns 59 this year), Scott Handy (1968, turns 57 this year), Samuli Edelmann (1968, turns 57 this year), Christopher Shea (1969, turns 56 this year), Godfrey (1969, turns 56 this year), Alysia Reiner (1970, turns 55 this year), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971, turns 54 this year), Miguel Rodarte (1971, turns 54 this year), Darren Le Gallo (1974, turns 51 this year), Ray Galletti (1974, turns 51 this year), Florentine Lahme (1974, turns 51 this year), Steve Byrne (1974, turns 51 this year), Lisa Pepper (1976, turns 49 this year), David Dastmalchian (1977, turns 48 this year), Justin Bartha (1978, turns 47 this year), Josh Hartnett (1978, turns 47 this year), Sprague Grayden (1980, turns 45 this year), Chrishell Stause (1981, turns 44 this year), Paloma Faith (1981, turns 44 this year), Katy Louise Saunders (1984, turns 41 this year), Vanessa Lengies (1985, turns 40 this year), Betty Gilpin (1986, turns 39 this year), Diane Guerrero (1986, turns 39 this year), Michael Doneger (1986, turns 39 this year), Hatty Jones (1988, turns 37 this year), Juno Temple (1989, turns 36 this year), Jasmine Cephas-Jones (1989, turns 36 this year), Rory Culkin (1989, turns 36 this year), Ali Cobrin (1989, turns 36 this year), Jamie Waylett (1989, turns 36 this year), Jessica Barden (1992, turns 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)

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