On This Day - July 26
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Saturday | $28,272,494 | $534,235,491 |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Friday | $26,452,000 | $213,117,789 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Wednesday | $23,034,051 | $636,238,421 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Friday | $22,432,165 | $543,638,043 |
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Friday | $20,655,772 | $132,556,852 |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | Friday | $16,726,119 | $142,502,728 |
| 2014 | Lucy | Saturday | $15,024,580 | $126,573,960 |
| 1997 | Air Force One | Saturday | $14,006,743 | $172,956,409 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Thursday | $13,202,371 | $448,139,099 |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Saturday | $11,847,000 | $111,760,631 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Friday | $20,655,772 | $132,556,852 |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | Friday | $16,726,119 | $142,502,728 |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Friday | $1,701,000 | $16,988,996 |
| 2000 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Wednesday | $1,405,543 | $15,911,332 |
| 2013 | The To Do List | Friday | $590,202 | $3,491,669 |
| 2019 | Dear Comrade | Friday | $457,000 | $457,000 |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine | Friday | $175,000 | $33,404,871 |
| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Wednesday | $65,926 | $59,891,098 |
| 2019 | Honeyland | Friday | $8,807 | $815,082 |
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 26.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Lion King | $76,621,553 | $543,638,043 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $75,166,466 | $534,235,491 |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | $73,071,188 | $213,117,789 |
| 2013 | The Wolverine | $53,113,752 | $132,556,852 |
| 2014 | Lucy | $43,899,340 | $126,573,960 |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | $41,082,018 | $142,502,728 |
| 1997 | Air Force One | $37,132,505 | $172,956,409 |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $33,417,739 | $111,760,631 |
| 2009 | G-Force | $31,706,934 | $119,436,770 |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | $30,940,732 | $100,468,793 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: Deadpool and Wolverine, Fabulous Four, Dìdi (弟弟)
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Joseph Sweeney (1884, died on November 25, 1963 at the age of 79), Charles Butterworth (1896, died on June 13, 1946 at the age of 49), Jean Shepherd (1921, died on October 16, 1999 at the age of 78), Jason Robards (1922, died on December 26, 2000 at the age of 78), Blake Edwards (1922, died on December 15, 2010 at the age of 88), James Best (1926, died on April 6, 2015 at the age of 88), Stanley Kubrick (1928, died on March 7, 1999 at the age of 70), Barbara Jefford (1930, died on September 12, 2020 at the age of 90), William J. Creber (1931, died on March 7, 2019 at the age of 87), Chino Williams (1933, turns 91 this year), Clifton Jones (1937, turns 87 this year), Darlene Love (1938, turns 86 this year), Mick Jagger (1943, turns 81 this year), Peter Hyams (1943, turns 81 this year), Helen Mirren (1945, turns 79 this year), Linda Harrison (1945, turns 79 this year), Suzanna Leigh (1945, turns 79 this year), Leon Vitali (1948, died on August 20, 2022 at the age of 74), Jeremy Thomas (1949, turns 75 this year), Roger Taylor (1949, turns 75 this year), Nicholas Walker (1953, turns 71 this year), Nana Visitor (1957, turns 67 this year), Biao Yuen (1957, turns 67 this year), Hart Hanson (1957, turns 67 this year), Kevin Spacey (1959, turns 65 this year), Tom McGowan (1959, turns 65 this year), Boris Krutonog (1960, turns 64 this year), David Heyman (1961, turns 63 this year), Luba Mason (1961, turns 63 this year), Sandra Bullock (1964, turns 60 this year), Danny Woodburn (1964, turns 60 this year), Jeremy Piven (1965, turns 59 this year), Dito Montiel (1965, turns 59 this year), Jay Huguley (1966, turns 58 this year), Jason Statham (1967, turns 57 this year), Olivia Williams (1968, turns 56 this year), Frederic Diefenthal (1968, turns 56 this year), Cress Williams (1970, turns 54 this year), Bruna Papandrea (1971, turns 53 this year), Chris Harrison (1971, turns 53 this year), Spencer Wilding (1972, turns 52 this year), Jonny Pasvolsky (1972, turns 52 this year), Max Hopp (1972, turns 52 this year), Kate Beckinsale (1973, turns 51 this year), Ben Cotton (1975, turns 49 this year), Juliet Rylance (1979, turns 45 this year), Mageina Tovah (1979, turns 45 this year), Madeleine West (1979, turns 45 this year), Andrej Dojkic (1980, turns 44 this year), Abe Forsythe (1981, turns 43 this year), Megan Ketch (1982, turns 42 this year), Miriam McDonald (1987, turns 37 this year), Hallie Meyers-Shyer (1987, turns 37 this year), Francia Raisa (1988, turns 36 this year), Caitlin Gerard (1988, turns 36 this year), Bianca Santos (1990, turns 34 this year), Sheila Houlahan (1991, turns 33 this year), Elizabeth Gillies (1993, turns 31 this year), Taylor Momsen (1993, turns 31 this year), Thomasin McKenzie (2000, turns 24 this year), Kingston Foster (2010, turns 14 this year)
Died on this day in history: June Foray (2017, at the age of 99), Patti Deutsch (2017, at the age of 73), Russi Taylor (2019, at the age of 75), Barbara Zatler (2019, at the age of 38), Michael Mandell (2020, at the age of 38), Sinead O’Connor (2023, at the age of 38)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.