On This Day - July 9

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 9.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Saturday $42,112,494 $343,256,830
2021 Black Widow Friday $39,510,446 $183,651,655
2016 The Secret Life of Pets Saturday $37,044,595 $369,094,830
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Sunday $35,360,729 $423,315,812
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Sunday $29,201,277 $334,580,976
2010 Despicable Me Friday $21,342,640 $252,756,705
2005 Fantastic Four Saturday $20,141,511 $154,696,080
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Saturday $18,326,865 $352,390,543
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Saturday $17,687,715 $370,549,695
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Tuesday $15,135,394 $391,362,492

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 9.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2021 Black Widow Friday $39,510,446 $183,651,655
2010 Despicable Me Friday $21,342,640 $252,756,705
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Wednesday $13,509,262 $305,410,819
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Friday $10,758,102 $84,136,909
2010 Predators Friday $10,406,494 $52,000,688
1999 American Pie Friday $6,710,000 $101,800,948
1999 Arlington Road Friday $2,265,000 $24,419,219
2004 Sleepover Friday $1,722,641 $9,408,183
2010 The Kids Are All Right Friday $143,380 $20,811,365
2021 The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 Friday $11,125 $107,799

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 9.

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
2021 Black Widow $80,366,312 $183,651,655
2010 Despicable Me $56,397,125 $252,756,705
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
2004 Spider-Man 2 $45,180,743 $374,715,055

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Susan Cabot (1927, died on December 10, 1986 at the age of 59), Vince Edwards (1928, died on March 11, 1996 at the age of 67), Donald Rumsfeld (1932, died on June 29, 2021 at the age of 88), Elem Klimov (1933, turns 92 today), John Clegg (1934, died on August 20, 2024 at the age of 90), James Hampton (1936, died on April 7, 2021 at the age of 84), Richard Wilson (1936, turns 89 today), Brian Dennehy (1938, died on April 15, 2020 at the age of 81), Edy Williams (1941, turns 84 today), Richard Roundtree (1942, died on October 24, 2023 at the age of 81), Soledad Miranda (1943, died on August 18, 1970 at the age of 27), Jack Palladino (1944, died on February 1, 2021 at the age of 76), O.J. Simpson (1947, died on April 10, 2024 at the age of 76), Ray Baker (1948, turns 77 today), Chris Cooper (1951, turns 74 today), Jimmy Smits (1955, turns 70 today), Lisa Banes (1955, died on July 9, 1955 at the age of 0), Tom Hanks (1956, turns 69 today), Kelly McGillis (1957, turns 68 today), Kevin Nash (1959, turns 66 today), Bettina Gilois (1961, died on July 5, 2020 at the age of 58), Raymond Cruz (1961, turns 64 today), Jordan Belfort (1962, turns 63 today), Courtney Love (1964, turns 61 today), David O Hara (1965, turns 60 today), K. Todd Freeman (1965, turns 60 today), Pamela Adlon (1966, turns 59 today), Scott Grimes (1971, turns 54 today), Enrique Murciano (1973, turns 52 today), Jack White (1975, turns 50 today), Damian Szifron (1975, turns 50 today), Fred Savage (1976, turns 49 today), Elliot Cowan (1976, turns 49 today), Linda Park (1978, turns 47 today), Kyle Davis (1978, turns 47 today), Jamie Thomas King (1981, turns 44 today), Toby Kebbell (1982, turns 43 today), Angelica Celaya (1982, turns 43 today), Hanna Hall (1984, turns 41 today), Kiely Williams (1986, turns 39 today), Rebecca Sugar (1987, turns 38 today), Mitchel Musso (1991, turns 34 today), Douglas Booth (1992, turns 33 today), Georgie Henley (1995, turns 30 today), Robert Capron (1998, turns 27 today), Claire Corlett (1999, turns 26 today)

Died on this day in history: Lisa Banes (1955, at the age of 0), Rod Steiger (2002, at the age of 77), Isabel Sanford (2004, at the age of 86), Charles Lane (2007, at the age of 102), Freddie Jones (2019, at the age of 91), Rip Torn (2019, at the age of 88), L.Q. Jones (2022, at the age of 94), Manny Coto (2023, at the age of 94), Jerzy Stuhr (2024, at the age of 77), Sen. James Inhofe (2024, at the age of 89)

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