On This Day - May 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Saturday | $34,389,237 | $281,553,689 |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Saturday | $32,160,363 | $200,676,069 |
| 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones | Friday | $24,404,757 | $310,676,740 |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum | Friday | $22,636,381 | $171,016,727 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Friday | $21,623,002 | $228,778,661 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Saturday | $20,396,123 | $141,621,490 |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Sunday | $16,462,020 | $184,296,230 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Saturday | $13,431,355 | $318,604,126 |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Sunday | $12,990,361 | $257,730,019 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Sunday | $12,670,764 | $153,636,354 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum | Friday | $22,636,381 | $171,016,727 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Friday | $21,623,002 | $228,778,661 |
| 2002 | About a Boy | Friday | $2,606,000 | $40,803,000 |
| 2019 | A Dog’s Journey | Friday | $2,521,285 | $22,782,371 |
| 2019 | The Sun is Also a Star | Friday | $1,037,813 | $4,950,029 |
| 2019 | The Souvenir | Friday | $23,684 | $1,030,502 |
| 2019 | Trial by Fire | Friday | $22,763 | $148,504 |
| 2019 | Photograph | Friday | $11,559 | $344,534 |
| 2019 | Slaughterhouse Rulez | Friday | $961 | $4,665 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was May 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Godzilla | $93,188,384 | $200,676,069 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | $91,774,413 | $281,553,689 |
| 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones | $80,027,814 | $310,676,740 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $70,165,559 | $228,778,661 |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | $69,216,890 | $184,296,230 |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum | $56,818,067 | $171,016,727 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $55,034,805 | $141,621,490 |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | $46,204,168 | $133,375,846 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | $45,428,128 | $153,636,354 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | $45,036,912 | $404,387,739 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: IF, Coma, The Strangers: Chapter 1, Back to Black, In Our Day, Taking Venice, Babes
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jean Gabin (1904, died on November 15, 1976 at the age of 72), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911, died on June 23, 1998 at the age of 87), Joan Blackman (1938, turns 86 this year), Jason Bernard (1938, died on October 16, 1996 at the age of 58), Peter Gerety (1940, turns 84 this year), Grace Zabriskie (1941, turns 83 this year), Aletta Bezuidenhout (1949, died on February 13, 2024 at the age of 74), Yôko Shimada (1953, died on July 25, 2022 at the age of 69), Bill Paxton (1955, died on February 25, 2017 at the age of 61), Bob Saget (1956, died on January 9, 2022 at the age of 65), Whip Hubley (1957, turns 67 this year), Paul Whitehouse (1958, turns 66 this year), Bruce Thomas (1961, turns 63 this year), Corey Johnson (1961, turns 63 this year), Craig Ferguson (1962, turns 62 this year), David Eigenberg (1964, turns 60 this year), Paige Turco (1965, turns 59 this year), Trent Reznor (1965, turns 59 this year), Hill Harper (1966, turns 58 this year), Cynda Williams (1966, turns 58 this year), Cameron Bancroft (1967, turns 57 this year), Hisham Tawfiq (1970, turns 54 this year), Sasha Alexander (1973, turns 51 this year), Matthew McGrory (1973, died on August 9, 2005 at the age of 32), Ross Butler (1973, turns 51 this year), Natalie Brown (1973, turns 51 this year), Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974, turns 50 this year), Rochelle Aytes (1976, turns 48 this year), Kandi Burruss (1976, turns 48 this year), Kat Foster (1978, turns 46 this year), Lyne Renee (1979, turns 45 this year), Ayda Field (1979, turns 45 this year), Elizabeth Hanks (1982, turns 42 this year), Lena Waithe (1984, turns 40 this year), Alejandro Edda (1984, turns 40 this year), Derek Hough (1985, turns 39 this year), Tahj Mowry (1986, turns 38 this year), Erin Richards (1986, turns 38 this year), T.J. Lowther (1986, turns 38 this year), Nikki Reed (1988, turns 36 this year), Karrueche Tran (1988, turns 36 this year), Olivia Luccardi (1989, turns 35 this year), Leven Rambin (1990, turns 34 this year), Ryan Ochoa (1996, turns 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Abe Burrows (1985, at the age of 74), Henry Jones (1999, at the age of 86), Tony Randall (2004, at the age of 84), Frank Gorshin (2005, at the age of 72), Chris Cornell (2017, at the age of 52), Monique Mercure (2020, at the age of 89), Shad Gaspard (2020, at the age of 39)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.