On This Day - May 23

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 23.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Friday $35,511,974 $233,921,534
2004 Shrek 2 Sunday $34,900,541 $441,426,807
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Friday $30,571,275 $317,101,119
1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace Sunday $21,929,334 $487,568,381
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Friday $21,605,385 $229,086,679
2010 Shrek Forever After Sunday $21,145,279 $238,736,787
2003 Bruce Almighty Friday $20,114,325 $242,704,995
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Saturday $20,086,972 $177,243,721
1998 Godzilla Saturday $16,894,040 $136,314,294
2009 Terminator Salvation Saturday $14,532,328 $125,322,469

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 23.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Friday $35,511,974 $233,921,534
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Friday $21,605,385 $229,086,679
2003 Bruce Almighty Friday $20,114,325 $242,704,995
2013 The Hangover 3 Thursday $11,789,463 $112,200,072
2014 Blended Friday $4,373,223 $46,290,741
2003 The In-Laws Friday $1,943,000 $20,440,627
2014 Words and Pictures Friday $22,763 $2,171,257
2014 Heropanti Friday $9,915 $63,649
2014 Accident Friday $1,962 $17,161
2008 Insidious Friday $1,580 $5,508

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 23.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2004 Shrek 2 $108,037,878 $441,426,807
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $100,137,835 $317,101,119
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past $90,823,660 $233,921,534
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $72,132,785 $229,086,679
2010 Shrek Forever After $70,838,207 $238,736,787
2003 Bruce Almighty $67,953,330 $242,704,995
1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace $64,810,970 $487,568,381
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $54,173,286 $177,243,721
1998 Godzilla $44,047,541 $136,314,294
2009 Terminator Salvation $42,558,390 $125,322,469

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Mission: Impossible 8, Untitled Disney Film

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: James Gleason (1882, died on April 12, 1959 at the age of 76), Scatman Crothers (1910, turned 114 this year), Betty Garrett (1919, died on February 12, 2011 at the age of 91), Bette Henritze (1924, died on February 22, 2018 at the age of 93), Rosemary Clooney (1928, died on June 29, 2002 at the age of 74), Nigel Davenport (1928, died on October 25, 2013 at the age of 85), Marvin J. Chomsky (1929, died on March 28, 2022 at the age of 92), Barbara Barrie (1931, turned 93 this year), Joan Collins (1933, turned 91 this year), Zalman King (1941, died on February 3, 2012 at the age of 70), Ronald L. Schwary (1944, died on July 2, 2020 at the age of 76), Linda Thompson (1950, turned 74 this year), Tomas Norstrom (1956, died on October 3, 2021 at the age of 65), Drew Carey (1958, turned 66 this year), Lea DeLaria (1958, turned 66 this year), David Harris (1959, turned 65 this year), Linden Ashby (1960, turned 64 this year), Neil Grigson (1962, died on February 1, 2023 at the age of 60), Colleen Flynn (1962, turned 62 this year), Karen Duffy (1962, turned 62 this year), Rituraj Singh (1964, died on February 20, 2024 at the age of 59), Carrie Crowley (1964, turned 60 this year), Tom Tykwer (1965, turned 59 this year), Melissa Suzanne McBride (1965, turned 59 this year), Guinevere Turner (1968, turned 56 this year), Felissa Rose (1969, turned 55 this year), Laurel Holloman (1971, turned 53 this year), Jewel (1974, turned 50 this year), Frank Zieger (1975, died on May 8, 2017 at the age of 41), LaMonica Garrett (1975, turned 49 this year), Kelly Monaco (1976, turned 48 this year), Richard Ayoade (1977, turned 47 this year), Lisa Joy (1977, turned 47 this year), Jesse Heiman (1978, turned 46 this year), Chris Gethard (1980, turned 44 this year), Lane Garrison (1980, turned 44 this year), D.J. Cotrona (1980, turned 44 this year), Adam Wylie (1984, turned 40 this year), Ryan Coogler (1986, turned 38 this year), Gracie Otto (1987, turned 37 this year), Ramona Young (1998, turned 26 this year), Evan Bird (2000, turned 24 this year), Matthew Lintz (2001, turned 23 this year)

Died on this day in history: Sterling Hayden (1986, at the age of 70), Anne Meara (2015, at the age of 85), John Carter (2015, at the age of 87), Roger Moore (2017, at the age of 89), Anna Udvardy (2019, at the age of 70), Jamie Bartlett (2022, at the age of 70), Nitesh Pandey (2023, at the age of 50), Morgan Spurlock (2024, at the age of 53), Caleb Carr (2024, at the age of 68)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.