On This Day - May 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Sunday | $36,124,782 | $322,719,944 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Friday | $34,860,549 | $241,071,802 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | Friday | $33,529,613 | $380,270,577 |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Sunday | $31,997,867 | $324,591,735 |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Saturday | $27,317,296 | $217,536,138 |
| 2023 | Fast X | Saturday | $22,500,515 | $146,126,015 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Sunday | $16,820,987 | $623,357,910 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Saturday | $16,692,694 | $137,748,063 |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Saturday | $15,650,774 | $155,019,340 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Saturday | $14,951,137 | $389,813,101 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Friday | $34,860,549 | $241,071,802 |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Friday | $10,831,978 | $107,509,366 |
| 2016 | Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Friday | $8,810,285 | $55,340,730 |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Wednesday | $8,425,468 | $136,314,294 |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Friday | $7,398,050 | $44,141,550 |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | Friday | $3,894,992 | $36,261,763 |
| 2022 | Men | Friday | $1,419,333 | $7,587,853 |
| 2022 | 2000 Mules | Friday | $299,415 | $1,465,512 |
| 2011 | Midnight in Paris | Friday | $170,928 | $56,816,662 |
| 2016 | Kaptaan | Friday | $23,703 | $203,790 |
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 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | $125,507,153 | $324,591,735 |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | $121,629,270 | $322,719,944 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | $108,435,841 | $380,270,577 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $90,151,958 | $241,071,802 |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | $77,073,388 | $217,536,138 |
| 2023 | Fast X | $67,017,410 | $146,126,015 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | $55,644,102 | $623,357,910 |
| 2001 | Shrek | $42,347,760 | $268,028,651 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | $38,854,851 | $137,748,063 |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | $38,457,003 | $155,019,340 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: James Stewart (1908, died on July 2, 1997 at the age of 89), David Hedison (1927, died on July 18, 2019 at the age of 92), Don Brady (1933, died on February 23, 2019 at the age of 85), Constance Towers (1933, turned 91 this year), Anthony Zerbe (1936, turned 88 this year), David Proval (1942, turned 82 this year), Cher (1946, turned 78 this year), Dave Thomas (1949, turned 75 this year), Anton Corbijn (1955, turned 69 this year), Matt McCoy (1958, turned 66 this year), Jane Wiedlin (1958, turned 66 this year), Bronson Pinchot (1959, turned 65 this year), Tony Goldwyn (1960, turned 64 this year), John Billingsley (1960, turned 64 this year), Owen Teale (1961, turned 63 this year), Marla Sucharetza (1965, turned 59 this year), Paolo Seganti (1965, turned 59 this year), Mindy Cohn (1966, turned 58 this year), Gina Ravera (1966, turned 58 this year), Stephanie Niznik (1967, turned 57 this year), Gabriele Muccino (1967, turned 57 this year), Timothy Olyphant (1968, turned 56 this year), James Burnett (1968, died on April 30, 2017 at the age of 48), Louis Theroux (1970, turned 54 this year), Donnamarie Recco (1970, turned 54 this year), Busta Rhymes (1972, turned 52 this year), Tahmoh Penikett (1975, turned 49 this year), Matt Czuchry (1977, turned 47 this year), Angela Goethals (1977, turned 47 this year), Jason Cermak (1977, turned 47 this year), Mike Flanagan (1978, turned 46 this year), Jana Pallaske (1979, turned 45 this year), Agnes Kittelsen (1980, turned 44 this year), Michaela McManus (1983, turned 41 this year), Chad Connell (1983, turned 41 this year), Kim Shaw (1984, turned 40 this year), Naturi Naughton (1984, turned 40 this year), Louisa Krause (1986, turned 38 this year), Robert Emms (1986, turned 38 this year), Ray Chase (1987, turned 37 this year), Kris Van Damme (1987, turned 37 this year), Josh O’Connor (1990, turned 34 this year), Jack Gleeson (1992, turned 32 this year)
Died on this day in history: Randy Savage (2011, at the age of 58), Robin Gibb (2012, at the age of 62), Mary Ellen Trainor (2015, at the age of 62), Lisa Spoonauer (2017, at the age of 44), Roger Hawkins (2021, at the age of 74), Ahmed Benaissa (2022, at the age of 74), Kerry Shawn Duffy (2023, at the age of 65), Garth Craven (2023, at the age of 65), Keith Robinson (2024, at the age of 48)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.