On This Day - July 3

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 3.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Tuesday $35,866,884 $262,717,220
2013 Despicable Me 2 Wednesday $35,010,665 $368,065,385
2004 Spider-Man 2 Saturday $33,748,257 $375,828,527
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Sunday $30,376,098 $352,390,543
2007 Transformers Tuesday $27,851,016 $319,246,193
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Wednesday $27,508,094 $391,362,492
2024 Despicable Me 4 Wednesday $27,202,050 $361,004,205
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Sunday $26,129,245 $370,549,695
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Thursday $25,300,775 $339,640,400
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Saturday $23,420,629 $300,834,957

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 3.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Tuesday $35,866,884 $262,717,220
2013 Despicable Me 2 Wednesday $35,010,665 $368,065,385
2007 Transformers Tuesday $27,851,016 $319,246,193
2024 Despicable Me 4 Wednesday $27,202,050 $361,004,205
2002 Men in Black 2 Wednesday $18,599,621 $190,418,803
1996 Independence Day Wednesday $17,406,144 $306,169,255
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Wednesday $9,261,072 $203,464,105
2013 Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain Wednesday $4,773,916 $32,244,051
2002 Like Mike Wednesday $4,016,000 $51,432,423
2019 Midsommar Wednesday $3,007,568 $27,426,363

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 3.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru $107,010,140 $370,549,695
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $97,852,865 $352,390,543
2004 Spider-Man 2 $88,156,227 $375,828,527
2005 War of the Worlds $64,878,725 $234,280,354
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $64,832,191 $300,834,957
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $42,320,877 $402,111,870
2016 Finding Dory $41,817,176 $486,295,561
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $41,690,382 $196,573,705
2010 The Last Airbender $40,325,019 $131,772,187
2016 The Legend of Tarzan $38,527,856 $126,643,061

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Warner Bros. Film, Shiver, Young Washington, 2030: Untitled Illumination Event Film

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Franz Kafka (1883, turns 143 this year), Doris Lloyd (1896, died on May 21, 1968 at the age of 71), George Sanders (1906, died on April 25, 1972 at the age of 65), Rae Allen (1926, died on April 6, 2022 at the age of 95), Ken Russell (1927, died on November 27, 2011 at the age of 84), Kinji Fukasaku (1930, died on January 12, 2003 at the age of 72), Richard Roat (1933, died on August 5, 2022 at the age of 89), Tom Stoppard (1937, died on November 29, 2025 at the age of 88), David Shire (1937, turns 89 this year), Michael H. Cole (1940, turns 86 this year), Kurtwood Smith (1943, turns 83 this year), Emilio Echevarria (1944, died on January 4, 2025 at the age of 80), Betty Buckley (1947, turns 79 this year), Susan Penhaligon (1949, turns 77 this year), Rick Ducommun (1952, died on June 12, 2015 at the age of 62), Cork Hubbert (1952, turns 74 this year), Barry Crimmins (1953, died on February 28, 2018 at the age of 64), Bruce Altman (1955, turns 71 this year), Jesse Corti (1955, turns 71 this year), Michele Soavi (1957, turns 69 this year), Andreas Wisniewski (1959, turns 67 this year), Tom Cruise (1962, turns 64 this year), Thomas Gibson (1962, turns 64 this year), Jay Tarses (1963, turns 63 this year), Yeardley Smith (1964, turns 62 this year), Peyton Reed (1964, turns 62 this year), Connie Nielsen (1965, turns 61 this year), Tommy Flanagan (1965, turns 61 this year), Arnaud Giovaninetti (1967, died on January 23, 2018 at the age of 50), Tigmanshu Dhulia (1967, turns 59 this year), Shawnee Smith (1969, turns 57 this year), Gedeon Burkhard (1969, turns 57 this year), Mykel Shannon Jenkins (1969, turns 57 this year), Justin Dreyfuss (1969, turns 57 this year), Audra McDonald (1970, turns 56 this year), Julian Assange (1971, turns 55 this year), Matt Schulze (1972, turns 54 this year), Patrick Wilson (1973, turns 53 this year), Corey Reynolds (1974, turns 52 this year), Dohn Norwood (1974, turns 52 this year), Ryan McPartlin (1975, turns 51 this year), Dan Clark (1976, turns 50 this year), Shawn Parsons (1977, turns 49 this year), Ian Anthony Dale (1978, turns 48 this year), Ludivine Sagnier (1979, turns 47 this year), Olivia Munn (1980, turns 46 this year), Shoshannah Stern (1980, turns 46 this year), Shoshannah Stern (1980, turns 46 this year), Diana Bang (1981, turns 45 this year), Alexandra Silber (1983, turns 43 this year), Corey Sevier (1984, turns 42 this year), Max Mauff (1987, turns 39 this year), Noemi Gonzalez (1988, turns 38 this year), Grant Rosenmeyer (1991, turns 35 this year), Nathalia Ramos (1992, turns 34 this year), Vincent Lacoste (1993, turns 33 this year), Ben Winchell (1994, turns 32 this year), Jason Genao (1996, turns 30 this year), Sara Waisglass (1998, turns 28 this year)

Died on this day in history: Gabriel Dell (1988, at the age of 68), Jim Backus (1989, at the age of 76), Andy Griffith (2012, at the age of 86), Diana Douglas (2015, at the age of 92), Amanda Peterson (2015, at the age of 43), Diana Douglas (2015, at the age of 92), Noel Neill (2016, at the age of 95), Pol Cruchten (2019, at the age of 55), Saroj Khan (2020, at the age of 71), Earl Cameron (2020, at the age of 102), Michael Madsen (2025, at the age of 67)

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