On This Day - July 29

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie Saturday $34,586,429 $636,238,421
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Monday $24,427,969 $636,739,346
2016 Jason Bourne Friday $22,611,225 $162,192,920
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Sunday $19,654,489 $448,139,099
2001 Planet of the Apes Sunday $19,552,000 $180,011,740
2007 The Simpsons Movie Sunday $19,479,149 $183,135,014
2023 Oppenheimer Saturday $18,217,115 $329,862,540
2018 Mission: Impossible—Fallout Sunday $17,011,158 $220,159,104
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Saturday $16,039,674 $123,307,945
2011 The Smurfs Friday $13,260,814 $142,614,158

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 29.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2016 Jason Bourne Friday $22,611,225 $162,192,920
2011 The Smurfs Friday $13,260,814 $142,614,158
2011 Cowboys and Aliens Friday $13,087,485 $100,368,560
2016 Bad Moms Friday $9,544,064 $113,257,297
2022 DC League of Super Pets Friday $9,327,632 $93,657,117
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love Friday $6,584,335 $84,351,197
2005 Sky High Friday $4,924,638 $63,939,454
2005 Stealth Friday $4,769,491 $32,116,746
2005 Must Love Dogs Friday $4,522,499 $43,894,863
2015 Vacation Wednesday $3,821,231 $58,884,188

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 29.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie $93,011,602 $636,238,421
2007 The Simpsons Movie $74,036,787 $183,135,014
2001 Planet of the Apes $68,532,960 $180,011,740
2012 The Dark Knight Rises $62,101,451 $448,139,099
2018 Mission: Impossible—Fallout $61,236,534 $220,159,104
2016 Jason Bourne $59,215,365 $162,192,920
2023 Oppenheimer $46,705,630 $329,862,540
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps $42,518,830 $123,307,945
2011 Cowboys and Aliens $36,431,290 $100,368,560
2011 The Smurfs $35,611,637 $142,614,158

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Maria Ouspenskaya (1876, died on December 3, 1949 at the age of 73), William Powell (1892, died on March 5, 1984 at the age of 91), Stephen McNally (1911, turned 113 this year), Budd Boetticher (1916, died on November 29, 2001 at the age of 85), Rodolfo Acosta (1920, died on November 7, 1974 at the age of 54), Richard Egan (1921, died on July 20, 1987 at the age of 65), Chris Marker (1921, turned 103 this year), Ludek Elias (1923, died on July 10, 2018 at the age of 94), Gordon Mitchell (1923, died on September 20, 2003 at the age of 80), Mikis Theodorakis (1925, died on September 2, 2021 at the age of 96), Jack Higgins (1929, died on April 9, 2022 at the age of 92), Mike Hodges (1932, died on December 17, 2022 at the age of 90), Robert Fuller (1933, turned 91 this year), Enzo G. Castellari (1938, turned 86 this year), Terele Pávez (1939, died on August 11, 2017 at the age of 78), David Warner (1941, died on July 24, 2022 at the age of 80), Tony Sirico (1942, died on July 8, 2022 at the age of 79), Charles Hallahan (1943, died on November 25, 1997 at the age of 54), Bill Forsyth (1946, turned 78 this year), John Clarke (1948, died on April 9, 2017 at the age of 68), Leslie Easterbrook (1949, turned 75 this year), Ryan Cutrona (1949, turned 75 this year), Mike Starr (1950, turned 74 this year), Jack Blessing (1951, died on November 14, 2017 at the age of 66), Wendy Hughes (1952, died on March 8, 2014 at the age of 61), Ken Burns (1953, turned 71 this year), Patti Scialfa (1953, turned 71 this year), Geddy Lee (1953, turned 71 this year), Jeanetta Arnette (1954, turned 70 this year), Jean-Hugues Anglade (1955, turned 69 this year), Ulrich Tukur (1957, turned 67 this year), Sanjay Dutt (1959, turned 65 this year), Brian Peck (1960, turned 64 this year), Delia Sheppard (1960, turned 64 this year), Kevin Spirtas (1962, turned 62 this year), Alexandra Paul (1963, turned 61 this year), Ian Roberts (1965, turned 59 this year), Dean Haglund (1965, turned 59 this year), Richard Horvitz (1966, turned 58 this year), Timothy Omundson (1969, turned 55 this year), Monica Calhoun (1971, turned 53 this year), Wil Wheaton (1972, turned 52 this year), Ato Essandoh (1972, turned 52 this year), Joe Vaz (1972, turned 52 this year), Stephen Dorff (1973, turned 51 this year), Dileep Rao (1973, turned 51 this year), Josh Radnor (1974, turned 50 this year), Robert J. Steinmiller, Jr. (1978, turned 46 this year), Rachel Miner (1980, turned 44 this year), Megan Hayes (1980, turned 44 this year), Allison Mack (1982, turned 42 this year), Dominic Burgess (1982, turned 42 this year), Heidi Johanningmeier (1982, turned 42 this year), Emily Neves (1982, turned 42 this year), Genesis Rodriguez (1987, turned 37 this year), Matt Prokop (1990, turned 34 this year), Munro Chambers (1990, turned 34 this year), Maestro Harrell (1991, turned 33 this year), Miki Ishikawa (1991, turned 33 this year), Lino Facioli (2000, turned 24 this year), T.J. McGibbon (2005, turned 19 this year)

Died on this day in history: David Lochary (1977, at the age of 32), Raymond Massey (1983, at the age of 86), Luis Bunuel (1983, at the age of 83), David Niven (1983, at the age of 73), Woodrow Parfrey (1984, at the age of 61), Jerome Robbins (1998, at the age of 79), Alex Nicol (2001, at the age of 85), Mike Reid (2007, at the age of 67), Michel Serrault (2007, at the age of 79), John Finnegan (2012, at the age of 85), Antony Holland (2015, at the age of 95), Vivean Gray (2016, at the age of 92), Carl Levin (2021, at the age of 87)

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