On This Day - July 15

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Friday $91,071,119 $382,088,758
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Wednesday $58,175,412 $302,854,063
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Saturday $24,846,771 $423,315,812
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sunday $22,955,554 $293,108,509
2023 Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One Saturday $21,190,469 $172,640,980
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Friday $20,714,395 $206,459,076
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Saturday $19,293,223 $146,880,162
2000 X-Men Saturday $19,239,000 $157,299,717
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Saturday $17,587,320 $334,580,976
2016 Ghostbusters Friday $17,129,166 $128,350,574

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 15.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Friday $91,071,119 $382,088,758
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Wednesday $58,175,412 $302,854,063
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Friday $20,714,395 $206,459,076
2016 Ghostbusters Friday $17,129,166 $128,350,574
2005 Wedding Crashers Friday $10,316,000 $209,218,368
2022 Where the Crawdads Sing Friday $7,264,581 $90,230,760
2011 Winnie the Pooh Friday $2,915,267 $26,692,846
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Friday $2,446,696 $17,811,382
1998 There’s Something About Mary Wednesday $2,007,550 $176,484,651
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Friday $702,835 $10,433,915

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 15.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $169,189,427 $382,088,758
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $77,108,414 $293,108,509
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $62,345,264 $423,315,812
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes $56,262,929 $146,880,162
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $56,178,450 $206,459,076
2023 Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One $54,688,347 $172,640,980
2000 X-Men $54,471,475 $157,299,717
2016 The Secret Life of Pets $50,838,355 $369,094,830
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder $46,632,172 $343,256,830
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift $46,629,259 $161,321,843

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Henri Colpi (1921, died on January 14, 2006 at the age of 84), D.A. Pennebaker (1925, died on August 1, 2019 at the age of 94), Philip Carey (1925, turns 101 this year), Albert Popwell (1926, turns 100 this year), Carmen Zapata (1927, died on January 5, 2014 at the age of 86), Joe Turkel (1927, turns 99 this year), Nan Martin (1927, turns 99 this year), Bill Gunn (1929, turns 97 this year), Joanna Merlin (1931, died on October 15, 2023 at the age of 92), Giuseppe Ferrara (1932, died on June 25, 2016 at the age of 83), Alex Karras (1935, turns 91 this year), Steven Gilborn (1936, died on January 2, 2009 at the age of 72), Patrick Wayne (1939, turns 87 this year), Wallis Annenberg (1939, died on July 28, 2025 at the age of 86), Larry Cohen (1941, died on March 24, 2019 at the age of 77), Tony Hendra (1941, died on March 4, 2021 at the age of 79), Jan-Michael Vincent (1945, died on February 10, 2019 at the age of 73), Jeffrey Kramer (1945, turns 81 this year), Matthew Robbins (1945, turns 81 this year), Linda Ronstadt (1946, turns 80 this year), Richard Franklin (1948, turns 78 this year), Jesse Ventura (1951, turns 75 this year), Terry O'Quinn (1952, turns 74 this year), Celia Imrie (1952, turns 74 this year), Judson Scott (1952, turns 74 this year), Natasa Raab (1953, died on October 23, 2023 at the age of 70), Anne Fontaine (1959, turns 67 this year), Vincent Lindon (1959, turns 67 this year), Willie Aames (1960, turns 66 this year), Dennis Storhoi (1960, turns 66 this year), Forest Whitaker (1961, turns 65 this year), Lolita Davidovich (1961, turns 65 this year), Brigitte Nielsen (1963, turns 63 this year), Miles Richardson (1963, turns 63 this year), Shari Headley (1964, turns 62 this year), Galyn Gorg (1964, turns 62 this year), Irene Jacob (1966, turns 60 this year), Masatoshi Nagase (1966, turns 60 this year), Adam Savage (1967, turns 59 this year), Eddie Griffin (1968, turns 58 this year), Rosalinda Celentano (1968, turns 58 this year), Jim Rash (1971, turns 55 this year), Scott Foley (1972, turns 54 this year), Brian Austin Green (1973, turns 53 this year), Rachel Pickup (1973, turns 53 this year), Hassani Shapi (1973, died on July 17, 2024 at the age of 51), Ben Davis (1975, turns 51 this year), Diane Kruger (1976, turns 50 this year), Gabriel Iglesias (1976, turns 50 this year), Lana Parrilla (1977, turns 49 this year), Greg Sestero (1978, turns 48 this year), Meital Berdah (1978, turns 48 this year), Travis Fimmel (1979, turns 47 this year), Laura Benanti (1979, turns 47 this year), Philipp Karner (1979, turns 47 this year), Jasper Pääkkönen (1980, turns 46 this year), Josh Henry (1980, turns 46 this year), Maclain Nelson (1980, turns 46 this year), Taylor Kinney (1981, turns 45 this year), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986, turns 40 this year), Mishael Morgan (1986, turns 40 this year), Ari Aster (1986, turns 40 this year), Stephanie Andujar (1986, turns 40 this year), Mayra Leal (1986, turns 40 this year), Aimee Carrero (1988, turns 38 this year), Tristan Wilds (1989, turns 37 this year), Chloe Bayliss (1991, turns 35 this year), Medalion Rahimi (1992, turns 34 this year), Izzy Stevens (1993, turns 33 this year), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (1993, turns 33 this year), Sarah Desjardins (1994, turns 32 this year), Mason Dye (1994, turns 32 this year), Janis Valdez (1994, turns 32 this year), Hayden Rolence (2004, turns 22 this year), Iain Armitage (2008, turns 18 this year)

Died on this day in history: Bill Thompson (1971, at the age of 58), Alfie Bass (1987, at the age of 71), Kieron Moore (2007, at the age of 82), Googie Withers (2011, at the age of 94), Celeste Holm (2012, at the age of 95), Martin Landau (2017, at the age of 89), Maurice Roeves (2020, at the age of 83), Peter R. de Vries (2021, at the age of 64), Jacques Boudet (2024, at the age of 89)

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