On This Day - July 17
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | Sunday | $35,703,962 | $381,193,157 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Friday | $26,820,572 | $302,089,278 |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Friday | $22,649,199 | $180,202,163 |
| 2010 | Inception | Saturday | $21,791,608 | $292,576,195 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Saturday | $19,206,675 | $144,801,023 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Sunday | $16,112,728 | $206,459,076 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Sunday | $15,610,560 | $369,094,830 |
| 2015 | Minions | Friday | $14,571,180 | $336,045,770 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Sunday | $14,354,321 | $343,256,830 |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Saturday | $12,725,425 | $252,756,705 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Friday | $22,649,199 | $180,202,163 |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | Friday | $10,738,440 | $110,212,700 |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Friday | $7,430,000 | $93,828,745 |
| 2013 | Turbo | Wednesday | $5,552,403 | $83,028,130 |
| 2002 | Eight Legged Freaks | Wednesday | $1,432,000 | $17,266,505 |
| 2019 | Between Me and My Mind | Wednesday | $778,213 | $813,844 |
| 2015 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Friday | $735,000 | $8,178,001 |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Friday | $651,477 | $17,737,646 |
| 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Friday | $263,178 | $32,425,665 |
| 2015 | Irrational Man | Friday | $53,000 | $4,030,360 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $169,189,427 | $381,193,157 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $77,835,727 | $302,089,278 |
| 2010 | Inception | $62,785,337 | $292,576,195 |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | $57,225,526 | $180,202,163 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $56,178,450 | $206,459,076 |
| 2004 | I, Robot | $52,179,887 | $144,801,023 |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | $50,838,355 | $369,094,830 |
| 2015 | Minions | $49,274,730 | $336,045,770 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $46,632,172 | $343,256,830 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | $46,018,755 | $128,350,574 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: James Cagney (1899, died on March 30, 1986 at the age of 86), James Cagney (1899, died on March 30, 1986 at the age of 86), Irene Manning (1912, turned 112 this year), Phyllis Diller (1917, died on August 20, 2012 at the age of 95), Helen Walker (1920, died on March 10, 1968 at the age of 47), Mimi Hines (1933, died on October 21, 2024 at the age of 91), Donald Sutherland (1935, died on June 20, 2024 at the age of 88), Diahann Carroll (1935, died on October 4, 2019 at the age of 84), Peter Schickele (1935, died on January 16, 2024 at the age of 88), Phyllis Davis (1940, died on September 27, 2013 at the age of 73), Paula Shaw (1941, turned 83 this year), Peter Sissons (1942, died on October 1, 2019 at the age of 77), Jean-Claude Brisseau (1944, died on May 11, 2019 at the age of 74), Alun Armstrong (1946, turned 78 this year), Ron Asheton (1948, died on January 6, 2009 at the age of 60), P.J. Soles (1950, turned 74 this year), Lucie Arnaz (1951, turned 73 this year), David Hasselhoff (1952, turned 72 this year), Robert Romanus (1956, turned 68 this year), Robin Shou (1960, turned 64 this year), John Ventimiglia (1963, turned 61 this year), Heather Langenkamp (1964, turned 60 this year), Alex Winter (1965, turned 59 this year), Santiago Segura (1965, turned 59 this year), Beth Littleford (1968, turned 56 this year), Jason Clarke (1969, turned 55 this year), Tyrin Turner (1972, turned 52 this year), Elena Anaya (1975, turned 49 this year), Cécile de France (1975, turned 49 this year), Dagmara Dominczyk (1976, turned 48 this year), Eric Winter (1976, turned 48 this year), Eddie Shin (1976, turned 48 this year), Katharine Towne (1978, turned 46 this year), Mike Vogel (1979, turned 45 this year), Melanie Thierry (1981, turned 43 this year), Sarah Jones (1983, turned 41 this year), Tom Cullen (1985, turned 39 this year), Brando Eaton (1986, turned 38 this year), Summer Bishil (1988, turned 36 this year), Lexi Giovagnoli (1991, turned 33 this year), Billie Lourd (1992, turned 32 this year), Jessica Amlee (1994, turned 30 this year), Grace Fulton (1996, turned 28 this year), Jeffrey Wahlberg (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Billie Holiday (1959, at the age of 44), Cliff Edwards (1971, at the age of 76), Pat Roach (2004, at the age of 67), Geraldine Fitzgerald (2005, at the age of 91), Walter Cronkite (2009, at the age of 92), Harvey Atkin (2017, at the age of 75), Evan Helmuth (2017, at the age of 39), Yvonne Blake (2018, at the age of 78), Gary Beach (2018, at the age of 70), John Lewis (2020, at the age of 70), Jonathan Oppenheim (2020, at the age of 67), Hassani Shapi (2024, at the age of 51)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.