On This Day - July 22

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Day Domestic
Box Office
2023 Barbie Saturday $47,812,356 $636,785,476
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Sunday $40,200,432 $448,139,099
2023 Oppenheimer Saturday $26,248,140 $330,078,895
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Friday $25,700,189 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond Friday $22,254,377 $158,848,340
2019 The Lion King Monday $21,050,219 $543,638,043
2008 The Dark Knight Tuesday $20,868,722 $536,625,724
2022 Nope Friday $19,538,690 $123,277,080
2017 Dunkirk Saturday $17,543,645 $190,068,280
2001 Jurassic Park III Sunday $14,780,000 $181,166,115

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 22.

Year Title Day of
Week		 Opening
Day		 Domestic
Box Office
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Friday $25,700,189 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond Friday $22,254,377 $158,848,340
2022 Nope Friday $19,538,690 $123,277,080
2016 Lights Out Friday $9,150,958 $67,268,835
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Friday $7,919,094 $64,063,008
2011 Friends with Benefits Friday $6,801,594 $55,802,754
2005 The Island Friday $4,202,195 $35,818,913
2005 The Bad News Bears Friday $4,150,091 $32,868,349
2005 The Devil’s Rejects Friday $2,981,362 $17,044,981
2005 Hustle & Flow Friday $2,859,181 $22,202,809

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 22.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
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
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger $65,058,524 $176,654,505
2016 Star Trek Beyond $59,253,211 $158,848,340
2001 Jurassic Park III $50,771,645 $181,166,115
2017 Dunkirk $50,513,488 $190,068,280
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $47,422,212 $382,088,758
2022 Nope $44,366,910 $123,277,080
2018 The Equalizer 2 $36,011,640 $102,084,362

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: James Whale (1899, died on May 29, 1957 at the age of 57), Bob Dole (1923, died on December 5, 2021 at the age of 98), Joseph Sargent (1925, died on December 22, 2014 at the age of 89), Bryan Forbes (1926, turns 99 this year), Orson Bean (1928, died on February 7, 2020 at the age of 91), Vivien Merchant (1929, died on October 3, 1982 at the age of 53), Pat McNamara (1933, turns 92 this year), Louise Fletcher (1934, died on September 23, 2022 at the age of 88), Terence Stamp (1938, turns 87 this year), Alex Trebek (1940, died on November 8, 2020 at the age of 80), Gene Warren, Jr. (1941, died on November 28, 2019 at the age of 78), George Clinton (1941, turns 84 this year), Anthony James (1942, died on May 26, 2020 at the age of 77), Jennifer Bassey (1942, turns 83 this year), Nick Brimble (1944, turns 81 this year), Peter Jason (1944, died on February 20, 2025 at the age of 80), Danny Glover (1946, turns 79 this year), Paul Schrader (1946, turns 79 this year), Albert Brooks (1947, turns 78 this year), J. Kenneth Campbell (1947, turns 78 this year), Don Henley (1947, turns 78 this year), Lou Eppolito (1948, died on November 3, 2019 at the age of 71), S.E. Hinton (1948, turns 77 this year), Otto Waalkes (1948, turns 77 this year), Alan Menken (1949, turns 76 this year), Tisa Farrow (1951, turns 74 this year), Sylvia Chang (1953, turns 72 this year), Lonette McKee (1954, turns 71 this year), Willem Dafoe (1955, turns 70 this year), Rena Owen (1962, turns 63 this year), Steve Albini (1962, died on May 7, 2024 at the age of 61), Joanna Going (1963, turns 62 this year), Rob Estes (1963, turns 62 this year), Saxon Trainor (1963, turns 62 this year), Olivier Gourmet (1963, turns 62 this year), John Leguizamo (1964, turns 61 this year), David Spade (1964, turns 61 this year), Adam Godley (1964, turns 61 this year), Patrick Labyorteaux (1965, turns 60 this year), Shawn Michaels (1965, turns 60 this year), Rhys Ifans (1967, turns 58 this year), Irene Bedard (1967, turns 58 this year), James Arnold Taylor (1969, turns 56 this year), Diana-Maria Riva (1969, turns 56 this year), Terrell Tilford (1969, turns 56 this year), Scott Wiper (1970, turns 55 this year), Oliver Robins (1971, turns 54 this year), Adam Cooper (1971, turns 54 this year), Colin Ferguson (1972, turns 53 this year), Angela Little (1972, turns 53 this year), Jaime Camil (1973, turns 52 this year), Rufus Wainwright (1973, turns 52 this year), Franka Potente (1974, turns 51 this year), Claudio Santamaria (1974, turns 51 this year), Karen Cliche (1976, turns 49 this year), Reda Kateb (1977, turns 48 this year), A.J. Cook (1978, turns 47 this year), Candace Kroslak (1978, turns 47 this year), Damien Bonnard (1978, turns 47 this year), Lauren Bittner (1980, turns 45 this year), Clive Standen (1981, turns 44 this year), Josh Lawson (1981, turns 44 this year), Sarah Lind (1982, turns 43 this year), Lauren Morelli (1982, turns 43 this year), Sharni Vinson (1983, turns 42 this year), Amy Paffrath (1983, turns 42 this year), Blake Harrison (1985, turns 40 this year), Tim Oliver Schultz (1988, turns 37 this year), Keegan Allen (1989, turns 36 this year), Camila Banus (1990, turns 35 this year), Selena Gomez (1992, turns 33 this year), Aleksandr Kuznetsov (1992, turns 33 this year), Jaz Sinclair (1994, turns 31 this year), Skyler Gisondo (1996, turns 29 this year), Bebe Cave (1997, turns 28 this year), Madison Pettis (1998, turns 27 this year), Alisha Newton (2001, turns 24 this year)

Died on this day in history: Duane Jones (1988, at the age of 51), Claude Sautet (2000, at the age of 76), Eric Christmas (2000, at the age of 84), Estelle Getty (2008, at the age of 84), Dennis Farina (2013, at the age of 69), Christopher Kraft (2019, at the age of 95)

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