On This Day - August 7
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Sunday | $30,210,168 | $325,100,054 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Friday | $22,159,303 | $150,201,498 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Sunday | $15,966,318 | $176,760,185 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Saturday | $12,508,787 | $119,219,978 |
| 2015 | Fantastic Four | Friday | $11,282,868 | $56,117,548 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Saturday | $9,650,000 | $293,506,292 |
| 2004 | Collateral | Saturday | $9,532,920 | $100,170,152 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Monday | $9,095,665 | $636,238,421 |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Tuesday | $8,832,713 | $226,164,286 |
| 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | Saturday | $8,775,000 | $140,539,099 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Friday | $22,159,303 | $150,201,498 |
| 2015 | Fantastic Four | Friday | $11,282,868 | $56,117,548 |
| 2013 | We’re the Millers | Wednesday | $6,778,233 | $150,394,119 |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Friday | $6,492,315 | $94,125,426 |
| 2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Wednesday | $5,452,994 | $68,559,554 |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | Friday | $5,420,000 | $55,591,409 |
| 2002 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Wednesday | $4,605,000 | $85,846,296 |
| 2015 | The Gift | Friday | $4,121,312 | $43,787,265 |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Friday | $2,262,789 | $26,839,498 |
| 2009 | A Perfect Getaway | Friday | $2,094,505 | $15,515,460 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 7.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | $133,682,248 | $325,100,054 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $54,806,191 | $176,760,185 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $54,713,046 | $150,201,498 |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | $35,543,162 | $119,219,978 |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $30,675,314 | $80,270,227 |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | $30,030,156 | $103,368,602 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | $28,502,372 | $195,042,377 |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $26,681,262 | $293,506,292 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | $26,205,415 | $55,817,425 |
| 2015 | Fantastic Four | $25,685,737 | $56,117,548 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: Untitled Warner Bros. Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Billie Burke (1885, turns 139 this year), Stan Freberg (1926, died on April 7, 2015 at the age of 88), Sergio Fantoni (1930, died on April 17, 2020 at the age of 89), Edward Hardwicke (1932, died on May 16, 2011 at the age of 78), Merwin Goldsmith (1937, died on January 21, 2019 at the age of 81), Verna Bloom (1938, died on January 9, 2019 at the age of 80), Anjanette Comer (1939, turns 85 this year), Marlyn Mason (1940, turns 84 this year), Franco Columbu (1941, died on August 30, 2019 at the age of 78), Tobin Bell (1942, turns 82 this year), John Glover (1944, turns 80 this year), David Rasche (1944, turns 80 this year), Caroline Aaron (1952, turns 72 this year), Lesley Nicol (1953, turns 71 this year), Wayne Knight (1955, turns 69 this year), Julian Wadham (1958, turns 66 this year), Shannon Cochran (1958, turns 66 this year), David Duchovny (1960, turns 64 this year), Maggie Wheeler (1961, turns 63 this year), David Duchovny (1963, turns 61 this year), Tom McGrath (1964, turns 60 this year), Jon Jon Briones (1965, turns 59 this year), Charlotte Lewis (1967, turns 57 this year), David Hollander (1969, turns 55 this year), Rachel York (1971, turns 53 this year), Greg Serano (1972, turns 52 this year), Michael Shannon (1974, turns 50 this year), Luca Calvani (1974, turns 50 this year), Charlize Theron (1975, turns 49 this year), Hans Matheson (1975, turns 49 this year), Megan Gale (1975, turns 49 this year), Pancho Moler (1976, turns 48 this year), Alexandre Aja (1978, turns 46 this year), Vanness Wu (1978, turns 46 this year), Cirroc Lofton (1978, turns 46 this year), Michael Shannon (1979, turns 45 this year), Simon Kassianides (1979, turns 45 this year), Randy Wayne (1981, turns 43 this year), Abbie Cornish (1982, turns 42 this year), Brit Marling (1982, turns 42 this year), Francesca Eastwood (1993, turns 31 this year), Liam James (1996, turns 28 this year), Tessa Allen (1996, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Oliver Hardy (1957, at the age of 65), Tom Neal (1972, at the age of 58), Phyllis Povah (1975, at the age of 82), John Anderson (1992, at the age of 69), Terrence Evans (2015, at the age of 81), Étienne Chicot (2018, at the age of 69), Richard H. Kline (2018, at the age of 91), Markie Post (2021, at the age of 70), Dan Kneece (2021, at the age of 64), William Friedkin (2023, at the age of 87), Margit Saad (2023, at the age of 94)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.