On This Day - August 1

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 1.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Friday $37,845,336 $333,714,112
2015 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Saturday $19,652,426 $195,042,377
2023 Barbie Tuesday $15,302,634 $636,238,421
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Friday $15,228,130 $102,491,776
2004 The Village Sunday $12,886,097 $114,197,520
2008 The Dark Knight Friday $12,709,035 $534,235,491
2003 American Wedding Friday $12,228,060 $104,354,205
1999 The Blair Witch Project Sunday $9,400,000 $140,539,099
1999 Runaway Bride Sunday $9,300,000 $152,257,509
1998 Saving Private Ryan Saturday $9,245,000 $216,335,085

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 1.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Friday $37,845,336 $333,714,112
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Friday $15,228,130 $102,491,776
2003 American Wedding Friday $12,228,060 $104,354,205
2014 Get on Up Friday $4,887,830 $30,569,935
1997 Picture Perfect Friday $2,726,000 $31,301,775
2008 Swing Vote Friday $1,965,667 $16,289,867
1997 Air Bud Friday $1,556,192 $24,646,936
2003 Gigli Friday $1,449,667 $6,087,542
2014 Calvary Friday $19,852 $3,600,006
1997 Love Serenade Friday $13,308 $604,523

Record Weekend

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 1.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $94,320,883 $333,714,112
2015 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation $55,520,089 $195,042,377
2004 The Village $50,746,142 $114,197,520
2008 The Dark Knight $42,664,219 $534,235,491
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor $40,457,770 $102,491,776
1999 Runaway Bride $35,055,556 $152,257,509
2021 Jungle Cruise $35,018,731 $116,987,516
2003 American Wedding $33,369,440 $104,354,205
1999 The Blair Witch Project $29,207,381 $140,539,099
2010 Inception $27,485,245 $292,576,195

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Warner Bros. Event Film, The Bad Guys 2

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Henry Jones (1912, died on May 17, 1999 at the age of 86), Martin Melcher (1915, died on April 20, 1968 at the age of 52), Richard Pearson (1918, died on August 2, 2011 at the age of 93), Arthur Hill (1922, died on October 22, 2006 at the age of 84), Paul Lambert (1922, died on April 27, 1997 at the age of 74), Jack Shea (1928, died on April 28, 2013 at the age of 84), Camillo Milli (1929, died on January 20, 2022 at the age of 92), Geoffrey Holder (1930, turns 94 this year), Julie Bovasso (1930, turns 94 this year), Jacques Collard (1931, died on March 26, 2023 at the age of 91), Dom DeLuise (1933, died on May 4, 2009 at the age of 75), Paddy Moloney (1938, died on October 11, 2021 at the age of 83), Robert James Waller (1939, died on March 10, 2017 at the age of 77), Terry Kiser (1939, turns 85 this year), Craig Littler (1941, turns 83 this year), Giancarlo Giannini (1942, turns 82 this year), Andrew G. Vajna (1944, died on January 20, 2019 at the age of 74), Andrew G. Vajna (1944, died on January 20, 2019 at the age of 74), Laila Morse (1945, turns 79 this year), David Calder (1946, turns 78 this year), Lee Benton (1952, turns 72 this year), Brian Patrick Clarke (1952, turns 72 this year), Annabel Jankel (1955, turns 69 this year), Lewis Smith (1956, turns 68 this year), Alexandre Rockwell (1956, turns 68 this year), Taylor Negron (1957, died on January 10, 2015 at the age of 57), Adrian Dunbar (1958, turns 66 this year), Michael Penn (1958, turns 66 this year), Michael Spiller (1961, turns 63 this year), Jesse Borrego (1962, turns 62 this year), John Carroll Lynch (1963, turns 61 this year), Demián Bichir (1963, turns 61 this year), Coolio (1963, died on September 28, 2022 at the age of 59), Adam Duritz (1964, turns 60 this year), Sam Mendes (1965, turns 59 this year), Caprice Benedetti (1965, turns 59 this year), Daniel Gerson (1966, died on February 6, 2016 at the age of 49), Jose Padilha (1967, turns 57 this year), Cameron Rhodes (1967, turns 57 this year), David Wain (1969, turns 55 this year), Ana Celentano (1969, turns 55 this year), Jennifer Gareis (1970, turns 54 this year), Kseniya Kutepova (1971, turns 53 this year), Charles Malik Whitfield (1972, turns 52 this year), Kris Holden-Reid (1973, turns 51 this year), Tempestt Bledsoe (1973, turns 51 this year), Eduardo Noriega (1973, turns 51 this year), Chan Kwok-kwan (1975, turns 49 this year), Ane Dahl-Torp (1975, turns 49 this year), Kate Norby (1976, turns 48 this year), Dhani Harrison (1978, turns 46 this year), Jason Momoa (1979, turns 45 this year), Honeysuckle Weeks (1979, turns 45 this year), Crystal Moselle (1980, turns 44 this year), Catherine Kresge (1980, turns 44 this year), Miracle Laurie (1981, turns 43 this year), Montserrat Lombard (1982, turns 42 this year), Sara Giraudeau (1985, turns 39 this year), Elijah Kelley (1986, turns 38 this year), Taapsee Pannu (1987, turns 37 this year), Max Carver (1988, turns 36 this year), Sasha Jackson (1988, turns 36 this year), Ana Girardot (1988, turns 36 this year), Landry Allbright (1989, turns 35 this year), Devanny Pinn (1989, turns 35 this year), Jack O'Connell (1990, turns 34 this year), Alakina Mann (1990, turns 34 this year), Leon Thomas III (1993, turns 31 this year), Cymphonique Miller (1996, turns 28 this year), Ella Wahlestedt (1998, turns 26 this year), Oona Laurence (2002, turns 22 this year)

Died on this day in history: Strother Martin (1980, at the age of 61), Peter Arne (1983, at the age of 62), Jonathan D. Krane (2016, at the age of 63), Mariann Mayberry (2017, at the age of 52), D.A. Pennebaker (2019, at the age of 94), Wilford Brimley (2020, at the age of 85), Reni Santoni (2020, at the age of 81), Tom Pollock (2020, at the age of 77), Alvin Ing (2021, at the age of 89)

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