On This Day - July 8

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 8.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Friday $69,554,073 $343,256,830
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Saturday $44,443,225 $423,315,812
2016 The Secret Life of Pets Friday $38,542,760 $369,094,830
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Saturday $37,045,244 $334,580,976
2007 Transformers Sunday $22,144,125 $319,246,193
2005 Fantastic Four Friday $21,263,992 $154,696,080
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Sunday $18,531,751 $216,648,740
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Sunday $17,867,545 $262,717,220
2000 Scary Movie Saturday $16,260,000 $157,019,771
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Tuesday $15,051,985 $339,640,400

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 8.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Friday $69,554,073 $343,256,830
2016 The Secret Life of Pets Friday $38,542,760 $369,094,830
2005 Fantastic Four Friday $21,263,992 $154,696,080
2011 Horrible Bosses Friday $9,882,271 $117,538,559
2011 Zookeeper Friday $7,365,038 $80,360,866
2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Friday $6,635,592 $46,009,673
2005 Dark Water Friday $3,873,273 $25,473,093
2016 Captain Fantastic Friday $29,722 $5,879,835
2011 Project Nim Friday $7,167 $411,184
2022 Avec amour et acharnement Friday $5,559 $201,047

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 8.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder $144,165,107 $343,256,830
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $135,634,554 $423,315,812
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming $117,027,503 $334,580,976
2016 The Secret Life of Pets $104,352,905 $369,094,830
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp $75,812,205 $216,648,740
2007 Transformers $70,502,384 $319,246,193
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man $62,004,688 $262,717,220
2005 Fantastic Four $56,061,504 $154,696,080
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $47,103,276 $352,390,543
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru $46,128,405 $370,549,695

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Eugene Pallette (1899, died on September 3, 1954 at the age of 55), Bill Thompson (1913, died on July 15, 1971 at the age of 58), Jean Rouverol (1916, died on March 24, 2017 at the age of 100), Craig Stevens (1918, died on May 10, 2000 at the age of 81), Congressman John Dingell (1926, died on February 7, 2019 at the age of 92), Marty Feldman (1934, died on December 2, 1982 at the age of 48), Steve Lawrence (1935, died on March 7, 2024 at the age of 88), Andrey Myagkov (1938, died on February 18, 2021 at the age of 82), Jeffrey Tambor (1944, turned 81 this year), Kim Darby (1947, turned 78 this year), Ken Kelsch (1947, died on December 11, 2023 at the age of 76), Evzen Kolar (1950, died on July 11, 2017 at the age of 67), Anjelica Huston (1951, turned 74 this year), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952, died on May 20, 2015 at the age of 62), Matthew Marsh (1954, turned 71 this year), Lena Endre (1955, turned 70 this year), Kevin Bacon (1958, turned 67 this year), Robert Knepper (1959, turned 66 this year), Valarie Pettiford (1960, turned 65 this year), Wally Pfister (1961, turned 64 this year), Toby Keith (1961, died on February 5, 2024 at the age of 62), Rocky Carroll (1963, turned 62 this year), Lee Tergesen (1965, turned 60 this year), Corey Parker (1965, turned 60 this year), Suzanne Krull (1966, turned 59 this year), Marcus Chong (1967, turned 58 this year), Michael B. Silver (1967, turned 58 this year), Billy Crudup (1968, turned 57 this year), Michael Weatherly (1968, turned 57 this year), Nikita Ager (1969, turned 56 this year), Amanda Peterson (1971, died on July 3, 2015 at the age of 43), Joe Russo (1971, turned 54 this year), Amy O'Neill (1971, turned 54 this year), Kathleen Robertson (1973, turned 52 this year), Milo Ventimiglia (1977, turned 48 this year), Racheal Lillis (1978, died on August 10, 2024 at the age of 46), Lance Gross (1981, turned 44 this year), Sophia Bush (1982, turned 43 this year), Pendleton Ward (1982, turned 43 this year), Alicia Vela-Bailey (1982, turned 43 this year), Schuyler Fisk (1982, turned 43 this year), Ana Ayora (1983, turned 42 this year), Alexis Dziena (1984, turned 41 this year), Jason Day (1985, turned 40 this year), Jake McDorman (1986, turned 39 this year), Shazad Latif (1988, turned 37 this year), Jamie Blackley (1991, turned 34 this year), Sky Ferreira (1992, turned 33 this year), David Corenswet (1993, turned 32 this year), Jaden Smith (1998, turned 27 this year), Maya Hawke (1998, turned 27 this year), Riele Downs (2001, turned 24 this year)

Died on this day in history: Vivien Leigh (1967, at the age of 53), Howard Duff (1990, at the age of 76), James Franciscus (1991, at the age of 57), Dick Sargent (1994, at the age of 64), June Allyson (2006, at the age of 88), Roberts Blossom (2011, at the age of 87), Ernest Borgnine (2012, at the age of 95), Irwin Keyes (2015, at the age of 63), Nelsan Ellis (2017, at the age of 39), Carlo Vanzina (2018, at the age of 67), Tab Hunter (2018, at the age of 86), William Wolff (2020, at the age of 93), Naya Rivera (2020, at the age of 33), Larry Storch (2022, at the age of 99), Tony Sirico (2022, at the age of 79), Gregory Itzin (2022, at the age of 74), David Flebotte (2025, at the age of 74)

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