On This Day - July 21
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barbie | Friday | $70,503,178 | $636,785,476 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Sunday | $52,832,619 | $543,638,043 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Saturday | $44,931,966 | $448,139,099 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Friday | $33,017,635 | $330,078,895 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Monday | $24,493,313 | $536,625,724 |
| 2024 | Twisters | Sunday | $21,594,615 | $267,762,265 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Saturday | $20,539,000 | $181,166,115 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Friday | $19,736,259 | $190,068,280 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Saturday | $12,709,883 | $102,084,362 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Saturday | $12,281,132 | $293,108,509 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 21.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barbie | Friday | $70,503,178 | $636,785,476 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Friday | $33,017,635 | $330,078,895 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Friday | $19,736,259 | $190,068,280 |
| 2017 | Girls Trip | Friday | $11,704,040 | $115,108,515 |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Friday | $9,998,065 | $155,464,351 |
| 2000 | Pokemon 2000 | Friday | $9,639,373 | $43,746,923 |
| 2006 | Monster House | Friday | $7,362,974 | $73,661,010 |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | Friday | $6,851,808 | $42,285,169 |
| 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Friday | $6,495,217 | $40,479,370 |
| 2006 | Clerks II | Friday | $4,020,770 | $24,148,068 |
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 21.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Lion King | $191,770,759 | $543,638,043 |
| 2023 | Barbie | $162,022,044 | $636,785,476 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $160,887,295 | $448,139,099 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $82,455,420 | $330,078,895 |
| 2024 | Twisters | $81,251,415 | $267,762,265 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $50,771,645 | $181,166,115 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | $50,513,488 | $190,068,280 |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | $41,855,326 | $137,400,141 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | $36,011,640 | $102,084,362 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $35,215,201 | $423,315,812 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Hello Kitty
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: C. Aubrey Smith (1863, died on December 20, 1948 at the age of 85), Phyllis Povah (1893, died on August 7, 1975 at the age of 82), Ernest Hemingway (1899, died on July 2, 1961 at the age of 61), Don Knotts (1924, died on February 24, 2006 at the age of 81), Norman Jewison (1926, died on January 20, 2024 at the age of 97), Paul Burke (1926, died on September 13, 2009 at the age of 83), Karel Reisz (1926, turns 100 this year), Chuck Low (1928, died on September 18, 2017 at the age of 89), Anthony Steffen (1930, turns 96 this year), Kaye Stevens (1932, turns 94 this year), Jonathan W. Miller (1934, died on November 27, 2019 at the age of 85), William Blinn (1937, died on October 22, 2020 at the age of 83), Gray Frederickson (1937, died on November 20, 2022 at the age of 85), Amnon Weinstein (1939, died on March 5, 2024 at the age of 84), Veronique Vendell (1942, turns 84 this year), Edward Herrmann (1943, died on December 31, 2014 at the age of 71), Michael Caton (1943, turns 83 this year), Leigh Lawson (1945, turns 81 this year), Sergio Calderon (1945, died on May 31, 2023 at the age of 77), Mel Damski (1946, turns 80 this year), Art Hindle (1948, turns 78 this year), Trish Garland (1948, turns 78 this year), Jordan Clarke (1950, turns 76 this year), Robin Williams (1951, died on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63), Robin Williams (1951, died on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63), Lillias White (1951, turns 75 this year), Briony Behets (1951, turns 75 this year), George Wallace (1952, turns 74 this year), Bela Tarr (1955, died on January 6, 2026 at the age of 70), Jon Lovitz (1957, turns 69 this year), Susan Forrest (1958, died on March 15, 2024 at the age of 65), Lance Guest (1960, turns 66 this year), Matt Mulhern (1960, turns 66 this year), Ike Eisenmann (1962, turns 64 this year), Kym Whitley (1962, turns 64 this year), Susan Swift (1964, turns 62 this year), Treva Etienne (1965, turns 61 this year), Arija Bareikis (1966, turns 60 this year), Scott Handy (1968, turns 58 this year), Samuli Edelmann (1968, turns 58 this year), Christopher Shea (1969, turns 57 this year), Godfrey (1969, turns 57 this year), Alysia Reiner (1970, turns 56 this year), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971, turns 55 this year), Miguel Rodarte (1971, turns 55 this year), Darren Le Gallo (1974, turns 52 this year), Ray Galletti (1974, turns 52 this year), Florentine Lahme (1974, turns 52 this year), Steve Byrne (1974, turns 52 this year), Lisa Pepper (1976, turns 50 this year), David Dastmalchian (1977, turns 49 this year), Justin Bartha (1978, turns 48 this year), Josh Hartnett (1978, turns 48 this year), Sprague Grayden (1980, turns 46 this year), Chrishell Stause (1981, turns 45 this year), Paloma Faith (1981, turns 45 this year), Katy Louise Saunders (1984, turns 42 this year), Vanessa Lengies (1985, turns 41 this year), Betty Gilpin (1986, turns 40 this year), Diane Guerrero (1986, turns 40 this year), Michael Doneger (1986, turns 40 this year), Hatty Jones (1988, turns 38 this year), Juno Temple (1989, turns 37 this year), Jasmine Cephas-Jones (1989, turns 37 this year), Rory Culkin (1989, turns 37 this year), Ali Cobrin (1989, turns 37 this year), Jamie Waylett (1989, turns 37 this year), Sara Sampaio (1991, turns 35 this year), Jessica Barden (1992, turns 34 this year)
Died on this day in history: Basil Rathbone (1967, at the age of 75), Billy West (1975, at the age of 82), Herb Edelman (1996, at the age of 62), Robert Young (1998, at the age of 91), Jerry Goldsmith (2004, at the age of 75), Mako (2006, at the age of 72), Theodore Bikel (2015, at the age of 91), John Heard (2017, at the age of 71), Jonathan Gold (2018, at the age of 57), Elmarie Wendel (2018, at the age of 89), Paul Krassner (2019, at the age of 87), Robert Morgenthau (2019, at the age of 99), Éric Névé (2019, at the age of 57), Annie Ross (2020, at the age of 89), Taurean Blacque (2022, at the age of 82), Shonka Dukureh (2022, at the age of 44), Tony Bennett (2023, at the age of 96), Salvatore Piscicelli (2024, at the age of 76), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (2025, at the age of 54)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.