On This Day - July 6

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Saturday $34,222,790 $391,362,492
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Friday $33,725,082 $216,648,740
2013 Despicable Me 2 Saturday $29,377,950 $368,065,385
2024 Despicable Me 4 Saturday $26,833,475 $360,863,975
2007 Transformers Friday $22,656,420 $319,246,193
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Friday $20,480,039 $262,717,220
2002 Men in Black 2 Saturday $18,516,005 $190,418,803
2008 Hancock Sunday $18,294,508 $227,946,274
1997 Men in Black Sunday $15,126,003 $250,690,539
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Wednesday $13,568,820 $370,270,765

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Friday $33,725,082 $216,648,740
2012 Savages Friday $5,715,555 $47,323,100
2001 Kiss of the Dragon Friday $4,795,500 $36,833,473
2016 Sultan Wednesday $502,472 $5,599,781
2018 Whitney Friday $479,974 $3,026,558
2018 Sorry to Bother You Friday $274,827 $17,493,096
2007 Joshua Friday $15,678 $482,355
2022 Fire of Love Wednesday $6,926 $1,120,412
2016 V paprscích slunce Wednesday $2,942 $99,436

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 6.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home $92,579,212 $391,362,492
2013 Despicable Me 2 $84,227,980 $368,065,385
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp $75,812,205 $216,648,740
2024 Despicable Me 4 $75,009,210 $360,863,975
2007 Transformers $70,502,384 $319,246,193
2008 Hancock $62,603,879 $227,946,274
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man $62,004,688 $262,717,220
2002 Men in Black 2 $52,148,751 $190,418,803
1997 Men in Black $51,068,455 $250,690,539
1996 Independence Day $50,228,264 $306,169,255

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Sebastian Cabot (1918, died on August 22, 1977 at the age of 59), William Schallert (1922, died on May 8, 2016 at the age of 93), Cathy O’Donnell (1923, died on April 11, 1970 at the age of 46), Pat Paulsen (1927, died on April 24, 1997 at the age of 69), Janet Leigh (1927, died on October 3, 2004 at the age of 77), Della Reese (1931, died on November 19, 2017 at the age of 86), Ned Beatty (1937, died on June 13, 2021 at the age of 83), Rosemary Forsyth (1943, turned 81 this year), Burt Ward (1945, turned 79 this year), Sylvester Stallone (1946, turned 78 this year), Fred Dryer (1946, turned 78 this year), Shelley Hack (1947, turned 77 this year), Nathalie Baye (1948, turned 76 this year), Geraldine James (1950, turned 74 this year), Allyce Beasley (1951, turned 73 this year), Grant Goodeve (1952, turned 72 this year), Stanley DeSantis (1953, turned 71 this year), Casey Sander (1956, turned 68 this year), Kate Guinzburg (1957, died on September 17, 2017 at the age of 60), Jennifer Saunders (1958, turned 66 this year), Kimberly Foster (1961, turned 63 this year), Brian Posehn (1966, turned 58 this year), Brian Van Holt (1969, turned 55 this year), Susan Aceron (1972, died on October 9, 2016 at the age of 44), William Lee Scott (1973, turned 51 this year), Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (1975, turned 49 this year), Alessandro Juliani (1975, turned 49 this year), Audrey Fleurot (1977, turned 47 this year), Bradford Young (1977, turned 47 this year), Tia Mowry (1978, turned 46 this year), Tamera Mowry (1978, turned 46 this year), Adam Busch (1978, turned 46 this year), Kevin Hart (1979, turned 45 this year), Eva Green (1980, turned 44 this year), Nnamdi Asomugha (1981, turned 43 this year), Gregory Smith (1983, turned 41 this year), Ranveer Singh (1985, turned 39 this year), Matt O'Leary (1987, turned 37 this year), Kate Nash (1987, turned 37 this year), Jennifer Saunders (1988, turned 36 this year), Brittany Underwood (1988, turned 36 this year), Jeremy Suarez (1990, turned 34 this year), Dylan Kingwell (2004, turned 20 this year)

Died on this day in history: William Faulkner (1962, at the age of 64), Brandon De Wilde (1972, at the age of 30), Joe E. Brown (1973, at the age of 81), Roy Rogers (1998, at the age of 86), John Frankenheimer (2002, at the age of 72), Buddy Ebsen (2003, at the age of 95), Jimmie F. Skaggs (2004, at the age of 59), Dave Legeno (2014, at the age of 50), Jerry Weintraub (2015, at the age of 77), Bukky Ajayi (2016, at the age of 82), John McMartin (2016, at the age of 86), Cameron Boyce (2019, at the age of 20), Eddie Jones (2019, at the age of 84), Ennio Morricone (2020, at the age of 91), Charlie Daniels (2020, at the age of 91), Suzzanne Douglas (2021, at the age of 64), James Caan (2022, at the age of 82), Joe Egan (2024, at the age of 77), Rob Schroder (2024, at the age of 73), Jane McAlevey (2024, at the age of 59)

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