The Fourth of July has long been one of Hollywood's biggest box office weekends, with holiday releases consistently delivering some of the biggest openings in movie history. When 'Independence Day' debuted in 1996, it went on to become the highest-grossing film worldwide that year, earning a staggering $817.4 million at the global box office.⁠ ⁠ After the original 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' became a global hit, its sequel exceeded expectations and became the franchise's first film to surpass $1 billion worldwide.⁠ ⁠ Since then, Disney, Marvel, Universal, and Paramount have repeatedly used the Fourth of July weekend to launch films that went on to become billion-dollar franchises.⁠ ⁠ (via yardbarker.com) #holiday #4thofjuly #movies #boxoffice #openings