On This Day - August 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Friday | $37,845,336 | $333,714,112 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | Saturday | $19,652,426 | $195,042,377 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Thursday | $18,046,013 | $636,739,346 |
| 2023 | Barbie | Tuesday | $15,302,634 | $636,238,421 |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Friday | $15,228,130 | $102,491,776 |
| 2004 | The Village | Sunday | $12,886,097 | $114,197,520 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Friday | $12,709,035 | $534,235,491 |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Friday | $12,228,060 | $104,354,205 |
| 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | Sunday | $9,400,000 | $140,539,099 |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | Sunday | $9,300,000 | $152,257,509 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Friday | $37,845,336 | $333,714,112 |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Friday | $15,228,130 | $102,491,776 |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Friday | $12,228,060 | $104,354,205 |
| 2014 | Get on Up | Friday | $4,887,830 | $30,569,935 |
| 1997 | Picture Perfect | Friday | $2,726,000 | $31,301,775 |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Friday | $1,965,667 | $16,289,867 |
| 1997 | Air Bud | Friday | $1,556,192 | $26,033,546 |
| 2003 | Gigli | Friday | $1,449,667 | $6,087,542 |
| 2014 | Calvary | Friday | $19,852 | $3,600,006 |
| 1997 | Love Serenade | Friday | $13,308 | $604,523 |
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 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $94,320,883 | $333,714,112 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation | $55,520,089 | $195,042,377 |
| 2004 | The Village | $50,746,142 | $114,197,520 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $42,664,219 | $534,235,491 |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $40,457,770 | $102,491,776 |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | $35,055,556 | $152,257,509 |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | $35,018,731 | $116,987,516 |
| 2003 | American Wedding | $33,369,440 | $104,354,205 |
| 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | $29,207,381 | $140,539,099 |
| 2010 | Inception | $27,485,245 | $292,576,195 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Untitled Warner Bros. Event Film, The Bad Guys 2, Naked Gun, Beneath the Storm
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Jones (1912, died on May 17, 1999 at the age of 86), Martin Melcher (1915, died on April 20, 1968 at the age of 52), Richard Pearson (1918, died on August 2, 2011 at the age of 93), Arthur Hill (1922, died on October 22, 2006 at the age of 84), Paul Lambert (1922, died on April 27, 1997 at the age of 74), Jack Shea (1928, died on April 28, 2013 at the age of 84), Camillo Milli (1929, died on January 20, 2022 at the age of 92), Geoffrey Holder (1930, turned 94 this year), Julie Bovasso (1930, turned 94 this year), Jacques Collard (1931, died on March 26, 2023 at the age of 91), Dom DeLuise (1933, died on May 4, 2009 at the age of 75), Paddy Moloney (1938, died on October 11, 2021 at the age of 83), Robert James Waller (1939, died on March 10, 2017 at the age of 77), Terry Kiser (1939, turned 85 this year), Craig Littler (1941, turned 83 this year), Giancarlo Giannini (1942, turned 82 this year), Andrew G. Vajna (1944, died on January 20, 2019 at the age of 74), Andrew G. Vajna (1944, died on January 20, 2019 at the age of 74), Laila Morse (1945, turned 79 this year), David Calder (1946, turned 78 this year), Lee Benton (1952, turned 72 this year), Brian Patrick Clarke (1952, turned 72 this year), Annabel Jankel (1955, turned 69 this year), Lewis Smith (1956, turned 68 this year), Alexandre Rockwell (1956, turned 68 this year), Taylor Negron (1957, died on January 10, 2015 at the age of 57), Adrian Dunbar (1958, turned 66 this year), Michael Penn (1958, turned 66 this year), Michael Spiller (1961, turned 63 this year), Jesse Borrego (1962, turned 62 this year), John Carroll Lynch (1963, turned 61 this year), Demián Bichir (1963, turned 61 this year), Coolio (1963, died on September 28, 2022 at the age of 59), Adam Duritz (1964, turned 60 this year), Sam Mendes (1965, turned 59 this year), Caprice Benedetti (1965, turned 59 this year), Daniel Gerson (1966, died on February 6, 2016 at the age of 49), Jose Padilha (1967, turned 57 this year), Cameron Rhodes (1967, turned 57 this year), David Wain (1969, turned 55 this year), Ana Celentano (1969, turned 55 this year), Jennifer Gareis (1970, turned 54 this year), Kseniya Kutepova (1971, turned 53 this year), Charles Malik Whitfield (1972, turned 52 this year), Kris Holden-Reid (1973, turned 51 this year), Tempestt Bledsoe (1973, turned 51 this year), Eduardo Noriega (1973, turned 51 this year), Chan Kwok-kwan (1975, turned 49 this year), Ane Dahl-Torp (1975, turned 49 this year), Kate Norby (1976, turned 48 this year), Dhani Harrison (1978, turned 46 this year), Jason Momoa (1979, turned 45 this year), Honeysuckle Weeks (1979, turned 45 this year), Crystal Moselle (1980, turned 44 this year), Catherine Kresge (1980, turned 44 this year), Miracle Laurie (1981, turned 43 this year), Montserrat Lombard (1982, turned 42 this year), Sara Giraudeau (1985, turned 39 this year), Elijah Kelley (1986, turned 38 this year), Taapsee Pannu (1987, turned 37 this year), Max Carver (1988, turned 36 this year), Sasha Jackson (1988, turned 36 this year), Ana Girardot (1988, turned 36 this year), Landry Allbright (1989, turned 35 this year), Devanny Pinn (1989, turned 35 this year), Jack O'Connell (1990, turned 34 this year), Alakina Mann (1990, turned 34 this year), Leon Thomas III (1993, turned 31 this year), Cymphonique Miller (1996, turned 28 this year), Ella Wahlestedt (1998, turned 26 this year), Oona Laurence (2002, turned 22 this year)
Died on this day in history: Strother Martin (1980, at the age of 61), Peter Arne (1983, at the age of 62), Jonathan D. Krane (2016, at the age of 63), Mariann Mayberry (2017, at the age of 52), D.A. Pennebaker (2019, at the age of 94), Wilford Brimley (2020, at the age of 85), Reni Santoni (2020, at the age of 81), Tom Pollock (2020, at the age of 77), Alvin Ing (2021, at the age of 89), Leonard Engelman (2024, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.