On This Day - July 31

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on July 31.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2015 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Friday $20,301,126 $195,042,377
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Wednesday $19,339,792 $622,525,050
2004 The Village Saturday $17,477,381 $114,197,520
2016 Jason Bourne Sunday $15,807,760 $162,192,920
2023 Barbie Monday $15,007,589 $636,238,421
1999 Runaway Bride Saturday $13,100,000 $152,257,509
2021 Jungle Cruise Saturday $12,320,282 $116,987,516
2010 Inception Saturday $10,711,709 $292,576,195
1999 The Blair Witch Project Saturday $10,170,000 $140,539,099
2011 Cowboys and Aliens Sunday $10,162,555 $100,368,560

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on July 31.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2015 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Friday $20,301,126 $195,042,377
2009 Funny People Friday $8,690,230 $51,855,045
2013 The Smurfs 2 Wednesday $5,203,980 $71,017,784
1998 Ever After: A Cinderella Story Friday $3,335,000 $65,705,772
2009 Aliens in the Attic Friday $2,896,998 $25,200,412
2009 The Collector Friday $1,339,211 $7,712,114
2009 The Cove Friday $20,458 $869,730
2009 Thirst Friday $17,388 $318,574
2015 Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary Friday $13,000 $101,531
2020 Summerland Friday $12,553 $58,434

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 31.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2016 Jason Bourne $59,215,365 $162,192,920
2015 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation $55,520,089 $195,042,377
2004 The Village $50,746,142 $114,197,520
2011 Cowboys and Aliens $36,431,290 $100,368,560
2011 The Smurfs $35,611,637 $142,614,158
1999 Runaway Bride $35,055,556 $152,257,509
2021 Jungle Cruise $35,018,731 $116,987,516
1999 The Blair Witch Project $29,207,381 $140,539,099
2010 Inception $27,485,245 $292,576,195
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger $25,554,303 $176,654,505

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: PAW Patrol 3

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Mario Bava (1914, died on April 25, 1980 at the age of 65), Robert Morgenthau (1919, died on July 21, 2019 at the age of 99), Don Murray (1929, died on February 2, 2024 at the age of 94), Lynne Reid Banks (1929, died on April 4, 2024 at the age of 94), Sam Coppola (1932, died on February 5, 2012 at the age of 79), Geoffrey Lewis (1935, died on April 7, 2015 at the age of 79), Sab Shimono (1937, turned 87 this year), France Nuyen (1939, turned 85 this year), Geraldine Chaplin (1944, turned 80 this year), Richard Griffiths (1947, died on March 28, 2013 at the age of 65), Barry Van Dyke (1951, turned 73 this year), James Read (1953, turned 71 this year), Rainer Bock (1954, turned 70 this year), Michael Biehn (1956, turned 68 this year), Al Sapienza (1956, turned 68 this year), Dirk Blocker (1957, turned 67 this year), Mark Cuban (1958, turned 66 this year), Laura Soltis (1961, turned 63 this year), Wesley Snipes (1962, turned 62 this year), Jan Broberg (1962, turned 62 this year), Larry Romano (1963, turned 61 this year), J.K. Rowling (1965, turned 59 this year), Dean Cain (1966, turned 58 this year), Rudolf Martin (1967, turned 57 this year), Loren Dean (1969, turned 55 this year), Ben Chaplin (1970, turned 54 this year), Eve Best (1971, turned 53 this year), Tami Stronach (1972, turned 52 this year), Emilia Fox (1974, turned 50 this year), Annie Parisse (1975, turned 49 this year), B.J. Novak (1979, turned 45 this year), Assaad Bouab (1980, turned 44 this year), Eric Lively (1981, turned 43 this year), Wunmi Mosaku (1986, turned 38 this year), Amrita Acharia (1987, turned 37 this year), Charlie Carver (1988, turned 36 this year), Alexis Knapp (1989, turned 35 this year), Zelda Williams (1989, turned 35 this year), Jessica Williams (1989, turned 35 this year), Ruby Modine (1990, turned 34 this year), Kiara Advani (1992, turned 32 this year), Rico Rodriguez (1998, turned 26 this year)

Died on this day in history: Gore Vidal (2012, at the age of 86), Michael Ansara (2013, at the age of 91), Roddy Piper (2015, at the age of 61), Jean-Claude Bouillon (2017, at the age of 75), Jeanne Moreau (2017, at the age of 89), Harold Prince (2019, at the age of 91), Alan Parker (2020, at the age of 76), John Steiner (2022, at the age of 81), Sophie Fillieres (2023, at the age of 58), Adrian Street (2023, at the age of 82), Jess Search (2023, at the age of 54), Angus Cloud (2023, at the age of 25), Roberto Herlitzka (2024, at the age of 86)

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