On This Day - July 2

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 2.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Tuesday $39,255,628 $391,362,492
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Saturday $34,487,884 $352,390,543
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Saturday $32,646,705 $370,549,695
2004 Spider-Man 2 Friday $32,452,342 $375,828,527
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Wednesday $30,503,855 $339,640,400
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Friday $28,153,316 $300,834,957
2005 War of the Worlds Saturday $23,182,200 $234,280,354
2017 Despicable Me 3 Sunday $19,098,605 $264,624,300
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Sunday $18,101,010 $174,480,468
2006 Superman Returns Sunday $17,797,603 $200,120,000

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 2.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Tuesday $39,255,628 $391,362,492
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Wednesday $30,503,855 $339,640,400
2008 Hancock Wednesday $17,386,366 $227,946,274
1997 Men in Black Wednesday $14,043,310 $250,690,539
2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Wednesday $9,147,000 $90,639,088
2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business Friday $7,850,390 $57,300,280
2014 Tammy Wednesday $6,211,368 $84,525,432
2021 The Forever Purge Friday $5,770,300 $44,539,245
2014 Deliver Us from Evil Wednesday $2,854,714 $30,577,122
2014 Earth to Echo Wednesday $2,649,920 $38,934,842

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 2.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru $107,010,140 $370,549,695
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $97,852,865 $352,390,543
2004 Spider-Man 2 $88,156,227 $375,828,527
2017 Despicable Me 3 $72,434,025 $264,624,300
2005 War of the Worlds $64,878,725 $234,280,354
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $64,832,191 $300,834,957
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $60,368,101 $174,480,468
2006 Superman Returns $52,535,096 $200,120,000
2016 Finding Dory $41,817,176 $486,295,561
2000 The Perfect Storm $41,325,042 $182,618,434

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Alan Webb (1906, turns 120 this year), Phil Karlson (1908, died on December 12, 1985 at the age of 77), Brock Peters (1927, died on August 23, 2005 at the age of 78), Line Renaud (1928, turns 98 this year), Jack Garfein (1930, died on December 30, 2019 at the age of 89), Frank Williams (1931, died on June 26, 2022 at the age of 90), Kenneth McMillan (1932, turns 94 this year), Polly Holliday (1937, died on September 9, 2025 at the age of 88), Richard Petty (1937, turns 89 this year), Albert Solé (1943, turns 83 this year), Ron Silver (1946, died on March 15, 2009 at the age of 62), Larry David (1947, turns 79 this year), Saul Rubinek (1948, turns 78 this year), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (1949, turns 77 this year), Nancy Stephens (1949, turns 77 this year), Wendy Schaal (1954, turns 72 this year), Andrew Divoff (1955, turns 71 this year), Jerry Hall (1956, turns 70 this year), Pawan Malhotra (1958, turns 68 this year), Julia Montgomery (1960, turns 66 this year), Terry Rossio (1960, turns 66 this year), Jimmy McNichol (1961, turns 65 this year), Samy Naceri (1961, turns 65 this year), Tetchie Agbayani (1961, turns 65 this year), Doug Benson (1962, turns 64 this year), Jean-Francois Richet (1966, turns 60 this year), Fridtjov Saheim (1968, turns 58 this year), John Emmet Tracy (1969, turns 57 this year), Kim Wall (1969, turns 57 this year), Jenni Rivera (1969, died on December 9, 2012 at the age of 43), Yancy Butler (1970, turns 56 this year), Scott Aukerman (1970, turns 56 this year), Lee Boardman (1972, turns 54 this year), Michael Patrick McGill (1973, turns 53 this year), Peter Kay (1973, turns 53 this year), Moon So-Ri (1974, turns 52 this year), Matthew Reilly (1974, turns 52 this year), Elizabeth Reaser (1975, turns 51 this year), Alma Har'el (1975, turns 51 this year), Guillaume Delaunay (1975, turns 51 this year), Benjamin Caron (1976, turns 50 this year), Erin Burnett (1976, turns 50 this year), Andrea Stefancikova (1976, turns 50 this year), John Paesano (1977, turns 49 this year), Owain Yeoman (1978, turns 48 this year), Owain Yeoman (1978, turns 48 this year), Leslie Hayman (1978, turns 48 this year), Nick Lloyd Webber (1979, died on March 25, 2023 at the age of 43), Vanessa Lee Chester (1984, turns 42 this year), Ryan Serhant (1984, turns 42 this year), Ashley Tisdale (1985, turns 41 this year), Dave McCary (1985, turns 41 this year), Nelson Franklin (1985, turns 41 this year), Lindsay Lohan (1986, turns 40 this year), Alex Morgan (1989, turns 37 this year), Margot Robbie (1990, turns 36 this year), Kim Go-eun (1991, turns 35 this year), Gus Halper (1992, turns 34 this year), Vince Staples (1993, turns 33 this year), Jackson Odell (1997, died on June 8, 2018 at the age of 20), Danny Griffin (1997, turns 29 this year), Abraham Attah (2002, turns 24 this year), Caitlin Carmichael (2004, turns 22 this year), Alexa Swinton (2009, turns 17 this year)

Died on this day in history: Gladys Brockwell (1929, at the age of 34), Ernest Hemingway (1961, at the age of 61), Betty Grable (1973, at the age of 56), George Macready (1973, at the age of 73), Franklin J. Schaffner (1989, at the age of 69), Ben Wright (1989, at the age of 74), Lee Remick (1991, at the age of 55), Fred Gwynne (1993, at the age of 66), James Stewart (1997, at the age of 89), Mario Puzo (1999, at the age of 78), Mordecai Richler (2001, at the age of 70), Ernest Lehman (2005, at the age of 89), Michael Rauch (2015, at the age of 89), Michael Cimino (2016, at the age of 77), Ronald L. Schwary (2020, at the age of 76), Philece Sampler (2021, at the age of 67), Peter Brook (2022, at the age of 97), Leandro De Niro Rodriguez (2023, at the age of 97), Julian McMahon (2025, at the age of 56)

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