On This Day - May 2
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Saturday | $56,526,635 | $459,005,868 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Friday | $38,734,361 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Friday | $35,167,017 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | Friday | $31,247,979 | $214,949,694 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Saturday | $29,323,711 | $179,883,157 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Thursday | $21,542,852 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Wednesday | $16,966,862 | $678,815,482 |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Sunday | $6,575,371 | $63,075,011 |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Monday | $6,231,240 | $210,031,325 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Saturday | $6,102,927 | $55,250,026 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Iron Man | Friday | $38,734,361 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Friday | $35,167,017 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | Friday | $31,247,979 | $214,949,694 |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Friday | $5,855,000 | $42,734,455 |
| 2008 | Made of Honor | Friday | $5,554,961 | $46,012,734 |
| 2014 | Belle | Friday | $30,728 | $10,726,630 |
| 2008 | Son of Rambow: A Home Movie | Friday | $14,683 | $1,785,505 |
| 2014 | Walk of Shame | Friday | $14,029 | $59,209 |
| 2007 | Waitress | Wednesday | $10,526 | $19,097,550 |
| 2003 | New Suit | Friday | $2,780 | $71,475 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | $191,271,109 | $459,005,868 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | $102,118,668 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | $91,608,337 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | $85,558,731 | $214,949,694 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $85,058,003 | $179,883,157 |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $32,902,299 | $63,075,011 |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | $24,432,195 | $86,047,227 |
| 1999 | Entrapment | $20,145,595 | $87,707,396 |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | $17,338,755 | $42,734,455 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $15,411,434 | $55,250,026 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2024: The Idea of You, Jeanne du Barry, Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma, The Philadelphia Eleven, 2025: Heaven and Hell, Thunderbolts*
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Nigel Patrick (1912, died on September 21, 1981 at the age of 69), Satyajit Ray (1921, died on April 23, 1992 at the age of 70), Roscoe Lee Browne (1922, died on April 11, 2007 at the age of 84), Serge Reggiani (1922, died on July 23, 2004 at the age of 82), Theodore Bikel (1924, died on July 21, 2015 at the age of 91), John Neville (1925, died on November 19, 2011 at the age of 86), Ray Barrett (1927, died on September 8, 2009 at the age of 82), Brian G. Hutton (1929, turns 95 this year), Frank Henson (1935, died on April 25, 2019 at the age of 83), Lance LeGault (1935, turns 89 this year), Norma Aleandro (1936, turns 88 this year), Quinn K. Redeker (1936, died on December 20, 2022 at the age of 86), Jo Ann Pflug (1940, turns 84 this year), David Suchet (1946, turns 78 this year), Bruce Robinson (1946, turns 78 this year), Larry Gatlin (1948, turns 76 this year), Christine Baranski (1952, turns 72 this year), Christopher Doyle (1952, turns 72 this year), Elliot Goldenthal (1954, turns 70 this year), Brian Tochi (1959, turns 65 this year), Lone Scherfig (1959, turns 65 this year), Stephen Daldry (1960, turns 64 this year), Kevin Brennan (1960, died on October 30, 2023 at the age of 63), Michael Grandage (1962, turns 62 this year), Elizabeth Berridge (1962, turns 62 this year), Tamara Jenkins (1962, turns 62 this year), Katherine Willis (1971, turns 53 this year), Dwayne Johnson (1972, turns 52 this year), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973, turns 51 this year), Matt Berry (1974, turns 50 this year), Jenna Lamia (1975, turns 49 this year), David Beckham (1975, turns 49 this year), Ursula Abbott (1976, turns 48 this year), Jenna von Oy (1977, turns 47 this year), Denyce Lawton (1978, turns 46 this year), Vincent Tong (1980, turns 44 this year), Ellie Kemper (1980, turns 44 this year), Rina Satō (1981, turns 43 this year), Valeria Bilello (1982, turns 42 this year), Elizabeth Ho (1983, turns 41 this year), Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll (1983, turns 41 this year), Thomas McDonell (1986, turns 38 this year), James Kirk (1986, turns 38 this year), Emily Hart (1986, turns 38 this year), Anna McGahan (1988, turns 36 this year), Sallie Harmsen (1989, turns 35 this year), Kay Panabaker (1990, turns 34 this year), Josh Bolt (1994, turns 30 this year), Skye Bennett (1995, turns 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Hugh Marlowe (1982, at the age of 71), Helmut Dantine (1982, at the age of 64), David Rappaport (1990, at the age of 64), Michael Hordern (1995, at the age of 83), Oliver Reed (1999, at the age of 61), Lynn Redgrave (2010, at the age of 67), Fernando Lopes (2012, at the age of 76), Michael Blake (2015, at the age of 69), Terry Allen Kramer (2019, at the age of 85), Sue Bruce-Smith (2020, at the age of 85), Bobby Unser (2021, at the age of 87), Barbara Bryne (2023, at the age of 94)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.