On This Day - July 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie Saturday $47,812,356 $636,238,421
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Sunday $40,200,432 $448,139,099
2023 Oppenheimer Saturday $26,248,140 $329,862,540
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Friday $25,700,189 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond Friday $22,254,377 $158,848,340
2019 The Lion King Monday $21,050,219 $543,638,043
2008 The Dark Knight Tuesday $20,868,722 $534,235,491
2022 Nope Friday $19,538,690 $123,277,080
2017 Dunkirk Saturday $17,543,645 $190,068,280
2001 Jurassic Park III Sunday $14,780,000 $181,166,115

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Friday $25,700,189 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond Friday $22,254,377 $158,848,340
2022 Nope Friday $19,538,690 $123,277,080
2016 Lights Out Friday $9,150,958 $67,268,835
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Friday $7,919,094 $64,063,008
2011 Friends with Benefits Friday $6,801,594 $55,802,754
2005 The Island Friday $4,202,195 $35,818,913
2005 The Bad News Bears Friday $4,150,091 $32,868,349
2005 The Devil’s Rejects Friday $2,981,362 $17,044,981
2005 Hustle & Flow Friday $2,859,181 $22,202,809

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 22.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie $162,022,044 $636,238,421
2012 The Dark Knight Rises $160,887,295 $448,139,099
2023 Oppenheimer $82,455,420 $329,862,540
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger $65,058,524 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond $59,253,211 $158,848,340
2001 Jurassic Park III $50,771,645 $181,166,115
2017 Dunkirk $50,513,488 $190,068,280
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $47,422,212 $381,193,157
2022 Nope $44,366,910 $123,277,080
2018 The Equalizer 2 $36,011,640 $102,084,362

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: James Whale (1899, died on May 29, 1957 at the age of 57), Bob Dole (1923, died on December 5, 2021 at the age of 98), Joseph Sargent (1925, died on December 22, 2014 at the age of 89), Bryan Forbes (1926, turned 98 this year), Orson Bean (1928, died on February 7, 2020 at the age of 91), Vivien Merchant (1929, died on October 3, 1982 at the age of 53), Pat McNamara (1933, turned 91 this year), Louise Fletcher (1934, died on September 23, 2022 at the age of 88), Terence Stamp (1938, turned 86 this year), Alex Trebek (1940, died on November 8, 2020 at the age of 80), Gene Warren, Jr. (1941, died on November 28, 2019 at the age of 78), George Clinton (1941, turned 83 this year), Anthony James (1942, died on May 26, 2020 at the age of 77), Jennifer Bassey (1942, turned 82 this year), Nick Brimble (1944, turned 80 this year), Peter Jason (1944, turned 80 this year), Danny Glover (1946, turned 78 this year), Paul Schrader (1946, turned 78 this year), Albert Brooks (1947, turned 77 this year), J. Kenneth Campbell (1947, turned 77 this year), Don Henley (1947, turned 77 this year), Lou Eppolito (1948, died on November 3, 2019 at the age of 71), S.E. Hinton (1948, turned 76 this year), Otto Waalkes (1948, turned 76 this year), Alan Menken (1949, turned 75 this year), Tisa Farrow (1951, turned 73 this year), Sylvia Chang (1953, turned 71 this year), Lonette McKee (1954, turned 70 this year), Willem Dafoe (1955, turned 69 this year), Rena Owen (1962, turned 62 this year), Steve Albini (1962, died on May 7, 2024 at the age of 61), Joanna Going (1963, turned 61 this year), Rob Estes (1963, turned 61 this year), Saxon Trainor (1963, turned 61 this year), Olivier Gourmet (1963, turned 61 this year), John Leguizamo (1964, turned 60 this year), David Spade (1964, turned 60 this year), Adam Godley (1964, turned 60 this year), Patrick Labyorteaux (1965, turned 59 this year), Shawn Michaels (1965, turned 59 this year), Rhys Ifans (1967, turned 57 this year), Irene Bedard (1967, turned 57 this year), James Arnold Taylor (1969, turned 55 this year), Diana-Maria Riva (1969, turned 55 this year), Terrell Tilford (1969, turned 55 this year), Scott Wiper (1970, turned 54 this year), Oliver Robins (1971, turned 53 this year), Adam Cooper (1971, turned 53 this year), Colin Ferguson (1972, turned 52 this year), Angela Little (1972, turned 52 this year), Jaime Camil (1973, turned 51 this year), Rufus Wainwright (1973, turned 51 this year), Franka Potente (1974, turned 50 this year), Claudio Santamaria (1974, turned 50 this year), Karen Cliche (1976, turned 48 this year), Reda Kateb (1977, turned 47 this year), A.J. Cook (1978, turned 46 this year), Candace Kroslak (1978, turned 46 this year), Damien Bonnard (1978, turned 46 this year), Lauren Bittner (1980, turned 44 this year), Clive Standen (1981, turned 43 this year), Josh Lawson (1981, turned 43 this year), Sarah Lind (1982, turned 42 this year), Lauren Morelli (1982, turned 42 this year), Sharni Vinson (1983, turned 41 this year), Amy Paffrath (1983, turned 41 this year), Blake Harrison (1985, turned 39 this year), Tim Oliver Schultz (1988, turned 36 this year), Keegan Allen (1989, turned 35 this year), Camila Banus (1990, turned 34 this year), Selena Gomez (1992, turned 32 this year), Aleksandr Kuznetsov (1992, turned 32 this year), Jaz Sinclair (1994, turned 30 this year), Skyler Gisondo (1996, turned 28 this year), Bebe Cave (1997, turned 27 this year), Madison Pettis (1998, turned 26 this year), Alisha Newton (2001, turned 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: Duane Jones (1988, at the age of 51), Claude Sautet (2000, at the age of 76), Eric Christmas (2000, at the age of 84), Estelle Getty (2008, at the age of 84), Dennis Farina (2013, at the age of 69), Christopher Kraft (2019, at the age of 95)

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