On This Day - May 30
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Monday | $33,807,521 | $718,732,821 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Friday | $26,771,052 | $152,647,258 |
| 2009 | Up | Saturday | $26,394,319 | $293,004,164 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Sunday | $24,780,215 | $441,426,807 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Friday | $24,297,459 | $241,407,328 |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Sunday | $21,449,531 | $186,740,799 |
| 2015 | San Andreas | Saturday | $20,508,124 | $155,190,832 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Friday | $20,208,056 | $380,529,370 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | Sunday | $18,537,522 | $474,544,677 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Monday | $17,480,581 | $254,464,305 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Friday | $26,771,052 | $152,647,258 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Friday | $24,297,459 | $241,407,328 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Friday | $20,208,056 | $380,529,370 |
| 2008 | The Strangers | Friday | $7,693,915 | $52,597,610 |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in The West | Friday | $6,156,590 | $42,720,965 |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | Friday | $5,953,466 | $106,126,012 |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn | Friday | $1,653,479 | $15,417,771 |
| 2008 | The Foot Fist Way | Friday | $12,678 | $234,286 |
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 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | $72,170,363 | $441,426,807 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | $70,251,710 | $380,529,370 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | $69,431,298 | $241,407,328 |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | $68,743,584 | $186,740,799 |
| 2009 | Up | $68,108,790 | $293,004,164 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | $56,848,056 | $152,647,258 |
| 2015 | San Andreas | $54,588,173 | $155,190,832 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | $51,399,863 | $474,544,677 |
| 2021 | A Quiet Place: Part II | $47,547,231 | $160,215,764 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $44,754,615 | $317,101,119 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Howard Hawks (1896, died on December 26, 1977 at the age of 81), Mel Blanc (1908, died on July 10, 1989 at the age of 81), Hugh Griffith (1912, died on May 14, 1980 at the age of 67), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920, died on July 2, 1989 at the age of 69), Clint Walker (1927, died on May 21, 2018 at the age of 90), Margit Saad (1929, died on August 7, 2023 at the age of 94), Ruta Lee (1935, turns 89 this year), Keir Dullea (1936, turns 88 this year), Michael J. Pollard (1939, died on November 20, 2019 at the age of 80), Paresh Rawal (1950, turns 74 this year), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951, turns 73 this year), Colm Meaney (1953, turns 71 this year), Philip Bretherton (1955, turns 69 this year), Elyssa Davalos (1957, turns 67 this year), Ted McGinley (1958, turns 66 this year), Harry Enfield (1961, turns 63 this year), John Terlesky (1961, turns 63 this year), Tonya Pinkins (1962, turns 62 this year), Mark Sheppard (1964, turns 60 this year), Antoine Fuqua (1965, turns 59 this year), Monica Lopez (1969, turns 55 this year), David Dukas (1970, died on July 20, 2021 at the age of 51), Idina Menzel (1971, turns 53 this year), John Ross Bowie (1971, turns 53 this year), Duncan Jones (1971, turns 53 this year), Minae Noji (1973, turns 51 this year), Shin Ha-kyun (1974, turns 50 this year), Cee Lo Green (1975, turns 49 this year), Omri Katz (1976, turns 48 this year), Rachael Stirling (1977, turns 47 this year), Tadhg Murphy (1979, turns 45 this year), Jenny Mollen (1979, turns 45 this year), Kirti Kulhari (1985, turns 39 this year), Will Peltz (1986, turns 38 this year), Javicia Leslie (1987, turns 37 this year), Stephanie Hunt (1989, turns 35 this year), Catherine Corcoran (1992, turns 32 this year), Jake Short (1997, turns 27 this year), Sean Giambrone (1999, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Claude Rains (1967, at the age of 77), Ella Raines (1988, at the age of 67), Jean-Claude Brialy (2007, at the age of 74), Clarice Taylor (2011, at the age of 93), Helen Hanft (2013, at the age of 79), Julie Harris (2015, at the age of 94), John Beasley (2023, at the age of 79)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.