On This Day - July 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Saturday | $42,414,346 | $382,747,509 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Thursday | $22,011,215 | $302,854,063 |
| 2010 | Inception | Friday | $21,782,199 | $293,662,683 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Saturday | $20,028,900 | $369,094,830 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Saturday | $19,351,327 | $206,459,076 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Sunday | $18,954,137 | $423,315,812 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Saturday | $18,501,978 | $343,256,830 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Friday | $17,800,000 | $144,801,023 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | Sunday | $16,837,868 | $172,640,980 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Saturday | $16,395,482 | $128,350,574 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Inception | Friday | $21,782,199 | $293,662,683 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Friday | $17,800,000 | $144,801,023 |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Friday | $13,100,000 | $70,592,228 |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Friday | $7,760,000 | $55,791,346 |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Friday | $5,600,000 | $51,438,175 |
| 2021 | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions | Friday | $3,850,310 | $25,314,753 |
| 1999 | Lake Placid | Friday | $3,505,000 | $31,770,413 |
| 1997 | George Of The Jungle | Wednesday | $3,277,315 | $105,263,257 |
| 1999 | The Wood | Friday | $2,790,000 | $25,059,640 |
| 2025 | Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death — The Movie | Wednesday | $1,344,162 | $3,257,365 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $169,189,427 | $382,747,509 |
| 2010 | Inception | $62,785,337 | $293,662,683 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | $52,179,887 | $144,801,023 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $50,838,355 | $369,094,830 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $46,632,172 | $343,256,830 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Untitled Warner Bros. Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Barbara Stanwyck (1907, died on January 20, 1990 at the age of 82), Ginger Rogers (1911, died on April 25, 1995 at the age of 83), Barnard Hughes (1915, died on July 11, 2006 at the age of 90), Corin Redgrave (1939, died on April 6, 2010 at the age of 70), Ann Turkel (1946, turns 80 this year), Ruben Blades (1948, turns 78 this year), Camille Saviola (1950, died on October 29, 2021 at the age of 71), Philece Sampler (1953, died on July 2, 2021 at the age of 67), Faye Grant (1957, turns 69 this year), Rachel Talalay (1958, turns 68 this year), Sherri Stoner (1959, turns 67 this year), Bob Joles (1959, turns 67 this year), Leila Kenzle (1960, turns 66 this year), Phoebe Cates (1963, turns 63 this year), Denise Faye (1963, turns 63 this year), Paul Hipp (1963, turns 63 this year), Daryl Mitchell (1965, turns 61 this year), Scott Derrickson (1966, turns 60 this year), Will Ferrell (1967, turns 59 this year), Jonathan Adams (1967, turns 59 this year), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (1970, turns 56 this year), Corey Feldman (1971, turns 55 this year), Myron Dewey (1972, died on September 26, 2021 at the age of 49), Jonas Chernick (1973, turns 53 this year), Chris Pontius (1974, turns 52 this year), Robinne Lee (1974, turns 52 this year), Brad Venable (1977, died on January 7, 2021 at the age of 43), Jayma Mays (1979, turns 47 this year), Michelle Morgan (1981, turns 45 this year), Eleanor Matsuura (1983, turns 43 this year), Katrina Kaif (1984, turns 42 this year), Rosa Salazar (1985, turns 41 this year), Laura Carmichael (1986, turns 40 this year), Alan Resnick (1986, turns 40 this year), AnnaLynne McCord (1987, turns 39 this year), Kate Berlant (1987, turns 39 this year), Kim Woo-bin (1989, turns 37 this year), Eddie Hassell (1990, died on November 1, 2020 at the age of 30), Alexandra Shipp (1991, turns 35 this year), Erin Doherty (1992, turns 34 this year), Mark Indelicato (1994, turns 32 this year), Cooper Koch (1996, turns 30 this year), Jonathan Morgan Heit (2000, turns 26 this year), Tom Taylor (2001, turns 25 this year), Milly Shapiro (2002, turns 24 this year), Amiah Miller (2004, turns 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: James Gammon (2010, at the age of 70), George A. Romero (2017, at the age of 77), Trevor Baxter (2017, at the age of 84), Jane Birkin (2023, at the age of 76), Connie Francis (2025, at the age of 86)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.