On This Day - July 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Friday | $75,754,897 | $448,139,099 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Saturday | $61,007,382 | $543,638,043 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Sunday | $43,596,151 | $534,235,491 |
| 2024 | Twisters | Saturday | $27,516,920 | $267,276,205 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Friday | $16,212,500 | $181,166,115 |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | Friday | $14,286,815 | $120,634,935 |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | Saturday | $13,939,346 | $137,400,141 |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Sunday | $13,435,935 | $138,540,870 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Friday | $13,375,850 | $102,084,362 |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Friday | $12,599,475 | $119,725,280 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Friday | $75,754,897 | $448,139,099 |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | Friday | $14,286,815 | $120,634,935 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Friday | $13,375,850 | $102,084,362 |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Friday | $12,599,475 | $119,725,280 |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Friday | $10,984,000 | $118,871,849 |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Friday | $10,836,000 | $93,607,673 |
| 2018 | Unfriended: Dark Web | Friday | $1,401,070 | $8,866,745 |
| 2018 | Blindspotting | Friday | $143,178 | $4,333,394 |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Friday | $77,366 | $3,688,560 |
| 2018 | McQueen | Friday | $34,580 | $1,257,275 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Lion King | $191,770,759 | $543,638,043 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $160,887,295 | $448,139,099 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $158,411,483 | $534,235,491 |
| 2024 | Twisters | $81,251,415 | $267,276,205 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $50,771,645 | $181,166,115 |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | $46,522,560 | $138,540,870 |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | $41,855,326 | $137,400,141 |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | $36,254,310 | $208,545,589 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | $36,011,640 | $102,084,362 |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | $34,952,180 | $120,634,935 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Verna Felton (1890, died on December 14, 1966 at the age of 76), Vivean Gray (1924, died on July 29, 2016 at the age of 92), Lola Albright (1924, turned 100 this year), Heather Chasen (1927, died on May 22, 2020 at the age of 92), Sally Ann Howes (1930, turned 94 this year), Cormac McCarthy (1933, died on June 13, 2023 at the age of 89), Saginaw Grant (1936, died on July 28, 2021 at the age of 85), Tim Scott (1937, turned 87 this year), Natalie Wood (1938, turned 86 this year), Diana Rigg (1938, died on September 10, 2020 at the age of 82), Gary Graver (1938, died on November 16, 2006 at the age of 68), Walter Scott (1940, turned 84 this year), Stephenie McMillan (1942, died on August 19, 2013 at the age of 71), Christopher Murney (1943, turned 81 this year), Randal Kleiser (1946, turned 78 this year), Camille Keaton (1947, turned 77 this year), Muse Watson (1948, turned 76 this year), Dennis Radesky (1948, turned 76 this year), Tantoo Cardinal (1950, turned 74 this year), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turned 74 this year), Jeff Rawle (1951, turned 73 this year), Lee Garlington (1953, turned 71 this year), Sencar Sagdic (1954, died on July 4, 2022 at the age of 67), Dan Monahan (1955, turned 69 this year), Ryo Ishibashi (1956, turned 68 this year), Donna Dixon (1957, turned 67 this year), Robert Peters (1961, turned 63 this year), Carlos Alazraqui (1962, turned 62 this year), Benjamin Dane (1962, turned 62 this year), Frank Whaley (1963, turned 61 this year), Adoni Maropis (1963, turned 61 this year), Dean Winters (1964, turned 60 this year), Chris Cornell (1964, died on May 17, 2017 at the age of 52), Terri Irwin (1964, turned 60 this year), Adrian G. Griffiths (1964, turned 60 this year), Laurent Lucas (1965, turned 59 this year), Reed Diamond (1967, turned 57 this year), Rodney Eastman (1967, turned 57 this year), Julian Rhind-Tutt (1968, turned 56 this year), Josh Holloway (1969, turned 55 this year), Erik Jensen (1970, turned 54 this year), Sandra Oh (1971, turned 53 this year), William Demeo (1971, turned 53 this year), Colleen Fitzpatrick (1972, turned 52 this year), Omar Epps (1973, turned 51 this year), Roberto Orci (1973, turned 51 this year), Simon Rex (1974, turned 50 this year), Judy Greer (1975, turned 49 this year), Aimee Mullins (1975, turned 49 this year), Ray Allen (1975, turned 49 this year), Charlie Korsmo (1978, turned 46 this year), Gisele Bundchen (1980, turned 44 this year), Jin Goo (1980, turned 44 this year), Percy Daggs III (1982, turned 42 this year), Martin McCann (1983, turned 41 this year), Barbara Goenaga (1983, turned 41 this year), Rory Jennings (1983, turned 41 this year), John Francis Daley (1985, turned 39 this year), Osric Chau (1986, turned 38 this year), Kristian de la Osa (1986, turned 38 this year), Valeska Miller (1987, turned 37 this year), Julianne Hough (1988, turned 36 this year), Paige Hurd (1992, turned 32 this year), Jordan Rodrigues (1992, turned 32 this year), Alycia Debnam Carey (1993, turned 31 this year), Joey Bragg (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bruce Lee (1973, at the age of 32), Richard Egan (1987, at the age of 65), James Doohan (2005, at the age of 85), Robert Cornthwaite (2006, at the age of 89), Gérard Oury (2006, at the age of 87), Claude Rich (2017, at the age of 88), David Dukas (2021, at the age of 51)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.