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 | $382,088,758 |
| 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 | $382,088,758 |
| 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, turned 79 this year), Ruben Blades (1948, turned 77 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, turned 68 this year), Rachel Talalay (1958, turned 67 this year), Sherri Stoner (1959, turned 66 this year), Bob Joles (1959, turned 66 this year), Leila Kenzle (1960, turned 65 this year), Phoebe Cates (1963, turned 62 this year), Denise Faye (1963, turned 62 this year), Paul Hipp (1963, turned 62 this year), Daryl Mitchell (1965, turned 60 this year), Scott Derrickson (1966, turned 59 this year), Will Ferrell (1967, turned 58 this year), Jonathan Adams (1967, turned 58 this year), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (1970, turned 55 this year), Corey Feldman (1971, turned 54 this year), Myron Dewey (1972, died on September 26, 2021 at the age of 49), Jonas Chernick (1973, turned 52 this year), Chris Pontius (1974, turned 51 this year), Robinne Lee (1974, turned 51 this year), Brad Venable (1977, died on January 7, 2021 at the age of 43), Jayma Mays (1979, turned 46 this year), Michelle Morgan (1981, turned 44 this year), Eleanor Matsuura (1983, turned 42 this year), Katrina Kaif (1984, turned 41 this year), Rosa Salazar (1985, turned 40 this year), Laura Carmichael (1986, turned 39 this year), Alan Resnick (1986, turned 39 this year), AnnaLynne McCord (1987, turned 38 this year), Kate Berlant (1987, turned 38 this year), Kim Woo-bin (1989, turned 36 this year), Eddie Hassell (1990, died on November 1, 2020 at the age of 30), Alexandra Shipp (1991, turned 34 this year), Erin Doherty (1992, turned 33 this year), Mark Indelicato (1994, turned 31 this year), Cooper Koch (1996, turned 29 this year), Jonathan Morgan Heit (2000, turned 25 this year), Tom Taylor (2001, turned 24 this year), Milly Shapiro (2002, turned 23 this year), Amiah Miller (2004, turned 21 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.