The Surprising Film That Holds the Single-Day July 4th Box Office Record
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Erik Hayden
Summary
The article examines the history of top-grossing movies on July 4th, revealing that while franchises like Spider-Man, Jurassic Park, and Despicable Me have dominated holiday weekends, the actual single-day (July 4th) box office record belongs to an unexpected title that launched a major big-screen franchise. The piece explores box office trends and the distinction between multi-day holiday grosses versus single-day records.
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· 3 pulledMoviegoers heading to air-conditioned theaters during the Fourth of July holiday can rely on seeing one of those Sony, Universal or Illumination franchises on the marquee over the past 25 years.
When zeroing in on the question of single-day grosses (i.e. receipts from the July 4 day itself) there's a leader that happens to be none of the above.
It's also a title that launched a big-screen...
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