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.