On This Day - August 7
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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 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Wednesday | $9,865,689 | $636,745,858 |
| 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 | $636,785,476 |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Tuesday | $8,832,713 | $226,164,286 |
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, One Night Only
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Billie Burke (1885, turned 140 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, turned 86 this year), Marlyn Mason (1940, turned 85 this year), Franco Columbu (1941, died on August 30, 2019 at the age of 78), Tobin Bell (1942, turned 83 this year), John Glover (1944, turned 81 this year), David Rasche (1944, turned 81 this year), Caroline Aaron (1952, turned 73 this year), Lesley Nicol (1953, turned 72 this year), Wayne Knight (1955, turned 70 this year), Julian Wadham (1958, turned 67 this year), Shannon Cochran (1958, turned 67 this year), David Duchovny (1960, turned 65 this year), Maggie Wheeler (1961, turned 64 this year), David Duchovny (1963, turned 62 this year), Tom McGrath (1964, turned 61 this year), Jon Jon Briones (1965, turned 60 this year), Charlotte Lewis (1967, turned 58 this year), David Hollander (1969, turned 56 this year), Rachel York (1971, turned 54 this year), Greg Serano (1972, turned 53 this year), Michael Shannon (1974, turned 51 this year), Luca Calvani (1974, turned 51 this year), Charlize Theron (1975, turned 50 this year), Hans Matheson (1975, turned 50 this year), Megan Gale (1975, turned 50 this year), Pancho Moler (1976, turned 49 this year), Alexandre Aja (1978, turned 47 this year), Vanness Wu (1978, turned 47 this year), Cirroc Lofton (1978, turned 47 this year), Michael Shannon (1979, turned 46 this year), Simon Kassianides (1979, turned 46 this year), Randy Wayne (1981, turned 44 this year), Abbie Cornish (1982, turned 43 this year), Brit Marling (1982, turned 43 this year), Francesca Eastwood (1993, turned 32 this year), Liam James (1996, turned 29 this year), Tessa Allen (1996, turned 29 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), Jim Lovell (2025, at the age of 97)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.